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•scientific departments. It is hardly possible or advisable to
give a complete list of the books added. A few of those
which every student ought to read are however given. Of
American History the following may be mentioned:
The Winning of the West.
Critical Period of American History.
Documents Illustrative of American History.
The Federalist.
Literature:
Manual of Historical Literature.
The History of Early English Literature.
Mermaid Series—Ben Johnson.
Elizabethan Literature.
Novels:
Endymion; by Lord Beaconsfield.
Scotts.—Full set.
The Maid of Sker.
George Elliott’s Works.
Tolstoi’s Works.
Mythology:
The Story of the Odyssey.
The etory of the Illiad.
Oratory:
American Orations.
Political Economy:
Progress and Poverty; by Henry George.
Natural History:
Robert Dick.
The History of Creation.
The Scotch Naturalist.
Antiquity:
Nipur.
In the present conflict between science and religion it is
the duty of everyone, especially of the students of science, to
weigh, think and consider, so that he may arrive at the ra-