The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

Dana's Revised Textbook Of Geoit gy. Edited
by William North Rice. Phi. D., L. l.. D., Profess
sor OF Geology, Wesleyan University. Cloth
Hno. '4s2 pages, with copious illustrations,
American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati,
and Chicago. This is the fifth edition, revised
and enlarged, Of Dana's Textbook Of Geology.
which for more than half q century has been
be standard for the st1dy IN this country. The
editors aim has been to have unchanged the
general plan Of the hook. and to preserve. 90 far
impossible. the distinctive features which have
made 1t such apopular and satisfactory textbook
!: Tor high school end elementary college work.
Applied Physiology for Advanced Grades
Including the Effects Of Alcohol and Narcotics
By Frank Overton. A. NJ, NJ. D., Late House
Surgeon to the City Hospital. New York Cloth.
IL mo, 43s pages. With Illustrations and Dia-
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book represents new and radical departure from
the old time method pursued IN teaching physlol-
ogy 1t begins with tho study of the cells Of tbe
body the units in which life exists and acts aid
nth this as the basis Of treatment shows their
relation to all the elements Of the human body
and all the processoof human action. 4! !s
the keynote Of the treatment Throughout. tns
book. =
Plato's Apology of Socrates, Critic ana = part OF
the Phaedo, with introduction Commentary and
Critical Appendix. BY Rev. C. Il. Kitchel ii. A.
Instructor in Greek in Yale University. Flexible
cloth, 12mo. 1s8 pages. Price S1.s5. American
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cago. In this volume the works of Plato, usually
given in editions for school use are supplemented
by part of the narrative of the Phaedo, describ.
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account of how poble the great philosopher bore
himself in his trial and while under temptation to
escape from prison 10 thus rounded out BY the
picture Of the serenity and courage with which he
drank the fatal hemlock and met death calmly
and cheertully,* unmoved even by the en- reaties
and tears of his friends.
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Caskey, editor of the Pennsylvania School
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snd Chicago This volume has been named in
honor OF Abraham Lincoln, who was noted for
his habit Of committing to memory poems that
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't0h, why should the spirit OF mortal be proud"
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