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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



bama December 1st. During the next nine months, he visited the i^rincipal 

 points of interest in Japan, China, India, the Holy Land, Turkey, Greece^ 

 Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and England, reaching New Y"ork 

 August 17, 1877. 



There is nothing profound in the work, and nothing perhaps very new 

 to the scholar, but for family reading it is as acceptable and interesting as 

 any of the kind lately put forth. 



Being a strictly western book, and written by a well known and popu- 

 lar pastor of the Methodist church, it will undoubtedly have a large sale. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



During tlie holidajs we made a flving trip 

 out the Kansas Pacific Kail way as far as Man- 

 hattan, and while there visited, ucd-r the 

 friendly guidance of Mr. Stanton, of the Adams 

 House, the State Agricultural College. Un- 

 fortunately for us, we found none of the Facul- 

 ty of the College at home, but were weil repaid 

 for our visit after all. We were greatly sur- 

 prised at the extent as well as the excellent 

 quality of the means of teaching the youth of 

 Kansas the various branches thought neces- 

 sary in that liberal State for the edacation of 

 its working class, such as cabinet making, the 

 manufacture of agricultural implemenls, tele- 

 graphing, printing, practical geology and 

 chemistry, music and sewing. The chemical 

 department under Prof. Kedzie, is one of the 

 most completeand best adapted to the purpose 

 we have ever seen. Upon visiting the office 

 of the Industrialist, which is edited by Prof. 

 Anderson, we found several of the students 

 busily engaged in setting type, and the quality 

 of the work done by theai is sufficient evidence 

 that they are in the hands of good and faithful 

 instructors in th's department as well as all the 

 others. Kansas has reason to be proud of its 

 public schools, of all grades, from the Univer- 

 sity down to the District schools away out on 

 the borders. 



The Kansas City Academy of Science 

 ■will hold its regular monthly sess'on on the 

 evening of January_27tli, at which time an un- 



usually interesting meeting may be expected- 

 A paper upon "The Atmosphere'' will be 

 read by Col. K. T. Van Horn, President of the 

 Academy; one upon "Meteors" by Prof. 

 Broadhead of Pleasant Hill ; one by Miss 

 Murdfc-ldt, .of St. Louis, upon "Entomology" 

 After which Prof. Crosby will display the very 

 rare collection of curiosities brought home by 

 him from Europe, 



The Lecture upon the Telephone by Prof. 

 Kedzie of the Kansas State Agricultural Col- 

 lege, wa3 necessarily postponed on account of 

 the extremely disagreeable weather prevailing 

 at the proposed time of its delivery. It will 

 be delivered at an early day, illustrated by sev- 

 eral large clipris and twentv instruments. 



We are much gratified at being able to pre- 

 sent in this number of the Eeview the first of 

 Prof. Pritchett's As'ronomical Notes, and to 

 announce that in the February number we 

 shall publish an artic'e by the same noted as- 

 tronomer upon the Oceuliation of Venus with 

 six fine illustrations of actual observation by 

 him with the large telescope at Morrison Uni- 

 versity. 



It is extremely gratifying to western en- 

 gineers that Capt. Eads has succeeded so com- 

 pletely in all his calculations and operations 

 at the mouth of the Mississippi in spite of the 

 predictions of failure by many of the promi- 



