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ada's ultimate absorption in the United States. Frederic Harri- 

 son has a brief paper on " The Irish Leadership; " and Irish af- 

 fairs receive further consideration in an article by the Hon. 

 Auberon Herbert, entitled '• ' The Rake's Progress ' in Irish Poli- 

 tics." 



— The next number of the " Publications of the American 

 Academy of Political and Social Science " will contain an inter- 

 esting article on " The Idea of Sovereignty," by Professor Ritchie 

 of Oxford. It is specially flattering to Americans that so eminent 

 an authority plants himself squarely on the doctrine of the sover- 

 eignty of the people, — an idea first advanced in modern times by 

 American jurists. It is another evidence of how rapidly Ameri- 

 can political ideas are permeating and leavening European thought. 

 Professor Ritchie is evidently a careful student of American con- 

 stitutional development, and the academy is doing valuable work 

 in introducing such authors to our American public. 



— The Nineteenth Century for January, published by the Leon- 

 ard Scott Publication Company, New York, begins the new year 

 with a paper by the Duke of Argyll, entitled ' • Professor Huxley 

 on the War-Path," in which the author takes the professor to task 

 for some of bis theological criticisms. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William F. 

 Drummond wi-ites on "Home Rule for the Navy," which, while 

 especially a suggestion for the English Navy, is not without value 

 to those interested in our own system. Lieut. W. G. Stairs con- 

 tributes some leaves from his African diary, entitled " Shut up in 

 the African Forest," relating some thrilling adventures and expe- 

 riences while waiting for Stanley. H. Arthur Kennedy writes on 

 " Velasquez and his King," with special reference to Philip and 

 his encouragement of art. David F. Schloss discusses the merits 

 of the Jew as a workman. Viscount Lymington ■presents some 

 questions of forestry in an article on "Vert and Venery." The 

 Earl of Meath describes labor colonies in Germany, with notes on 

 a very interesting phase of social economy. Dr. George C. Kings- 



bury has an article on " Hypnotism, Crime, and the Doctors," deal- 

 ing with some questions of professional ethics. Norman Pearson 

 writes on " Animal Immortality; " and the number closes with a 

 brief paper by Edward Dicey, on "The Rival Coalitions." 



— Sir Morell Mackenzie contributes a review of Dr. Koch's 

 "Treatment of Tuberculosis" to the Contemporary Review for 

 January (Leonard Scott Publication Company, New York). The 

 author points out the real merit of the discovery, and shows how 

 erroneous it is to call it the "consumption cure." Professor 

 Bryce's address before the Brooklyn Institute, on " An Age of 

 Discontent," is also printed in this number. Frank H. Hill writes 

 on " Home Rule and Home Rulers ; " and politics are further con- 

 sidered in a paper by L. J. Jennings, entitled " Behind the Scenes 

 in Parliament." R. Bosworth Smith discusses Englishmen in 

 Africa, and what they have done there. Julia Wedgwood de- 

 scribes the revival of Euripides at Cambridge. The Rev. H. W. 

 Clarke writes on " Public Landed Endowments of the Church." 

 R. Anderson discusses morality by act of Parliament; and Profes- 

 sor J. Agar Beet, the certainties of Christianity. 



— The next number of the "Annals of the American Academy " 

 will contain an article by Professor Ashley of Toronto which 

 will prove of special interest to all students of social economy. 

 It is well known that Henry George, and the labor agitators and 

 pessimists in general, delight in representing the condition of the 

 workiu2;mao to-day as a sad one, to which he has been brought 

 by the despotism of the better-situated classes. They refer with 

 feeling to the ideal state of the English laborer in the fourteenth 

 century, and contrast it with his present down-trodden condition. 

 Professor Ashley deals this theory a ponderous blow, for he shows 

 that the English laborer of that time vvas practically a slave, with 

 no rights which his lord was bound to respect, and that, so far 

 from his condition growing worse in the eyes of the law, it has 

 steadily become better since that time. 



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