Total.

By whom given, residence, amount, kind, purpose, and conditions of gut, and remarks.

3

Fost-office address.

TABLE 34.-Statistics of gifts and legacies to colleges, schools, &c., for 1885-'86, &c.-Continued.

Name of institution.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy..
Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy

500 From a lady for apparatus in laboratory.

525

In collections, mineralogical, &c., and complete herbarium of North America, from John Dickson (deceased), N. Spang, John Shaffer, and Hugo Blanch, all of Pittsburgh.

List of educational publications of 1885-'86; compiled from publishers' announcements by the United States Bureau of Education.

ART.

A Short History of Tapestry.-From the earliest times to the end of the eighteenth century. By Eugène Müntz. New York, Cassell & Co. Cloth, pp. 400, illustrated. It unfolds the historic development of the arts and adornments through the ages. (New England Journal of Education.)

Dutch School of Painting.-By Henry Havard. New York, Cassell & Co. 300. Price, $2.00.

12mo, pp.

English School of Painting.-By M. Ernest Chesnean. New York, Cassell & Co. 12mo, pp. 425. Price, $2.00.

Flemish School of Painting.-By A. J. Wauters. New York, Cassell & Co. 12mo, pp. 325. Price, $2.00.

Oil Painting.-By Frank Fowler. New York, Cassell & Co. A handbook for the use of students and schools. Highly recommended. (New York School Journal.)

Students' Hand-Book on Oil Painting.-By Frank Fowler. New York, Cassell & Co. Price, $1.50. It treats of still-life studies, portrait painting, landscape and marines, flower painting, &c., and gives a full list of art terms and their definitions. (New England Journal of Education.)

The Place of Art in Education.-By Thos. Davidson. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 40. Price, 24 cents. This valuable lecture is a strong plea for the study of the fine arts in a general system of education. (New England Journal of Education.)

Hegel's Esthetics.-By John Steinfort Kedney. 16mo, pp. 302. Price, $1.25. Chicago, S. C. Griggs & Co. A work that ought to be widely studied in these days of art culture. (Pennsylvania School Journal.)

The Philosophy of Art in America.-By Carl De Muldar. New York, Wm. R. Jenkins. Price, 50 cents and $1. This is a treatise upon the present relations of American art to the advancement of American civilization. The book is of much value to all, and its suggestions are timely and pertinent. (New England Journal of Education.)

The Making of Pictures.-By Mrs. Sarah W. Whitman. Boston, Interstate Publishing Company, Price, 55 cents. A standard work upon art and art methods. Invaluable to teachers.

The Artist and His Mission.-By Rev. Wm. M. Reily. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. 12mo. Price, $1.50. A study in æsthetics for schools and colleges.

Lessons on Color in Primary Schools.—By Lucretia Crocker. Chicago, S. R. Winchell & Co. Price, 30 cents. An excellent guide-book for teachers. The course, as presented, takes three years for completion. (New York School Journal.)

ASTRONOMY.

Primary Phenomenal Astronomy; How to Study and How to Teach It.-By F. H. Bailey. Published by the Michigan School Furniture Company, Northville, Mich. Price, 25 cents. (Educational Journal of Virginia.)

BOTANY.

A New Descriptive Botany.-By Eliza A. Youmans. New York, D. Appleton & Co. A practical guide to the classification of plants with a popular flora. (New England Journal of Education.)

Chapters on Plant Life.-By Sophie Bledsoe Herrick. Illustrated, 16mo, pp. 206. Price, $1.00. New York, Harper & Bros. There is perhaps no other work that will serve as a stronger incentive and better introduction to the study of botany. (Pennsylvania School Journal.)

Hand-Book of Plant Dissection.-By Arthur, Barnes and Coulter. New York, Holt & Co. 12mo, pp. 268. Price, $1.50.

Coulter's Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountains.-"The Rocky Mountain Region." New York, Ivision, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Price, $1.85; tourist's edition, $3. This is the only published flora of this locality. (New England Journal of Education.)

Gray's Botanical Text-book; Goodale's Physiological Botany; Outlines of the Histology of Phonogamous Plants, and Vegetable Physiology.-By George L. Goodale. New York, Ivision, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Cloth, 8vo, pp. 560. Price, $2.30. Its appliances and methods are clear and enjoyable. (New England Journal of Education.)

Practical Work in the School-Room.-Part 3. Object lessons on plants. By Miss Sarah F. Buchelew. New York, A. Lovell & Co. Price, $1.00. An elementary botany for common schools. (New York School Journal, vol. xxx, No. 1, p. 304, and Ohio Educational Monthly, August, 1885, p. 426.)

The Elements of Botany.-By W. A. Kellerman. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. Illustrated, 12mo, pp. 360. Price, $1.25. Embracing histology, vegetable phys iology, systematic and economic botany. For school and home use. (Publishers List.)

Plant Analysis.-By W. A. Kellerman. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. Illustrated, 12mo, pp. 250. Price, $1.00. A classified list of the wild flowers of the northern United States.

Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous.-By Julins A. Palmer jr. Boston, L. Prang & Co. Price $2.00. Interesting to students of fungi. The work is worthy of great praise, and is, we think, the only reliable illustrated description published in this country. (New York School Journal.)

Guide to the Recognition of the Principal Orders of Cryptograms.-By F. L. Sargent Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. 2mo. Price, 75 cents.

BUSINESS AND BOOK-KEEPING.

Forty Lessons in Practical Double-entry Book-keeping.-By George Allen, Newbury, N. C. These lessons have been prepared with special reference to the waats of the class-room in graded schools or colleges. (New York School Journal.)

Graded Lessons in Letter-Writing and Business Forms.-By E. G. Ward. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co. Price, $1.80. These books will hasten the time when the commonschool graduate will be able to write correctly and rapidly any kind of common or business letter. (New York School Journal)

The Business Man's Commercial, Law, and Business Forms Combined.--By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Cloth, pp. 263. Price $2.00.

New Common-School Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. pp. 128. Price, 75

cents.

The New Standard Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. The special-column feature fully elucidated.

The New Standard Counting-house Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Cloth, pp. 312. Price, $2.50. This is a simple and thoroughly practical work on doubleentry.

A Complete Key for Teachers' Use only, for Counting-house, Commercial, and the Elementary Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Price, 50 cents and $1.00.

Book-keeping Simplified.-By D. B. Waggener. Philadelphia, Charles R. Deacon. pp. 77. Price, $1.00. The double-entry system is briefly, clearly, and concisely explained, with valuable rules and tables for counting-room use. (New York School Journal.)

Chambers' Book-keeping.-New Orleans, Hansell & Bro. Price, 75 cents.

Twenty Lessons in Book-keeping.-By Henry E. Chambers. Price, 75 cents. New Orleans, F. F. Hansell & Bro. Neat, simple, and comprehensive.

CHEMISTRY.

The Elements of Chemical Physics. — By Josiah P. Cooke. Boston, John Allyn. 8vo., pp. 752. Price, $4.50.

Inorganic Chemistry.-A text-book for students. By Victor von Richter. 12mo., pp. 400, illustrated. Price, $2.00. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. The work is adapted to the use of the beginner, as well as for the more advanced students of chemical science. (New England Journal of Education.)

Chemical Problems.-By Dr. Karl Stammess; translated from the German with explanations and answers, by W. S. Haskinson. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Price, 75 cents. Every teacher and student of chemistry will find this manual of great value. (New England Journal of Education.)

Practical and Analytical Chemistry.-By Henry Trimble. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Cloth, 8vo., pp. 110, illustrated. Price, $1.50.

Medical Chemistry.-A text-book for medical and H. Bartley. Philadelphia, Blakiston, Son & Co. plete index. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 376. Price, $2.50.

pharmaceutical students. By E. Illustrations, glossary, and com

Manual of Applied Medical Chemistry.-For students and practitioners of medicine. By Lawrence Wolff. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Cloth, pp. 174. Price, $1.50.

Oils and Varnishes.-Their chemistry, manufacture, and uses. Edited by James Cameron. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. pp. 376, illustrated. Price, $2.50.

A Short Course of Chemistry.-By Edwin J. Houston. Philadelphia, Eldridge & Bro. pp. 283. The general method of treatment in this short course is the presentation of the general principles of the science before the introduction of descriptive chemistry. (Pennsylvania School Journal.)

An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, or Organic Chemistry.—By Ira Remsen. 12mo., pp. 364. Boston, Ginn, Heath & Co. No less than eighty wellselected experiments, such as are within the means of almost any laboratory, are described. We consider it a very useful work. (Pennsylvania School Journal.)

Outline of Lecture Notes on General Chemistry.-By John T. Stoddard. Harris, Rogers & Co. These lecture notes comprise a series of suggestive experiments on the more abundant metallic substances, together with their compounds. (New York School Journal.)

The Elements of Chemical Arithmetic.-With a short system of elementary qualitative analysis. By J. M. Coit. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. Cloth, pp. 89. Price, 55 cents A companion to any book in chemistry as an aid in making the subject more practical. (New England Journal of Education.)

Elements of Inorganic Chemistry.-By J. H. Shepherd. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. One of the simplest, most practical, and useful elementary chemistries we have seen for a long while. (Pennsylvania School Journal.)

Elements of Descriptive and Qualitative Inorganic Chemistry.-By J. H. Shepherd. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. A practical course of laboratory work, illustrating the general principles of the science and their application. (New England Journal of Education.)

An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry.-By Ira Remsen. New York, Holt & Co. 12mo., pp. 401. Price, $1.40. (American Science series.)

Entertainments in Chemistry.-By Harry W. Tyler. Boston, Interstate Publishing Company. Price, 55 cents. A very interesting set of chemical entertainments, withi thorough explanations.

Lessons in Chemistry (Science Series).—By Wm. H. Green. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. A well-printed volume of 350 pages, remarkably full and accurate. (New York School Journal.)

A Hand-Book on Diseases of the Nervous System.-By James Ross. Philadelphia, Lea Bros. & Co. pp. 725. Price, cloth, $4.50; leather, $5.50; with 184 illustrations.

Chemical Analysis.-For schools and science classes. By A. H. S. White. New York, Scribner & Welford. The elementary principies are well given in this book. (New England Journal of Education.)

Medical Chemistry.—By C. Gilbert Wheeler. Chicago, S. J. Wheeler. pp. 400. Price, $3.00. The work is admirably adapted for a text book in our colleges and a book of reference in our libraries. (United States Medical Investigator.)

Chemistry of Iron.-By Magnus Troilous. New York, Wiley & Sons. 8vo., pp. 145. Price, $2.00.

DICTIONARIES.

A Handy Anglo-Saxon Dictionary.-By James A. Harrison and W. M. Barkersville. New York, Barnes & Co. Corrected and revised, with a grammatical appendix, list of irregular verbs, brief etymological features, &c. (New England Journal of Education.)

Dictionary of English History.-By S. J. Low and F. S. Pulling. New York, Cassell & Co. 8 vo., pp. 1185. Price, $0.00.

Encyclopædia Dictionary.—Vol. 4. New York, Cassell & Co. Price per vol., $3.00. This great work is new and original, giving all the words of the English language, with a full account of their origin, meaning, pronunciation, and use, with numerous illustrations. (New England Journal of Education.)

A Handy Companion.-Cleveland, Ohio, J. R. Holcomb & Co. It contains a dictionary of about 400 words, a table of abbreviations, business laws and forms, hints on letter-writing, etiquette, &c. (New York School Journal.)

Short Stories from the Dictionary.-By Arthur Gilman. Boston, Interstate Publishing Co. Price, 55 cents. A most valuable and entertaining book.

The Second and Third Biennial Supplements to Johnson's New Universal Cyclopædia.— Including an appendix. New York, A. J. Johnson & Co. It holds the same relation as a work of reference on subjects that Webster's Dictionary does to words. (New York School Journal.)

New and Complete English-German and German-English Pocket Dictionary.—With the pronunciation of both languages, &c. By Messrs. J. F. L. and L. H. Tafel. 16mo., pp. 874. Philadelphia, J. Kohler, (Pennsylvania School Journal. )

Forgotten Meanings, or an Hour with a Dictionary.-By Alfred Waites. Cloth, 24mo., 73 pages. Boston, Lee & Shepard. The beauty of it is that it gives its authority in every instance for the novelty of its positions. (New England Journal of Education.) Complete Pronouncing Medical Dictionary.-By Dr. Joseph Thomas. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. It embraces a definition of all terms in medicine and the allied science, as well as other valuable information not usually found in such works. (New England Journal of Education.)

Thieme's English and German Dictionary.-New York, B. Westerman & Co. In two vols., pp. 805+612. Price, bound in one volume, $4.50.

Eger's Technological Dictionary.-New York, B. Westerman & Co. In the English and German languages, in two parts. English-German, pp. 711. Price, $4.40 and $5.50. German-English, pp. 970. Price, $5.50 and $6.60.

A New School Dictionary of the English Language.-Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. This handy volume is a revision of Worcester's School Dictionary. It presents an excellent discussion of the principles of pronunciation, and adds a list of words of doubtful or various spelling. The tables of names, &c., are very full. (Educational Journal of Virginia.)