[_E. B. Barnum_, for complainant. _Arthur v. Briesen_, for defendant.] * * * * * NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS. THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF THE LOCATION OF RAILWAYS. By Arthur M. Wellington, C.E. Price $2.00. New York city: Office of the Railroad Gazette, 73 Broadway. The author of this book is thoroughly conversant with his subject, and his statement that the book has gradually grown from a few notes into a volume may be accepted as an explanation of the somewhat fragmentary character of the work. He asserts that "all our railways are uneconomically located," and "in many cases these errors are shockingly evident." If these statements are true, he is right in stating that "there is something almost pitiful in the waste of human labor enforced by such costly blundering." He considers that other countries have made lamentable blunders in locating their railroads, so that the suffering stockholders of American lines may take comfort from the thought that others are or may be as badly off. FRUIT AND BREAD. A SCIENTIFIC DIET. By Gustav Schlickeysen. Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M.D. With an Appendix. Illustrated. New York city: M. L. Holbrook & Co. The author and translator of this little treatise are firm believers in vegetarianism, and present in a highly attractive form the main arguments which sustain them in their position. The subject is most carefully and systematically treated, and although the conclusions at which the author arrives are greatly at variance with modern belief and practice, the book is nevertheless entitled to proper and respectful consideration. Illustrations are given of the teeth and stomachs of various animals, and these are compared with the similar organs existing in man, so exhibiting in a clear and satisfactory manner the perfect adaptedness of the latter to a purely vegetable regimen, which is certainly something more than merely accidental. Altogether the book is well worthy of perusal by others than those more immediately interested in the question of diet. THEORETICAL NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: a Treatise on the Calculations involved in Naval Design. By Samuel J. P. Thearle, F.R.S.N.A., etc. Two Volumes; Text and Plates. New York city: G. P. Putnam's Sons.