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of Worlds," writes of the vast multitude of 

 the pigmy kindred of the earth, known as 

 the asteroids. In " The Eailway and the 

 State," Gerrit L. Lansing essays to prove 

 that the multiplication and extension of 

 railroad lines, and the establishment of low 

 rates of transportation, are hindered, rather 

 than helped by governmental interference. 

 Prof. Henry F. Osborn, of Princeton College, 

 has a highly interesting article on " Illus- 

 sions of Memory." Helen Hendrick John- 

 son contributes an essay on " The meaning 

 of Song." Finally, there is a joint discus- 

 sion of " Workingmen's Grievances," by 

 William Godwin Moody and Prof. J. Lau- 

 rence Laughlin, of Harvard University. 



We have had occasion before to refer to 

 the We&lern Art of America, a musical period" 

 ical edited by Mr. Emil Seifert. It has now 

 reached its fourth month and secured a firm 

 footing among the periodicals of the city. 

 To those of our readers who do not see it we 

 can recommend it as a reliable and critical 

 compendium of passing events in musical 

 and art matters, edited by a competent 

 critic and skillful musician. We know of 

 no similar paper in the West and it should 

 be well supported. 



The Scientific Basis of Morals, and other 

 essays, by William Kingdom CliflTord, F. R. 

 S. ; price 15 cents, post free. J. Fitzgerald, 

 publisher, 20 Lafayette Place, New York. 

 This collection of essays upon Ethics forms 

 No. 55 of the Humboldt Library of Popular 

 Science. Besides the essay named in the ti- 

 tle, it contains three others, namely, " Right 

 and Wrong : the Scientific Ground of their 

 Distinction ; " "The Ethics of Belief; " and 

 "The Ethics of Religion." 



Harper's Magazine for May concludes the 

 sixty-eighth volume of that now venerable, 

 but never aged periodical. The cosmopoli- 

 tan character of our American magazines 

 has never been better illustrated than in the 

 announcements of this number. Certainly 

 American topics, authors, and artists are 

 thoroughly represented, but there are also 

 papers on English, French, and German sub- 

 jects, written by Englishmen, Frenchmen, 

 and Germans, and illustrated by English 

 and French artists. William Black, Will- 

 iam Sharp, Alfred Parsons, A. F. Jacassy, 

 and Dr. Moritz Busch are among the con- 

 tributors in question. Yet Hamper's is com- 

 monly accounted the most American of our 

 magazines. 



In the Atlantic Monthly for May Richard 

 Grant White contributes the first of two ar- 

 ticles entitled " The Anatomizing of William 

 Shakespeare," a very acute and interesting 

 study of the facts of Shakespeare's life and 

 writings, dissipating some of the idolatrous 

 illusions which some extreme Shakespeare 

 worshipers have created. Henry James 

 continues his French studies of travel. 

 Prof. E. P. Evans has an article on " Lin- 

 guistic Palseontology " which will be found 

 of deep interest to all intelligent readers. 

 Articles of public national interest are : 

 "The Silver Danger," by J. Lawrence 

 Loughlin ; and " The Progress of National* 

 ism," by Edward Stanwood. The poems of 

 the number are by T. B. Aldrich, H. H., and 

 Edith M. Thomas. Several important books 

 are reviewed, and the Contributors' Club 

 completes a thoroughly interesting and at- 

 tractive number of this sterling magazine. 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. Subscrip- 

 tion $4.00. 



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 $500 WORTH OF PREMIUMS, JUNE 30, 1884. 



T. S. CASE, Ed. " Review." 



