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the eastern portion of North America and to 

 South America. The observers sent out by 

 the German Government will be stationed 

 at Hartford, Conn.; Aiken, S. C.; Bahia 

 Blanca, in the Argentine Republic, and Punta 

 Arenas, on the Straits of Magellan. They 

 will not use photography, but will observe the 

 contacts, while their main dependence will 

 be upon heliometer measures of the place of 

 the planet upon the Sun's disc during the 

 transit. The heliometers used are the same 

 employed in 1874, having an aperture of 

 about three inches. 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. 



The North American Review for September 

 has the following table of contents : Political 

 Assessments, Oaths in Legal Proceedings, 

 Tornadoes and Their Causes, Architecture 

 in America, Constitutional Protection of 

 Property Rights, Earth-Burial and Crema- 

 tion, and The Geneva Award and the Ship- 

 owners. The articles for this number are 

 thoughtful, and some of them possess unus- 

 ual merit. The article on Political Assess- 

 ments will be widely read and do good, as it 

 brings to light the nefarious workings of this 

 drag-net thrown out from Washington. The 

 paper on Tornadoes and Their Causes con- 

 tains some valuable matter, but fails to give 

 the causes as fully as the reader would like. 

 Sergeant John P. Finley, who has done more 

 than any other living author in investigating 

 these fearful meteors, is not even alluded to 

 in the article. This Review holds on its 

 even way through the years always occupy- 

 ing a high plane of thought. 



Harper's Magazine for September contains 

 the following articles : A Summer at York, 

 The Weibertrene, The Visit of the Vikings, 

 In Surrey, Spanish Vistas, Love Will Find 

 Out the Way, Some Recollections of Ralph 



Waldo Emerson, A Doctor- Spoiled, Marit 

 and I, The Mississippi River Problem, A 

 Garden Secret, Shandon Bells, with the usual 

 departments and other matter. The number 

 is good as usual, and the articles on Emerson 

 and the Mississippi River are noteworthy. 



The Atlantic Monthly for September has 

 the following articles: Two on a Tower, 

 Darkness, American History on the Stage, 

 Evil in Greek Mythology, Doctor Zay, A 

 Geological Ramble on the Weald, Studies in 

 the South, Tears of Isis, The Nation of the 

 Willows, The House of a Merchant Prince, 

 The Last Chance of the Confederacy, William 

 Rufus, Mozley's Reminiscences, Lecky's 

 England in the Eighteenth Century, Leland 

 on the Gypsies, Political Science, Mrs. Kem- 

 ble's Memoirs and the Contributor's Club, 

 with Book Notices. The Atlantic has lost 

 something of its ancient prestige, on account 

 of enterprising rivals. The present number 

 is quite full, and the table of contents is very 

 good. The article entitled '' Studies in the 

 South " gives some valuable information of 

 the present condition of that portion of the 

 country. The articles, " American History 

 on the Stage " and " A Geological Ramble 

 on the Weald," are interesting. 



The Century Magazine for August has a 

 full table of contents which is exceedingly 

 rich and varied. This magazine lies on a 

 high plane of thought, and is very stimu- 

 lating to all who are engaged in intellectual 

 pursuits. The articles are generally written 

 by experts in their several departments, and 

 form valuable contributions to the subject. 

 The illustrations are in the best style of art, 

 and are generally well selected. The num- 

 ber for August is called the Mid-Summer 

 Holiday Number and will be a treat enjoyed 

 by all who love good things, in the way of 

 literature and art. 



