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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



-of the Month. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 

 Boston. 



With all her other troubles — in Egypt, 

 and Ireland, and Asia — old England has 

 also been passing through a serious agricul- 

 tural crisis, in which the ancient proverbial 

 expression, "as good as wheat," lost its force, 

 for the price of that commodity touched the 

 lowest point it has reached in the life of this 

 ^generation. What brought on the crisis, 

 -what were its effects, and what remedies have 

 been proposed, are questions that concern 

 the American almost as much as the Eng- 

 lishman, whether he be a producer or con- 

 sumer of wheat ; and they are very ably and 

 clearly discussed in an article by William 

 E. Bear, editor of the Marh Lane Express, in 

 the North American Review for April. In the 

 same number Charles Dudley Warner pre- 

 sents an interesting Study of Prison Manage- 

 ment, while Robert Buchanan, the English 

 ,poet, discusses Free Thought in America; T. 

 v. Powderly, The Army of the Discontent- 

 ed ; and Prof. Hunt, How to Reform English 

 Spelling. The other articles are : The Law's 

 Delay, by Chief-Justice Thomas F. Hargis ; 

 and Characteristics of Persian Poetry, by A. 

 R. Spofford. But what will probably attract 

 the most immediate attention in this number 

 is the new department of Comments, consist- 

 ing of brief criticisms of articles that have 

 appeared in the Review. Murat Halstead's 

 political article in the March number is here 

 discussed by three writers — a Democrat, a 

 straight Republican, and an Independent 

 ^Republican. Richard H. Stoddard com- 

 ments with a good deal of feeling on Max 

 Miiller's Buddhist Charity, and other corres- 

 pondents take this pleasant opportunity to 

 offer a single thought where an extended 

 article would, perhaps, find neither room nor 

 readers. 



Popular Science Monthly, conducted 

 by E. L. and W. J. Youmans, and pub- 

 lished by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 

 presents the following attractive table con- 

 tents for April : " The Character and Discip- 

 line of Political Economy," by J. Laurence 



Laughlin, Ph. D. ; " The Nervous System 

 and Consciousness, I.," hy W. R. Benedict, 

 (illustrated); "Cholera, III., Propagation, 

 by Dr.JMax von Pettenkofer ; " A Chapter in 

 Fire Insurance," by George lies; "Cumber- 

 land Sound and its Eskimos," by Dr. Franz 

 Boas; "Religious Value of the Unknowa- 

 ble," by Count D'Alviella ; " Liquor Legis- 

 lation," by Gorham D. Williams; "Aristo- 

 tle as a Zoologist," by Frederick A. Fernald 

 " Apiculture," by Allen Pringle ; " Structure 

 and Division of the Organic Cell," by Chas. 

 Morris ; " The Chemistry of Cookery," by W. 

 Mattieu Williams; "Internal Arrangement 

 of Town-Houses," by R. W. Edis, F. S. A.; 

 Sketch of Prof. John Trowbridge, (with 

 portrait) ; Correspondence ; Editor's Table ; 

 Literary Notices ; Popular Miscellany ; 

 Notes. 



An informing and timely article on the 

 " Framers of the Constitution," with twenty 

 or more portraits, is the opening gem of the 

 beautiful Magazine of American History for 

 April. It is the first instance in the historic 

 literature of America, of the successful 

 grouping of the whole fifty-five of these re- 

 markable men, in one vivid pen-picture. 

 The editor has performed a service that will 

 be gratefully appreciated by hosts of stu- 

 dents and writers, and by readers of all 

 grades and ages the country through. The 

 exact data given will prove a great help to 

 teachers; and it should be made as familiar 

 to every American child as the multiplica- 

 tion table. The other articles of the num- 

 ber are of exceptional merit, including as 

 usual a wide range of topics. Price, $5.00 a 

 year in advanpe. Published at 30 Lafay- 

 ette Place, New York City. 



Mind in Natuke is the title of a new 

 popular journal of psyhical, medical and 

 scientific information, published at Chicago 

 by the Cosmic Publishing Company, under 

 the management of J. E. Woodhead, at 171 

 West Washington' street. Monthly; $1.00 

 per annum. 



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