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To NE2SAn Vol XII. No. 5. May, 1885. Philadelphia
T '..i.sy BakisiOn.
,srv useful Monthly record of Medical
containing, from time to time, excel
= s o-ieinal papers-at So year, sent free Of
ga 80 if paid for in advance.
rv,,uyEs. Vol H. Fourth series, vol. XIV.
tss>l. March. May, 1876 Boston, Crosby, Nichols
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The table of contents of this number is as
follows:
Washington and Goethe.
Spnography.
ro;arianism and Orthodoxy.
,y.esplev's History of England.
II. Church as Social Power.
s.-.rs.Dueckheim's Natural Theology.
Isvett on Epistles of st. Paul
Rack Notices, Literary Intelligence, and a
r. Poems, complete the number.
o.-x,r,s MONTHLY May, 1856. Vol vii. No al.
Th;, Nonthly sustains its well earned reputa-
49,. The contents of the number before us are
-,-;.d and entertaining. The character of the
r,.,sture Of this Monthly is, that it is aliDe,
"a has some relation to the actual world we
Are moving IN.
,...,s - SAN FRANCISCO. By Frank Soule, John ii.
-. and James Ni.tick New York: ID. Appleton
=. For SAFE by r. Farnham, Washington, d. c.
This large volume, of over eight hundred
r,,s.. presents a complete view of the rise
AL ,roSth of American Empire in California.
Part first contains summary of the history OF
The discovery, settlement, and progress, of that
copntry. until it came under the dominion oil
ds Union. Part second contains a record OF
the Growth of its great city, San Francisco,
with A view of the development of the resources
of the new State; and Part third presents
brief biographical sketches of the chief actors
n the drama. One hundred and ffty-nine
,o,-,yioos illustrate and embellish a work
which possesses points of peculiar interest.
u..sr Of MEDICINE from lis Origin to the Nineteenth
emmy By p L. Renouard, NJ. ID. Translated by
,,,,.i.us & Comeeys. NJ. ID. Cincinnati: Moore, Will
...,5 keys a Co For sale by Franck Taylor, Wash
.a.toa. c.
No complete American history of Medicine
having vet been written, DIR. Comegys has sup
piql the want by translsting from the French
Of Renouard Comprehensive History of the
Science and Practice, from the earliest period
down to the 10Th century, with an Appendix,
containing a review of Medicine during the
present century. 1t is work of profound in
i.rast not only to the medical man, but to the
general student; and the translator, so far as
We can Judge, has done his work well.
1t il somewhat remarkable that we should
be indebted for this great work to publishing
house in Cincinnati, a city scarcely more than
half century old.
The mechanical execution is worthy Of all
praise, and reflects great credit upon the enter
prising firm already well known as the publish
ers Of several popular works.
ParuxiAyA. or Sketches and Buresques. BY John PhG-
AK d Appleton Co. lS56 For sale by Franck
TAYLOR. Washington, ID. c.
Rather n queer book for the solid press Of
the Appletons. What odd-looking figure is
that on the outside, and repeated within? The
portrait of the author? Well, all we can say
is, tastes vary; little as we should desire oul
own phz so prominent, save US, kind publish
ers, from ever having our name and autograph
affixed to such nondescript asinine e6igies
though "written by one of our most intimate
friends
With this, as with most books of humor, the
sketehes-that told well in the newspaper, the
daily hits and jokes-lose much Of their effect
when brought into a volume. The occasion on
which they were struck off, the point of aim
is gone; they cannot be printed, and this it is
which often makes works of this caste so tame,
when read short time afterwards, compared
with their original power. The scene, too, and
place. for which they were sketched, others far
away cannot enter into. No one, at the pres
ent day, can reach the full degree of effect the
early readers of Rabelais felt; no one among
US but must feel that many hit of Punch is
not understood by us, unfamiliar as we are
with the passing events of the day in London
SO, here: California has its moral as we'll as
physical climate; its strange fishes, ain gurgite
rgst0 aaafes"-we believe it is-which, with a
somewhat broad license, we will translate by
the old proverb, birds of feather will flock
iogether." Now we, here, east of the Rocky
Mountains, cannot be supposed to be able to
appreciate John P. Squbob as his fellow cit.
4ehs may have done. His fame has only
reached us with his portrait and autograph,
and tins record Of his doings in San Francisco,
b7ncia, &c. OF course, this modern Midas
must excuse us if his bray is not so sonorous
Al our ears as to some in those regions far be.
I0nd our setting sun.
HIS list OF subjects is little of every thing
literature, music, politics, spiritualism, man
"rrs and customs, population, cities and towns
are all ilsh for his net. We are glad that, like
many wouldbe wits, he does not try to feathe.
MS shafts with Scripture illusions. We honor
n' good sense for that better feeling which
"'S made him choose his topics among the
many passing occurrences Of life, rather thar
" wing an arrow at the expense of virtue Oh
IeAglous sentiment. He deals mostly in broad
OUT not IN gross humor; and if he has not The
'e'ielie point and irony that marks the produc
nOn' OF some authors, whose witty thought
nave been boarded for after days, he has no
ne low ribaldry of others, nor the Voltairial
SAFcasms that poison where they sting. Johl
thaalN, or whoever thou art, we praise the
"r 'hIs; and if thy mask is long cared, yet it i
40. eleven footed, nor Satanic. So, on-shoo
'O'y as 1t fies and make men wiser where you
can.
The RECALL OF MR. CHAMPION.
,,, "aS''ngton, May l7.-Lord Clarendon