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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
The North American Review for February 
contains an article by Mr. Carl Schurtz enti- 
tled "Corporations: Their Employees and 
the Public," in which he discusses the con- 
flict between telegraph and railroad men and 
their employers; a sketch of the life and 
works of " Henry Vaughan, Silurist," a re- 
markable poet of the 17th century; the long 
expected article on " John Brown's Place in 
History," in answer to that recently pub- 
lished by Rev. David Utter ; a very able and 
effective argument in favor of Greek and Lat- 
in in the Schools, by Prof. West of Princeton, 
etc. To builders the discussion of the •' Ri- 
val Systems of Heating," by Professors Bell 
and Trowbridge will be found decidedly valu- 
able and instructive. 
The Magazine of American History for Jan- 
uary, 1884, appeared a week earlier than 
usual, and is replete with instruction and en- 
tertainment. This valuable periodical is 
without a rival in its special domain, and is 
rapidly becoming indispensable to all intelli- 
gent readers throughout the land. 
The Kansas City Medical Record is the title 
of a new journal just started in this city by 
Drs. Halley and Fulton. It is a very hand- 
some monthly, filled with able original and 
selected articles pertaining to all branches of 
medicine. The reputation of its editors is a 
guarantee of its success, professionally and 
financially. ^3 00 per annum. 
Prof. C. A. Young, of Princeton Obser- 
vatory, in an article in the Popular Science 
News, upon the red glow at sunrise and sun- 
set, says that it seems that the volcanic (dust) 
theory is more likely to be the true one than 
any that has been advanced. A chemist in 
New York claims to have collected fr^ m a 
bank of snow, remote from any settlement 
enough of this dust to prove, by analyzing it; 
that it is composed of volcanic mineral. Mr 
Whymper, the great mountain p-^ak explor 
er, states in Science that he has seen this phe 
nomenon distinctly produced by volcanic 
ashes and dust, in the air. 
We have received the January number of 
the second volume of the Platonist. edited by 
Thomas M. Johnson, of Osceola, in this State. 
It is to be an exponent of philo ophic truth, 
and devoted mainly to the dissemi aion of 
Platonic philosophy, and as such should be 
patronized by all students of philosophy. 
16 pages, large quarto, monthly, #2.00 per 
annum. 
The Science Obs'-rver, of Boston, states that 
a cable message was received at Harvard Col- 
lege Observatory, January 15, from Dr. Krue- 
ger, of Kiel, announcing the discovery of a 
comet at Melbourne. Australia, the position 
of which, on January 12, at Greenwich noon, 
was: R. A. 22h. 40m., Decl. — 40=8^ The 
comet is small, with a rapid motion towards 
the southeast. 
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