Two lists may be given as together fairly representative. Colonel Higginson's includes Cooper's "Pioneer," Lowell's "Biglow Papers," Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," Emerson's "Essays," Thoreau's "Walden," Whittier's "Snowbound," Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Longfellow's "Hiawatha," Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," Helen Keller's "Story of My Life." Mr. Owen Wister sums up his impression as follows: Farewell Address, Washington; Gettysburg Address, Lincoln; Phi Beta Kappa Address, Emerson; "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne; "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," Whitman; "Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain; "Biglow Papers," Lowell; "Tennessee's Partner," Bret Harte; Autobiography, Grant; and for the tenth, in spite of proximity, I will name "Mr. Dooley," whose sane, profound incisiveness must delight the heart of Uncle Sam as much as did once the "Biglow Papers." LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF HENRY INGERSOLL BOWDITCH. By his son, VINCENT Y. BOWDITCH. With photogravure portraits and other illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, $5.00 net. Postage extra. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Mass. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for January begins and announces the scope of its chief serial for the year, "His Daughter First," by the distinguished author, Arthur Sherburne, our recently appointed Minister to Spain. Its plot turns upon complications in the money market in New York and love entanglements in a New Hampshire house-party, presenting a striking picture of the most animating aspects of life. GEORGE M. GOULD'S BIOGRAPHICAL CLINICS.-It is a peculiar fact that the letters and other writings of DeQuincey, Carlyle, Darwin, Huxley and Browning, liberal as they are with reference to the continued ill-health of those great writers, have not before this suggested to the medical profession an opportunity for research into the causal factors of those physical conditions. That the opportunity has not until now been recognized in its proper light is evidenced by the hitherto total absence of any work dealing with this subject. Dr. Gould has gathered from the biographies, writings and letters of the five named men every reference to their ill-health. Dr. Gould's Biographic Clinics (P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia), which is devoted to this neglected subject, should, therefore, prove a most unique and valuable contribution to biographical and medical literature. The work is announced for early publication. THE ABBEY PRESS, Publishers, of 114 Fifth avenue, New York City, has been incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, with a capital of one million dollars ($1,000,000). This has been found necessary, owing to the rapid growth of the business, and for the purpose of further development, and which, although founded only four years ago, has in this short space of time placed itself in respect to its output in the sixth position among the publishing houses of the United States. It will also issue a new high class monthly magazine of international scope and character, the plans for which have been maturing for the past two years. The control of the business will remain in its present hands. THE THEATRICAL SEASON, now at its height, has disclosed no more prosperous and popular combination of amusement enterprise and good business methods than are shown at the seven Proctor theatres, in New York, Albany, Newark and Montreal. High class amusement at extremely reasonable admission rates prevails, and the Proctor Stock Co. of 100 carefully selected artists has become recognized as one of the leading dramatic organizations of America. The Fifth Avenue Stock Co. has Minnie Seligman as its leading lady. Presentations of the best works by popular dramatists are made with weekly changes of bill, and vaudeville of excellent class is engaged to keep the performances continuous. The Twenty-third Street Theatre presents the best vaudeville in continuous performance, the leading stars of America and Europe finding place in the constantly changing and diversified programmes. Proctor's theatres in Albany, Newark and Montreal are enjoying a season of unusual prosperity. Newark presents exclusive vaudeville bills, and continuous vaudeville is given at Proctor's Twenty-third Street, in New York. The Proctor Stock Co. has possession in Albany and Montreal. BULLETINS, REPRINTS, ETC., RECEIVED. Dietary Studies in New York City in 1896 and 1897, by W. O. Atwater, Ph.D. Bul. 116, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. SANITARY SCIENCE. A SYNOPSIS OF SANITARY SCIENCES AS REPRESENTED IN THE SANI* TARIAN, ALPHABETICALLY. BY THE EDITOR. MARINE HYGIENE OF PASSENGER VESSELS.-"Whoever will take the pains to become familiar with the unsanitary conditions of ocean travel for about fifty years previous to and at about the time when the modern sanitary movement took its rise in England, will be at first struck with the graphic descriptions of the proverbial "middle passage" of human beings stalled, packed and shipped as merchandise. . . A ship of 1,000 tons measurement, and with only 500 tons steerage, could take steerage passengers for her whole tonnage: 400 instead of 200. This object was wholly a secondary consideration, and provided for extemporaneously, by the temporary filling up of superfluous space unsuited to merchandise; or, after all the merchandise obtainable had been taken on board at the last moment before departure. Ten deaths for every hundred passengers during the voyage of such vessels was considered healthy; and from twenty to thirty, for every hundred, not uncommon. The Lark arrived at Quebec Aug. 12, 1847, from Sligo, whence she sailed with 440 passengers, of whom 108 died on the passage, and 150, sick at the time of arrival, almost all died soon after. The Virginius sailed with 496; 158 died on the passage, and 186 sick on arrival, nearly all of whom died within a month. Taking all the data accessible," etc.-A. N. BELL, M. D., V, 145. Marine Hygiene and the Prevention of Epidemic Disease, by Commerce, A. N. Bell, vii, 481. Marine Hygiene: Protection from Scurvy on Long, and Especially During Arctic Voyages, T. J. Turner, xii, 393. Maritime Sanitation, Bell, xxix, 540. Mark Twain on Babies, viii, 92. Markham, E., The Man With the Hoe, xliii, 381. Marks, Governor A. S., Address (A. P. H. Association), vii, 539. Markets and Abattoirs, Inspection of, vii, 33. Marriage in Ireland, v, 335. Marriage, Influence of on Cholera, xv, 535. *Continued from previous number. Marriage Laws, The New, xxxviii, 356. Marriage and Long Life, French, xxxiii, 476. Martin, Dr., Overpressure in Schools and Home Lessons, xv, 339. Marsh Fever, Valerianate of Quinine as a Preventive of, Cendero, Marro, A., Puberal Hygiene in Relation to Pedagogy and So- Maryland's Charities, Reformatories and Prisons, vi, 137; State Maryland Epidemiological Association, i, 236. Mason, F. H., Improved Method of Filtration, xxxviii, 289; German Studies of Malarial Diseases, xlii, 137; Improvement in Welsbach Gas Lights, xlvii, 331. Mason, L., The Sanitation of the Interior of Houses Connected with the Public Sewer, xlv, 293. Mason, W. P., A Recent Poison Case, xxxii, 333, Water Analysis, 135; Danger of Neglect at the Water Sheds from Which Come Supplies of City Water, xxxviii, 385. Masonry, A Test of, Laid in Freezing Weather, xxxviii, 65. Massachusetts, State Board of Health of, v, 464; vi, 500; Vital Statistics of, xl, 64. Massage and Its Adjuncts, E. C. Angell, xxxvi, 295. Massage in Sprains, xxxvii, 188. Massina Springs, i, 283. Maternal Instinct and the Genesis of Morality, Searle, xlv, 400. Match Factories, The Danger of Work in, xxxvii, 302. Mathematics of Vital Statistics, xii, 361. Mather, E., Tuberculosis-Preventive Measures, xlvii, 49. Matthews, William, Fallacies About Brain Work, xlvii, 496. Mauriac, Cancer in Examination for Life Insurance, xx, 24. Maurin, Frederick, Natural History of Mineral Waters, xxxiii, 203. Mausoleum Company, The New, xxii, 58; The Sanitary System of, xxxix, 158. Maxon, E. R., Preventable Diseases, viii, 454; Prevention of Diphtheria, ix, 145; Lead Pipe Dangers, x, 426; Wines, xiv, Maxwell, G., Influence of Climate on Cholera Infantum, xix, 213. Maxwell, G. T., Cuba a Menace to the United States, xxxvi, 97: Doubtful Effects of Altitude for Consumptives, xxxviii, 313. Maxwell, H., Clothes, xxx, 319. Maxwell, W., The Hawaiian Islands, xliii, 403. May Good Digestion Wait on Appetite? McSherry, iv, 193. May Not Yellow Fever Originate in the United States? Woodhull, viii, 66. Mays, Thos. J., Criminal Responsibility, ii, 296; Management of Convalescents from Phthisis, xxxi, 38; Salicylate Treatment of Hemoptysis, xxxix, 32. Mayer, A. A., New System of Burying the Dead, xi, 184. McClellan Vent Trap, Mercury Seal, xx, 545. McClure, R., Salting Snow for Removal, iv, 108. McConnell, S. D., Sexual Purity, xxxvi, 418. McCormack, J. N., The Fever Epidemic in Louisville, xv, 119; Preventive Medicine in Kentucky, xlvii, 221. McCurdy, J., Water Closets and Privy Vaults, xviii, 224; Ventila tion of Sewers, xx, 224. McDevitt, W. D., Dangers in Electric Lighting, xxviii, 180. McElhenie, T. D., Utilization of Garbage, xvii, 527. McElroy, The Cause and Prevention of Water Fermentation, xxxix, 141. McGahan, G. F., Disinfection of Apartments That Have Been Occupied by Consumptives, xliii, 23. McIlvaine, R. R., Proportion of Blind to Population, v, 160; Foreign Hospitals, v, 303. McKay, A. F., Medico-Climatology, xxxvi, 327. McKenzie, T. H., Public Water Supplies, Liability to Incidental Pollution, xlv, 428. McKenzie, W. L., The Causation of Diphtheria, xxxviii, 33. McNeal, R., Domestic Science as an Aid to Public Health, xliv, 3. McKinley, President, The Assassination of, xlvii, 354. McLean, E. P., Diphtheria in Nova Scotia, xxxi, 452. McLeod, Duncan, Ventilation of Dwellings and Sleeping Rooms, viii, 308. McSherry, Richard, May Good Digestion Wait on Appetite? iv, 193, The Sanitarian, 337; Educational Notes, v, 162; Plea for Sound Manhood and Womanhood, viii, 337, Better than Sewerage, 481, 390; Naval and Marine Hygiene, ix, 371; City Needs Change of Air, x, 385; Preservation of Health, |