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are apt to fling aside as mere superstitions. Under the head 
“ Leaders of Science ” appears a biographical notice of Sir G. 
Airy, late Astronomer Royal. 
So far we can speak of the contents of this new journal with 
approval. But under the head “Table Talk” we find, with 
profound regret, an expression of sympathy with the Bestiarian 
— alias “ Anti-Vivisedtion ” — movement. It is painful to see a 
scientific organ thus aiding and abetting the latest phase of the 
persecution of Science, and allowing itself to be gulled by the 
misrepresentations of ignorant and interested persons. 
In the “ Contributors’ Column ” is an article on the “ Natural 
Food of Man,” which we notice elsewhere, and a letter on that 
ill-understood pest of Lapland the Furia infernalis of Linnaeus, 
Longman's Magazine. November, 1883. London : Longmans 
and Co. 
This issue contains a paper by R. S. Ball, Astronomer Royal for 
Ireland, on the “ Relation of Darwinism to other Branches of 
Science.” We doubt if it has ever been our lot to meet with so 
clear and compadl an exposition of the principles and foundations 
of Evolutionism as is given in this essay. The author shows 
how far the question of the origin of life is from being decided 
by the negative results of Pasteur and Tyndall. 
Dio Lewis's Monthly. Vol. I., No. 3, Odtober, 1883. New 
York : F. Seaman. 
We have here a magazine devoted, it would seem, to philan- 
thropy, hygiene, and kindred subjects. Hence drainage, diet, 
beer, and nursing are discussed, but the main cause of modern 
debility, over-work, escapes notice. 
In the opening article, “ Our Rich Men,” we find what to us 
appears a singular error. To prevent the dangers to the com- 
munity (real or supposed) arising from the existence of the 
millionaire, the writer says — “ It would be wise as a precaution- 
ary measure to keep our eye on the youngsters, and when we 
find one with a large brain and keen eye, kill him. A standing 
committee to watch the schools for such boys would be a good 
practical measure. If you let them live they are almost sure to 
achieve some provoking success. A still wiser measure would 
