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of the people and the mode of government. Most of the colonies, 

 or dependencies, dealt with in this volume are valuable chiefly as 

 naval and commercial stations, this being particularly the case vv-ith 

 Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Singapore, and Hong Kong ; but others, 

 such as Cyprus, Ceylon, and Mauritius, have inherent resources of 

 their own. The work shows the immense variety of races, reli- 

 gions, and material interests with which the British Colonial Office 

 has to deal ; and this notwithstanding none of the larger depend- 

 encies are touched upon. Germans in Heligoland ; Spaniards, 

 Italians, Greeks, and Turks in the Mediterranean ; Arabs, Negroes, 

 Indians, Malays, and Chinese in the Eastern seas, — all pass in 

 review before us ; while the three great religions of the world, — 

 Christianity, Mohammedanism, and Buddhism,— besides minor 

 faiths, are represented. If the work is completed on the plan of 

 this volume, it will be useful not only to geographers, histori- 

 ans, and statesmen, but to all intelligent persons who wish to be 

 informed about the world's affairs. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 



Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, O., announce the fifth edi- 

 tion of "Benner's Prophecies," with forecasts for 1889, 1890, 1891. 

 These prophecies are of future ups and downs in prices, and what 

 years to make money on pig-iron, hogs, corn, and provisions, by 

 Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer. 



— The following are from the contents of the Papula?- Science 

 Monthly for March : " New Chapters in the Warfare of Science," 

 by Andrew D. White, LL.D. ; " The Chemistry of To-Day," by 

 Professor Ira Remsen ; " Glass-Making," by Professor C. Hanford 

 Henderson ; " South Slavic Moon-Myths," by Dr. Friedrich S. 

 Krauss ; " Competition and the Trusts," by George lies ; " Law as 

 a Disturber of Social Order," by Benjamin Reece ; " Among the 

 Fiji Islands," by Coutts Trotter ; " The Foundation-Stones of the 

 Earth," by Professor T. G. Bonney; " Natural Science in Elemen- 

 tary Schools," by J. M. Arms ; " The Aryans in Science and His- 

 tory," by Horatio Hale ; " The Americanists in Congress ; " 

 " Sketch of Pierre Belon " (with portrait) ; also the regular corre- 

 spondence and editorial departments, literary notices, popular mis- 

 cellany, and notes. 



— The American Journal of Archceology, Vol. IV. No. 4 (Bos- 

 ton, Ginn & Co.) contains " Inedited Terra-cottas from Myrina, in 

 the Museum at Constantinople" (with 2 Dujardin heliotype plates), 

 by Salomon Reinach ; " Discoveries in the Attic Deme of Ikaria," 

 by Carl D. Buck, and " A New Sikyonian Inscription," by Morti- 

 mer L. Earle, both members of the American School of Classical 

 Studies at Athens ; " Early Bronzes discovered on Mount Ida in 

 Krete " (with 5 plates and 4 figures), by A. L. Frothingham, jun., 

 professor of archaeology at Princeton ; " Remains of an Ancient 

 Greek Building discovered in Malta" (with ground-plan), by A. A. 

 Caruana, director of education in Malta ; notes on the excavation 

 of a Christian palace at Rome, and the existence of America known 

 early in the Christian era ; reviews and notices of books on archs- 

 ology — general. Oriental, classical. Christian, and prehistoric — and 

 on the Renaissance ; archseological news from Asia Minor, Austria- 

 Hungary, Central America, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, England, 

 France, Germany, Greece, Hindustan, Italy, Krete, Kypros, Pales- 

 tine, Phoenicia, Russia, Sicily, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United 

 States, and Wales ; and summaries of archseological periodicals. 



— William H. Burnham, Ph.D., late fellow of Johns Hopkins 

 University, will give in the March Scribner some valuable practical 

 suggestions to busy men for economy in brain-work. 



— The Contemporary Review for March (New York, Leonard 

 Scott Publishing Company) will contain an important paper on the 

 Panama Canal by the eminent traveller, Mr. Edward Whymper, 

 illustrated by a large chart of the scene of operations, etc. An 

 interesting and full resumi oi the financial condition of the Canal 

 Company appeared in the Nineteenth Century for February, 1888, 

 which is particularly valuable, in view of the recent collapse of the 

 enterprise. 



-^ Probably the most interesting paper in the Scottish Review 

 (New York, Leonard Scott Company) for the present quarter is a 

 translation of Ivan Turgenieff's weird story of the " White Lady." 



The spirit which forms the central figure in this extraordinary play 

 of the imagination belongs to a class which appears more frequently 

 in the popular beliefs of Russia than in those of other countries. 

 It is, however, not unknown in Scotland. Sir Walter Scott's ballad 

 of " Glenfinlas," for example, is based upon a legend of a young 

 man killed by a being of this sort, — a catastrophe which Turgenieff 

 has obviated or postponed by the use of a peculiar expedient. 



— No less than eight editions have been called for of the Contem- 

 porary Review for February, containing the remarkable article on 

 the Bismarck dynasty. This article is said to be circulating freely 

 in Germany. 



— "England and Germany in East Africa " forms the subject of 

 the opening paper in the Fortnightly this month. Professor Dow- 

 den writes on " Hopes and Fears for Literature ; " Mr. Swinburne 

 continues his notice of Victor Hugo's poetry ; Professor Tyndall 

 furnishes another instalment of his articles on " English Light- 

 house Management ; " Dr. Ingram writes on " Two Centuries of 

 Irish History ; " and Mrs. Lynn Linton begins her series on " Char- 

 acteristics of English Women." Among the other articles, the 

 unsigned one on the "Trade of Author " will probably attract most 

 atention. 



— The February number of the Modern Sciejice Essayist con- 

 tains " Solar and Planetary Evolution," an essay by Garrett P. 

 Serviss, together with criticisms on the essay by R. G. Eccles, 

 M.D., Professor Van der Weyde, and L. G. James, M.D. 



— The "Truth Seeker Annual" for 1889 contains a fine picture 

 of the statue of Giordano Bruno, soon to be erected in Rome, and 

 two illustrations showing the Lick Observatory and its great tele- 

 scope. 



— During the session of the Electric Light Convention at Chi- 

 cago last week, the Western Electricia?i issued a daily edition, 

 containing full reports of the proceedings. 



— Col. T. W. Higginson's poems, which Longmans, Green, & Co. 

 are about to publish in New York and London, are dedicated to J. R. 

 Lowell, " schoolmate and fellow-townsman." The volume is called 

 "The Afternoon Landscape," for the morning of the poet's life is 

 now past. The poems include the sonnet to " Duty " and the 

 lighter stanzas on " A Jar of Rose-Leaves. " Among the trans- 

 lations are Sappho's " Ode to Aphrodite," and a dozen sonnets 

 from Petrarch and Camoens. 



— " Micah Clarke: his Statement" is the title of an autobio- 

 graphic tale of Monmouth's rebellion, which is soon to be published 

 by Longmans, Green, & Co. It is rather a narrative of personal 

 adventure than a romance, yet the author's art recalls both " Lorna 

 Doone " and " Kidnapped." This is a tale of adventure, full of 

 strong incident and vigorous character-drawing, with not a little 

 incidental humor. Saxon is a younger brother of Dugald Dalgetty, 

 and quite as delightful in his professional pride. 



— The Political Science Quarterly for March opens with a 

 striking article by H. L. Osgood, upon " Scientific Anarchism," 

 reviewing the theories of Proudhon, and showing the aims of 

 American anarchists. Professor Gustav Cohn of Gottingen, taking 

 the progressive income taxes of Switzerland as his text, indicates the 

 merits and the dangers of this democratic scheme of taxation. Mr. 

 Arnold Forster (son of the late Irish secretary) presents forcibly the 

 Unionist view of the Irish question. A conservative Frenchman, 

 M. Gauvain, explains the causes of the present crisis in France, 

 and the significance of " Boulangism." Mr. Bernheim sketches the 

 history of the ballot in New York, and argues for the Australian 

 System. Professor Woodrow Wilson analyzes and criticises Bryce's 

 " American Commonwealth." The June number will contain an 

 article by Professor Sloane of Princeton, editor of the New Prince- 

 ton Review, and will continue and bring down to the ist of May 

 the " Record of Events " heretofore published in the New Prince- 

 ton Review. 



— W. J. Schofield, 105 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., has pub- 

 lished " Political History since 1815 (excluding the United States)." 

 This syllabus of lectures upon modern political history, prepared 

 originally for use in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by 

 C. H. Levermore, assistant professor of history, and D. R. Dewey, 



