The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-06-03
LITERARY NOTES.

(. The Supreme Court. of New York
has granted sthe orders to change the
name of tie corporation of "Scribner Il
Co." to "The Century Co."-the order
to take effect on the 21st of June. The
July issues of Scribner's Monthly and
st. Nicholas will have the corporate
imprint.
The Illustrated Scientific News has
again reached our editorial table. June
number is unusually full of handsome
engravings and interesting and valua-
BILE reading matter.
Under the management of its new
publishers-Messrs. Mum & Co.-tbe
illustrated Scientific News has risen to
the front rank of illustrated journals
published In this country, and being
issued at very low price, IL is within
the reach of all who are interested in
novelties, science, Tie useful arts and
natural history.
The June number contains handsome
ly illustrated articles on The Chimpan-
zee and Gorilla, Ostrich Farming, New
F'ireless Locomotive, The Maxim Fire
Boat, Perforating Machine, new and
novel Embroidering Frame, the new
Electric Middlings Purifier, and num-
Der of other handsome illustrations,
besides large number of interesting
articles not accompanied by engrav-
ings.
The subscription price is 81 80 per
annum, or IS cents per COPY, and can
be had of all newsdealers or from pub
fishers, Messrs. Mum 81 Co., 81 Park
Row. New York.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY FOR
JUNE, 881.-The racy series of articles
on physical education, by DIR. Oswald,
are continued in The Popular Science
Monthly. This writer opens the June
number by very lively and instruc-
tive discussion on the subject OF
"Clothing." In some respects his
views may be thought extreme, but
they will rouse attention to many bad
habits, the evil effects of which are dis
guised by familiarity. There is a
striking article by Sir John Lubbock,
on the subject of "Fruits and Seeds"
DIR. Joseph Fayrer makes an important
addition to the literature of "Sun-
stroke" The results of his observa-
tons and practice in India are here
well summarized. Under tho title of
"The Value of our Forests" N. H..
Egleston treats of the evil effects of the
extensive destruction of trees, with
particular reference to the state of
things in the West. There is an elabo-
rate and prOfusely illustrated paper by
Alexander Graham Bell, describing his
late discoveries on the "Production of
Sound by Radiant Energy" But the
most valuable as we'll as the longest
paper in this number of the Monthly
is that of Herbert Spencer on "Com-
pound Political Heads" in his series
on "The Development of Political In
stitutions." DIR. Andrew Wilson takes
up the interesting problem of "Degen-
eration," as a part of the theory of Ev-
olution. 1.-THE Primeval American
Continent" is described in its forma-
ton by l.. p. Gratacap, with remarka-
BILE clearness and simplicity of illustra-
ton. 1t seems to be now established
that alcohol must be natural produc-
ton. We are indebted to the expert
ments Of Muntz, of the French Nation
al Agronomical Institute, for this dis
covery, and his processes are described
and illustrated in the Monthly BY Gas
ton Tissandier. Professor Helmholtz's
Faraday lecture is given, and there is a
timely and highly instructive article by
Professor Wiley on "Glucose and
Grape Sugar" "The Mental Eject of
Earthquakes" is treated by an anony.
nous writer, and there is an admira Bile
sketch by Professor Atwater, of DIR.
Julious Adolph Stockhardt, the cele-
brated chemical teacher of Germany,
and author of perhaps the best chemi.
cal textbook that we have ever had in
this country.
The editor discusses "Field Clubs"
"Agnosticism at Harvard" "Educa-
tional Progress, etc., with his usual
force and ability, and the other depart
ments are also well sustained. New
York: ID. Appleton & Company.
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