Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-11-04
NOTES ON THE MAGAZINES

NOTES ON THE MAGAZINES
 The November number of the Popula
 Science Monthly opens with another con.
 tributien to the "sanitas sanitatum" litera-
 ture, now so prevalent, by Dr. Frank II
 Hamilton in which he treats of "Sewel
 Gas" While he admits that sewer gas i.
 not the only cause of disease in our houses
 still it is fully as deleterlous as commonly
 supposed, and is main and most effective
 cause of the increased death rate of large
 cities: He argues forcibly and conclu
 sively that the best protection against the
 pernicious effects of impure air can be ob tained only by sacrificing some of the so, called "modern conveniences v and his conclusions are those generally accepted by s2nitarians at present - that there should be no connection between sewers and the inhabited parts of our houses, also that they should be heated by the open fire place or graie, and gas should not be burned so freely as to exhaust the oxygen of the air. Many of the sanitary engineers and architects are now recognizing the importance of these things, and some of the most magnificent houses in New York and elsewhere are building in conform ance with these sanitary rules. w. H. Nanderbilt's new residence in New York has only two stationary washstands, and these are in retiring rooms. It is an. nounced by the proprietors of the Ocean Grove House. at Long Branch, that none of the sleeping apartments have water, nor are connected in any way with water or drainage pipe" The Sturtevant House in New York, and the Fifth Avenue Hotel, have been similarly changed.
 The same number of the magazine con. tains portrait of Charles Adolph Wurtz, president of the French Academy of Sciences, and number of valuable scien. tifc papers original and selected. Those of most general interest are the articles entitled Physiognomic Gu, riosities,' "Some Curious Vegetable Growths' and Life Among the Battas of Sumatra.' The one by that great leader of advanced scientific thought, Emll Dubois Raymond, on "Thc Science of the Present Period" was an address delivered on the emperor's birthday at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin, and is given in full. In it he gives due credit to American science for the great work done
 The Atlantic Monthly for November has an average amount of interesting read. ing. A thoughtful contribution by c. S. Wilson, U. $. Army, How Shall the American Savage be Civilized" is most worthy of careful study by those inter- ested in the problem indicated by MT. Wilson. His ideas are good and no doubt in a more less modified form, twill be in time adopted. Besides the usual continued and short stories, is an article by Charles Dud. ley Warmer, "A Ride in Spain," and on on Domestic Life in Greece;" these with some verses of fair merit make up the journal.
 The North American for November, in the quality of it's matter, is hardly up to its usual standard. Disorder in Court. Rooms is treated of by Judge Joseph Nelson, of the Beecher trial notoriety. Dr. w, A, Hammond presents Problem for Sociologists." Judge Dwight Foster discourses on the Advantages of the Jury System," failing, however, 10 contro vert the now generally accepted fact that the jury system Is for the advancement of justice failure. He makes strong plea for it's reformation, by procuring a better class of jurors, Safety in Theaters," The Industrial Value of Woman" "The Suppression of Vice" and the "Preten. slons of Journalism" complete the num- Der
 MT. Edward Eggleston, in the Century for November, has the initial one of a scr. ies of papers intended to comprise His tory oi Life in the Thirteen CClonles." IL is change from his usual work of fiction writing and we find the method of the novelist prevailing largely through the paper; enlarging on romantic personal de- tails, and giving to them prominence un. deserved. The age of hero worship in his tory is passing away, and study of the customs, laws, etc., of the people written of gives better basis for generalization than all the sentimental stories of personal bravery and fair maidens. The paper, how. ever, is entertaining and will no doubt prove valuable contribution to the early record of our patton. This number of the Century also contains review of the nov elist Henry James, Jr., by W, D. Howells; a long Illustrated article on Venice by Henry James, Jr.; short story by Stock. ton, "The Lady or the Tiger" which sug- gests puzzle rather difficult of solution. Beside these and the serial novels is great variety of other prose and verse. The illustrations are fully equal to the high reputation the magazine has now so firmly established.
 So Marki,"kissed and hugged the Nor mon babies" did he? We'll, if he hadn't