EDITORIAL NOTES. 
In the September Atlantic we find the con- 
cluding chapters of ‘‘ The Stillwater Trage- 
dy,” one of the most vigorous, ingenious 
and delightful novels Mr. Aldrich has yet 
written. Richard Grant White describes a 
visit to Oxford and Cambridge, which will 
have great interest for many readers. The 
Washington Reminiscences this time relate 
to the short-lived Harrison Administration. 
There are two good political articles— 
one on the ‘Progress of the Presidential 
Canvass,’’ the other on the important subject 
of the ‘ Political Responsibility of the Indi- 
vidual,” by R. R. Bowker. Mark Twain 
contributes a characteristic story of ‘‘ Mrs. 
McWilliams and the Lightning.” T.S. Per- 
ry writes instructively of Sir Walter Scott. 
Mrs Kate Gannett Wells discusses ‘*‘ Women 
in Organizations.”” Other stories, poems, 
essays, criticisms of new books, and a bright 
««Contributors’ Club” complete a thorough- 
ly enjoyable number of this magazine. 
WE have made arrangements with J. Fitz- 
gerald & Co., of New York to furnish the 
Humboldt Library in connection with the RE- 
VIEW, or to old subscribers of the REVIEW, at 
a discount of 20 per cent. For particulars 
regarding the Humboldt Library see Book 
Notices on page 307 in this issue of the RE- 
VIEW. 
Harper's Magazine for September is a 
bright, strong number, rich in illustration, 
and piquant with several novel features. 
Especially novel in magazine literature is 
such an article as that by K. M. Rowland, 
on the Family of George III., illustrated 
with twenty-one portraits. A briefer article, 
entitled ‘*« The American Graces,’’ is a bio- 
graphical sketch, with beautiful portraits of the 
three Misses Caton, of Baltimore, who were 
respectively, Lady Stafford, Marchioness of 
Wellesley, and Duchess of Leeds. Mr. Con- 
way contributes ‘‘ The Seven Sleepers’ Para- 
dise beside the Loire.”” Mrs. Rebecca Hard- 
ing Davis concludes her ‘‘By-paths in the 
Mountains’ with a description of the North 
Carolina Mountains. Mr. Bishop also con- 
cludes his ‘‘ Fish and Men in the Maine Is- 
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effectively illustrated by Mr. Burn’s sketches. 
Contrasting with all this beauty, but emi-. 
nently picturesque in manner and illustra- 
tion, is Mr. Rideing’s article, ‘‘ Squatter-life 
in New York.’”” Miss Anna C. Brackett con- 
tributes asuggestive article, entitled ‘¢ Indian 
”? 
and Negro,” apropos of a recent visit to the 
Hampton school. In fiction the Number is. 
The ‘* Editor’s Easy Chair ’” 
gossips in its best vein concerning old New-. 
very strong. 
port, and the women of England and Amer- 
ica, and gives some interesting reminiscences 
of the late George Ripley. 
THE September Popular Sctence Monthly 
well sustains its character as a magazine of 
valuable reading. It is the only periodical 
we have which reports progress in the higher 
and broader applications of science that con™ 
Its contents for September 
are as follows: The Science of Compara- 
tive Jurisprudence, by William M. Ivins;. 
State Educations: A Help or Hindrance ? by 
the Hon. Auberon Herbert; How Animals 
Digest, by Herman L. Fairchild, (illustrated) ; 
The Solar System and its Neighbors, by C. 
B. Warring, Ph. D.; Legal Prosecutions of 
Animals, by William Jones, F. S. A.; Psy- 
chogenesis in the Human Infant, by Prof. W.. 
cern everybody. 
Preyer ; Climbing plants, by Francis Darwin,. 
F. L. S., (illustrated) ; Ai sthetic Feeling in 
Birds, by Prof. Grant Allen; Electricity and 
Agriculture, by Dr. Paget Higgs; Zodlogical 
Education, by Prof. W. S. Barnard; The 
English Precursors of Newton; Night-Schools 
in New York and Paris. by Alice H. Rhine;. 
Sketch of Joseph Leidy, M. D., (with por- 
trait); Correspondence; Editor’s Table; Lit- 
erary Notices; Popular Miscellany,and Notes. 
WE observe that Captain H. W. Howgate 
is very favorably spoken of as the successor 
of General Myer, late chief Signal Officer of © 
the Army. His long experience (since 1863), 
and his devotion to meteorological studies. 
render him peculiarly fitted for the place, but 
it is hardly to be hoped that the claims of 
other and ranking officers will be overlooked. 
Should the Signal Service proper and the 
Meteorological Service be dissociated, no one- 
lands,” full of entertaining marine studies, | could fill the latter named place better. 
