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Hundreds of illustrations of other art objects, 

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It is always a pleasure to receive the At- 

 lantic Monthly. The February number is 

 especially interesting. We give its contents 

 herewith : A Marsh Island, IV-VII., Sarah 

 Orne Jewett. Winter Birds about Boston, 

 Bradford Torrey. Spirit of Spirit, Edith M. 

 Thomas. Madame Mohl, her Salon and Her 

 Friends; second paper, Kathleen O'Meara. 

 A Sheaf of Sonnets, I Ellen Terry's Be- 

 atrice ; II The Eesolve ; III On First Read- 

 ing Lander's Hellenics; IV Bach's St. Mat- 

 thew Passion Music ; V The Passing of the 

 !f ear, Helen Gray Cone. The Prophet of 

 the Great Smoky Mountains, II., Ill, Chas. 

 Egbert Craddock. The Quest for the Gral 

 of Ancient Art, William Shields Lis- 

 comb. Vernon Lee, Harriet Waters Preston. 

 A Country Gentleman, IV-VII M. O. W. 

 Oliphant. The New Portfolio, II Oliver 

 Wendell Holmes. Strange, E.R. Sill. Na- 

 thaniel Hawthorne and his Wife. Mr. 

 Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe. Johnson's 

 Persia. A Word for Pepys. The Contrib- 

 utori' Club. Books of the Month. 



In the Popular Science Monthly for Febru- 

 ary, which was received rather more prompt- 

 ly than usual, we find the following articles 

 principally written especially for its col- 

 umns: The Sight and Hearing of Bail way 

 Employes, by William Thomson, M. D. (Il- 

 lustrated); Calculating Machines, by M. 

 Edouard Lucas, (Illustrated) ; The Larger 

 Import of Scientific Education, by J. W. 

 Powell ; Evolution and the Destiny of Man, 

 by W. D. Le Sueur; Food and Feeding, by 

 Grant Allen; Sulphur and its Extraction, 

 by C. G. Warnford Lock, (Illustrated); 

 Physical Training of Girls, by Lucy M. 

 Hall, M. D. ; Field Experiments in Agri- 



culture, by Prof. H. P. Armsby ; Cholera, I,. 

 Its Home and its Travels, by Dr. Max von; 

 Pettenkofer; The Chemistry of Cookery, by 

 W. Mattieu Williams; Sick-Rates and Death- 

 Rates, by CI. T. Campbell, M. D.; Proper- 

 ties and Constitution of Sea- Water, by M. 

 Antoine de Saporta ; Why Birds Sing, by 

 Dr. B. Placzek ; Sketch of Sir David Brews- 

 ter, (With Portrait) ; Correspondence ; Ed- 

 itor's Table : " Mind as a Social Factor "— 

 The Relation of Scienre to Culture ; Literary 

 Notices ; Popular Miscellany ; Notes. 



The Scientific Club of the Kansas Agri- 

 cultural College meets monthly in the Chemi- 

 cal Laberatory. Professor W. A. Kellerman 

 is President and Professor I. D. Graham 

 Secretary. Among its other active members 

 are Prof. Failyer, Prof. Popenoe, Prof. Shel- 

 ton, Mr. M. A. Carleton, Mr. Lund, A. W. 

 Jones, J. B. Brown, Warren Knauss, and 

 others. From its proceedings, as published 

 in the Industrialist, it is evident that this 

 club is doing a good work for the Institution 

 and the State. 



Professor B. Silliman, one of the ed- 

 itors of the American Journal of Science, and 

 son of its originator, died January 4, after a 

 long and useful career as editor, professor of 

 chemistry in Yale College, author of several 

 text books on chemistry and natural phi- 

 losophy, charter member of the National 

 Academy of Sciences, honorary member of 

 the principal scientific societies of Eu- 

 rope, etc. He was 68 years of age and was 

 apparently still in the prime of life when he 

 was taken away. His loss will be severely 

 felt among scientists all over the world. 



Science, now in is" third volume, has had 

 a very successful career so far, and has made 

 a decided impression upon the scientific 

 world as an innovator, at least in manner. 

 It has been ably supported and has presented 

 the new theories and discoveries of the past 

 two years promptly and authoritatively. It 

 is now so firmly established that it can can 

 hardly fail to hold a leading position among 

 the scientific periodicals of the day, either 

 in this country or on the continent. Being, 

 strictly speaking, the only weekly scientific 

 journal in the country, it deserves the pat- 

 ronage of all readers who desire or need to 

 keep fully up with the rapid progress of the 

 age in science. 



