New-York tribune., 1870-04-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Practitioner for April (Macmillan d. Coz
has an interesting paper by Dr. Augustus Waller f. H.
s. con the Effects OF Compression of the Vagus Nerve
An the cure or relief OF various nervous aeeOns; some
observations by Dr. Watson on the use OF the Caiabar
bean in the "Treatment OF Taumatc Tetanus; the first
~ series OF articles 10y the editor Professor Anste and
Others on the Dietetic and Medicinal Uses Of Wnes
ard various other original communications and selected
papers.
In The Bibliothocd Sdcrd for April the Rev.
@ = TAYLOR writes OF Psychology in the Life, Work.
and Teachings of Jesus - Mr. Joseph Cook of "a Fourth
Year OF study in the Courses Of Theological Seminares
the Rev. Edward Robe Of the Doctrine Of the Trinity
and the Rev G. f. Hcrrick Of prophecy related TO
the Eastern Question" President Woosey reviews re-
cent discussions relative TO The Year Of Chriss Birth
and the Rev. A H. Ross surveys and examines the testi
mony of Scripture concerning "The Silence OF women ih
the Churches" arriving at conclusion wherewith our
friends Of The Regouton suppose viii be indignant
The North american Reriep for Aprli Is a
much more spIighty number than from glance at us
table Of contents we expected to find it, The first article
j. 10y DR. W. A. Hammond, The Physics ana fhysol-
ogv OF Splrtualism" DR.. Hammond believes That all
the phenomena Of spirtuasm which are not the TRICKS
OF iugcers or the phantaSes Of Imagination can DC eH
planned on the principles governing those peculiar states
o. the nervous system which we indicate under the
terms 1nacnetn hypnotism, somnamhulism, and hys-
"a.
curious cases Of somnambulism which he treated as
phvscal disease and cured with the ordinary remedies
OF the pharmacopGia and yet the symptoms OF TINS as
order roscbd so closely the recorded performances OF
surtual mediums that more credulous observer thanDr
Hammond would have been very likely attribute heh
TO supernatural agencies The physiology of the nervous
system not olerably well understood and OF the
physiology Of the mind perhaps equally Ignorant
It's impossible therefore TO determine either the mlta
tons Of their power or their various modes Of action Dr.
Hammond, holding the view that where there is gray
nervessue there nervous power is generated, believes
that the spinal cord and sympathetic system are capable
of originating certain kinds Of mental influence which,
when the brain is Quiescen may be wonderfully tnen-
sed This theory helps to account for many of the phe-
nomcna which discusses in this article. he has at
tended many and exhibitions, but declares that
he has any performance which could not be
accounted for by the operation of one or more OF the
causes he has specified. The second article by Mr.
George Ellis, Is apprecative review Of Parkmans
Discovery Of the Great West" Mr. C. L. Brace tells some
interesting facts touching "Darwinism in Germany"
where the development theory, of which the English
philosopher made such reverent use, is adopted by
the ahesca school of savants as an argument against
belief in divine architect. Mr.. Henry Brooks Adams
attacks the "LegalTender Act in real oldfashoned
"sashing article" in which the Hon Z. G. spauldng is
held up 10 public execratiOn as fool, ian ignorant
man. impatient of resistance restraint, shaver OF
notes at country bank Thaddeus Stevens is veteran
expunger OF constitutions" owen LOveoy is extreme
and violent man. from whom word OF sense Is only TO DC
accounted for as freak Of nature and so on to the
end Of the chapter. The argument of Mr. Adams
is that the LegalTender Act was a great financial
bunder and the necessity" which assumed as the
excuse il did not exist either in 1862 or at any other
period Of the 1t is great pity he could not say all
this without losing his temper There are papers on
"Poverty and Public Charity" by F. b. sanbOrn The
Norman Conquest of England" reviewing Mr. Freemans
recent works, by W. F. Allen, and "The Prospects OF
Political Art" by T. l.. Godkin and finally spirited
epgrammatic paper by a lady, Agnes Irwin by name
who writes from late work by NJ. Tenot narrative Of
the Coup Eat OF 1851. The Critical Notices" are few
and good, and long