February 14, 1890.] 



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— The old-fashioned Home Journal has abandoned the un- 

 wieldy ' ' blanket sheet, ' ' and appeared last week in the more 

 convenient size of the modern eight-page paper ; but there is no 

 change in the tone and general style of the paper, which was 

 established by George P. Morris and N. P. Willis nearly fifty 

 years ago. 



— A symposium on "Constructive Freethought" was begun in 

 the New York Truth Seeker of Feb. 8, and will be continued 

 through the two succeeding numbers. Among the conti-ibutors 

 are R. G. Ingersoll, T. B. Wakeman, R. B. Westbrook (presi- 

 dent of the Amtrican Secular Union) , Parker Pillsbury, and 

 many others. 



— The next volume of the series of ' 'Historic Towns, ' ' edited 

 by Mr. E. H. Fi-eeman and JIi'. Hunt, will be ' 'Winchester, ' ' by 

 Mi. G. W. Kitchin, the Dean of Winchester, who declares that 

 the place teems with picturesque tradition and anecdote, and 

 thinks it the most historic of English cities. The book will be 

 published immediately by the Longmans. 



— Among the principal articles in Belford's Magazine for 

 February are one by Adele M. Garrigues on the University of 

 Michigan, one by W. A. Phillips on ' 'The New English Inva- 

 sion," and one by Jolm McGovern on the new auditorium in 

 Chicago. ' 'The State and the Citizen' ' and ' 'The Case of Brazil' ' 

 are treated editorially. 



— The remarkable weeping spruce. Picea Breweriana, which 

 was discovered in the Siskiyou Mountains in 1884, is figured in 

 Garden and Forest for the past week, and Professor Goodalei- 

 gives an interesting study of heather in Noi-th America. Garden 

 art in public parks is treated editorially, and there is the usual 

 variety of matter prepared by experts in different branches of 

 horticulture. 



^- On Jan. 1, 1890, was issued the first number of a monthly 

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 natural history societies in Scotland ; and reports of their meet- 

 ings, excursions, etc. , as well as the moi'e important papers read 

 before them, will receive special attention. ■ All communications 

 regarding it should be adch-essed to the editors, care of the pub- 

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