New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ro1-,,ANSs pOprIAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

number of journal which promises to be OF emil
nent value to the cause of popular education IN 's
eonntry. The plan Of the work comprises papers
both original and selected, on the leading SUBJECTS
of scientific inquiry from the ablest scienthc meh
of different countries, explaining their views 70 NON
scientific people. The conception OF science IN se'
forth by Professor Youmans, which 1t is the design
of this journal to eucidae, is broad and LIBERAL AS
he nterprets the term science stands for the Os' o
rnrote nowlc,lSe that can be obtained or the oruer
of the universe by which man is surrouhdeu anu VI
which he is part. In its earlier deveiopmenV '"S
order was at first perceived in simple physioa 'hg
mud be tracing of it out in these gave origin 10 tne
pbysical sciences. But the scope OF science nus
vileped with every step of its adNancemeht' lhe
ordef of things is far more extensive thSn was ai
first suoposed New spheres Of inquiry have con-
..antIv onened to the zeal Of tho explorer. So that
SCIENCE is now regarded as applying to the whole
,,omo,n of Nature method of the mind. III fact IN
thc nnrsut of knowledge on all subjects OF winch
We can think or know. 1t includes questions
rclatng 10 the intellectual nature of man. as well as
to the laws of the physical universe, and seeks the
solution Of the problems presented by educaton'
history, language. religion, and all SOCIAL reIauons
aud activities The results of these inquiries VIII
form the subject matter Of Professor foumanss
journal In the number issued, the first article
is en- essay Introductory to the Study of Sociology
by Herbert Spencer which subject series OF
papers viii be given 10y that mastery thinker Ihe
diliculies which attend every discussion OF tbls
nature are forcbly exhibited may be seen from a
single paragraph which affords fair specimen OF
Mr. Spencers style of analysis and Illustration
Tie extreme cOmp!eNity OF social actions, and TIC
trausccndent dii,uy which hence arises OF counting
ou spe,la IeSut. Will ne s better seen II we elGi =
ate Ge faco.s which detey1inc simple phenomenon,
a. the pTTce OF a commodity-say cotton. manulIc-
turr OK cacOes has to decide whether he wil increase
bis stock Of law mat, rial at It's current price. oiy
doing t.hs, be mast ascertain as Wen as De can lno 10
IS"luS ca,a Mhe,n,T % w "a hnIoe o i rye OF
oi El2ntfictuTelS ahu WAocs'.vIs at nuic 49, 49, , lei
email; whether by recent prices retailers AaNc oeeA ic
ma6o;s are cGtted otherwise; and what Is now auu
j. Rcy 90 be- the production Oh calco by Ioreis i ii
mn; b ior 6ne and are doing as bGyers OF cotton
WhctAer tney nave been waiting te price 70 fall, or
have been bG, ilg in anticipation Of rise: Ftom COT
OF spscaton at Lvc poOwhether the stoeGs there are
large small and whether many or few cars,e arc on
Ollie eoonpoTts giout tho word, have also 20 be
taken note cl; ana tnsn IN sesS SIr u fs in ip.
Eypt, ana elsewhere. Here are sufficiently numerous
lion o Calico therefore the cOnsur ion OF cotton,
and therefore the proe OF cotton Hepen III pr' on ne
,unpues prices Of other textile faoriCs III, as nap
trice becImse is raw material becomes scarce, linen
comes into general use, and SO further use III
price is checked. Noolcn fabrics, also, may 10 SONG
by relative prices, there is the competition caused ny
;nS %cn tctor @ Sre now ali ennmeradi by no mea
There the estimation OF mercantile opnion. ihe views
IL very widely Waves OF olni5n' now III cHGess
nov in defect OF ihe TACT. lall daily, ana larger
ones weekly aud monthly, endlDg, every no" ana tnen,
20 run hso mania or pane i9r u S anons men oi , U
until some the example and then Insi ali one
way, Ike hock of sheep alter leader Taese char
aceristcs in human nature, leading to these perturba
tOAs, the iarsceins baler taxes INTO account u,lnS
how lar existing influences have made opinion devate
fom train, aud EOw far Impending lnnlehccS are
en- W1e9 he has consier1d all these things He
elm ask what the general mercantile conditions oi
money market Will be suce the OF speculation IN
every commodity must be affected oy the rate oil dis
count See, then the complication OF causes
winch determine 50 simple thng as io rSs 6l n i.a VI
the genesis of social phenomena involved in cases
Ike tbs Whe'e the effect produced has no concrete per
where there is produced something which continues
thereafter be increasing agency capable or SELF
propagation. Not only has society, as wnoie, power
of grow IN and Development but each Institution set up
and nutrnent for them. aud tends to multiply and
ramy Indeed the instinct of in each
aud maintains it when performs some quite other rune
fion than intended, junction at ALL See, for
Instance, what has of tue society of Jesus,
LOyOa set up; what grew out OF the company VI
DadeIs who got footing 0n lle coast OF Hlhdostah'
"The Recent Eclipse of the sun, byR III. Proctor;
"Science and Immortality" by the Rev. I. W.
Fowle; "Ihe Source of Labor" The Natural
History of Man." Woman and Political Power"
are among the titles in the number Which afford
promise of substantial discussion, and informing re-
suits. The article woman and Political Power"
from an able English scientific journal will attract
attention from its statements of the objections to
female suffrage which prevail among a certain class
of the scientific thinkersOf that country. The follow
ing paragraphs pointedly expressed.
1t may be suspected that the advocates OF sexual
revolution been unfortunate in their experience OF
opposed 10 their own There Is no doubt that
century after century, women have shown preference
distiucvey masculine and that men have wished their
10 possess the virtues which are considered
dstinetivey feminine. In other words the intellect OF
thing dssimar TO Itself, not because one is better or
the other, but simply because the two,are
different There is reason for the assertion that
wCman's brain is undeveloped mans which requires
cultivation for the assertion that mans pelvs Is
undeyelOped wOman which requires to be expanded
or that some OF bis muscles should DO eonvered INTO a
rapidly woman TO her II is not, as rule, given to
think SO deeply as man. But she often sees what is
iost TO him during t OF abstIaction often
debted her the materials upon which his reflection
NAV work Genius il has often been said Is of both
sexes at once aud the saying well indicates true
iatiOn Of male and female Dteecis Each has powers
and beauties of its own: each NAV profit by contact with
lie other and il is not until some resemblance TO
combination OF the two has been efected that men re-
ocgnze tnat highest mental development to which they
1hcrc few subjects interesting 70 man In which
clever women do not sometimes also take an interest
and from this fact it has been hastily inferred that
might with profit, devote the same attention as
leaves out of sight that RARELY look at
subject from the same point OF view as men thelr
opinions often have the value which Is to be found In
te observations Of intelligent spectator when
whose whole attention is absorbed In any pursuit.
fail perceive what most concerns them. The best
critic is not always good author composer and
celent suggestions frequently made by those who
are not fitted by Nature to carry their own ideas into
operation. This is especially the case with women, VINO.
Ii they TO devote their whole energies TO science or
10 politics would do violence TO their physical orgaza
to prolonged effort which is necessary in order to
work out great scheme TO make any great discovery
sl,sSiiop is heavier strain on the vital powers than
any merely physical exeron 1t Is, like military service.
inconsistent with that bodily constitution which is
sdap,e cd to maternity, and all that maternity implies