Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
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paper on Instinct in Animals" &c. 1t
now comes to us in pamphlet form. The
title Of the paper is Instinct in Animals
and Intelligence in Man Contrasted, with
an Examination of Darwin's Dictum Of the
missing Link" and Linn@us's Dogma
"Natura Non Facet Saltus." with Few
Original Observations Thereon. BY VII
LIAM w. PARKER, NJ. D.. Of Richmond, Va.
The subject is an interesting one. 1t we
are not mistaken, HERBERT SPENCER says
somewhere that the intelligence of q
chicken running about in search of food
differs in degree rather than in kind from
the intelligence Of man.
What says DR.. PARKER as to the doctrine
of evolution?
Insomnia and Us Therapeutics. BY A. W.
McFARLASE, NJ. D.. Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians; Fellow OF the
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
of London; Examiner in Medical Jurs-
prudence in the University OF Glasgow:
Honorary Consulting Physician tlate
Physician) Kilmarnock Infrmary: Form
erly Examiner in Medicine and Clinical
Medicine in the University Of Glasgow,
etc, etc. Reprinted from Woods
Medical and Surgical Monographs.
WILLIAM WooD d Co. New York.
This is O royal octave volume Of 800
pages, nicely print5I. and well bound.
The subject Of which DR.. McFARLANE treats
is one of great importance. and will grow
more and more so as the minds of business
and professional men are taxed and over
taxed to keep up with the demands OF the
age in which we live.
The author is q man Of great reputation,
and while he addresses himself chiefly to
his medical brethren, his book can be I'M
derstood and proftably read by any person
of average intelligence. Sleep is treated
as to the effects of 1t upon the brain and
nervous system, upon the body, de-, &C..
and there are chapters on insomnia from
oyerwork, from shock, from, depressing
emotions, hystsria, hypochondriasis. in
sanity, &C.. &c. &c.
Price not stated.
To,rma,ins Time Cheques. A Novel. BY
F.AYsTEY. Chicago: CHARLES II. SEIGEL
& Co. Paper. Price not given.
This is a cleyerly and humorously written
book. 1t develops novel system of bank.
ing time A cheque-book was given the
depositor of any number Of hours he
wished to bank. and the cheques were duly
honored when presented; and it shows in
quite comic manner the extraordinary
freaks of a mans mind during an hours
nap after two helpings of "surry" al
breakfast on board z. Il o. steamship.
! Columbia. A Story of tho Discovery OF
| America. BY JOIN X. MUsIcX. Illus
trated. 3ii pages. New York: Worth.
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| 70 cents.
Master and Man. A Tale OF the Civil War
| BY o. O'B. SrRAYER, author OF " Raleigh
Rivers" Flesh and Blood" etc, etc.
Copyright. 1891, by j. 5. OGILvIE. The
Sunnyside Series. No. II. Issued month.
ly. January, 1891. 50 per year. En-.
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class matter. New York: j. S. OGLyIE
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Salap,bo. A Realistic Romance of Ancient
| Carthage. BY GUsTAvE FLAUBEgT. Trans
lated by j. S. CHARITIES. Chicago
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Mo- Official Wife. A Novel. BY Colonel
|
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SUNNI Stories and Some Shady Ones. BY
JAsIEs PAYS, author of High Spirits
| "a Confidential Agent" The Burnt Mil
lion" Notes From the News" &C.. &c,
| Lovell's International Series No. 1872
New York: John W. Lowell Company,
| Price so cents.
An old Maids Lore. A Dutch tale told in
English. By MAARTEN MARTENS, author
of "The Sin of Joost Ayelingh." Lo-
vell's international Series No. 1873. New
York: John w. Lowell Company. Price
30 cents.
Mn First Lore and My Last Lore. BY Mrs
| j. II. RIpDELI. author of " Princess Sun.
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Nary 81. John. A Novel. By Rosa Nou
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