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The Mason College Magazine. Vol. I M No. 2, February, 1883. 
This second issue of the “Mason College Magazine ” is a 
decided improvement upon its predecessor, and makes us hope- 
ful as regards its future. 
The article on “ Scientific Idealism,” from the pen of Miss 
Constance C. W. Naden, is an exceedingly able and luminous 
exposition of a theory which seems to be forcing itself upon the 
attention of thinkers. We believe that the writer will leave her 
impress on the philosophical literature of the age, which, in- 
deed, stands in some need of re-casting. 
A humorous article on “ Spelling ” contains a discussion as to 
the corredt spelling of “ calligraphy ” or “ caligraphy,” which is 
now sometimes in a spirit of vulgar affedtation used as a syno- 
nym for hand-writing. 
At a meeting of the “ Mason College Union ” a paper was 
read by Miss Evans on “ Degeneration,” which, it is announced, 
will be printed in a future number of the Magazine. We are 
glad to perceive that the proposal to introduce the discussion of 
religious subjedts was rejedted by a majority of more than five 
to one. 
A sketch of the life of Joseph Priestley, by Mr. G. Harris 
Morris, though in brief compass, is exceedingly good. The 
author justly remarks that, “ in spite of the numerous discoveries 
of Priestley, we cannot regard him as a scientific man in the 
true sense of the word. His discoveries were the result of hap- 
hazard experiments performed at odd moments, usually before 
breakfast, and he lacked the ability to properly interpret the 
results he obtained. 
