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THE ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE: ITS CONSTRUCTION, CARE AND OPERATION. By C. E Woods, E. E., M. E. Chicago and New York : Herbert 8. Stone & Company. 1900. 16mo. Pp. 177. Price 1.25. At last we are beginning to have really valuable books upon the automobile. Most of the literature at present dealB with obsolete typee and other matter made up from patents. Now, however, it seems we are to have real live books, and we trust that the preeent will be the precursor of many. It is handsomely printed and illustrated and the eubject ie dealt with by an expert. There IB an excellent skeleton for the organization of an automobile club iu the book. THE UNKNOWN. By Camille Flammarion. New York: Harper Brothers. 1900. 12mo. Pp. 485. Price 2 The publication of LInconnu maile a veritable sensation in France, and it can hardly fail to arouse the greatest interest in this country. It is an eminent scientists study of the phenomena of the so-called spirit world. In touching upon the various psychical manifestations, M. Flammarion cites many absolutely authenticated instances, and chapters of his book are as wiredly fascinating as the most fantastic of Poes tales. It is always interesting to have a scientific man write a work of fiction in which more or less science is cleverly in-I corporated.

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