EDITORIAL NOTES. 
687 
Harper' s Magazine for January is a worthy 
sequel to the brilliant Christmas Number of 
that periodical, as the following table of 
contents shows : 
Portrait of John G. Whittier. The Quaker 
Poet. — Harriett Prescott Spofford, wiih ten 
illustrations, by Harry Fenn. At Mentone, 
I. — Constance Fenimore Woolion, with six- 
teen illustrations. The Old Packet and Clip- 
per Service, with fourteen illustrations, G 
W. Sheldon. Ensnared, A Poem — Ma'urice 
Thompson, The Birth of a Nation.— T. W. 
Higginson, with six illustrations. James 
Bu:hannan. — William C. Prime, with Por- 
trait. What was Seen by Juan Valdez in 
Saltillo, A Story. — Thomas A Janvier. 
Judith Shakespeare, A Novel, I. — William 
Black, with two illustrations by Abbey. 
Hidden History. — KojC Hawthorn Lathrop. 
Nature's Serial Story, I. — E. P. Roe, with 
five illustrations. City Athletics. — H. C. 
Bunner. Cassy's Christmas-box, A Siory. — 
A Working Girl. Editor's Easy Chair. 
Editor's Literary Record. Editor's Histori- 
cal Record. Editor's Drawer. 
The next issue, now due, of the unique 
Library of Aboriginal American Literature 
edited by Dr. D. G. Brinton, Philadelphia, 
will be "The Comedy of Gueguence," a 
play written and acted by the natives of 
Nicaragua. It dates from the 17th century, 
and is written in a curious dialectjhalf Aztec 
and half Spanish. 
The Atlantic Monthly for 1884. The con- 
ductors of the Atlantic Mouthly indicate here- 
with a few of the noteworthy feature for 
1884, and need not assure its readers that it 
will continue, as it has been beyond ques- 
tion, the foremost of American magazines, 
in all features and varieties of literary excel- 
lence. Mr. Crawford's serial story " A 
Romance Singer," will run through the first 
six numbers of the volume for 1884 This 
story has attracted marked attention by its 
vigor and freshness. Oliver Wendell Holmes 
will write exclusively for the Atlantic during 
1884. The mei-e announcement of frequent 
Contributions by him is more welcome than 
almost any other announcement could be. 
Dr. Weir Mitchell, has written for the 
yi^/aw/?'c a striking Serial story, entitled "In 
War Time." This will begin in January. 
Henry James will contribute several short stor- 
ies and ske'ches of Continental travel. W. D. 
Howells will furni^h several papers of Euro- 
pean travel. Charles Dudley Warner will 
contribute Essays on literary and social topics. 
The Contributors' Club wi 1 continue to be 
one of the most agreeable features of the 
Atlantic. New bjoks receive more attention 
in the Atlantic than in any other magazine 
in the Engli h language. Terms: $4.00 a 
year, in advance, postage free. Wiih a 
superb life-size portrait of Hawthorne (new), 
Emeison, Longfellow, B yant, Whittier, 
Hulmes, or Lowell, ^5 00. Each additional 
portrait ;^i.co Remittances should be made 
by money order, draft or registered letter 
to Houghton, Mifllin & Co., 4 Park Street, 
Boston, Mass. 
The title of New Remedies has been 
changed to the American Druggist. It has 
also been changed in form, enlarged, and 
the number of pages increased. It is still 
edited by Dr. Frederick A. Castle, and Chas. 
Rice, Ph. D. We regard it the best pub- 
lication of the kind in the country. It is 
published by Wm. Wood & Co., New York, 
at $1.00 per annum. 
The meeting of the Kansas City Academy 
of Science, for December, was held on the 
evening of Friday, the 2ist. The paper of 
Dr. R. W. Brown, upon " Memory," was 
well written, admirably illustrated by means 
of original drawings and demonstrations from 
the human brain, and well received by his 
au lience. 
