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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
The Tennessee Journal pf Education makes 
its first appearance with the March number, 
It is a large folio of twenty-four pages edited 
by Colonel Leon Trousdale and published by 
Wheeler & Osborn, Nashville, Tenn. It pre- 
sents a fine appearance and being one of the 
very few educational magazines of the South, 
should be well supported. $i.oo per an- 
num. 
Bulletin No. Ill of the American Geo- 
graphical Society contains a vtry valuable 
article upon the exploration of the River 
Beni in Bolivia, by Dr. E. R. Heath, of 
Wyandotte Kansas, with a map of the re- 
gion. The principal points in this article 
were first published in the Review for Sep- 
tember, 1881, and widely copied. The Bul- 
letin also contains an arric'e by General Eg- 
bert L. Viele on the Frontiers of the United 
States, with map. 
Harper'' s Magazine for May is on hand more 
promptly than usual and presents the oUow- 
ing bill of fare: "The Sisters," (frontis- 
piece), engraved from a Picture by E. A. 
Abbey. San Francisco — William Henry 
Bishop, with eleven illustraitions. The 
Treaty of Peace and Inde^^endence, II. — 
George Ticknor Curtis, with seven portraits. 
The Singer ; A Poem. — Herbert E. Clarke. 
Nehemiah's Plan; A Story.— Kate W- Ham- 
ilton. The National Academy of the Arts of 
Pesign, and iis Surviving Founders — Ben- 
son J. Lossing, with three portraits. A Cas- 
tle in Spain ; A Novel, Part I, with six illus- 
trations by Abbey. Galatea; A Poem. — 
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Roman Carnival 
Sketches. — Anna Bowman BLke, with nine 
illustrations by Reinhart. Anthony Trol- 
lope. — Walter Herrics Pollock, with portrait. 
The Middle Colonies before the Revolution. 
— John Fiike. Fre^h Air in Summer. — Titus 
MunsonCoan. The Brooklyn Biidge. — Will- 
iam C.Conant, with twenty-one illustrations. 
Art Study at H( me and Abroad. — John F. 
Weir. TheOldest Fiiend; A Poem — Louise 
Chandler Moulton. Editor's Easy Chair. 
Editor's Literary Record. Editor's Histori- 
cal Record. Editor's Drawer, 
Science for April 6lh contains a sensible ed- 
itorial upon the present ill regulated distri- 
bution of public documents, and advocates a 
single agency for all such distributions, giv- 
ing public libraries the first care and supply- 
ing individuals afterward. As we under- 
stand it, under this plan all applications to 
Congressmen and the different depattments 
and bureaus will be referred to this distribut- 
ing agency with proper recommendations, 
which prevent duplication and insure appro- 
priate selections, both of which are exceed- 
ingly desirable. 
The Humboldt Library, No. 43, furnishes 
its readers with the Lives and Work of Dar- 
win and Humboldt, the first by Prof. Huxley 
and others, and the second by Prof. Louis 
Agassiz, forty six pages, octavo; price 15c. 
The contents ot the Popular Science Month- 
ly io^ May are as follows: The Remedies 
of Nature — Comsumption, by Felix L. Os- 
wald, M. D. Science and Conscience, by 
Professor Thomas Sergeant Perry. Physics 
in General Education, by Professor T. C. 
Mendenhall. Micscropic Life in the Air, by 
Louis Olivier, (Illustrated). How Much 
Animals Know. By F. A. Fernald. Chem- 
istry and Pharmacy, by Professor Ira Rem- 
sen. Position and Stroke in Swimming, by 
R. Lamb, C. E., (Illustrated). 'How the An- 
cient Forests Become Coal, by M. G. De Sa- 
porta. A Superstitious Dog, by Eugene N. 
S Ringaeberg. From Buttercup to Monk's- 
Hood, by Professor Grant Alkn. On the 
Colors of Water, by M. W, Spring. A Wond- 
er fiom the Deep Sea, by M. L. Vaillant, (Il- 
lustrated). Gymnastics, by Alfred Worcestr y 
er, A. M. Why are We Right- Handed ? by 
W. C. Cahall, M. D. Lengthening the Vis- 
ible Spectrum, by Johannes G5tz, (Illustrat- 
ed). The Boundaries of Astronomy, I, — Is 
Gravitation Universal? by Robert S. Ball. F. 
R. S. On Brain-Work and Hand-Work, by 
R. M. N. Sketch of Professor Richard Owen, 
F. R. S., (with Portrait). Correspondence. 
Editor's Table, Literary Table. Popular 
Miscellany, Notes, 
