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REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

! Aspects of German Culture" by Gran.
 vile Stanley Hall, Ph. D., Harvard Univer.
 aty lecturer on Contemporary German
 Philosophers and on Pedagogy, is the title of
 volume principally made up from a num-
 Der of letters written during the years 1s7s-
 1880, and published ss letters from Berlin
 and Lelpsic, in the Nation. Several papers
 bearing upon similar topics, originally print
 cd in various periodicals are included in the
 volume. The object of the writer is to pre-
 sent the different phases of German culture,
 and residence of five years in Germany \ gave him the opportunity of acquiring a
 knowledge of theme whose comprehension
 is prominent ingredient in modern scholar | ship. The book abounds in practical infor- l nation. The themes arc ably discussed, the ! tone is liberal and the style fluent Published by James R. Osgood & Co., Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 Animal Life Affected by the Natural Conditions of Existence" by Professor Karl Semper, of the University of Wurzberg, is published by D. Appleton t Co. in their h. tsrnational Scientific Series The book is meant to bs'a beginning at least of the per- formance of the task now most incumbent upon Darwin1sts, namely, to apply the test of exact investigation to the hypotheses that
 they have laid down. The author has sought
 to facilitate this work by presenting gcner-
 al view of those facts and hypotheses which
 bear upon the subject of variability, and
 which are of universal significance or offer
 favorable subjects for experimental investi-
 gation. He studies separately the influences
 of inanimate and animate surroundings upon
 the forms of life affected by them, laying A
 broad foundation for the profitable investi-
 gation of particular phenomena which are to
 be looked for in certain conditions. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 s'Roms and Carthage: The Punic War;"
 by R. Bosworth Smith, M A., is the latest
 addition to the Epochs of Ancient History series, published by Charles Scribner's Sons This book is one of the ablest and most i'm teresting of the excellent series to which it belongs. Few epochs of ancient history ap- peal more powerfully to the imagination than the epoch of Hannibal and Scipio and of the Punic wars, and Mr. Smith hns done his subject ample justice His history is at once vivid and concise. It is avowedly writ ten in a spirit favorable to the Carthaginians but Mir. Smith does not allow his partiality to betray him into injustice. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Filtration Camp: or the Riie Rod and Gun in California;" by Theodore s. Van Dyke, is sporting romance. In this story Southern California is invaded by @ merry party from the East, made up of an invalid 1 csofa T.. young San Francisco doctor, who is an &C., complshed and experienced sportsman, and l knows how to make love in the most snccess- full and fascinating manner. Life in the charming climate is greatly enjoyed, game 1 and fish are abundant and the picture of l wild life in those secluded haunts is excel l lently drawn. MT. Van Dyke uses the pen 1 skillfully. and combines much instruction l with his love-making episodes The beauti- 1 full scenery and abundant vegetation are | graphically described, the sanitary virtues of | the climate intelligently discussed, and the | habits, movements and best fashion of secur- 1 ing the game in which the region abounds l are plainly indicated. Published by Fords, Howard $ Hubert. New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 'Ploughed Under The Story of an Indi- an Chief, Told by Himself" with an intro- auction by Inshta Theamba (Bright Eyes) is B book which will attract much attention The story is narrated by an ideal chief of one of our western tribes, who tells his own sxperience-his youth and training amid family influences at home and hunts and bat ties afeld; his love, with all their childlike simple customs of wooing and wedding the