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has published, as especially pertinent to the 

 times, an address by the late Stephen A. 

 Douglas on An American Continental Com- 

 mercial Union or Alliance. It is, he says, 

 the last paper written by the distinguished 

 statesman, and has not been published be- 

 fore. It was prepared after seven of the 

 Southern States had gone through the form 

 of seceding, and was intended to serve as 

 one of Mr. Douglas's immediate plans to 

 promote the future welfare of the country in 

 case a reconciliation and restoration were 

 effected. Besides its interest as the last 

 thought of one of the most distinguished 

 statesmen of the period before the war, the 

 address is pertinent on account of its di- 

 rect bearing on a scheme of national policy 

 which is now under discussion. 



In an essay on God and iJie Universe, 

 Mr. James W. Stillman proposes to consider 

 41 the alleged existence of a Supreme Being 

 and the theistic hypothesis of creation." 

 lie is brought to the conclusion that " the 

 whole problem of the existence of God and the 

 origin of the universe is entirely beyond and 

 above the scope of the human intellect " ; 

 and there he is content to leave the matter. 

 In a pamphlet on The Disposal of the 

 Dead, Dr. John M. Peacocke, of Brooklyn, 

 after considering other methods, suggests 

 desiccation, which was practiced by the an- 

 cient Peruvians, as in many respects the 

 preferable one. 



Questions for Debate in politics and eco- 

 nomics is the latest publication (No. XXVIII) 

 of the Society for Political Education, 330 

 Pearl Street, New York. A perusal of its 

 pages shows its compilers to have seized 

 upon every living issue affecting American 

 citizenship. In addition to the questions, 

 subjects for essays are given, as well as 

 terms for definition. Brief and pithy hints 

 to debaters and essay-writers are included, as 

 also a form of constitution and by-liws for 

 debatiug-clubs. Pages 40. Price, 25 cents. 



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