, 1872-11-25
new PUBLICATIONS.

IltE ClTH OF GOD AND IaE ECduao1a"ndhfio'
BY r. ABBEE, New York: Hurd + Houghton.
MIR Abbey thinks that, heretofore, religious
writer's have been taken too much on trust, and
That the blind following Of their erroneous teach
ingsin theology and cleslastlcal
wonder that the Church lives and thriyes. He
searches thu pages Of two hundred Of the prom
incut Christian authors, and mikes q summary
statement of twonty-four "glaring and danger
GUS errors," which s' form a large amount of the
common creed of the Church." Against these he
sets tgenty-fo theological theorems Of his own,
which, he assures rs, are "not only true but
will probably be held incontroyertible." Doubt
less they will, until another Abbey comes to cry
in the wilderness Of dogmatio religious discus-
sion. This peremptory spirit in which Mr. Alb
bey sets up and pulls down theological truths, is
sufficient evidence that he, too, is addicted to
the hope1eBsly- unreasonable and er-cathedra
methods which render nine-tenths Of the litera-
tlre of his province worthless for PURPOSES OF
real development of the truth
KALOoLAH; ADVENTURES OF JONATHAN RoasER, OF
NANTUCKET. By ", s. MAYO, H. D. New York
6 8 C.. T; Putnam Sons Chicago Jansen "'0'ufs
ssKa1oolah WIS first published in 1849 It
made great stir in that generation of readers j.;
and went through four editions in four months,
Putnam has reissued it in handsome form, and
it will no doubt be- widely read again for, as
the records Of our libraries chow, it
is one Of those productions Of
8 vivid fancy and creative power which
are always in demand. A book SO we'll known
need not be reviewed but, for the benefit OF
a generation, it may be said that Kaloolah
was o Princess Of tho Framazugda. white race
Of Africa. Romer, Nantucket adTenturer, spies
the fair maiden in a slave-mart on the
Vest Coast of Africa, and buya her With
his adventures, his returning them to their home
in South Africa, his oWn subsequent capture by
the BedouiDs, his second recovery Of Kaloolah
from elave-traders, and bis safe escort to her
home. where they are married Many points
between this charming work and the equally
charming ''Typee II Of Melville. But such like
ness is accidental, as "Kaloo1ah was written
before "Typee WAS issued.
4 HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. BY
RuDoLr WAGNER, Ph D. Translated and Edited
from the Eighth German Edition BY WILLIAM
CRooKEs, F. r. s. With 1886 Illustrations. New
York: Appleton + Co. Chicago: II. 3. Keen +
Cooke.
Chemical technology, as treated by this vol
ume, is that branch Of industrial science which
relates to the processes and methods by which
the nature Of raw materials is changed Students
and manufacturers who seek to learn the secrets
Of the economization Of raw material OF fuel,
handbook. It's eight sections treat of: l.
Chemical metallurgy, alloys, and preparations
made and obtained from metals O. Crude ma
terials, and products Of chemical industry; 8.
Technology Of glass, ceramic ware, gypsum,
technical application 5. Animal substances and
their industrial applications; e. Dyeng and
calico-pfinting; Z. The materials and apparatus
for producing artificial light; fuel and heat
ing apparatus. Under the he1d Of MetaHur-
fba 1afa mail nf
iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, copper salts, lead
and tin and their salts, bismuth, zinc, zinc salts,
cadmium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, platinum,
silver. gold, nan9anates, aluminium, and mag
tions OF the Voltaire current to electro-metal-
lurgy, under which We fail to find mention OF the
important art Of nickel-plating. The prepara-
ton of potash and soda salts, the manufacture
Of sulphuric acid, and the recovery OF sui
phur from soda ;, waste, the manufacture
Of soap, and the production OF 7pot-
ash from sugar residues are fully treated.
Under the technology Of Vegetable Fibres ne
have Instructions concerning the manufactures
of flax, hemp, and cotton, and paper-making.
The applications Of vegetable products include
sugar-boiling, wine and beer brewing, the dis
tiuation of spirits, the baking of bread, vine
gar-making, etc.
American readers would find the book more
useful with an American appendix; but, it
is, it doubtless presents more and better IN
y
ished.
THE FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS AND R1V-
ERS. ICE AND GLACIERS By JoHN TxSDALL,
f. s. W YIN IS uzFaons IT t5o spns Drawn end sd
York: D. Appleton Co. Chicago: II. B. Keen l.
Cooke. "
Appleton l. Co.-encouraged. no doubt, by
the great success Of their Popular Science
Monfhly-have determined to issue an f1nterpa-
tiona1 Scientific Series" Of books devoted to the
popu1arization Of physical and social science
Professor Huxley, Sir John Lubbock, Professor
Virchow, Mr.. Herbert Spencer, Mr.. J. IL. Lock-
yer, Professor Berthelot, Professor James D.
Dana Professor H. y 9h159n Professor AUS AUS
eminent leaders in scientific Investigation are
to contribute their latest and best work in their
own specialties. The wide range Of topics
Ph2sas the the 7RSie Racs questions Sa % of
o6ssty nass'fS s1s aspeot1a@ n' Analysis eG ned
in the Lover Animals" 't.social Ply
sics, !" ..The Negro Races, - :" Zoology since Guy
ier," ssThe Nervous System" ''Modern Lin
gu1stic Science" ssAtoms and the Atomic
toposn and Ss Gs he5 = hnc1
OF Man," t'Food and Drinks" ssBodily Motion
and Consciousness,'' and several others of no
less significance and interest.
Professor Tyndall commences the serieB with
this charming work On the forms Of water. He
does not discuss the chemistry Of water, nor
its physical properties distinctiyely. He talks
most Of its dynamics, Or laws Of motion. The
Vividness Of Professor Tyndalls style; his i'm
aginative powers, which he uses scientifically;
the ease Of his narrative the thorough trust
worhiness Of his views, have been, particularly
Of late, 80 often described that nothing need be
said here about them, save the assurance that all
these eminent characteristics mark this work as
strongly as all his others. A few extracts viii
show the character Of the book: -
OF the waye-theory Of Light be Says:
Dip your finger INTO basin Of water and cause It to
quiyer rapidly to and1ro From the point Of disturb
ance 1ssue sma rippes which are carried by thewaer
aud which finally rtFiRe the basin. Here In the 7brat
ing finger, you have source Of agitation; in the {ar
you have vehicle through which the dngers motion
is transmitted and you have, finally. the side Of te
basn which receives the shock Of little waves IN
Like MANNER according to the wave theory Of light
you hare source Of agitation in the vibrating atoa
Or smallest particles, Of the 1uaous body You have
vehicle Of transmission In substance which il eun-
posed to I'LL all space and to be diused through the
humors of the eye; and finally, you have the retinn
which receives the successive shocks Of the Wayes
OF evaporation -. !:
4 common sunbeam contains wsyes Of al kinds, hut
it possible to stpr filter the beam so as to ntercent
MI it's light and to allow its obscure heat to pass unn
peded. For substances have been discovered Yhicb.
while intensely opaque to the Hghtwayes are almost
transparent to the others. On the other hand it in
posshIa nv tho came choice Of proper nrhst,rrea -