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air would flow over the lower, bearing along the cold wave, and 

 this cold air would gradually work its way down to the earth. 



Until we can obtain obserrations in free air we must be content 

 with hypotheses and careful study of mountain observations. 

 While no present hypothesis will prove satisfactory in all its de- 

 tails, owing to our ignorance of upper air conditions, yet we can 

 rest assured that the view at the opening of this discussion can by 

 no possibility be correct. E. N. 



Review comisls of abstracts of articles in various philosophical 

 magazines — a new feature, we believe, in a periodical of this 

 sort, and one liliely to be useful. On the wliole, the Philosophical 

 heview promises fairly well, and we hope it will prove worthy of 

 its mission. 



BOOK-REVIEWS. 



The Philosophical Revieiv, "Vol. I., No. 1. Edited by J. G. 

 SCH0EMAN. January, 1892. Boston, Ginn & Co. 



The establishment in this country of a review devoted to pure 

 pliilosophy is a noteworthy event, and may prove an event of 

 rfal importance. The Review, we are informed, is to receive 

 • support from private endowments, so that its financial basis is 

 sound and durable; " and though the source of this support is not 

 mentioned, it may be inferred from the fact that the copyright is 

 held by the treasurer of Cornell University, the editor being pro- 

 fessor of philosophy in the same institution. The mechanical ap- 

 pearance of the Review is similar to that of the Political Science 

 Quarterly, the present number containing a hundred and twenty- 

 eight pages. It will be published bi-monthly at seventy-five 

 cents a number or three dollars a year. The editor contributes a 

 prefatory note, in which he announces the character and scope of 

 the Review and the attitude it proposes to take " It will aim at 

 the organization, the diffusion and the increase of philosophical 

 knowledge and activity in America." and "will be an organ 

 through which investigators may make known to their fellow- 

 laliorers the results of their researches and reflections." The edi- 

 tor takes a roseate view of the prospects of philosophy in Amer- 

 ica, but the reasons he assigns therefor, except the freedom of 

 American life and thought, do not seem very cogent. It is true 

 that there is now a certain movement of philosophic thought in 

 the country; but it seems to us to be shallow, and no philosopher 

 has yet appeared among us capable of original thought. The 

 Review, we are told, " will not be the organ of any institution, or 

 of any sect, or of any interest," but will maintain "impartiality 

 and catholicity of tone and spirit." This is a good rule if well 

 followed; but observation has convinced us that an editor's predi- 

 lections seldom fail to show themselves in his selection of mate- 

 rial. Professor Schurman's views of what is needed in philosophy 

 at the present time seem to us in one respect mistaken. He holds 

 that philosopher's ought to devote themselves to the cultivation of 

 special departments, such as logic, psychology, the philosophy of 

 education, etc. ; whereas to our mind the crying need of philoso- 

 phy just now is the relating of the foundations, and until this is 

 accomplished we see little prospect of fruitful work in any special 

 department. 



The leading articles in this issue of the Review are three in 

 number, of which the most important is that of Professor Ladd on 

 " Ps\ cholpgy a3 So-called Natural Science." It is really a critique 

 of Professor James's theorv of the nature of psychology and the 

 method of stu. lying it; and the writer has little difficulty in show- 

 ing that the theory i-^ untenable, and furthermore that Professor 

 James himself is unable to adhere to it with any consistency. 

 Professor John Watson criticises Kant's philosophy fr.jm the 

 standpoint of Ilegeli-m. and though his article contains nothing 

 new, it is interesting as renewed evidence that Kant's dii-ciples 

 have become dissatisfied with the outcome of his teaching. Mr. 

 B. I. GUman contributes the first instabnent of a paper ' On 

 Some P.sychological Aspects of the Chinese .Musical System," 

 which shows much curious study, but which seems out of place 

 in a phibsophical magazine. Of the hook-reviews, which are 

 quite numerous, the ablest is that of Herbert Spencer's '-Justice,'' 

 by the editor of the Review, in which he takes essentially the 

 same view of Spencer's doctrines that was taken in these columns 

 when the book was first published. The other reviews are of 

 varying degrees of excellence, some very good and others rather 

 inferior. We must add, too, that some of the books reviewed are 

 not svr.rlby of any notice at all. The concluding portion of the 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 



The January number of the Review of Reviews contains, as 

 its most conspicuous feature, a sketch of the Czar and the Russia 

 of to-day, written particularly for the American edition of the 

 Review, by Mr. W. T. Stead, the English editor. The article con- 

 tains a number of portraits, and — what will be particularly inter- 

 esting — a map showing the famine districts, and another showing 

 the so-called "Jewish Pale," the district within which the Jews 

 are permitted to live. 



— Macmillan & Co. have in press a translation of Kant's 

 " Kritik der Urtheilskraft," by the Rev. J. H. Bernard, fellow 

 and lecturer of Trinity College, Dublin, and joint author with 

 Professor Mabaflfy of "Kant's Critical Philosophy for Engheh 

 Readers.'" 



— Ticknor & Co., Boston, announce "The Norman Monuments 

 of Palermo and Environs," by Arne Delhi and G. H. Chamberlin, 

 architects, in four parts, with fifty measured drawings, several 

 cuts in the text, and many photographic views. The edition will 

 be limited and sold by subscription. 



— Readers of Carlyle have often inquired whether it was possi- 

 ble to obtain some accurate text of the course of lectures on liter- 

 ature which he delivered in 1838. They will, therefore, be glad 

 to hear that these lectures are now about to be published by Ellis 

 & Elvey of London. The text now to be issued is derived from 

 the report taken at ihe time by the late T. C. Anstey, two separate 

 transcripts of which have been in the hands of the publishers. 



— An account of that mysterious malady, the grip, by Dr. Cy- 

 rus Edson, the chief inspector of the New York Health Depart- 

 ment, is published in the January number of Babyhood, Dr. 

 Edson traces the history of the grip from ancient times to the 

 present day, describes the symptoms and the mode of treatment, 

 and furnishes valuable aids in the direction of prevention. "Crv- 

 ing and its Significance," by Dr. John Doming, and "Fat and 

 Thin Children," by Dr. W. L. Carr, are articles that will prove 

 interesting to the readers of that monthly nursery guide. Among 

 the numerous other contributions may be mentioned: "Keeping 

 the Baby Warm," " Children's Lies," "Experiences in Feeding," 

 and a full supply of "Nursery Problems.'' 



— The January number of the Annals of the American Acad- 

 emy of Political and Social Se/ejice contains two papers on mu- 

 nicipal government. They are the article on " The Study of 

 Municipal Government," by Fiank P. Prichard. and the article on 

 " The Politicil Organization of a Modern Municipality,'' by Wm. 

 Draper Lewis. This number also contains a copy of the by-laws 

 of the Philadelphia Municipal League, an organization whose 

 purpose is the divorce of municipal from national politics. Among 

 the other leading articles in this number are "The Basis of the 

 Demand for the Public Regulation of Industries." by W. D Dab- 

 ney. "International Arbitration." by Eleanor L. Lord, a sti'ong 

 plea for arbitration as a means of settling international disputes, 

 in place of « ar. "Jurisprudence in American Universities." by 

 Professor E. W. Iluffciitt, a paper of interest to .t11 law students: 

 and " Instruction in French Universities," by Leo S. Rowe. Mr. 

 Rowe has been a student in Paris for the past \ear, and his paper 

 explains very fully the courses and method of instruction in the 

 col leges of France. A new department has been added t ^\\\e Annals 

 It is entitled " Discussion," and contains papers written in answer 

 to articles which have appeared in the Annals. This number 

 also contains the proceedings of Ihe tenth scientific session of the 

 academy, which was held in Philadelphia in November. In the 

 Department of Personal Notes in the January Annah. there are 

 brief biographical sketches of the following workers in the field 

 of political and sociil scince: SV. C. Ford of Oolumhi>i College; 

 A. C. Miller i,f Cornell; D E Sjieneer of Harvard; George E. 



