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it is reconquering it from its nominal English rulers. The paper 

 is an interesting pendant to that on French-Canadian literature in 

 the August number ; and it will, as has been said, no doubt call 

 out some rejoinders. "The Isthmus Canal and American Con- 

 trol," by Stuart F. Weld, is a consideration of the policy promul- 

 o-ated by the United States government in its desire to control the 

 inter-oceanic canal, with (as eighteenth century writers would put 

 it) " some animadversions thereon." In fact, the magazine runs 

 toward political questions, since Mr. Frank Gaylord Cook has an 

 article on " James Wilson," a Scotchman who settled in Pennsyl- 

 vania, and whose services in behalf of the Constitution of the 

 United States are too little known. Still another sketch, of the 

 " Americans at the First Bastille Celebration" (by J. G. Alger), 

 completes the more important articles. 



Ginn & Company have just published "The Irregular Verbs 



of Attic Prose ; their Forms, Prominent Meanings, and Important 

 Compounds, together with Lists of Related Words and English 

 Derivatives," by Addison Hogue, Professor of Greek in the Univer- 

 sity of Mississippi. The material treated in this book is much 

 fuller than in the lists of irregular verbs in the grammars, and more 

 accessible than in the lexicons. The book contains after the regu- 

 lar verbs, — pure, mute, and liquid, — the irregular verbs of Attic 

 prose in alphabetical order. Prominent meanings and special uses 

 of frequent occurrence are given, often illustrated by translated e.x- 

 amples. The most important compounds are added, and also 

 many related words, — forming a very practical sort of introduc- 

 tion to word-formation. The first declension alone is represented 

 by about four hundred substantives, and this indicates the range 

 of vocabulary. The English derivatives, of which there are over 450, 

 should prove an attractive feature to teachers and students alike. 

 To the latter they will be an additional support in learning some 

 five or six hundred Greek words, and will broaden their knowledge 

 of their own tongue. 



— In the September Magazine of American History Mr. Roljert 

 Stiles, of Richmond, tells of " Lincoln's Restoration Policy for Vir- 

 ginia," which Admiral Porter, with whom Lincoln went to Rich- 

 mond on its evacuation, represented differently in his " Incidents of 

 the Civil War." The evidence here given for the first time to the 

 public corrects even Grant's account of the matter in his " Memoirs," 

 which is believed to have been written from hearsay. The illus- 

 trated feature of the magazine this month is the third chapter in 

 Mrs. Lamb's " Historic Homes and Landmarks," the scene being 

 the site of the Damen farm, between Wall Street and Maiden Lane, 

 which for nearly half a century was outside the walled city of New 

 York. Many new facts and figures have been exhumed by the accom- 



plished historian, the most consequential landmarks are described, 

 events are vividly portrayed which made the ground historic, and 

 never before were the wonderful contrasts between the past and 

 the present so sharply defined. A second illustrated paper, by T. 

 H. Lewis, of St. Paul, is " The Old French Post at Trempeleau, 

 Wis.," a recent discovery. Gen. J. W. De Peyster pays a tribute to 

 the late " John W. Hammersley," whose portrait in steel forms the 

 frontispiece to the issue. Milton T. Adkins writes the " Growth of 

 a Great National Library," giving the history in brief of the library 

 of Congress. William Seton contributes an article of interest on 

 " St. John de Crevecoeur, the First French Consul in New York 

 after the Revolution." There is a sketch of " New York's Great 

 Landholder, George Clarke," and a tribute to the late Mrs. Amasa 

 J. Parker. 



— A number of years ago Mr. J. C. Pilling undertook the com- 

 pilation of a bibliography of North American languages. In the 

 course of his work he visited the principal public and private libra- 

 ries of the United States, Canada, and northern Mexico, carried on 

 an extensive correspondence with librarians, missionaries, and 

 others interested in the subject, and examined such printed author- 

 ities as were at hand. The results of these researches were em- 

 bodied in a single volume. Since its issue he has had an oppor- 

 tunity to visit the national libraries of England and France, as well 

 as a number of private ones in both these countries, and to revisit 

 a considerable number in this country and Canada. A sufficient 

 amount of new material has thus been collected to lead to the be- 

 lief that a series of catalogues may well be prepared, each referring 

 to one of the more prominent groups of our native languages. Of 

 this series three have been published, relating respectively to the 

 Eskimauan, the Siouan, and the Iroquoian families. The fourth 

 has just been issued by the Bureau of Ethnology, and relates to 

 the Muskhogean languages; the fifth, now in preparation, will 

 relate to the Algonquian. There are in the present catalogue 

 521 titular entries, of which 467 relate to printed books and articles 

 and 54 to manuscripts. Of these, 469 have been seen and de- 

 scribed by the compiler, — 429 of the prints and 40 of the manu- 

 scripts, — leaving as derived from outside sources 38 printed works 

 and 14 manuscripts. Of those unseen by the writer, titles and 

 descriptions of more than one-half have been received from per- 

 sons who have actually seen the works and described them for 

 him. In addition to these, there are given a number of full titles 

 of printed covers, second and third volumes, etc., all of which have 

 been seen and described by the compiler; while in the notes men- 

 tion is made of 69 printed and manuscript works, 43 of which have 

 been seen and 26 derived from other (mostly printed) sources. 



INDUSTRIAL NOTES. 

 Guaranty Investment Company. 



The Guaranty Investment Company has adopted the policy of 

 sending each year a committee of its investors to visit Kansas and 

 Nebraska and report upon its loans and methods of business. The 

 first report was made in 1888 and the second in 1889. The com- 

 mittee of 1888 consisted of Professor A. H. Berlin, principal of the 

 high school, Montrose, Penn. (recently removed to Wilmington, 

 Del.), and Major Theodore L. Poole, e.x- United States pension 

 agent, Syracuse, N.Y. They commenced their labors on Monday, 

 June 18, 1888, by an examination of the books and statements sub- 

 mitted to them by the Western general manager, F. H. Wilson. 

 Later, accompanied by the inspector of the company, they began 

 an examination of some of the loans made by the company. This 

 examination was commenced in Atchison County, Kan., on Tues- 

 day, June 19, ending with Franklin County, Kan., Saturday, June 

 30. During this time they drove about four hundred miles and 

 travelled by railroad seven hundred miles, and examined over forty 

 loans made by the company. While they examined in detail over 

 forty loans they also looked at many others in different counties 

 that they did not have time to compare with the records. From 

 their investigation and observations they recommended the loans 

 made by the Guaranty Investment Company of Atchison, Kan., as 

 a safe investment. 



The comrnittee for 1889 consisted of Dr. Francis W. Boyer, a 



physician of Pottsville, Penn., M. H. Olin, president of the Citizens' 

 Bank, Perry, N.Y., and Irving H. Tifft, Esq., a lawyer of New 

 York City. From the report, dated Atchison, Kan., June 29, 1889, 

 it appears that their work began on Thursday, June 6, and ended on 

 Friday, June 28. During this period they travelled over 2,150 

 miles, 665 of which were by carriage, and visited a large portion of 

 Kansas and Nebraska. The trip took them through twenty-eight 

 counties in Kansas and twenty-six in Nebraska, besides a large 

 number of cities and towns in both States. Before commencing 

 the journey they made an examination of the books and records of 

 the company, submitted for inspection by the Western general 

 manager, Mr. Frank H. Wilson. In conclusion they say that it is 

 their opinion that Kansas and Nebraska are on the high road to 

 prosperity, and do not see how it is possible for carefully placed 

 farm mortgages in these States to be otherwise than safe, and they 

 regard those of the Guaranty Investment Company to be of this 

 character. 



Any persons desiring further information upon points in the re- 

 ports are requested to correspond with any member of either com- 

 mittee, and copies'of testimonials received from persons who have 

 made investments in these mortgages will be sent to any address. 

 The company keeps on hand at its New York office at all times a 

 large number of seven per cent guaranteed mortgages equal in se- 

 curity to any examined by the committees, and full information will 

 be gladly given to any one, by Henry A. Riley, general Eastern 

 manager, 191 Broadway, New York. 



