SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIII. No. 333 



— A new magazine idea has been struck by Scribner's, the July 

 issue of which will be a fiction number for midsummer reading, 

 containing seven complete short stories, bright, entertaining, and 

 richly illustrated by skilful artists like Frederic Remington, Robert 

 Blum, and Chester Loomis. The number will also contain the 

 ninth instalment of Mr. Stevenson's " Master of Ballantrae," and 

 the second article in the electric series. This last is by Charles L. 

 Buckingham, the electrical expert and attorney for the Western 

 Union, and is on " The Telegraph of To-day." This will be abun- 

 dantly illustrated with views from the great operating-room of the 

 Western Union in New York, from the main office of the Com- 

 mercial Cable Company, and from other interesting sources. Tel- 

 egraphing from moving trains and between ships at sea will be 

 clearly explained. 



— Messrs. Ginn & Co. announce for publication " A School Iliad, 

 with Vocabulary," edited for schools by Professor T. D. Seymour 

 of Yale College, author of " The Language and Verse of Homer," 

 etc., with introduction, commentary, and illustrated vocabulary. 

 Two editions will be published, — the first consisting of three 

 books, to be ready June 20 ; and the second, of six books, to be 

 ready some time this summer. The introduction presents, in brief 

 but systematic form, the most important facts regarding Homeric 

 life, the Homeric poems, Homeric style, syntax, dialect, and verse. 

 The commentary is adapted to the wants of beginners in Homer. 

 The notes are copious for the first three books. They are less 

 copious for Books IV.-VL, but the commentary on Book VI. is 

 fuller than that on Books IV. and V. The vocabulary is illustrated 

 with more than twenty woodcuts, most of which are new in this 

 country. 



— Frederick Warne & Co. have now ready " Fifty Years on 

 the Trail," a true story of Western life, by John Y. Nelson and 

 Harrington O'Reilly, illustrated by Paul Frenzeny, who has also 

 lived among the scenes in which this story of wild frontier life is 

 laid. Nelson was an old-time scout, guide, and interpreter before 

 cities and towns drove out Indians and buffaloes, and with the aid 

 of his collaborator he has made a book of four hundred pages, 

 which appears with appiopriate cover-design. 



— T. Y. Crowell & Co. publish the following important books,, 

 in paper covers, at fifty cents each, this month : " Ivan Ilyitch and 

 Family Happiness " and " My Confession," two contrasting works 

 by Count Lyof N. Tolstoi ; and Dr. George Brandes' new book, 

 " Impressions of Russia," which will throw fresh light on a very 

 interesting subject. 



— D. C. Heath & Co. will publish in September " A German 

 Reader, for Beginners in School or College," by Edward S. Joynes, 

 editor of the "^ Joynes-Meissner German Grammar." 



— The Cambridge University Press, according to the London 

 Academy, has now nearly ready for publication " The Collected 

 Papers of Henry Bradshaw," the late university librarian, and a 

 wonderful scholar. 



— Roberts Brothers announce for fall publication " The Life of 

 Louisa M. Alcott," by Ednah D. Cheney, her lifelong friend. Miss 

 Cheney has written her biography of the author of " Little Women " 

 in a manner to interest the youngest readers of that wonderfully 

 successful book, who will eagerly read the story of Miss Alcott's 

 home life, and her efforts to write stories for the boys and girls she 

 loved so dearly. Two portraits will be included in the book. 



— The July number of The Chajt/atiquan presents as its open- 

 ing article a study by Gen. H. V. Boynton on " Our National Uni- 

 versity," the city of Washington. Elizabeth Robins Pennell gives 

 some advice about " Outings for Thin Pocket-Books." The " Sun- 

 day Readings " are selected by Bishop Vincent. Professor La- 

 Roy F. Griffin of Lake Forest University furnishes a timely article 

 on " The Art of Keeping Cool." Ida M. Tarbell sketches the life 

 of Madame de Stael. A brief description of " Student Life in 

 Germany " is given by F. M. Warren, Ph.D. Olive Thorne Miller 

 continues her observations of bird-life, this time writing of their 

 "Baby-Days." Professor A. P. Coleman, Ph.D., of Victoria Uni- 

 versity, relates some thrilling experiences of his while canoeing on 

 the Columbia. "The Foreign Element and Prohibition" is the 

 subject of a thoughtful article by the Hon. Albert Griffin, chairman 



of the Anti-Saloon Republican National Committee. Bishop Mal- 

 lalieu tells of his sight-seeing in holy Moscow. John Murdoch de- 

 scribes " Hunting and Fishing at Point Barrow." James K. Reeve 

 suggests perfume flower-farming as " a home industry in which the 

 surplus labor of a household could be profitably employed."' 

 "Chautauqua Life in 1800" is a valuable historical article by 

 Francis Newton Thorpe, Ph.D. Ripley Hitchcock gives a delight- 

 ful account of " Country Club Life," and interesting facts regard- 

 ing " The Jews in the United States " are given by Philip Cowen. 



— A. D. F. Randolph & Co. will publish at once " Unknowrk 

 Switzerland," by Victor Tissot, translated by Mrs. Wilson. 



— The Contemporary Review for June (New York, Leonard 

 Scott Publication Company, 29 Park Row) opens with a paper by 

 Archbishop Walsh, entitled " Arbitration or the Battering- Ram .' " 

 in which he relates some of the leading incidents that have marked- 

 the course of his efforts in the cause of peace. The archbishop is 

 an ardent advocate of the efficacy of arbitration, and he describes 

 the progress made thus far by that method in settling the Irish 

 question. Sir Morell Mackenzie contributes the first of two papers 

 on speech and song, which, in view of the author's connection with 

 the late Emperor Frederick, promise to possess exceptional inter- 

 est. W. T. Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, contributes an 

 article on " Madame France and her General," in which he treats 

 of the rise, progress, and possible future of Boulanger. France, he 

 argues, is wearied of the republic, and Boulanger is simply a dis- 

 traction. The republic has committed many grave and glaring 

 faults, especially the policy of colonial extension ; the administra- 

 tion has been tainted with corruption ; the government is intensely 

 anti-clerical ; and stupendous financial crises have happened under 

 it. Frederick Greenwood traces the decline of English influence in 

 continental politics in a paper entitled " The Mysteries of our For- 

 eign Relations." Vernon Lee presents some irrelevant talks on the 

 use of the beautiful, in a paper entitled " Orpheus in Rome." Ed- 

 win Hatch argues that the tendency of the present age has been 

 to transfer the basis of theology from metaphysics to history. E. 

 J. Goodman describes that well-known English institution the Sav- 

 age Club, and tells some interesting stories in connection with it. 

 G. B. Hill presents a somewhat novel view of Dr. Johnson's char- 

 acter in an article on " Dr. Johnson as a Radical." Sir William 

 Dawson contributes a brief note, in which he defends himself on 

 some of his views of Genesis. The number concludes with two 

 papers on " The Volunteers," by C. B. Brackenbury and Lord 

 Mayor Whitehead. 



— The Nineteenth Century for June (New York, Leonard Scott 

 Publication Company, 29 Park Row) opens with an appeal against 

 woman suffrage, signed by a number of representative English 

 women, including such names as Lady Frederick Cavendish, Lady 

 Randolph Churchill, Mrs. Knox-Little, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mrs. 

 Huxley, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Mrs. Alma Tadema, Mrs. Matthew Ar- 

 nold, and Mrs. Max Muller. ..Professor Edward Dicey presents a 

 short but strong article on the "Ethics of Political Lying." Mile. Blaze 

 de Bury contributes the first of two papers on the " Theatre Fran- 

 9ais and its Societaires," in which she traces the continuity of com- 

 mon interests which has kept this body together for two centuries, 

 and explains Moliere's ideas in creating it. In an article on " A 

 Bird's-Eye View of India," Lady Grant Duff argues that India is 

 a continent, not a people, and that its real characteristics are prac- 

 tically unknown in England. Lady Verney writes on " Six Gener- 

 ations of Czars," summarizing the personal history of the czars for 

 the last two hundred years, and deducing therefrom the personal 

 traits of the present ruler. Prince Krapotkin writes on the " Great 

 French Revolution," which he regards as a necessity and the 

 greatest moving force in modern history. He argues that the con- 

 dition of the Russian peasantry to-day, compared with that of the 

 French, is sufficient proof of the benefits wrought by the revolution. 

 Mrs. Priestly writes on the " Mysteries of Malaria," reviewing the 

 recent progress made in analyzing the disease. Edward Clifford,, 

 whose paper on " Father Damien and the Lepers " last month at- 

 tracted so much attention, contributes an article on the " Hawai- 

 ians and Father Damien." Samuel PlimsoU presents some inter- 

 esting facts on marine insurance, in an article which is a continu- 

 ance of papers on the same subject in the March and April 



