The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-10

longs 20 the popular italian author. and
altogether the book is a unique and val
liable contribution to the literature OF
travel.
Household Sewing and Home Dress
making" by Bertha Banner. and Do
mestic Service" by Lucy Maynard Salmon
are two books OF n very practical nature
which viii be In much demand by those
Of our patrons who are interested IN
household economy. The latter work. the
most scientific treatise on the subject that
we know Of. consists Of conclusions drawn
from nearly 20O schedules filled out by
employ ers. employees and woman's ex-
changes in different parts of the country.
The late =. T. Barnum left what IL TO
all intents and purposes a Juvenile book
OF adventure and natural history called
Forest and Jungle: or. Thrilling Adven-
lures In All Parts OF the Globe"
High Masonry Dams" by r.. Sherman
Gould. II a short book in the ~well-known
Van Nostrand scientific series.
THE Play Of Animals" by Karl Groos.
and a study OF Man" by Alfred c. Had
don. are two books Of popular style. but
OF much scientific interest. Tn former
work emphasizes the scientific importance
of play TO az extent that will surprise the
average reader. The second book Is both
a~nthropological and sociological and dis
cusses subjects as different as the analy-
sis of eyes and noses and the singing
games OF children.
"A timely book is Education Of the
Central Nervous System. a Study Of
Foundations. Especially OF Sensory and
Motor Training"
THE Sphere OF Science; n Study Of the
Nature and Method OF Scientific Investi-
CATION by Frank Sargent Hoffman. IL a
treatise on the general principles of
science.
This is a part of the world where a
book like How To Treat Your own
I~A.s - -. M rRaWI.a Kall.r nnxv trnxA
a boon 20 many citizens.
In conception. treatment and mechanical
makeup. with Nature and a Camera"
by Richard Kearton. r. a book to be COM
mended. While its scientific Information
Is confined 20 an account OF the fauna of
n remote island of the Hebrides. as a book
OF adventure and scientific method II has
a value beyond what the facts communi-
Gated would warrant, and the literary and
artistic value OF the volume combine TO
give IL attraction TO a wide circle of read
ers.
The volume on Natural History" by
DIR. Richard Lydekker and others. I'm the
concise knowledge series. contains the
largest amount OF reliable data concern
ing the animal kingdom OF any single
volume we know of.
Marie de Manaceine has contributed n
welcome volume TO the Contemporary
Science series on the subject OF ''Sleep:
Physiology. Pathology. Hygiene and
Psychology"
The state Of Minnesota Is well abreast
OF the needs of the times I'm the matter
of forestry and has established a separate
state bureau under the charge of an on
Ger known as chief FIRE warden. The
three reports Of this bureau for 1895, 1896
and 1897 OF forest preservation are of par
ticular value to all the Western states.
The history of medicine has never been
adequately treated I'm a popular manner.
and when 81 is so treated we shall be
amazed to find how much OF what Is real
~ valuable In sanitary and surgical
science has been altogether unknown un-
I'll within the last few centuries. This
fact r. now brought TO our attention by
two useful biographies by Stephen Paget.
one being devoted TO John Hunter. Man
of Science and Surgeon. l72S to l79a." and
the other discussing "Ambroise Pare and
His Times. 1910 to 1890" OF the two the
volume on Pare will attract most atten-
tion. as he not only occupies "A specially
important place In French history. but
this prominence Is emphasized in the
novels of the elder Dumas.
Matias Romero's Coffee and India Rub
Der Culture IN Mexico. Preceded by Geo
graphical and Statistical Notes on Mex
ico," is a large volume by a gentleman
who may he considered 20 be as good an
authority as can be found TO speak of our
neighboring republic from the standpoint
OF us rulers.
A book that can be highly recommended
10 our amateur scientists Is THE ANA
teur Aquarist; How TO Equip and Main
tain a elf-Sustaining Aquarium" by
Mark Samuel. There is no more instruct
i've diversion TO which the attention OF a
boy or girl can be directed than the for
nation OF an aquarium and the book gives
all the Information necessary 10 start and
keep one.
DR.. Cyrus Thomas OF the Smithsonian
institution has written a work on n sub
ject which is growing In interest I'm our
country to-day. which he calls "I%ntroduc-
ton 10 the Study OF North American
Archaeology"
The United States department OF agri-
culture Is to-day issuing perhaps the most
practical publications of any of the gov
eminent bureaus. Two volumes recently
received at the library are Special Re
port or the Rect Sugar Industry of the
United States. and Bulletins. n. g.. Nos.
4 20 II. OF the Division OF Entomology"
Following are a few series of scientific
magazines to which additions have recent
~ been made:
Iowa Geological Survey. vols. I 10 &
Municipal Engineering. January. 1897. TO
June. 1875; vols. - TO II.
Nature. November. 1895. TO April. 1895.
and May. 1897, TO April. 1895; vols. 50. rs
and 81.
Science. January. 1895. to june. 1893; vols.
3 10 Z.