EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Our former correspondent, Rev. James 

 French, is contributing a series of (illustrated) 

 articles upon The Great Pyramid, to the 

 Baptist Family Magazine, published at Phila- 

 delphia, by Rev J. Eu^^ene Reed. 



The most interesting articles in The North 

 American Review for May are those on " Cen- 

 tralization in the Federal Government ; " 

 "The Life-saving Service, " by the Hon. S. 

 S. Cox ; " The Ruins of Central America, " 

 by M. Charnay ; and, finally, an attack on 

 evolution philosophy, written in a vein of 

 the finest irony, and entitled, "What Mo- 

 rality Have We Left ? " 



Popular Science Monthly, contents for 

 April. The Development of Political Insti- 

 tutions, by Herbert Spencer, VI. Political 



Heads — Chiefs, Kings, etc ; The Bla- k Races 

 of Oceanica, by Dr. R. Verneau, (illustrated); 

 Physical Education, by Felix L. Oswald, M. 

 D. ; Out-door Life; History of Chronolgy, 

 by Prof. E. S. Burns; Some Notes on a 

 Doctor's Liability, by Oliver E. Lyman, 

 Origin and Structure of Volcanic Cones, by 

 H. J. Jdhnston-Lavis, F. G. S. (I.) (illus- 

 trated;) Man and the Vertebrate Series, by 

 Charles Morris ; The Relative Hardness of 

 Plants, by Samuel Parsons, jr. ; What is a 

 Cold, by a Medical Man ; The Purification 

 of Sewer Waters, by M. E, Aubrey-Vitet ; 

 Mr. Frank Buckland, by Spencer Walpole; 

 The Felicity of Naturalists ; Plantation Folk- 

 Lore, by Prof. T. F. Crane ; An Ancient 

 Scientist; Liierary Notices ; Sketch of Michel 

 Chasles (with portrait ; ) Popular Miscellany ; 

 Notes. 



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