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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
The Popular Science Monthly, now in its 
twenty-fourth volume, has always maintained 
a high standing among readers of all classes. 
Its contents for January show that this stand- 
ard is to be maintained as fully for 1884: 
The Classical Question in Germany, by E. J. 
James, Ph. D. Early Colonists of the Swiss 
Lakes, by F. A. Forel, (illustrated). The 
Morality of Happiness, by Thomas Foster. 
Female Education from a Medical Point of 
View, II., by T. S. Clouston, M. D. The 
Control of Circumstances, by William A. Ed- 
dy. Religious Retrospect and Prospect, by 
Herbert Spencer. The Iguanodon, (illustrat- 
ed). Defective Eye-Sight, by Samuel York 
At Lee. The Chemistry of Cookery, by W. 
Mattieu Williams. Catching Cold, by C. E. 
Page, M. D. The Source of Muscular Ener- 
gy, by J. M. Stillman, Ph. B. Idiosyncrasy, 
by Professor Grant Allen. Etienne Geoffroy 
Saint-Hilaire, (with portrait). Correspond- 
ence. Editor's Table. Literary Notices. 
Popular Miscellany. Notes. 
The North American Rtvtew for January 
presents the opposite sides of the question 
of "Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," set 
forth by two representative men : President 
John Taylor, the ofi&cial head of the Mor- 
mon Church, and ihe Hon. Eli H. Murray, 
Governor of the Territory of Utah. Senator 
John I. Mitchell writes of the " Tribulations 
of the American Dollar," insisting that it 
is our imperative duty to-day to settle the 
question, whether we shall have dollars of 
unequal commercial value in circulation. 
In an article entitled " Theo'ogical Re- Ad- 
justments" the Rev. Dr. J. H. Rylance in- 
sists upon the necessity of eliminating from 
the formularies of belief and from the cur- 
rent teachings of the churches, all doctrines 
and all statements of supposed facts which 
have been discredited by the advance of ener- 
getical scholarship, and by the progress of 
natural science. Senator Henry W. Blair, 
taking for his theme " Alcohol in Politics," 
advocates the submission to the people of an 
amendment to the Constitution prohibiting 
the manufacture, sale and importation of in- 
toxicating liquors. " Evils Incident to Im- 
migration," by Edward Self, is a forcible 
statement of the mischiefs wrought by the 
importation into our social and political life 
of an enormous and continual contingent from 
the lowest stratum of the population of Eu- 
rope. Finally, the subject of " Bribery by 
Railway Passes" is discussed by Charles Aid- 
rich and Judge N. M. Hubbard. Every one 
will read Gail Hamilton's second chapter of 
" TheDay of Judgment." 
The December (Christmas) Magazine of 
American History is one of the most attrac- 
tive issues of this excellent periodical that 
has yet appeared. It contains four histori- 
cal Essays on Christmas and its observances 
in various parts of early America and among 
different nationalities, by John Esten Cooke, 
Norman McF Walker of New Orleans, John 
Reade, F. R. S. C, of Montreal, and Mrs. 
Lamb, Editor of the Magazine. Then comes 
an article by the learned and scholarly 
Horatio Hale, M. A., "A Huron Historical 
Legion " ; an exceptionally interesting 
sketch of " Colonel David Crockett, of Ten- 
nessee," by General Marcus J. Wright, of 
Washington; and a paper which will be 
widely studied by specialists and antiqua- 
rians. — "Quivira, A Suggestion " — by Dr. 
Cyrus Thomas. The other departments — 
Notes, Queries, Replies, Societies, and Book 
Notices — are, as usual, overflowing with 
good things. This Magazine is deservedly 
recognized in every part of the country as 
one of the best historical publications ever 
offered to the public. 
Professors Ormond Stoxe and Wm. 
M. Thornton, of the University of Virginia, 
announce a new mathematical journal as a 
successor to the Analyst, to be called the 
Annals of Alathematics, It is to be ' a bi- 
monthly, quarto in size, and to comprise at 
least twenty-four pages. It will commence 
February 1884, at $2.00 per annum. It is 
designed to be a medium of communication 
between teachers and students of mathemat- 
ics, and the standing of its editors is a guar- 
antee of its own high standing among colle- 
giate journals. 
