220 The West American Scientist 



promulgation of the first Revelation, their spirtual decline, and 

 the destruction of the nation, b. c. 4705, the inroad of the Turan- 

 ians, and the scattering of the remnant of the race, B. c. 4304, as 

 deciphered from a very ancient document. Also, an exposition 

 of the law governing the formation and duration of the Glacial 

 Period, and a record of its effects on man, and on the configura- 

 tion of the globe. An account of the ''Cannes Myth," and a 

 chapter on the Deluge, its cause, locality, and extent, by Lorenzo 

 Burge. 



The Factors of Organic Evolution. By Herbert Spen- 

 cer. J. Fitzgerald, Publisher, 24 East 4th St., New York. Post 

 free to any address fifteen cents. 



The far-reaching consequences of the doctrine of Evolution are 

 strikingly set forth in this essay. As commonly apprehended, 

 this doctrine is supposed to be a theory to account simply for the 

 differences between species, but in fact it applies to Life in all its 

 phases — not less strictly to Psychology, Ethics, Sociology, than 

 to Physiology and Anatomy. 



AMONG THE MAGAZINES. 



With the current number of The Century Magazine begins its 

 eighteenth year and thirty-fifth colume. As usual the November 

 number is especially notable. 



Great value and, at this time, wide popular interest attaches to 

 Mr. Kennan's paper on "The Last Appeal of the Russian Liber- 

 als," the text of which, for the first time in English, is included in 

 his article, — in fact, the appeal has hitherto not really been pub- 

 lished at all. Considering the wide and growing popular interest 

 in Russian life, literature, and politics, Mr. Kennan's series — the 

 result of a special investigation of Russian politics, as seen both in 

 Russia and in Siberia — is likely to create a genuine ''sensation." 

 Mr. Kennan says: "It has been my fortune in the course of the 

 last two years to make the intimate personal acquaintance of more 

 than five hundred members of this Russian protesting party, in- 

 cluding not fewer than three hundred of the so-called Nihilists, 

 living in exile at the convict mines and in the penal settlements of 

 Siberia." 



Miss Frances E. Willard contributes to the November number 

 of The Chautauquan, a sketch of Pundita Ramabai. The noble 

 work of this young Hindu has attracted wide attention, and many 

 will be glad of this opportunity of becoming better acquainted 

 with her history. 



Louisa M. Alcott contributes one of her charming stories, en- 

 titled "Pansies," to the first number of the new volume of St. 

 Nicholas. It is followed by a bewildering array of short stories^ 

 entertaining sketches, and bright jingles and verseg. 



