Now York, N. Y General Theological Seminary, Protestant Episcopal Church. New York, N. Y. (1200 Park Union Theological Seminary....... William H. Vanderbilt, New York, legacy $50,000, for general endowment; Miss Susan M. For library. $1,600 from churches and small gifts from individuals; one bequest of $1,000 in stocks from estate of Mrs. Emily G. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa. Endowment, $8,815; contingent fund, $7,570. Oberlin, Ohio In cash from sundry donors, for library purposes. Heirs of Charles Buch, for the library. Meadville, Pa.. Philadelphia, Pa....... Chicago, Ill. (2811 College Hahnemann Medical College and Hos Grove avenue). Baltimore, Md. 2,074 $1,000, bequest of Isaac Kirkpatrick, North Jackson, Ohio; $574, bequest of William Marshall, Southfield, Mich.; $500, bequest of Mary Patterson, New Concord, Ohio. Of the total, $1,000 were for endowment for professors' salaries and $1,074 for endowment for student aid. Miss M. W. Denny, Pittsburgh, $500, general endowment; estate of Mary Foster, $1,050, Foster bequest scholarship; remainder church collections, for library and general expenses. Annual collection in Moravian churches, $2,066 for current expenses, $600 for endowment fund. Miss Harriet Wilson, Lowell, Mass. Peter Herman, J. R. Sample, of Muncy, Pa.; Miss Hattie S. Munich, of Paxinos, Pa.; Valentine Vought, of Elysburgh, Pa.; Messrs. Charles E. and Daniel K. Hoy, George Koup, Jacob Menges, and J. W. Gauger, all of Turbotville, Pa., and others, for endowment. 3,500 In books and money. Money for furnishing rooms and for student support while in school; amount not known. Chiefly from church contributions. Mrs. Keyser (deceased), Philadelphia, Pa., legacy of $5 000, for scholarship of a student from sums. In prizes and some law books. In cash or interest-bearing securities for endowment of chair of real property and of the law department as a whole. Giver's name withheld. 10,000 For hospital work. In money. Reported under Harvard University. From citizens of St. Paul, in cash of varying amounts for land, buildings, &c. Samuel Ensworth (deceased), money, land, stocks, given for the construction and maintenance of St. Joseph Medical College and Hospital, the surplus for beneficiary. Andrew Carnegie, New York, N. Y., for current expenses of "Carnegie laboratory." Cash, in various amounts, for hospital of college. TABLE 84.-Statistics of gifts and legacies to colleges, schools, fc., for 1885-'86, fc.-Continued. Portland, Oreg.... Nashville, Tenn SCHOOLS OF PHARMACY. Philadelphia, Pa. New Haven, Conn.. Orange, N. J Philadelphia, Pa... SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF Boston, Mass Norris, Mich... Rochester, N. Y Philadelphia, Pa.. List of educational publications of 1885-'86; compiled from publishers' announcements by the United States Bureau of Education. ART. A Short History of Tapestry.-From the earliest times to the end of the eighteenth century. By Eugène Müntz. New York, Cassell & Co. Cloth, pp. 400, illustrated. It unfolds the historic development of the arts and adornments through the ages. (New England Journal of Education.) Dutch School of Painting.-By Henry Havard. New York, Cassell & Co. 12mo, pp. 300. Price, $2.00. English School of Painting.-By M. Ernest Chesnean. New York, Cassell & Co. 12mo, pp. 425. Price, $2.00. Flemish School of Painting.-By A. J. Wauters. New York, Cassell & Co. 12mo, pp. 325. Price, $2.00. Oil Painting.-By Frank Fowler. New York, Cassell & Co. A handbook for the use of students and schools. Highly recommended. (New York School Journal.) Students' Hand-Book on Oil Painting.-By Frank Fowler. New York, Cassell & Co. Price, $1.50. It treats of still-life studies, portrait painting, landscape and marines, flower painting, &c., and gives a full list of art terms and their definitions. (New England Journal of Education.) The Place of Art in Education.-By Thos. Davidson. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 40. Price, 24 cents. This valuable lecture is a strong plea for the study of the fine arts in a general system of education. (New England Journal of Education.) Hegel's Esthetics.-By John Steinfort Kedney. 16mo, pp. 302. Price, $1.25. Chicago, S. C. Griggs & Co. A work that ought to be widely studied in these days of art culture. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) The Philosophy of Art in America.-By Carl De Muldar. New York, Wm. R. Jenkins. Price, 50 cents and $1. This is a treatise upon the present relations of American art to the advancement of American civilization. The book is of much value to all, and its suggestions are timely and pertinent. (New England Journal of Education.) The Making of Pictures.-By Mrs. Sarah W. Whitman. Boston, Interstate Publishing Company. Price, 55 cents. A standard work upon art and art methods. Invaluable to teachers. The Artist and His Mission.-By Rev. Wm. M. Reily. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. 12mo. Price, $1.50. A study in æsthetics for schools and colleges. Lessons on Color in Primary Schools.-By Lucretia Crocker. Chicago, S. R. Winchell & Co. Price, 30 cents. An excellent guide-book for teachers. The course, as presented, takes three years for completion. (New York School Journal.) ASTRONOMY. Primary Phenomenal Astronomy; How to Study and How to Teach It.-By F. H. Bailey. Published by the Michigan School Furniture Company, Northville, Mich. Price, 25 cents. (Educational Journal of Virginia.) BOTANY. A New Descriptive Botany.-By Eliza A. Youmans. New York, D. Appleton & Co. A practical guide to the classification of plants with a popular flora. (New England Journal of Education.) Chapters on Plant Life.-By Sophie Bledsoe Herrick. Illustrated, 16mo, pp. 206. Price, $1.00. New York, Harper & Bros. There is perhaps no other work that will serve as a stronger incentive and better introduction to the study of botany. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) Hand-Book of Plant Dissection.-By Arthur, Barnes and Coulter. New York, Holt & Co. 12mo, pp. 268. Price, $1.50. Coulter's Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountains.-"The Rocky Mountain Region." New York, Ivision, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Price, $1.85; tourist's edition, $3. This is the only published flora of this locality. (New England Journal of Education.) Gray's Botanical Text-book; Goodale's Physiological Botany; Outlines of the Histology of Phænogamous Plants, and Vegetable Physiology.-By George L. Goodale. New York, Ivision, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Cloth, 8vo, pp. 560. Price, $2.30. Its appliances and methods are clear and enjoyable. (New England Journal of Education.) Practical Work in the School-Room.-Part 3. Object lessons on plants. By Miss Sarah F. Buchelew. New York, A. Lovell & Co. Price, $1.00. An elementary botany for common schools. (New York School Journal, vol. xxx, No. 1, p. 304, and Ohio Educational Monthly, August, 1885, p. 426.) The Elements of Botany.-By W. A. Kellerman. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. Illustrated, 12mo, pp. 360. Price, $1.25. Embracing histology, vegetable phys iology, systematic and economic botany. For school and home use. (Publishers' List.) Plant Analysis.-By W. A. Kellerman. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. Illustrated, 12mo, pp. 250. Price, $1.00. A classified list of the wild flowers of the northern United States. Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous.-By Julius A. Palmer jr. Boston, L. Prang & Co. Price $2.00. Interesting to students of fungi. The work is worthy of great praise, and is, we think, the only reliable illustrated description published in this country. (New York School Journal.) Guide to the Recognition of the Principal Orders of Cryptograms.-By F. L. Sargent. Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. 2mo. Price, 75 cents. BUSINESS AND BOOK-KEEPING. Forty Lessons in Practical Double-entry Book-keeping.-By George Allen, Newbury, N. C. These lessons have been prepared with special reference to the wants of the class-room in graded schools or colleges. (New York School Journal.) Graded Lessons in Letter-Writing and Business Forms.-By E. G. Ward. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co. Price, $1.80. These books will hasten the time when the commonschool graduate will be able to write correctly and rapidly any kind of common or business letter. (New York School Journal.) The Business Man's Commercial, Law, and Business Forms Combined.--By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Cloth, pp. 263. Price $2.00. New Common-School Book-keeping.—By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. pp. 128. Price, 75 cents. The New Standard Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. The special-column feature fully elucidated. The New Standard Counting-house Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Cloth, pp. 312. Price, $2.50. This is a simple and thoroughly practical work on doubleentry. A Complete Key for Teachers' Use only, for Counting-house, Commercial, and the Elementary Book-keeping.-By J. C. Bryant. Buffalo. Price, 50 cents and $1.00. Book-keeping Simplified.-By D. B. Waggener. Philadelphia, Charles R. Deacon. pp. 77. Price, $1.00. The double-entry system is briefly, clearly, and concisely explained, with valuable rules and tables for counting-room use. (New York School Journal.) Chambers' Book-keeping.-New Orleans, Hansell & Bro. Price, 75 cents. Twenty Lessons in Book-keeping.-By Henry E. Chambers. Price, 75 cents. New Orleans, F. F. Hansell & Bro. Neat, simple, and comprehensive. CHEMISTRY. The Elements of Chemical Physics. - By Josiah P. Cooke. Boston, John Allyn. 8vo., pp. 752. Price, $4.50. Inorganic Chemistry.—A text-book for students. By Victor von Richter. 12mo., pp. 400, illustrated. Price, $2.00. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. The work is adapted to the use of the beginner, as well as for the more advanced students of chemical science. (New England Journal of Education.) Chemical Problems.-By Dr. Karl Stammess; translated from the German with explanations and answers, by W. S. Haskinson. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Price, 75 cents. Every teacher and student of chemistry will find this manual of great value. (New England Journal of Education.) Practical and Analytical Chemistry.-By Henry Trimble. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Cloth, 8vo., pp. 110, illustrated. Price, $1.50. Medical Chemistry.-A text-book for medical and pharmaceutical students. By E. H. Bartley. Philadelphia, Blakiston, Son & Co. Illustrations, glossary, and complete index. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 376. Price, $2.50. Manual of Applied Medical Chemistry. For students and practitioners of medicine. By Lawrence Wolff. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. Cloth, pp. 174. Price, $1.50. Oils and Varnishes.-Their chemistry, manufacture, and uses. Edited by James Cameron. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co. pp. 376, illustrated. Price, $2.50. A Short Course of Chemistry.-By Edwin J. Houston. Philadelphia, Eldridge & Bro. pp. 283. The general method of treatment in this short course is the presentation of the general principles of the science before the introduction of descriptive chemistry. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, or Organic Chemistry.-By Ira Remsen. 12mo., pp. 364. Boston, Ginn, Heath & Co. No less than eighty wellselected experiments, such as are within the means of almost any laboratory, are described. We consider it a very useful work. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) Outline of Lecture Notes on General Chemistry.-By John T. Stoddard. Harris, Rogers & Co. These lecture notes comprise a series of suggestive experiments on the more abundant metallic substances, together with their compounds. (New York School Journal.) The Elements of Chemical Arithmetic.—With a short system of elementary qualitative analysis. By J. M. Coit. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. Cloth, pp. 89. Price, 55 cents A companion to any book in chemistry as an aid in making the subject more practical. (New England Journal of Education.) Elements of Inorganic Chemistry.-By J. H. Shepherd. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. One of the simplest, most practical, and useful elementary chemistries we have seen for a long while. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) |