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REVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS.

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REVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS. "THE MEDICAL USES OF ELECTRICITY." The Medical Uses of Electricity is the title of a nicely got up treatise on the electropathic method of curing disease, from the pen of C. B. Harness, published for private circulation only, by the Medical Battery Co., London. The hand-book contains upwards of 100 pages, and treats with a large number of diseaes principally prevalent in this country. We would advise our readers to procure a copy, which can be obtained, together with another hand-book, of upwards of 150 pages, giving some hundreds of cases of complete cures which have been effected by simply wearing Harness's world-famed curative electropathic battery belt. To obtain these hand-books simply send a poso card, with your address, to the Medical Battery Company, 52, Oxford-street, London, W. "BLACK AND WHITE." A copy of Black and White, a weekly illustrated record, price 6d, by post 6d, published by Mr H. S. Wood, 63, Fleet-street, London, E.C., has been sent us for review. Black and White, the editor states, is the name chosen for the new illustrated weekly journal which appeared for the first time on the 6th of February last. For the last 21 years no illustrated journal of any impor- tance has been established in Great Britain. During that period the population of the English- speaking counties has largely increased, the taste for art has made rapid progress among all classes, the art of printing has been enormously improved, and an entirely new spirit has entered into jour- nalism. The directors of Black and White believe, therefore, that the time has come when the public will welcome a new illustrated paper-a paper of great mechanical, literary, and artistic excellence. This is really the gap which Black and White seeks to fill, and upon perusal of the copy before us we are fully convinced that it does and will fill this gap most efficiently. The illustrations are from the richest and finest departments of art, and complete pages are devoted to splendidly pourtrayed Royal Academy pictures. The ser- vices of a large number of men distinguished in art and literature have been secured for the pro- duction of Black and White, and although the venture is still in its infancy we can safely predict for this new illustrated journal a very bright and prosperous career. "PORTHCAWL AS A HEALTH RESORT." We have been favoured with a copy of a very prettily got-up and useful brochure, entitled "Porthcawl as a Health Resort," by Robert C. Hunter, M.R.C.S. (Engl.), L.R.C.P. (Edin.), &c., of Pontypridd. It is published at one shilling, by J. Wright and Co., Stone Bridge, Bristol; and will serve as an excellent and reliable guide to Porthcawl and district for all who frequent this truly delightful and charmingly secluded health resort. The work contains more than fifty pages of very interesting matter, dealing with every phase of information which can possibly be re- quired by the visitor to Porthcawl, including the rainfall for last year, water supply, facilities for shooting, fishing, bathing, boating, boarding, &c., the peculiar advantages of Porthcawl as an ex- ceptionally desirable health resort, together with comprehensive references to various places and objects of interest in the vicinity. The thanks of the public (especially those who live in the in- land towns and villages of Glamorgan), are due to Dr. Hunter for providing such a very handy and elaborate hand-book, containing as it does so much serviceable information with regard to a dis- trict in which, he avows, he has no selfish ends to promote, for, in course of a brief introduction to the work, Dr. Hunter explains his position as author in the, following terms:—"The writer having no personal interests to serve in Porthcawl, has, uninfluenced by personal considerations, but conscientiously believing in the advantages of this healtn-restoring seaside resort, with its pure air, open sea, health-giving downs, and invigorat- ing breezes, published this brochure with a sincere hope to make Porthcawl more generally appre- ciated." Dr. Hunter thanks Messrs Brogden, John Garsed, Charles Wilkins, Eustace Williams, and others for the loan of old boooks and manu- scripts which have been used in recording the ancient legends of the neighbourhood of Forth- eawL The hand-book contains a large mass of in- formation which is not generally known even to those who are comparatively well acquainted with Porthcawl. It is more than a guide, for it abounds in ancient lore, and besides the chapters on modern Porthcawl there are others on Roman Remains, Dunraven Castle, St. Donat's, Maid of Sker, Margam Abbey, and other interesting topics. The hotel accommodation of Porthcawl appears complete-the Esplanade, Porthcawl, Ship and Castle, Brogden, Queen's, White's, Cowley's, and others. In addition to the reading matter there is a map showing the coast of the Bristol Channel, from St. David's to Widemouth Bay, and the distance to Porthcawl from each of the places mentioned thereon may be ascertained by means of a scale, The subjects of the illustrations are the Esplanade Hotel and Terrace, The Rest, Bathing Bay and Black Rock, and Sandy Bay and Town. We specially commend the work to the large number of our readers who regularly pay holiday-visits to Porthcawl and neighbour- hood during the summer months.

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