782 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
be within the city limits of Cincinnati, Ohio. THE Nationalist, of Manhattan, Kansas, 
Good Company, for February, 1881, pre- sends us be HeUId sor: BELLS entitled 
sents its readers, among much other enter- “The Blue’ Ribbon County,” being a full 
taining matter, the first chapter of an ac- and careful description of Riley county, its 
count of Polar Expeditions, by Lieut. people, educational advantages, natural re- 
Schwatka, under the title of «In the Land | "eSources, products, etc., which immigrants 
of the Midnight Sun.” looking westward might procure and profita- 
ea bly read, as we believe that it contains noth- 
THE United States Gazette, Philadelphia, of | ing but facts, and very attractive ones, too. 
November 27, 1832, contained the following — 
notice: ‘‘The locomotive (‘Old Ironsides’) Mr, HENRY B. DAwson, editor of the 
built by Mr. Baldwin, of this city, will de- | A¢storical Magazine, of New York, desires 
part daily when the weather zs fair, with a | copies of reports, papers, tracts, etc., rela- 
train of passengers. On rainy days horses | ting to the geology and natural history, 
will be attached.” | geography and topography, aboriginal his- 
tory and languages, and the antiquities of 
America, or anything that will throw light 
upon any of them. The Aistorical Magazine 
stands very high among periodicals of its 
class and the material furnished its editor on 
this .call will be carefully and properly 
handled and used. 
OF the various college periodicals we find | 
find none handsomely printed, better edited’ 
or more entertainingly contributed to than 
the Olio, of Marietta College, Ohio. Its 
Personalia are especially interesting to the 
alumni of the institution. It is now in its 
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