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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
REVIEWS.
The Popular Science Monthly for March, contains, among other articles, the following:"The Electric Light," by Prof. John Tyndall, F.R.S., &c. "On the Chemical Elements," by Prof. J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., &c. "Experiments with Living Human Beings," by Dr. George M. Beard. "Science and Socialism," by Prof. Oscar Schmidt. "Is Conscience primitive?" by Warring Wilkinson.
The March number of the International Review is the first of the series edited by John T. Morse, jr., and Henry Cabot Lodge, and contains the following articles: "The Administration and Civil Service Reform," by Edward Cary; "Sleep and Dreams," by Prof. N. S. Shaler; "The Currency and the National Banks," by George Walker; "The Present Condition of the United States Navy;" "A Forgotten English Poet," by Sidney Lanier; "Self-Government in the Territories," by Decius S. Wade, Chief Justice of Montana; "The Silver Conference and the Silver Question," by Simon Newcomb; besides the Review of Recent English Books, by George Barnett Smith, of London, and "Critical Notices of Contemporary Literature," a distinguishing feature of the International. The recent change from a bi-monthly to a monthly was a wise move, as it enables the Review to keep more fully up with current events.
The February number of the Kansas City Review of Science and Industry contains, among other interesting articles, the following: "Chemistry in the Arts," by Prof. G. E. Patrick; "Prof. Nichols on Lockyer's New Theory;" Metallurgy of the Bronze Age;" an article "On some Physical Properties of Ice, and on the Transposition of Boulders by Ice," by John Rae, F.G.S.; besides the usual interesting correspondence and editorial notes.
The March Atlantic contains part second of the entertaining article entitled "A Roman Holiday Twenty Years Ago," from the pen of W. W. Story; "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn," by Mark Twain; a contribution from N. S. Shaler on "The Natural History of Politics," which shows careful observation and research; "Our Land Policy," by Geo. W. Julian; a tribute to the memory of Bayard Taylor, by J. G. Whittier; the conclusion of W. D. Howells' interesting serial entitled "The Lady of the Aroostook;" "Presidential Electioneering in the Senate" recounts the preliminary skirmishes in that body previous to the presidential contest of 1880; the seventh of Richard Grant White's admirable articles on "Americanisms;" the Contributor's Club is, as usual, an interesting feature of the Atlantic. As a literary magazine the Atlantic is unequaled, as a political review it is unexcelled.
Scribner's for March maintains its already high standard of excellence as a literary magazine. The first place is given to an illustrated article entitled "A College Camp at Lake George," which is quite fascinating and of unusual interest to college students. "The 'Old Mill' at Newport," by R. G. Hatfield, is an entertaining account of that "mysterious relic of antiquity." Sydney Lanier contributes a beautiful poem to the memory of Bayard Taylor; "The Passes of the Sierra" is an illustrated description of the gorgeous scenery of that wondrous range. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's serial novel, "Haworth's," is continued. Those who have thus far read "Falconberg" will be intensely interested in the three
chapters presented in this number. Prof. W. G. Sumner contributes an instructive article on finance entitled "The Commercial Crisis of 1837." There are many other interesting articles which space forbids us to mention. "Culture and Progress" is fully up to its predecessors in culture and learning.
A review of the leading magazines of this country would be incomplete were St. Nicholas omitted. This illustrated monthly for girls and boys has reached a higher plane than any similar magazine ever published in this country. It is not filled with wild and adventurous tales, which, it is to be regretted, are too often found in magazines for young folks, and which have been properly termed the "literature of crime," but is replete with wholesome and instructive matter. The March number of this excellent periodical is before us, and is brim-full of matter calculated to interest and instruct children. The magazine is profusely illustrated, opening with a beautiful frontispiece. It would be useless to attempt to describe all the articles in this number and unfair to single out any particular one for examination. The subscription price of St. Nicholas is $3.00 a year, or 25 cts.a number. It is published by Scribner & Co.,743 and 745 Broadway, New-York.
The North American Review is now indisputably the leading publication in this country, if not in the world. This position has been attained under the present able and energetic editorship of Allen Thorndike Rice. The March number of this valuable publication opens with a discussion of the questions, Ought the Negro to be Disfranchised? Ought he to have been Enfranchised? which is participated in by Senator Blaine, Senator Lamar, Senator Wade Hampton, James A. Garfield, Alexander H. Stephens, Wendell Phillips, Montgomery Blair, and Thomas A. Hendricks. The questions are considered in an unpartisan and unimpassioned manner. The discussion should be read by every student of American politics. Prof. Geo. P. Fisher, D. D., contributes a review of "The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards," being a consideration of the teachings of America's greatest philosopher. "The Indian Problem, by General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., is of especial interest at this time. John R. G. Hassard contributes "Cryptography in Politics," in which he gives the history and explains the art of cypher writing as practiced in the last presidential compaign. "Russian Novels and Novelists of the Day," by S. E. Shevitch, is an examination of the writings of Russia's greatest novelists, Ivan Turgenieff and Count Leo Tolstoy. The North American is published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Subscription price $5.00 a year, single number, 50 cents.
We are placed under obligations to Mr. F. G. Adams, of Topeka, far a copy of the First Biennial Report of the Kansas State Historical Society, submitted at the annual meeting January 21, 1879. The Society has become one of the institutions of our State, and is shown by the report to be in a flourishing condition.
The wife of a school-teacher at Plymouth, New Hampshire, has just inherited a fortune of $400,000. Imagine the emotions of the husband on receiving the announcement. His first wild exultant impulse must have been to set fire to his old clothes and school-house and ostentatiously strike out for Europe by the light of the conflagration.