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Rh and "it is not necessary that the conclusions of Professor Gilliam, in regard to the future of the African race, should be accepted as specifically true. These prognostications do not need to be expressly fulfilled in order to convince any thoughtful mind that the problem of the African race in the United States, instead of being a question that concerns the past alone, is really the most vital and important of all the questions that can possibly occupy the national attention for the present and the future." Judge Tourgee notices the various propositions that have been made of means to meet the evils threatened by this condition of things, and dismisses as impractical and ineffective, all except that of education—of whites and blacks alike—with its liberalizing effects in removing prejudice and promoting culture. He indicates the General Government as the most competent agent for performing the educational work; and his object in publishing this book is to urge that the powers of the Government be turned to this purpose. To make his idea more plain, he sketches a plan under which the administration of the trust shall be confided to a single officer, who shall deal directly with the teachers. The great importance of the subject is obvious. Judge Tourgee's ardent presentment of the case deserves the attention of every citizen.

little book, the third of their series of German philosophical classics which the publishers have so far issued, is not a translation, but is an exposition of Fichte's views as presented in his "Grundlage der gesammten Wissenschaftslehre." References are made also to his other writings, in order to show the relation of this work to his whole system. The first chapter gives such information about his life as is deemed helpful in comprehending his philosophy, his relation to Kant is next pointed out, and then the several main points of his philosophy are taken up. Professor Everett closes with a criticism of Fichte, and a comparison of him with Schopenhauer and with Hegel.

The Legal Control of Medical Practice by a State Examination. By John B. Roberts, M. D. Philadelphia. Pp. 4.

Modern Railway Facilities. By W. B. Le Van. Philadelphia. Pp. 3.

Relation between the Electromotive Force of a Daniell Cell and the Strength of the Zinc Sulphate Solution. By H. S. Carhart. Pp. 4.

A Method of measuring the Absolute Sensitiveness of Photographic Dry Plates. By William H. Pickering. Pp. 4.

The Educational Influence of the Farm. By William H. Brewer. Pp. 32.

Crossing the Pasture, an Etching. By J. A. S. Monk. New York: Cassell &amp; Co., Limited.

Report of American Association Committee on indexing Chemical Literature. Pp. 3.

Lake Mœris and the Pyramids. By Cope Whitehouse. Pp. 4.

"The Platonist." Edited by Thomas M. Johnson. July, 1884. Orange, N. J. Pp. 16.

Bulletin of the New England Meteorological Society, November, 1884. Pp. 7.

Modern Languages as a College Discipline. By A. M. Elliott. Johns Hopkins University. Pp. 7.

Charts of Relative Storm Frequency for a Portion of the Northern Hemisphere. By John P. Finley. Washington City: Signal-Office. Thirteen charts.

Dominion of Canada. Telegraph and Signal Service Maps. Sir Hector Langevin, Minister of Public Works. Six Sections.

A Combined Visual and Astigmatic Test-Card. By Dr. William S. Little. Philadelphia. Pp. 8.

A Protestant converted to Catholicity by her Bible and Prayer-Book. By Mrs. Fanny Maria Pittar. Buffalo, N. Y.: Catholic Publication Company. Pp. 225.

Measurement of the Force of Gravity at Naha and Kagoshima. By S. Sakai and E. Yamaguchi. Tokio, Japan: Tokio Daigaku. Pp. 22.

Corcoran School of Arts, Columbian University, Washington. Address of Hon. J. W. Powell, LL. D. Pp. 20.

Notes on Ingersoll. By Rev. A. Lambert. Buffalo, N. Y.: Catholic Publication Company. Pp. 203. 25 cents.

List of the Ores and Minerals of Industrial Importance occurring in Alabama. By Eugene A Smith, State Geologist. Pp. 11.

Dearborn Observatory, Chicago. Annual Report of the Director. Pp. 14.

Transactions of the Vassar Brothers' Institute, and its Scientific Section. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1883–'84. Pp. 166.

Land Laws of Mining Districts. By Charles Howard Shinn. Baltimore: S. Murray. Pp. 90.

"Babyhood." Vol. I. No 1. December. 1884. Monthly. Pp. 32. 15 cents a number; $1.50 a year.

New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Report for 1884. Pp. 61.

"The Sun." Bi-monthly. Vol. I. No. 1. January and February, 1885. Kansas City, Mo.: C. T. Fowler. Pp. 28. 20 cents a number; $1 a year.

Baltimore Dispensary for Nervous Diseases. Report for 1883. Pp. 16.

The Rational Treatment of Chorea. By John Van Bibber. Baltimore. Pp. 8.

Notes on the Opium-Habit. By Asa P. Meylert, M. D. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 47.

The Extinct Mammalia of the Gulf of Mexico, and other Paleontological Papers; Synopsis of the Species of Oreodontidæ, etc. By Professor E. D. Cope. Philadelphia: A. E. Foote. Pp. 48 and 88. With Plates.