second describes the methods of experimentation, and the remainder deal chiefly with experiments bringing out the various laws and phenomena which have thus far been ascertained. The printed lectures contain considerable matter which was not considered appropriate for the popular lectures, "but which is nevertheless essential to the further study of the subject." Three of the lectures in the original course on the action of nitrous oxide are not included, but are announced as reserved for a "second series." There are a number of explanatory diagrams and illustrations. (Longmans, Green & Co., New York. $1.50.)
The arguments in favor of the vertical system of handwriting have been set forth in the Popular Science Monthly. We are glad to see that it is attracting the attention of publishers of school books. One of the simplest and most convenient applications of it is made in The Natural System of Vertical Handwriting, by A. F. Newlands and R. K. Row, which is published by D. C. Heath & Co. The authors are represented to have been the first to advocate the new system in America, and to have made the first and longest-continued experiments in it. With them legibility is the first consideration, and they believe that handwriting should be as much as possible like print, consistently with convenient manipulation. The course consists of six books of progressive lessons, presenting a beautiful, plain, open hand, to which two books of social and business forms are to be added.
Stewart's Telegraphic Code consists of a system in which numbers are represented by combinations of letters. Telegraph companies in transmitting numbers charge for each figure as a separate word. By means of this system Mr. Stewart represents any number from 1 to 999,999 in a word of ten letters or less. For instance, 74,013, which, if sent as it stands, would be charged for as six words, is in the system represented by "rulidoka," which would, of course, go as one word. (Author, St. Paul, Minn.)
Agricultural Experiment Stations. Bulletins and Reports. Connecticut: Twenty-first Annual Report for 1897. Part I. Food Products. Pp. 64; Part II. Fertilizers. Pp. 74; Part III. Various Pp. 74.—Iowa: Bulletin No. 36. Eight Articles. Pp. 60.—New Jersey: No. 124. Fertilizers. Pp. 98.; No. 125. The San José Scale, and how it may be Controlled. Pp. 16.—New York: No. 125. Popular edition. Tomato Forcing. Pp. 3. with plates; No. 126. Feeding Experiments with Chicks and Capons. Pp. 14, and popular edition of the same. Pp. 8; No. 129. Commercial Fertilizers. Pp. 72; No. 130. A Bacterial Disease of Sweet Corn. Pp. 16; No. 131. Oat Smut. Pp. 12; No. 132. The Source of Milk Fat. Pp. 36.—Pennsylvania: No, 28. The Fungous Foes of the Farmer. Pp. 19.—Purdue University: No. 66. Indoor Culture of Lettuce. Pp. 8; No. 67. Wheat and Corn as Food for Pigs. Pp. 12.—United States Department of Agriculture: Meadows and Pastures. Pp. 24; The Gipsy Moth in America. Pp. 39; The Jack Rabbits of the United States. Revised edition. Pp. 88; North Dakota Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau. Report for November, 1897. Pp. 8.
Bailey, L. H. Lessons with Plants. New York: The Macmillan Company. Pp. 491. $1.10.
Björnling, Philip R. Whittaker's Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book. New York: The Macmillan Company. Pp. 377. $1.75.
Brown, John. Parasitic Wealth; or, Money Reform. Chicago: C. H. Kerr & Co. Pp. 169. $1.
Bulletins and Reports. Department of Labor, January, 1898. Pp. 140.—New York State Museum, October, 1897. On Road Materials and Road Building. Pp. 134, with maps.—Bureau of American Republics, January, 1898. Pp. 180.—Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Connecticut for 1897. Pp. 240.—Report of the Director of Physical Training in Public Schools of Washington, D. C, 1896-'97. Pp. 22.—Report of Public Schools of the District of Columbia, 1896-'97. Pp. 305.
De Witt, T. H. Benton. A Correspondence between an Amateur and a Professor of Political Economy. Philadelphia. Pp. 19.
Evans, E. P. Evolutionary Ethics and Animal Psychology. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Pp. 386. $1.75.
Gosse, Edmund. A Short History of Modern English Literature. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Pp. 416. $1.50.
Janus. Archives Internationales pour l'Histoire du Médecine et pour la Géographie Médicale (International Archives for the History of Medicine and for Medical Geography). Bimonthly and Polyglot. Dr. H. F. A. Peppers, Editor. Amsterdam, September 20, 1897. Pp. 200.
Jenkins, Oliver P. The Passing of Plato. Leland Stanford (Jr.) University. Pp. 23.
Journal of Applied Microscopy. Monthly. Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1898. Rochester, N. Y.: Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. Pp. 14. $1 a year.
Kellicott, David S. The Dissection of the Ophidian. Columbus, Ohio. Pp. 72.
Lockyer, Sir Norman. The Sun's Place in Nature. New York: The Macmillan Company. Pp. 360. $2.75.
Mann, H. S. Kindness to Animals in a Christian World. Omaha, Neb. Pp. 14. 5 cents.
Ober, F. A. Crusoe's Island. A Bird-Hunter's Story. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Pp. 273. 65 cents.
Reprints. Bessey, Charles E.: Some Considerations on the Functions of Stomata. Pp. 3.—Brigham, A. P.: Present Status of the Electric System in American Colleges. Pp. 10.—Closson, Charles C: The Hierarchy of European Races. Pp. 14.—Dellenbaugh, F. S.: The True Route of Coronado's March. Pp. 82.—Jastrow, Joseph.: The
