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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



The U. S. Steamer Rgdgers, which went 

 to the Arctic regions last year in search of 

 the Jeanette, was destroyed by fire near the 

 coast of eastern Siberia January i, 1882. 

 The Steamer Corwin has been ordered to the 

 relief of her officers and crew. 



The First Annual Exposition of the Na- 

 tional Mining and Industrial Association 

 will be held at Denver, commencing August 

 1st. It is intended to be the most complete 

 and extensive exhibit of agricultural and 

 and mineral products ever made in the west. 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. 



The April number of the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury contains an article on the subject of 

 quieting the stormy waves of the ocean by 

 the use of oil. Many cases are cited where 

 this means has resulted successfully. 



No. 31 of the well-known Hufuboldt Li- 

 brary^ published by J. Fitzgerald & Co., No. 

 30 Lafayette Place, New York, consists of 

 Part II of Richard Chevenix French's Study 

 of Words. It is most curious, interesting 

 and valuable. Price for the two parts, 120 

 pages, 30 cents. 



Among the best articles in Harper's Month- 

 ly for May, aside from the excellent stories, 

 are: Spanish Vistas, by Geo. P. Lathrop. 

 Pennybacker's appreciative sketch of the 

 Life and Work of David Rittenhouse, one of 

 the earlier American Scientists, and F. John- 

 son's description of "The Upper Peninsula 

 of Michigan." 



The Atlantic Monthly for May, 1882, pre- 

 sents the following table of contents : Two 

 on a Tower, I. -IV., Thomas Hardy; Mad 

 River, in the White Mountains, Henry Wads- 

 worth Longfellow ; The Arrival of Man in 

 Europe, John Fiske ; Aunty Lane, H. H.; 

 Old Fort Chartres, Edward G. Mason ; Doc- 

 tor Zay, III.-V, Elizabeth Stewart Phelps ; 

 Sage or Poet, Edith M. Thomas ; Progress 

 in Agriculture by Education and Govern- 

 ment Aid, II, Eugene W. Hilgard; The 



House of a Merchant Prince, VIII, IX, Wil- 

 liam Henry Bishop ; Studies in the South, 

 III ; Evolution in Magic, Elizabeth Robins ; 

 The French Panic, J. Lawrence Laughlin; 

 The Divine Right of Kings, Mary W. Plum- 

 mer ; Renan's Marcus Aurelius; The Con. 

 tributors' Club; Books of the Month. 



The Missouri Statesman, the best weekly 

 paper in Central Missouri, is making con. 

 stant improvements in matter and manner 

 and is entitled to full credit for its enterprise. 



We find in the Popular Science Monthly, 

 for May, the following : Methods and Profit 

 of Tree-Planting, by N. H. Egleston ; Pro- 

 fessor Goldwin Smith as a Critic, by Herbert 

 Spencer ; Monkeys, by Alfred Russell Wal- 

 lace ; The Development of the Senses, by 

 Robert W. Lovett ; The Stereoscope, I, by 

 W. Le Conte Stevens, (Illustrated) ; Meas- 

 urements of Men, by Francis Galton, F. R. 

 S. ; Liberty of Thought, by Rev. E. Wood- 

 ward Brown ; A Reply to Miss Hardaker on 

 the Woman Question, by Nina Morais ; The 

 Genesis of the Sword, (illustrated); On the 

 Diffusion of Odors, by R. C. Rutherford ; 

 Color-Blindness and Color-Perception, by 

 Swan M. Burnett, M. D.; Stallo's "Concepts 

 of Modern Physics," by W. D. Le Sueur; 

 The Tree that Bears Quinine, by O. R. Bach- 

 eler, M, D.; Sketch of Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart., M. P. (with portrait): Entertaining 

 Varieties : The Mountains of the Moon : The 

 Chronicle of Hakim Ben Sheytan, etc.; Cor- 

 respondence; Editor's Table: Science and 

 Culture ; Literary Notices ; Popular Miscel- 

 lany and Notes. 



Subscribers to the Review can obtain 

 all other magazines and books publislied in 

 this country or England at from 15 to 20 per 

 cent discount from the regular prices. 



The Kansas City Review of Science and 

 Industry is the most valuable periodical, 

 devoted to science, published in the West, 

 and indeed fills a place not occupied by any 

 other magazine in the country. — Clinton 

 (Wis.) Herald. 



