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422 Dr. C. W. Dulles's little manual on Accidents and Emergencies (Blakiston, 75 cents) has reached a third edition. It has been revised and enlarged, and new illustrations have been added. The aim of this book is not to take the place of calling a physician or surgeon, but to fill up with helpful action the interval before skilled assistance arrives. It contains information which every one is liable to have a sudden need for during the present season of travel and more or less dangerous sports.

From the same publishers comes the sixth American edition of Dr. T. H. Tanner's Memoranda on Poisons (75 cents), which has been revised by Henry Leffmann, M. D. Obsolete portions of the text have been omitted, and some new matters of importance have been added. The toxicology of poisonous food has been rewritten. This manual is for the medical practitioner, and contains, besides directions for the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning, also a statement of his duties with reference to obtaining information for a judicial inquiry.

Mr. F. B. Goddard has written three pamphlets for the guidance of the householder, dealing with Furniture and the Art of Furnishing, Marketing, and Grocer's Goods (Tradesman's Publishing Co., New York, each 20 cents). They are full of practical information in regard to qualities, imitations, prices, uses, and care of the various goods and supplies described, which will save the inexperienced buyer many times the cost of the pamphlets.

The Story of New York, by Elbridge S. Brooks (Lothrop, $1.50), is the first volume in "The Story of the States" series. It aims to give the reader an acquaintance with its field, by presenting to him the stages of growth through which the State of New York has passed. The progress of the average citizen through the changes of over two hundred years is represented by the story of a hypothetical Knickerbocker family, which is woven in with the historical data. The author has been more solicitous to make a readable book than to crowd a great number of facts into a small space, and is much aided in this respect by the many illustrations.

The negro literature of our Southern plantations has been increased by a volume of Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast, which have been recorded by Charles C. Jones, Jr. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., $1). The stories of the negroes in the swamp region of Georgia and the Carolinas have a character of their own, differing from those in vogue among the negroes of middle Georgia, which have been recounted by Mr. Joel Chandler Harris. The stories of this collection are short, and are told in vernacular. A glossary is appended to the volume.

Agassiz. Alexander. Three Cruises of the U. 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer Blake. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 2 vols. Pp. 314 and '220. $8.

Allen, John H., Brooklyn, N. Y. The Spanish-American Reciprocity Treaty. Pp. 21.—Decline of American Shipping. Pp. 18.

Barnard, F. P. Strongbow's Conquest of Ireland. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 209. 75 cents.

Bell, Alexander Melville. World-English: the Universal Language. New York: N. D. C. Hodges. Pp. 29. 25 cents.

Buchanan, Rachel. A Débutante in New York Society. D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 363. $1.25.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Trade Values of Fertilizers. Pp. 8.

Cooke, Rose Terry. Poems. New York: William S. Gottsberger. Pp. 412. $1.50.

Dowling, Richard. Ignorant Essays. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 195. 25 cents.

Drift, The, of the Age. New York: American News Company. Pp. 33. 10 cents.

Dwyer, Charles R., Fort Wayne, Ind. Science in Secondary Schools. Pp. 14.

Eaton, A. W. The Heart of the Creeds. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 200. $1.

Galloway, Robert. The Fundamental Principles of Chemistry. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Pp. 34.

Goode, G. Brown. American Fishes. New York: Standard Book Company. Pp. 496.

Gray, Asa. Synoptical Flora of North America. The Gamopetalæ. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. Pp. 494.

Halsted. Byron D., Ames. Iowa. Bulletin from the Botanical Department, Iowa State Agricultural College. 1888. Pp. US.

Heath, D. C. & Co., Boston. "Old South Leaflets," Nos 1 to 13. Pp. 12 to 20 each. 5 cents each. $3 per hundred.

Henderson, J. F., Atlanta, Ga. Crop Report of Georgia for May, etc. Pp. 31.

Hill. G. A., Lessons in Geometry. Boston: Ginn & Co. Pp 182.

Hodges. N. D. C. "The Puzzler," May, 1888. No. 4. Seven plates, 10 cents, $1.20 a year,

Hutton, Rev. W. H. Simon de Montfort and his Time. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 186. 75 cents.

Hyde, Mary F. Practical Lessons in the Use of English. Book II. D. C. Heath & Co. Pp. 226.

Hydrographic Office, Navy Department. Pilot Coast-Chart for May. Single sheet.

James, U. P., and Joseph F., Oxford, Ohio. Monticuliporoid Corals of the Cincinnati Group. Pp. 32, with Plates.

Kerr. Norman. Inebriety. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Pp. 415. $3.

Laing, S. Agnosticism and Christianity. London: Watts & Co. Pp. 31.