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the ('3'e while th( y took in tiieirs more 
];ir<>e]y through the ear. Some of the 
consequences of this change are also 
noted. 
The second of Prof. Fi-ederick Starr's 
articles on Dress and Adoi nment, will be 
published in the October number. The 
author maintains that dress arose from a 
desire for ornament rather than from a 
sense of shame. He describe s a number 
of beautiful garments that are made 1)}^ 
savages, and illustrates liis descriptions 
with a large number of pictures. 
Book Rev lews. 
Tlie second quiirterly number of the 
Xiy Volume of the Journal ot the Cin- 
cinnati Society of Natural llistorj" has 
been received. It contains tlie pioceed- 
ingsof tlie monthly meetings, donations 
to Cabinet aii!l Library, and r(>ports of 
the ofiicers of the societ3^ It also con- 
tains two interesting papers, the tirst 
"On the age of the Mt Pleasant, Ohio, 
bods'' by Prof. Jose[)h F. James: the 
second paper is a list of the birds of 
Warren Co., Ohio, by Kaymond W. 
Smith. h first paper is nicely illus- 
trated by four photo engi-avings. The 
secon<l paper classifies the birds, and 
gives many notes which will be of inter- 
est to the Ornithologist of that section 
of the covmtrj^ 
The Cliautauquan for October has sev- 
eral illustrated articles and the portraits 
of a number of prominent women. 
It has a well written article on ''Na- 
tional Agencies for Scientific Research" 
by Maj. J. W. Powell,' Ph. D. LL. D. 
Science the handmaid of Agriculture, 
b}^ George William Hill contains many 
well digested thoughts. 
Social Science in Society is presented 
by John Habberton. 
Dr. McG Means explains Land Tenure 
in tlie United States and how it dilfers 
from that of England. 
n^dward Everett Hale, the ever popu- 
1 ir historian begins his first paptu' on 
" i'l.e Domestic and Social Life of the 
Colonies. 
J. C.Kidpath too well known as a his- 
torian to need fui-ther comment, has an 
article on "Battle of Bunker Hill. 
The editor, in speaking of the death of 
James Kussell Lowell says truly, his 
death will be felt wherever the English 
Language is read. In America and in 
England, he was esteemed b3' the best 
minds both as a man and as a wrltei-. 
He made frioids among those whom it is 
an honor to know, by a personal attrac- 
tion peculiarly rare and fine and by his 
literature, he set himself among the few 
who wrote what is worthy of preserva- 
tion. 
It is too soon to predict the effect of 
his work upon American life and thought 
yet he has been a notable figure for the 
past forty five years in our arena of intel- 
lectual activities. Poet, essayist, critic, 
publicist, editor, college professor, min- 
ister to the court of St. James and to the 
Spanish court, he made a splendid i-epu- 
tation tin- himself in whatever line he 
worked. 
Lowell's nobility of ciiaracter ;ind his 
acute sense of personal responsibility 
made him a notable figure in higher fields 
of American politics. In Europe, as the 
repi-esentative of our government, he 
won the esteem of the greatest men of the 
time. 
He was influential in procuring the 
present copyright law subject. In 
this as in everything else that he advo- 
cated, he took the highest moral ground, 
demanding the fullest and freest recog-' 
nition of absolute property in literary 
products. 
The Chautauquan is a great education- 
al factor in this, so called ''Woman's 
age " and is elevating the aims and gen- 
eral standard of women, more than any 
other magazine published today and is a 
great aid to the "sterner sex'' as well, ed- 
ucating hundreds of young men all over 
the land. 
