EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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The Kansas City Review of Science, ed- 

 ited by Mr. Theo. S. Case, is a credit to 

 Western intelligence and thrift. — La Cygne 

 Journal, 



The Kansas City Review of Science and 

 Industry, edited by Theo. S. Case, M. D., 

 contains much scientific reading. Each of 

 its articles is short enough to be read without 

 weariness at one sitting. Dr. Case is a Ma- 

 rietta graduate and has attained a good repu - 

 tation in his profession, — Marietta Register. 



Mr. E. E. Phelps, of M, H. Dickinson's, 

 informs us that he will soon have " Rawlin- 

 son's Ancient Egypt," published in two su- 

 perb volumes, illustrated with maps, 253 fine 

 wood cuts, and nine full-page plates. The 

 work will cover over 1,100 pages. Price ^6. 

 The price of the English edition is ^21.00, 

 and no better in any respect. 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. 



The Literary fF^r/af for December 31, 1881, 

 which we should have noted before, contain- 

 ed a most complete review of the literary 

 productions of the year 1881, throughout the 

 world. The entire number is given up to it, 

 except the last page or two, and the list of 

 works on Art, Biography, Fiction, History, 

 Language, Law, Medicine, Poetry, Science, 

 Travel, etc., is truly wonderful, and evinces 

 great labor. The Literary World is now in 

 its 1 2th volume. 



The Humboldt Library, No. 29, contains 

 '' Facts and Fictions of Zoology," by Andrew 

 Wilson, Ph. D., 6$ pages, octavo; 15c. 



The best article on the treatment of the 

 Indians that we have seen is that of William 

 Justin Harsha, in the North Afjierican Review 

 for March, entitled " Law for the Indians." 



Civil engineers will be interested in the 

 " Story of the Hoosac Tunnel," meteorolo- 

 gists in that on " Hurricanes," and all natur- 

 alists in " Among the Sky- Lines " and '' Our 

 Winter Birds," by Mary Treat ; all in the 

 Atlantic Monthly for March. 



One of the most notable books of the day, 

 and one of special interest to scholars, is 

 announced as in preparation by S. C. Griggs 

 & Co., Chicago. It is a translation of Fred- 

 eric Winkel Horn's " History of the Litera- 

 ture of the Scandinavian North, from the 

 Most Ancient Times to the Present," lately 

 published at Leipsic. The American edition 

 is to be the joint work of the original author 

 and Prof. R, B, Anderson, of the University 

 of Wisconsin. It is the only book in litera- 

 ture covering this field, and is brilliant and 

 attractive as well as exhaustive. It will be 

 an octavo volume of over 500 pages. 



They also announce that they will begin, 

 early in the year 1882, the publication of a 

 series of "German Philosophical Classics 

 for English Readers and Students," under 

 the general editorial supervision of Geo. S. 

 Morris, Ph. D., Professor of Logic, Ethics 

 and the History of Philosophy in the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, and Lecturer on Philos- 

 ophy at the Johns Hopkins University, Bal- 

 timore, and with the co-operation of eminent 

 scholars. ^1.25 per volume. 



The London Electrical Review of February 

 4, reprints the editorial article upon " Under- 

 ground Cables " copied from the Kansas 

 City Journal in the January issue of this 

 magazine. It is a clearly and carefully 

 written description of the processes involv- 

 ed, and is well worthy of this compliment. 



The Sedalia Register publishes a very in- 

 teresting account of Mr. R, A. Blair's explo- 

 rations near that city and his remarkable 

 discoveries of mastodon bones and remains 

 of other extinct animals. We have examined 

 this collection and regard it as very valuable 

 on account of the perfect condition of most 

 of the specimens, as well as their number 

 and variety. 



The American Monthly Microscopical Jour- 

 nal, edited by Romyn Hitchcock, F. R. M. 

 S., at 53 Maiden Lane, New York, is the 

 best journal of its class that comes to our 

 table. We have frequently availed ourselves 

 of articles from its columns to the advantage 

 of our readers. $1.00 per annum. 



