The National tribune., 1881-12-24
THE LEADING AMERICAN REVIEW,

Judging from the extremely favorable press no.
tees from all quarters Of the country, the hternd
national RepeW, under its management, will take
front rank among the great Reviews of the world
Speaking of the new editors, the Chicago Herald
says:
"The announcement has been made that Mr. Rob
ert ?. Porter WILL with Mr. Henry Gannett take edi-
tOrial charge of the International ReUieC He will
begin with the January number. Mr.. Porter is well
known in this city among newspaper people, for
scarcely more than four years ago he accepted po-
sltlon upon the editorial staff of the Inter- Ocean, in
which position his very marked abilities writer
and a thinker became manifest. His articles upon
economic matters while upon the Inter- Ocean staff
attracted the attention not only Of statesmen in this
country, but in Europe. About two years ago he
was offered position upon General Walkers staff in
the Census Bureau and his branch of the Depart
ment-Wealth, Debt, Taxation and Railroads-was
handled in such a manner as to evoke the admira
ton of the ablest statsticians and political econO-
mists in the country. Mr.. Porter is young man,
but during his brief career has shown qualities
which lead to believe that he will be equal to the
task he has undertaken"
On the same subject the Utica Morning Herald
says:
Under the new management, the International
will lay tribute to the best minds of both hemi.
spheres, ana will be as brave as it is brilliant
as unique as it is ubiquitous in treating our cos
mopolitan life in its literary, social, theological
philosophical scientific statistical and critical as
a
in the history of the better class of Ameri-
periodical literature
The January number is exceptionally fine The
new editors make promising start. There is iudg-
ment and taste in the selection of the topics and if
the contents of the January issue be taken as an
index of the character of the contributors and the
value of the articles that will be presented during the
coming year, Messrs. Porter and Gannett, when the
new volume shall have been finished, will have
added considerably to their reputation.
The contents for January are:
DIR. John S. Billings, who represen Jed the United
States at the great international Medical Congress
the largest and most important assemblage of Phys
clans which has ever occurred, contributes val
liable article, entitled International Medical Con-
gress."
Gen. Francis A. Walker, President of the Institute
OF Technology. Boston, discusses the Law of
Rent in its Application to the Irish Land Question
Mrs Sarah W: Whitman presents some inter
estlng and pleasing thoughts on The Pursuit of
Art IN America: its past difficulties its present
stage, and its future possibilities
Carroll ID. Wright, the eminent Massachusetts, sta
tistlclan, who has recently returned from Europe
where he has been stud wing the Labor Question
writes on the Practical Elements OF the Labor
Question
Henry l.. Nelson, the Special Commissioner of the
Philadelphia Press at the Atlanta Exposition sum-
marzes the great awakening of industrial energy in
the Southern States in Industrial Day-break in the
South
Henry Gannett, the Geographer of the Census. con-
siders of The Settled Area and the Density of our
Population"
Worthington c. Ford, one OF the most thorough of
our politico-economc writer's contributes a paper
ON Dear Food"
Theodore Child sends from Paris literary sketch
of the well known French critic Paul de Saint Vic
tor.
Frank d. Y. Carpenter who has made special
study Of the State boundaries for the Government,
writes Taper of permanent historical value, enti
tied Boundaries in the United States Historically
Considered"
Col. Garrick Mallory, U. S. A., of the Bureau of
EthnoOgy, contributes telling article On
" Spurious Symbolism"