46 The West American Scientist. 



and author of many works on that subject. Prof. Keep contri- 

 butes a brief sketch of his Hfe in this number. 



We are indepted to our talented friend, Maurice Lopatecki, 

 for several interesting- articles on the natural history of British 

 Columbia, and also to Dr. L. G. Yates and T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 for valuable contributions. 



We are far behind in giving literary notices, but will soon be 

 able to make due acknowledgements and reviews of those de- 

 serving. 



CLOSE OF THE CENTURY S s5th VOLUME. 



The April number of The Century closes the thirty-fifth 

 half-yearly volume. The first article is by Edward L. Wilson, 

 the well-known photographer, and is descriptive of the natural 

 and other features of Palestine 'From Dan to Beersheba.' The 

 article has a great number of illustrations, mainly from photo- 

 graphs, and will be of special interest to the teachers and students 

 of the International Sunday-School Lessons. 



Theodore Roosevelt, in this number describes, with the aid oi 

 Mr. Remington's well-informed pencil, that decidedly American 

 institution, 'The round-up ' As Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Rem- 

 ington have both participated in scenes such as are here depicted, 

 the paper is unusually vivid both in letter-press and illustrations. 



An illustrated article on "The American Inventors of the Tele- 

 graph' tells the inside story of the invention, especially bringing 

 out the services rendered to the enterprise by Alfred Vail. Mr. 

 Vail's extremely important connections with the invention is here 

 for the first time fully and authoritatively told. The article will 

 be a surprise to the larger part of the public. 



Two articles of special literary interest are Henry James's 

 paper on Robert Louis Stevenson, with a sketch of Stevenson's 

 very individual face by Alexander, and a brief essay by the Rev. 

 T. T. Munger on 'The Works of Elisha Mulford.' Mr. James 

 does not speak of 'Underwoods' in his essay, it having appeared 

 since the paper was written; but there is a poetic criticism of it 

 in Bric-a Brae,' by Miss Thomas. 



Dr. Eggleston's story of 'The Graysons' has some very ex- 

 citing chapters, and James Lane Allen's story, illustrated by 

 Kemble is a pathetic account of 'Two Kentucky Gentlemen of 

 the Old School.' 



ST, NICHOLAS FOR APRIL, 1888. 



The April St. Nicholas has a seasonable frontispiece by 

 Fenn, two toddlers under an umbrella, on 'An April Day.' 

 This introduces the opening article 'What Makes it Rain?' by 

 George P. Merrill. There is also a charming 'Rhyme for a 

 Rainy Day' by Julia M. Colton, artistically framed by Katherine 

 Pyle. 



