"Notes on Railroad Accidents " by Charles Francis Adams makes no pretense whatsoever of being either an exhaustive or a scientific study of the subject to which it relates. It is, on the contrary, merely what its title signifies,-a collection of notes on railroad accidents. Excerpt: " In the case of railroad disasters, however, a striking exception is afforded to this rule. The victims of these, at least, do not lose their lives without great and immediate compensating benefits to mankind. After each new "horror," as it is called, the whole world travels with an appreciable increase of...