EDITORIAL NOTES. 
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The North Afnerican Review, for August, 
opens with a very spirited and timely discus- 
sion of the subject of " Moral Instruction in 
the Public Schools," by Rev. Dr. R. Heber 
Newton, who offers a practical scheme for 
conveying ethical instruction without refer- 
ence to religion tenets, and the Rev. Dr. 
Francis L. Patton, who maintains that the 
Bible must be made the basis of all moral 
teaching. Henry D. Lloyd exposes the tricks 
and frauds of speculation in grain, and main- 
tains that they should be repressed by law. 
"Woman in Politics," by ex-Surgeon-General 
Wm. A. Hammond, is a caustic discussion of 
certain facts of nervous organization which 
in his opinion render the female sex unfitted 
for participation in public affairs. Hon. 
Francis A. Walker reviews " Henry George's 
Social Fallacies," criticizing in particular his 
doctrines regarding land-tenure and rent. 
The evils resulting from '' Crude Methods of 
Legislation," both national and State, are 
pointed out by Simeon Sterne, who advocates 
the adoption of certain rules, both against 
lobbying and against the mischiefs of ill-con- 
sidered law-making. Charles F. Wingate 
writes familiarly and warningly of "The Un- 
sanitary Homes of the Rich," and there is a 
joint discussion of " Science and Prayer," by 
President Galusha Anderson and Thaddeus 
B. Wakeman. 
The Magazine of American History is now 
edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, whose abil- 
ity, good taste, literary skill, and extensive 
scholarship eminently fit her for the position. 
Her History of the City of New York long 
since established her reputation as an author, 
and her present undertaking, The History of 
Wall Street, will abundantly sustain that 
reputation. 
has already been accomplished to settle fully 
and fairly the fact that sugar, equal in every 
respect to that from sugar cane, can be made 
from sorghum ; that there is no greater un- 
certainty and no greater skill required in the 
one case than in the other, neither is the ex- 
pense of production greater ; that an acre of 
land m New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa, or Kansas 
will yield as much profit from its sugar and 
molasses of sorghum, as an acre in Louisiana 
from its sugar cane." 
The Kansas City Review of Science and 
Industry is a creditable magazine, main- 
taining a standard of excellence under the 
editorial management of Theo. S, Case that 
places it among the best scientific publica- 
tions in the country. — Leavenworth Standard. 
W. O. Ayres, in Cotton^ Wool, and Iron, in 
an exhaustive article upon "Our Future 
Sugar," says in conclusion: "But enough 
The Atlantic Monthly for August presents 
the following table of contents : A Roman 
Singer, III., IV., F.Marion Crawford. The 
Trustworthiness of Early Tradition, Brooke 
Herford. En Province, II., Henry James. 
Glints of Nahant, Charles F. Lammis. The 
Hare and the Tortoise, Sarah Orne Jewett. 
Academic Socialism, Herbert Tuttle. To a 
Hurt Child, Grace Denio Litchfield. New- 
port, III.-V., George Parsons Lathrop. The 
Gift of Tears, Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt. Remi- 
nescences of Thomas Couture, Ernest W. 
Longfellow. In the Old Dominion, F. C. 
Baylor. Study of a Cat-Bird, Olive Thorne 
Miller. Around the Spanish Coast. Charles 
Dudley Warner. A New History of the 
United States. John A. Dix. The Remi- 
niscences of Ernest Renan. The Contribu- 
tors' Club. Books of the Month. 
To all lovers of exploration and travel who 
can read French we most cheerfully recom- 
mend V Exploration, edited by M. Paul 
Tournafond, 6 Rue Cassette, Paris, France, 
30 francs per annum. 
