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The monument of Fresnel, at Broglie, 

 France, recently inaugurated, is of very sim- 

 ple design — a stand of worked stone support- 

 ing the bronze bust of the philosopher. A 

 tablet of black marble on the wall above 

 bears the following insciiption : " Augustin 

 Fresnel, engineer of bridges and highways, 

 inventor of the lenticular rays, was born in 

 this house on the 10th of May, 1788. The 

 theory of light owed to this rival of Newton 

 the most lofty imaginings and the most use- 

 ful applications." 



A deposit of excellent fire-clay has re- 

 cently been discovered near Santa Fe, N. M., 

 which is said to be of fine quality and very 

 extensive in amount. 



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The October Magazine of American History 

 is a strong and notable number. Its articles 

 are all readable, and of timely and varied 

 interest. The opening article, Curiosities of 

 Invention— a Chapter of American Indus- 

 trial History, from the able pen of Charles 

 Barnard of the Century, will be read with in- 

 terest. It is illustrated with some of the 

 best portraits ever published of Whitney, 

 Blanchard, Howe, Lyall, McCormick, Good- 

 year, and Edison, and with numerous pic- 

 tures of early inventions. The Nation's 

 First Kebellion (in 1794), by H. C. Cutler, 

 throws new light upon a singular episode in 

 our national history. A second scholarly 

 paper from M. V. Moore, (copied in this 

 month's Keview,) Did the Komans Colonize 

 America? completes the list of the most im- 

 portant contributions for the current month. 



The Popular Science Monthly for Novem- 

 ber presents the following table of contents : 

 The Relations between the Mind and the 

 Nervous System, by William A. Hammond, 

 M. D.; German Testimony on the Classics 

 Question, by Frederick A. Fernald ; Origin of 

 the Synthetic Philosophy, by Herbert Spen- 

 cer; The Future of the Negro in the South, 

 by J. B. Craighead ; Pending Problems .of 

 Astronomy, by Prof. C. A. Young ; Drown- 

 ing the Torrents in Vegetation, by S. W. 

 Powell; What is Electricity? by Prof. John 

 Trowbridge; Chilian Volcanoes — Active and 

 Extinct, by Dr. Karl Ochsenius ; The Chem- 

 istry of Cookery, by W. Mattieu Williams; 

 Domestic Arts in Damaraland, by Kev. C. G. 

 Biittner; Old Customs' of Lawlessness, by 

 Herr M. Kulischer; The Oil-Supply of the 

 World.— I; XVI.— Sketch of Prof. James 

 Hall, (With Portrait); Editor's Table : The 

 American Association at Philadelphia; Har- 

 rison, Comte, and Spencer ; Is the Contrast 

 Valid? Literary Notices. Popular Miscel- 

 lany. Notes. 



We find the following appreciative notice 

 of the Review in the Boston Journal of Ed- 

 ucation for September 15, 1884 : " Jhe Kan- 

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 is a strictly popular magazine, better adapt- 

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 lections from the best periodicals of this 

 country and Europe, upon geology, mining, 

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We have before referred to The Dial, pub- 

 lished by Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago, 

 as the best journaL of its kind (literary re- 

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 abled to speak in still stronger terms of its 

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 whole country excels it as a purely literary 

 review. Its leading feature is the presenta- 

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 special students of subjects treated on books^ 



