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and that the result is of great value Ia
teacher and scholar. In the preface Mr.,
Heilprin explains the plan OF arrangement
adopted by him, which differs in some re-
speots from that followed in similar works,
and alludes to the extreme difficulty OF
attaining absolute harmony in dates and
facts among the various cOmpilers md
authors of chronological and biographical
works. His own effort has been to reduce
such errors to y minimum, aud he has
succeeded in giving tho public a valuable
book of reference.
HEAVY ORDNANCE FOR NATIONAL DE.
TENSE. Questions of the day III by WM.
II. JAQUEs lieutenant United States navy
New York. G., u. PutnGms Sons Washing
ton Robert Beall.
The author OF tho above entitled
pamphlet is an expert upon the subject OF
which he treats, and is member and
secretary of the gun foundry board con-
yened by the president in accordance
with q resolution of congress. The short
treatise will be read with interest by
military men especially, while his views
will doubtless receive from public mon
tho consider alton which their import
ance merits.
THE LAW QUARTERLY REVIEW. Edited
by FREDERICK Pollock, NJ. A., Ii. D., vol.
!, No l, January, 1880. London Stevens
& Sons Agent u s., G. L. SOulc, Boston,
Mass. Washington, D. c.: w. IL. Morrison.
This is the initial number of u new law
review, edited by the corpus professor OF
Jurisprudence at Oxford and the pro-
fessor OF common law In the Inns court.
The contents are brilliant and suggestive
rs may be seen from the subjects treated
of and tho distinguished names of the
authors. The most interesting article Ia
Americans Is the one by Prof. Decey on
| federal government. DIR. Grueber treats
of HoltzendOrf's encyclopaedia, Prof HOl-
| land, of the literature of international
law in 1881, Sir VIM. Il. Arson, of the
franchise bill, while homicide by neces-
sity is an able presentation, by Herbert
| Stephens of tho case of Dudley and Ste
| phens, survivors of the crew of the Mig.
nonette, tried for tho murder of their
companion, Parker. The Reviews ro.
cent works in law and the notes ON cur
rent cases arc all on tho high plane of the
leading articles.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS; OF
THE MECHANISM AND lHE META
PHYSICS OF EXCHANGE Three essays
What makes the rate Of wages2 What Is d
bank? The railway, the farmer, and thu
public. by EDWARD ATKINSON, New NOrl
and London G, T.. Putnam IL Sons, 1855
Washington, d. c.: Robert Beell.
Whatever Mir. Edward Atkinson writes
on financial subjects is sure Of general
reading because OF his known experienced
and acknowledged authority as a we'll.
trained and clear-headod business man,
whose daily W ork aud sGant leisure ha
been devoted to the discussion and treat
mont of economic questions for several
years.
The first essay is the one which attracted
attention in August last at the meeting
of tho British Association, for the adj
vanCement of science held In Montreal
Canada. 1t 10 an able presentation o
| the questions of absolute wages anC
money wages, aud an examination o.
what sooner or latter determines the ratt
Of wages. This essay occupies lS9 of the
$50 pages of the book which shows al
once its Importance in Mr., Atkinson
mind. The space Is not inadequate t,
the subject.
The second essay, Bank and Banking
was delivered before the Finance Club o
Harvard University, March, 1880. Hi
formula briefly expressed gives the 'ele
mcnts Of banking
"a little gold coin or true money. Al
unmeasured amount of character, prud
once, torethoughr, and integrity, in tn
banker
IAN unlimited amount of confidence o.
the part of the community"
The lasG essay on tho Railway, tn
Farmer, and tho Public" reprinted from
the ManiJdciurers' Gasete Aug. o. 1854
may be called metaphysical in its kssl