The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-27
LITERATURE.
THE POPULAR sCIENCE MONTHLY.


In The Popular Science Monthly for
September, Mr.. @. M. Lunpreen
gives the fullest snd clesrest state
nent that has been published OF the
relative cost of Electricity and Gas
Illumination His information is
derived from first sources, and his
manner of presentation is that OF
one who has q full understanding OF
the subject. DR.. Felix L. Oswald
writes IN the clear, puDgent, aggres
sive style that is characteristic OF BIN.
concerning Longevity" to the
effect that the length of life is TO a
considerable extent q matter OF tenn
permanent and habit, and ahoRs how
it is effected By the occupation Of the
individual. In animal SeltDe-
fense,' Mr.. 81. l.. Fairchild describes
the varieties OF armor, the disguises.
and the kinds of weapons with which
animals are provided. The ilIustra-
tons add much graphic interest TO
bis account. BRAZILIAN Diamonds
and their Origin" by NJ. II, Cor
eek, lie full of information, novel and
original, concerning the most pre-.
cious OF minerals. Ia "Fhe Functions
OF al American Mapual Training
School. . Professor @. NJ. Wood ward,
OF the Washington University, 81.
LOUIS, presents some timely remarks
on the importance OF giving q more
practical aspt ct TO education, and
describes the theory and the work
OF the Manual Training School at st.
Louis. In "a Note on Thought
Re ding, 2" Mr.. Horatio Donkin dis.
pntes the possibility Of performing the
feat so named except where there il
some kind Recommendation, however
indirect or remote, between the par
ties to the TRANSACTION. Professor
George 81. Perkins, OF the Medical
Department Of the University OF
Vermont discusses the Physician of
the Future" and what he will have to
know, and glsuCes at the rules by
which bis practice will PROBABLY have
TO be governed. M. A. De Roehss
gives pleasant account OF the "Tri-
ais By Fire oil the past, and the
"Flre-Jugglers" of times that are
nearer to as: In "Electromania. 3"
Mr.. W. Msttieu Williams depreci.
ates the advance which the world
suppOses itself to have mace in the
application of electricity to it, work.
"Antbropoid Mythology" by DR.. B.
PiacZek, is curious Iepertory OF
lore concerning monkeys and their
likeness to man from ancient Orien-
tai and ancient Mexican literature.
In The Poi 'ons of the Mandatory.
Mr.. Hector George presents q mum
Der oil suggestions. of practical value
concerning the poisonous emanAtions
which are the dangerous accom- PAM.
ments OF many manufacturing pre-
cesses. and the means of countersct-
ing them. In little, Dumas, Pes
teur, and Taine, the curious circum
sfazce is made prominent that in q
recent discussion in the French
Academy Of Sciences, "the cause of
skepticism and negation was upheld
oy the men Of letters, while
the cause of belief in an infinite and
supernatural power was defended
ny men Of science" An entertaining
paper follows on The Chinese: their
Manners and Customs :" The portrait
md sketch are OF Thomas Say, the
iather OF American entomology. The
sditor Ia bis table comments the
Example of Sir John Lubbock
nan OF wealth; who gives his time
% scientific investigstiOn-to Ameri-
ian young men OF wealth:
has something to cay ON
he views recently expressed By |
Mr.. Beecher on theology end evolu
ion; and suggests as a 1roper
American mt mortal to Mr.. Darwin
he institution of a fund for scientific
New York: D. Appleton & Conn
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