The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.


THAT reader must be hard to please indeed who in
the diversified contents of the North american Re-
piew for June should find nothing to win his atten-
tion. First we have article by the Hon. Hugh Nc
Culloch "Our Future Fiscal Policy" treating of
the problems of refunding the reconciliation of sill
ver and the restoration the United States to their
just rank among the maritime nations of the world.
George B. Loring writes of 1.-The Patrician Element
in American Society,", but the reader apprehend
glorifcaton of artificial rank for in the authors
estimation the patrican element here is simply the
strongest popular eement-hat portion of the people,
whatever their lineage, who engaged in develop
ing the mental moral and meteria wealth of the Re-
public. Dorman B. Eaton makes spirited defense of
civil service reform; Prof W. G. Sumner states very
clearly the argument free ships Frederick Doug
lass writes of 1.-THE Color Line;" Desire Charnay
1.-The Ruins of Central America DR.. Austin Flint
discusses the benefits of vaccination; NJ Mason
serts the lawful of the government regulate
railway charges; and finally, Prof E. S. Morse
forth the evidences the existence man upon this
continent in prehistoric times.
ECLECTIC MAGAzINE-CARLYLE NUMBER-The
June number of the Eclectic appears "Carlyle
Number and contains less than four of the most
important papers that have been called forth by his
death and the appearance of his "Reminiscences -
One of these papers is by Mrs Oiphant, another by
Leslie Stephen another by r. H. Hutton and still
another by Professor James Cotter Morrison. Taken
together they be said to deal exhaustvely with
the vexed Carlyle question; and they certainly
very interesting reading. The remaining contents of
the number varied and readable and comprise the
following articles "On Fruits and Seeds" by Sir
John Lubbock; 1.-The Thorn" poem; Freaks of the
Telegraph - "On the Moral Character of Man. by the
Duke of Argyll being Part VII of his series on 1.-THE
Unity of Nature :" Haroun Alraschid" the Calirh
Bagdad; IAN April PASTORAL by Austin Dobson :;
1.-The Queen nf the Bluestockings;" Russian Mill
ism.'' by NJ. Kaufman, n A.. Chapters XII. to XIII.
of "Kith and KIM, novel; by Jessie Fothergill, au-
thor of 1.-The First Violin - What Cold p, by
Medical Man; 1.-The English Penny Press" by Fran
els Hitchman; "The Beers at Home" by j. j. Mus
kett Literary Notices. Foreign Literary Notes. Sci
ence and Art and Miscellany. This number ais con-
tains the Index to the volume.
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