66 text, reproducing the most famous pictures, statues, drawings, etc., by the foremost artists. Although the author is not a native of the United States, but of France, the work is essentially American, in the form of its presentation, and is one of the most striking contributions of the year to the department of the fine arts. Tuscan Songs," collected, translated, and illustrated by Francesca Alexander, made another sumptuous volume, and from Anne Hollingsworth Wharton we had "Heirlooms in Miniature," embracing more than 125 reproductions of these charming portraits in little" of colonial, Revolutionary, and modern date. Charles Dana Gibson gave us six plates of "People of Dickens," and a fine collection was made of his magazine articles upon "London as seen by C. D. Gibson," elaborately illustrated. 'Drawings" of Frederic Remington were published illustrating wild life in America, while All Hands!" is the title given to pictures by Rufus H. Zogbaum illustrating life aboard a war ship of the United States navy which stir the heart. "The Madonna in Art," by Estelle M. Hurll, was intended as a companion volume to "Child-life in Art," and contained 31 full-page reproductions from celebrated paintings. William Wallace Martin was the author of a "Manual of Ecclesiastical Architecture"; James Mason Hoppin, D. D., made a study of "Greek Art on Greek Soil"; while "The Mycenaean Age," a study of the monuments and culture of pre-Homeric Greece, was written by Prof. J. Irving Manatt upon the basis of a work by Chrestos Tsountas, bringing the Mycenaean discoveries up to date and popularizing them by means of copious illustrations. "The Beginnings of Art" were traced by Ernest Grosse in "Appletons' Anthropological Series," and Dr. Washington Gladden discussed briefly "The Relations of Art and Morality." Charles M. Stuart told "The Story of the Masterpieces," and Bernhard Berenson discoursed of "The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance." His "Venetian Painters of the Renaissance" also went through a new illustrated holiday edition. "The Decoration of Houses" was the theme of Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., and Anson K. Cross wrote on "Light and Shade" for the series of "National Drawing Books." "Some Masters of Lithography," by Atherton Curtis, was illustrated with 22 photogravure plates after representative lithographs, and contained appendices giving technical explanations and a bibliography, the edition being limited to 750 copies. "Ex Libris," by Charles Dexter Allen, was the title given to essays of a collector, accompanied with 21 copper-plate prints. Parts VII to XXV appeared of The Music of the Modern World," explained and illustrated for American readers, edited by Anton Seidl, assisted by Fanny Morris Smith, Henry E. Krehbiel, and others; William B. Chamberlain laid down "Principles of Vocal Expression"; and Edmund J. Meyer discoursed of "Position and Action in Singing." "," Russell Sturgis and Henry E. Krehbiel were the joint editors for the American Library Association of an "Annotated Bibliography of Fine Art," which had a preface by George Iles. Among illustrated volumes are to be noted "In Memoriam," the drawings for which were by Harry Fenn, and which had a preface by H. Van Dyke; "A Book of Old English Love-Songs," with an introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie, and an accompaniment of decorative drawings by George Wharton Edwards; and Evangeline," in a new holiday edition, illustrated by Violet Oakley and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Two series of "Life's Comedy" were also issued. History. Several important contributions were made to historical literature. "The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States" was traced by Sydney George Fisher, showing that it is a de 66 velopment of progressive history and not an isolated document struck off at a given time or an imitation of English or Dutch forms of government. James Schouler also published "Constitutional Studies, State and Federal." "The Middle Period," treated by Prof. John W. Burgess in the "American History Series," lay between 1817 and 1858, and from Edward Payson Powell we had Nullification and Secession in the United States," a history of the six attempts during the first century of the republic. George Barnett Smith opened a new series with "The Romance of Colonization: The United States from the Earliest Times to the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers." Vol. I of American History told by Contemporaries," edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, was devoted to the "Era of Colonization, 1493-1689," and will be followed by three more volumes. Edward Arber edited from the original texts "The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1602-1624 a. D., as told by themselves, their Friends, and their Enemies"; "The Voyage of the Mayflower" was penned and pictured by Blanche McManus for the series of "Colonial Monographs," of which it was the first; "The Story of the Palatines was told by Sanford H. Cobb; "Old Virginia and her Neighbors" was by John Fiske, in two volumes; and "The Border Wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's Wars," by Samuel Adams Drake. Vols. II to IX, inclusive, were issued of the 60 which are to contain The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, covering the travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791, in an edition limited to 750 sets; "Cabot's Discovery of North America' was discussed by G. E. Weare; Justin Winsor completed with "The Westward Movement, the Colonies and the Republic West of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798," his work of illustrating American history in its geographical relations from the time of Columbus to the beginning of the present century, undertaken in "Cartier to Frontenac" (1534-1700) and continued in "The Mississippi Basin" (1697-1763); "New Governments West of the Alleghanies before 1780" was the theme of a thesis by George H. Alden; and "New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest thrown by the manuscript journals of Alexander Henry, fur trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, official surveyor and explorer of the same company 1799-1814, edited with copious critical commentary by Elliott Coues, M. D., in three volumes. "A History of the United States of America, its People and its Institutions was written by Charles Morris; "A School History of the United States," by John Bach McMaster; "Å Grammar School History of the United States," by L. A. Field; and "The Student's American History," by David H. Montgomery, the last for the "Leading Facts of History Series." Charles G. D. Roberts wrote " A History of Canada," and W. A. Calnek a "History of the County of Annapolis," which was edited and completed by A. W. Savary. "Louisbourg in 1745" was the title given to the anonymous lettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton), containing a narrative, by an eyewitness, of the siege in 1745, edited with an English translation by George M. Wrong. "The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776," reviewed by Henry P. Johnston in the "Columbia University Press Series"; Elbridge Streeter Brooks drew up "The Century Book of the American Revolution," to which Chauncey M. Depew contributed an introduction; "Soul Liberty-Rhode Island's Gift to the Nation," and was The Forgeries connected with the Original Deed given to Roger Williams by the Sachems," were both from the pen of Sidney S. Rider; "The History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government, ville, Past and Present," by Edward A. Samuels and Henry H. Kimball; "Historic New York," the first series of the "Half-Moon Papers"; "Colonial Mobile," by Peter J. Hamilton; and last, but not least, by any means, in point of interest, Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow," by Edgar Mayhew Bacon. Vol. IV completed the new revised edition of "American Orations," edited by Alexander Johnston as studies in American political history. An interesting reprint in photo-facsimile was that of "Public Acts of the State of Tennessee passed at the First Session of the Thirtyfourth General Assembly for the Years 1861-'62," of which only three or four copies in the original are known to exist, the session having been hurriedly adjourned from Nashville to Memphis upon the fall of Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. 66 1670-1719" was written by Edward McCrady; 66 66 Jurisprudence.-Books in this department were numerous during the year. The "Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice under the Codes and Practice Acts," edited by William M. McKinney, was continued, Vols. VII, VIII, and IX bringing the work down to "Habeas Corpus"; and two volumes also appeared of a new "Encyclopædia of Forms and Precedents for Pleading and Practice," edited by W. H. Michael and William Mack, under the supervision of James D. Cockcroft. The history and principles of "Common Law Pleading" were set forth by R. Ross Perry, and "The Historical Development of Code Pleading in America and England was traced by Charles M. Hepburn. Munson's Manual of Elementary Practice," by C. La Rue Munson, contained practical suggestions on the beginnings of legal practice; Edward P. Buffet prepared "A Digest of Elementary Law and that of Personal Property"; Vol. I was issued of the third revised and enlarged edition of John Prentiss Poe's "Pleading and Practice in Courts of Common Law," was given to "Pleading"; Louis Hochheimer set forth "The Law of Crimes and Criminal Procedure," including forms and precedents; and Part I appeared of James Paige's "Illustrative Cases in Criminal Law," with analysis and citations in the "Pattee Series"; John H. Gillett wrote A Treatise on the Law of Indirect and Collateral Evidence"; a third edition was published of "The Theory of the Law of Evidence," by William Reynolds; Benjamin J. Shipman prepared "A Handbook of the Law of Equity Pleading"; Vol. III was issued of " A Selection of Cases on Equity Jurisdiction," by William A. Keener and Vols. II and III of the annual (first series) of "American and English Decisions in Equity," annotated by Ardenus Stewart. Two volumes contained" Commentaries on the Law of Trusts and Trustees," as administered in England and the United States, by Charles F. Beach: Stewart Chaplin wrote "A Treatise on Express Trusts and Powers, under the New York Revised Statutes and the Real Property Law of 1896"; the fourth volume of "The Annual on the Law of Real Property," edited by Tilghman E. and Emerson E. Ballard, for 1895, appeared; as did "Selected Cases on Real Property," selected and arranged for use in connection with the author's treatise on real property, by Christopher G. Tiedeman; a "Treatise on the Modern Law of Property, as expounded by our Courts of Last Resort," by Frank S. Rice; and "Selected Cases on Real Property," by William C. Sprague. John W. Smith gave his attention to "The Law of Receiverships"; Philip T. Van Zile supplied "Illustrative Cases in Sales"; and Francis M. Burdick, "The Law of Sales of Personal Prop erty." "A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Foreclosing Mortgages on Real Property and of Remedies Collateral thereto, with Forms," by Charles Hastings Wiltsie, in two volumes, had a 66 supplement bringing the work down to March, 1897, and additional chapters on mortgage redemptions, by James M. Kerr. Chattel Mortgage" was the title of a treatise on the use of personal property as security in the State of Michigan, by William A. Bahlke; in the "Hornbook Series " appeared a"Handbook on the Law of Executors and Administrators." by Simon Greenleaf Crosswell; "The Law of Decedents' Estates" in Pennsylvania was set forth by William Hardcastle Brown; J. G. Woerner was the author of "A Treatise on the American Law of Guardianship of Minors and Persons of Unsound Mind"; and "Probate Reports annotated," by Frank S. Rice, contained recent cases of general value decided in the courts of the several States, or points of the probate law, with notes and references. Another issue of the "Hornbook Series" was a Handbook on the Law of Private Corporations," by William L. Clark, Jr., and Jeremiah Smith contributed "A Selection of Cases on Private Corporations," in two volumes. Reuben A. Reese expounded "The True Doctrine of Ultra Vires in the Law of Corporations"; "A Treatise on the Law in Relation to Promoters and the Promotion of Corporations" came from Arthur M. Alger; Malcolm Lloyd set forth "The Principles of the Law relating to Corporate Liability for Acts of Promoters," in the Sharswood prize thesis in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania for the year 1897; a third edition was issued of "White, on Corporations," by Frank White; Charles L. Borgmeyer edited Vol. V (1897) of the "American Corporation Legal Manual"; and Vols. I to VI, inclusive, of "American and English Corporation Cases" (new series) close this subdivision; while on contracts we had "A Synopsis of the Law of Contract," prepared for the St. Louis Law School by Amos M. Thayer, and "Selected Cases on Contracts," by William C. Sprague. John M. Gardner edited Vol. I of "American Negligence Reports,' and T. F. Hamilton Vols. V and VI of "American Negligence Cases," while William W. Morrill performed a similar service for Vol. VI (1895-'97) of "American Electrical Cases." Two volumes contained "A Treatise on the Law of Carriers," by Norman Fetter; Vol. IV of "A Treatise on the Law of Railroads," by Byron K. and William F. Elliott, was sent out; as were Vol. VI of A Digest of Railway Decisions," by Stewart Rapalje and William Mack, and Vols. IV, V, and VI of the new series of "American and English Railroad Cases." "The Law of Railway Accidents in Massachusetts" was set forth by Gustavus Hay, Jr. "The Law of Railway Bonds and Mortgages in the United States," by Edward Lyman Short, contained illustrative cases from English and colonial courts. Edwin F. Glenn's "Handbook of International Law" appeared in the "Hornbook Series"; "The Federal Courts: Their Organization, Jurisdiction, and Procedure" were the theme of lectures delivered before the Richmond law school, Richmond College, Virginia, by Charles H. Simonton; and "Elements of Law as Introductory to the Study of the Constitutional and Military Law of the United States" were the theme of G. B. Davis. W. W. Phelps compiled a "Chronology of American Case Law," covering all reported cases, State and Federal, from the earliest period to 1897. "A Treatise on the American Law of Elections," by George W. McCrary, went through a fourth edition, edited by Henry L. McCune, and "The Revised Village Charter," by John N. Drake, was a digest of village law, Part I of which covered "The Village Law," and Part II "All Other Statutes applicable to Villages." William E. Bullock was the author of "A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife in the State of New York," including chapters on divorce and dower; Edwin H. Woodruff, of "A Selection of Cases on Domestic Relations and the Law of Persons"; and William C. Sprague was heard from yet again in "Illustrative Cases on the Law of Domestic Relations." "Principles of the Law of Attorney and Client" emanated from W. B. Hale; W. F. Bailey devoted two volumes to "The Law of Personal Injuries relating to Master and Servant"; while four contained "A Treatise on Marine, Fire, Life, Accident, and all Other Insurances," by Joseph A. Joyce. A second edition, revised and enlarged, was issued of "A Treatise on the Law of Fire Insurance,” by D. Ostrander, with a philosophical and analytical discussion of leading cases. Patent Office Practice," by William A. Luby, was an abridgment of the law of patents together with the rules, forms, and precedents for preparing and prosecuting applications for patents, trade-marks, prints, labels, and copyrights; and from J. T. Newton we had also "Newton's Digest of Patent Office Trade-Mark Decisions." Two volumes contain "A Treatise on the American Law relating to Mines and Mineral Lands," by Curtis H. Lindley. Daniel Moreau Barringer and John Stokes Adams were the joint authors of "The Law of Mines and Mining in the United States," and Horace F. Clark, Charles C. Heltman, and Charles F. Consaul of a Mineral Law Digest." "A Manual of Legal Medicine," for the use of practitioners and students of medicine and law, was the work of Justin Herold, M. D.; and "The Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Coroners and Constables," as set forth by Borden D. Smith, were revised by Charles H. Mills; while John H. Simpson drew up a "Notary Public's Guide." Edgar B. Kinkead vouchsafed "Forms of Instruction to Juries and Judgment Entries," covering civil and criminal cases in all courts of record in Ohio, and Samuel D. Aulls was the author of "Aulls's Quizzer on the New York Code of Civil Procedure." "Celebrated Trials," by Henry Laurens Clinton, supplements admirably his previous volume of Extraordinary Cases," and to Moses Field we owe a collection of "Famous Legal Arguments." "Law Latin," by E. Hilton Jackson, was a treatise in Latin, with legal maxims and phrases, as a basis of instruction. Vol. I of "A Complete Digest of all Reported American Cases from the Earliest Times to 1896" covered "AbandonmentAdvocate," and inaugurated the "Century Edition of the American Digest"; Vol. I of the General Digest of the Decisions of the Principal Courts of the United States, England, and Canada" (new series) appeared at the beginning of the year. James H. Monroe edited "Monroe's Digest of Standard Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort of the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland upon Questions in Law and Equity relating to Banks, Banking and Commerce, Trade and Manufacturing"; Vols. III, IV, and V of the second edition of the "American and English Encyclopædia of Law," edited by David S. Garland and Lucius P. McGehee, under the supervision of James Cockcroft, were sent out, as were Vols. LI, LII, LIII, LIV, LV, and LVI of "American State Reports," selected, reported, and annotated by A. C. Freeman, a brief digest, covering Vols. XLIX to LIV, of which was made by E. D. Smith; and there yet remain for mention also Vols. XX-XXV of 66 66 United States Circuit Courts of Appeal Reports," with a "Digest of Decisions" reported in the same, covering Vols. XI to XX; several volumes of United States Courts of Appeal Reports" and a "Digest" comprising the Supreme Court Reports," Vols. CXLII to CLXIII, inclusive, from October, 1891, to October, 1895, and the "Circuit Court of Appeals Reports," Vols. I to XXIII, inclusive, Vol. XXVII and advance parts to June 15, 66 1896, by William Draper Lewis; Vols. XXVIII, XXIX, and XXX of "United States Federal Cases Vols. I, II, and III of "United States Federal and State Criminal Reporter"; and Vols. LXXV to LXXXI of the "United States Federal Reporter." A "United States Digest of Decisions and Opinions relating to Pensions and Bounty Land" was prepared under the direction and supervision of John M. Reynolds by William M. Chitty and John W. Bixler, and a "United States Supreme Court Index Digest to the Decisions in Patent Cases" was also sent out, including those adjudged during October term, 1896. The "Reports" and Reporters" of the several States it is impossible to enumerate. "Affirmed and Reversed Cases, from the Earliest State Report down to January, 1896," by William H. Silvernail, was a complete table of affirmed and reversed cases of the State of New York, with duplicate references to all current reports; and from the same author we had an "Index to the Session Laws of the State from 1775 down to 1897." "The Greater New York Charter" as enacted in 1897 contained notes indicating the derivatory statutes, etc., by Mark Ash, and another volume, "The Greater New York Charter: Being an Act to unite into One Municipality, under the Corporate Name of the City of New York, the Various Communities lying in and about New York Harbor, including the City and County of New York, the City of Brooklyn, the County of Kings, the County of Richmond, and part of the County of Queens, and to provide for the Government thereof," contained a report of the committee which drafted the same by Clarence F. Birdseye. " Juveniles.-Still do the numbers increase of books written for young people. "Midshipman Jack," by Charles Ledyard Norton, belonged to the "Fighting for the Flag Series," and yet another sea story was The Rock of the Lion." by Molly Elliot Seawell. William Osborn Stoddard contributed "The Red Patriot," "The Lost Gold of the Montezumas," and "Walled in," a true story of Randall's Island. Kirk Munroe gave" With Crockett and Bowie," and "The Painted Desert" was a story of northern Arizona. He also wrote "The Ready Rangers." "Trif and Trixy' was by the ever-delightful John Habberton; James Otis Kaler gave four books, "The Boys at Fort Schuyler," The Signal Boys of '75," "At the Siege of Quebec," and "The Wreck of the Circus"; "In the Days of the Pioneers was a sequel to "The Phantom of the River," by Edward S. Ellis, who also wrote "True to his Trust" and "A Strange Craft, and its Wonderful Voyage"; "The Resolute Mr. Pansy" was an electrical story for boys by John T. Trowbridge; "The Great Island; or, Cast away in in Papua" was Willis Boyd Allen's contribution to the "Camp and Tramp Series"; while the "Frank and Fearless Series" was enriched with " Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent," by Horatio Alger, Jr. The "All-over-the-World-Library" (third series) contained" Pacific Shores; or, Adventures in Eastern Seas," by the late lamented William Taylor Adams (Oliver Optic), and his " At the Front" appeared in the "Blue and the Gray Series-on Land." "Guarding the Border," by Everett T. Tomlinson, belonged to the "War of 1812 Series," and his "Washington's Young Aids" to the "War of the Revolution Series." "True to his Home," by Hezekiah Butterworth, was a tale of the boyhood of Franklin, and from the same pen we had "Over the Andes," in the "Travel and Adventure Series." "A Little House in Pimlico," by Marguerite Bouvet, "Three Margarets" and "Hildegarde's Harvest," by Mrs. Laura E. Richards, and "Wanolasset, the Little-One-Who-Laughs," by A. G. Plympton, recalled three favorite authors for came " children, and from Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney Witch Winnie in Venice and the Alchemist's Story " and " Pierre and his Poodle." "Aaron in the Wilderness," by Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus), carried on the "Thimblefinger Series"; the "Brain and Brawn Series" contained "The Beach Patrol," a story of the life-saving service, by William Drysdale; "Three Boys in the Northland: Summer," came from Egerton Ryerson Young; and "The Last Cruise of the 'Mohawk,'” a boy's adventures in the navy in the war of the rebellion, from William J. Henderson. Contributions to the "Bound to Win Series" were “Shorthand Tom; or, The Exploits of a Young Reporter." "Young Auctioneers," and Bound to be an Electrician," by Edward Stratemeyer; "The Missing Tin Box," by Arthur M. Winfield; and "Gun and Sled," by Ralph Bonehill. "Camp and Trail" came from Isabel Hornibrook, and "A Bunker-Hill Failure," from Anna F. Burnham. Lucy Cecil White Lillie described A Girl's Ordeal." Amanda M. Douglas published "The Children at Sherburne House" and Hannah Ann," a sequel to "A Little Girl in Old New York," while Ellen Douglas Deland was represented by " In the Old Herrick House, and Other Stories," "A Successful Venture," and "Alan Ransford." Linnie S. Harris told the story of "The Young Capitalist," and Frank M. Bicknell that of "The Apprentice Boy." "Paul Travers's Adventures" were detailed by Sam T. Clover, and Sophie Swett narrated the experiences and perplexities of "Tom Pickering of Scutney." "Stoney Cardington's Ideal was by Mrs. Mary Anderson Hawkins; "Kent Fielding's Ventures" and "A Genuine Lady," by Mrs. I. T. Thurston; "Dorothy Draycott's To-morrows," a sequel to " Dorothy Draycott's To-days; or, Sirs, only Seventeen," by Virginia Frances Townsend; Toinette, and Other Stories," by Lydia F. Krause (Barbara Yechton); "The First Temptation," by Mary Lee Stark; "The Story of Mollie," by Marian Bower; "Links of Gold," by Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever; "The Young Puritans of Old Hadley," by Mary Prudence Wells Smith; "The King of the Park," by Marshall Saunders; and "The Angel of the Tenement," by George Madden Martin. Phronsie Pepper, the Last of the Five Little Peppers," by Margaret Sidney (Mrs. Harriet Mulford Lothrop), was illustrated by Jessie McDermott; "Little Homespun," by Ruth Ogden (Mrs. Charles W. Ide), was a continuation of her former story of "Courage"; "Nan in the City," by Mrs. Myra Sawyer Hamlin, was a sequel to "Nan at Camp Chicopee"; "The Happy Six" was by Penn Shirley (Sarah Clarke); and "A Thoughtless Seven" was written by the author of "Probable Sons." "Miss Belladonna" was by Caroline Ticknor, and "Miss Wildfire" by Julie M. Lippmann; and among other books which found interested readers may be mentioned "Castle Daffodil," by Martha Barr Banks; "Ten Little Comedies," tales of the troubles of ten little girls whose tears were turned into smiles, by Gertrude Smith; "The Outstretched Hand," by Annie Maria Barnes (Cousin Annie), and "Cicely's Little Minute," by Harvey Gobel. "Sue Orcutt" was a sequel to "The Orcutt Girls," by Charlotte M. Vaile; and other books for girls were "Miss Nina Barrow," by Frances Courtenay Baylor: "A Candid Critic, and Other Stories for Girls," by Maude Rittenhouse Mayne; "The Taming of Polly," by Ella Loraine Dorsey; "Three Brave Girls," by Mrs. Jeannette R. H. Walworth; "Three Pretty Maids," by Amy Ella Blanchard; and 66 Three Girls and especially One." by Marion Ames Taggart, who wrote also "The Blyssvania Post Office." For very little people there were various dainty volumes, "Little Grown-Ups," by Maud Humphrey and Elizabeth S. Tucker; "A MincePie Dream," a book of children's verse, by Emily Elton, D. D.; A Book of Nursery Rhymes," illustrated by Francis D. Bedford; "The Dear Old Nursery Rhymes," by Constance Haslewood; "Mother Goose in Prose," by L. Frank Baum; and "Childhood's Songs of Long Ago," by Dr. Isaac Watts, with picturings by Blanche McManus. "The Muses up to Date was the title of a series of plays for children from eight to eighteen, by Henrietta D. and Roswell M. Field. "Uncle Sam's Secrets," by Oscar Phelps Austin, was a story of national affairs for youth. Anna Alice Chapin told "The Story of the Rhinegold" for young people, and Samuel Adams Drake recalled the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers" On Plymouth Rock." Medicine and Surgery.-The first of four volumes to contain an "American System of Practical Medicine," in contributions by representative Americans, edited by Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, M. D., and W. Gilman Thompson, M. D., appeared during the year, as did the fourth and last volume of "A System of Practical Therapeutics, by American and Foreign Authors," edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M. D., who published also a work of his own upon "Practical Diagnosis." Vol. III of "A System of Medicine by Many Writers," edited by Thomas Clifford Allbut, M.D., was devoted to “Diseases of Obscure Causation, Alimentation, and Secretion," and Vol. IV to "Diseases of Ductless Glands-Respiratory and Circulatory Systems." James Tyson, M. D., was the author of "The Practice of Medicine," a text-book for practitioners and students, with special reference to diagnosis and treatment, and Horatio C. Wood, M. D., collaborated with Reginald H. Fitz, M. D., on "The Practice of Medicine." Roswell Park, M.D., gave "An Epitome of the History of Medicine," based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo, and edited a "Treatise on Surgery by American Authors," in two volumes. A fourth edition, revised and enlarged, was issued of "A Manual of the Practice of Medicine prepared especially for Students" by A. A. Stevens. M. D.; and Vols. VII to XI, inclusive, were published of "Twentieth Century Practice," edited by Thomas L. Stedman, M.D. A new second revised edition of "A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis," by John H. Musser, M. D., was made for the use of students and practitioners; "Pathological Technique' was a practical manual for the pathological laboratory, by Frank Burr Mallory, M. D., and James Homer Wright, M. D.; "Practical Pathology for Students and Physicians" was a manual of laboratory and post-mortem technic, designed especially for the use of junior and senior students in pathology at the University of Michigan, by Alfred Scott Warthin, M. D.; Charles E. Simon, M. D., prepared "A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Microscopical and Chemical Methods"; while Robert Hutchinson, M.D., and Harry Rainy gave their attention entirely to "Chemical Methods." Arthur V. Meigs, M.D. inquired into "The Origin of Disease," especially of disease resulting from intrinsic, as opposed to extrinsic causes; Hysteria and Certain Allied Conditions" were the theme of George J. Preston. M. D.; while II. Illoway was an authority upon Constipation in Adults and Children," with special reference to habitual constipation and its most successful treatment by the mechanical methods. G. H. Ellwanger wrote upon "Gout"; A. W. Mayo Robson upon Diseases of the Gall, Bladder, and Bile Ducts"; and W. Soltan Fenwick, M. D., "Disorders of Digestion in Infancy and Childhood"; while "Syringomyelia" was the title of the Aboarenga Prize Essay of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for 1895, by Guy Hinsdale, upon 46 66 66 M. D. "Lectures on Angina Pectoris and Allied States," by William Osler, M. D., were reprinted from the "New York Medical Journal" for 1896; Richard C. Cabot, M. D., offered "A Guide to the Clinical Examination of the Blood for Diagnostic Purposes"; while Nestor I. C. Tirard, M. D., was heard from on Diphtheria and Antitoxin." "Principles or Guides for a Better Selection or Classification of Consumptives Amenable to High Altitude Treatment" were suggested by A. Edgar Tussey, M. D. Charles Phelps, M. D., wrote on Traumatic Injuries of the Brain and its Membranes," with a special study of pistol-shot wounds of the head in their medico-legal and surgical relations; Silas Weir Mitchell, M. D., gave Clinical Lessons on Nervous Diseases"; and Thomas Smith Clouston's "Clinical Lectures on Mental Disorders" went through a fourth revised edition. Wounds in War," by W. F. Stevenson, covered the mechanism of their production and their treatment; George H. Quay, M. D., was the author of a "Monograph of Diseases of the Nose and Throat"; and Seth Scott Bishop, M. D., supplied a condensed text-book of 'Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, and their Accessory Cavities." The first of four volumes, which will contain a "System of Diseases of the Eye by American, British, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish Authors," edited by William F. and Oliver C. A. Norrris, was devoted to " Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Eye"; "A Handbook of the Refraction of the Eye, its Anomalies and their Correction" came from Charles D'A. Wright, M. D.; "Retinoscopy, or Shadow Test, in the Determination of Refraction at One Metre Distance, with the Plane Mirror" was by James Thorington, M. D.; and "Eye Strain in Health and Disease," by Ambrose L. Ranney, M. D. Alexander Duane proposed "A New Classification of the Motor Anomalies of the Eye," based on physiological principles, with the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. George G. Van Mater, M. D., was the author of "A Text-book of Veterinary Ophthalmology," and Clarence A. Veasey, M. D., of "A Manual of Ophthalmic Operations as practiced on Animals' Eyes." A fourth edition was sent out of A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin," by James Nevins Hyde, M. D., and Frank H. Montgomery, and a new edition of "The Ready Reference Handbook of Diseases of the Skin," by George T. Jackson, M. D. In Saunders's "New Aid Series" appeared a handbook of "The Diseases of Women," by John Bland Sutton, M. D., and Arthur E. Giles, M. D. Oscar Schaeffer Supplied a "Hand Atlas and Essentials of Gynaecology"; Charles B. Penrose, a "Text-book of Diseases of Women"; J. Compton Burnett, M. D., a work on "Organic Diseases of Women, notably Enlargements and Displacements of the Uterus and Sterility, considered as Curable by Medicine"; a second revised edition of “A Textbook of the Diseases of Women," by Henry Jacques Garrigues, M. D., was published; Andrew F. Currier, M. D., made a special study of "The Menopause Charles Jewett, M. D., supplied "The Essentials of Obstetrics"; W. R. Dakin, M. D., "A Handbook of Midwifery"; and Edward P. Davis, M. D., "A Treatise on Obstetrics for Students and Practitioners." "Functional Disorders of the Nervous System in Women' were studied by T. J. McGillicuddy, M. D.; "A Practical Treatise on Sexual Disorders of the Male and Female," came from Robert Taylor, M. D.; and "A Practical Working Handbook in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System and Syphilis," from F. E. Doughty, M. D. Dr. Nicholas Senn wrote on Tuberculosis of the Genito-Urinary Organs, Male and Female." "The History and Technique of the Vaginal Radical Operation" were set |