calculated to give a rapid and thorough
knowledge of the position of the stars in the firmament has
ever been designed or published hitherto. Mr. Proctor's
'Half-Hours with the Stars' will become a text-book in all
schools, and an invaluable aid to all teachers of the
young."--_Weekly Times._

MANUAL OF POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY:

Being an Attempt to Explain the Science of Life in Untechnical
Language. By HENRY LAWSON, M.D. 18mo, with 90 Illustrations.
Price, $1.25.

Man's Mechanism, Life, Force, Food, Digestion, Respiration, Heat, the
Skin, the Kidneys, Nervous System, Organs of Sense, &c., &c., &c.

"Dr. Lawson has succeeded in rendering his manual amusing as
well as instructive. All the great facts in human physiology
are presented to the reader successively; and either for
private reading or for classes, this manual will be found
well adapted for initiating the uninformed into the
mysteries of the structure and function of their own
bodies."--_Athenaeum._

WOMAN BEFORE THE LAW.

By JOHN PROFFATT, LL.B., of the New York Bar.

Contents.--I. Former Status of Women. II. Legal Conditions
of Marriage. III. Personal Rights and Disabilities of the
Wife. IV. Rights of Property, Real and Personal. V. Dower.
VI. Reciprocal Rights and Duties of Mother and Children.
VII. Divorce.

12mo, cloth, $1. Half bound, $1.25.

BASTIAT. SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION.

By FREDERIC BASTIAT. With Preface by HORACE WHITE.
Cloth. Price $1.00.

REEVES. The Students' Own Speaker. A Manual of Oratory

By Paul Reeves. 12mo, boards, 75 cts.; cloth, 90 cts.

The "Student's Own Book," by Paul Reeves, which forms the
first of the Handy-Book Series, is notable among other
points in giving "a good deal for the money." The amount of
matter in this book, which is in clear and neat, though
small type, fully equals that in other books of twice the
size and cost. It contains many new pieces not to be found
in any of the school text-books. It aims to meet the wants
of a large number outside of the school-room, while it is
also well adapted for school use.

The _Philadelphia Inquirer_ says of it:

"The general rules laid down, and the suggestions thrown
out, are excellent, while the pieces furnished for
declamation are well chosen. The book is one deserving a
wide circulation."

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