Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-06
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ST NICHOLAS for November brings the |
pretty colored frontispiece. The little ones
III "knew it was coming" Not to have don
so would have been objectionable. Perhap
Dyery one does not know how they live in |
their st. Nicholas. Its stories are |
from Maine to Florida and |
each improvement and addition wakes a re-
Spouse even to the shores Of the Pacific. |
Thrice blessed are the kind hearts who are |
giving 81. Nicholas to the children Of the |
poor. AS it is read across the Atlantic too, |
the noble little periodical seems to bind the |
whole world together in innocence and love.
MIR. TIowbridge, in this number, the first |
OF the twelfth volume, begins particularly |
sound story. That merry wag, Frank |
Stockton, who is like the life of a dinner |
party, reappears, but this time, he is serious. |
Boyesen has a story, Mr.. Manson gives
advice and practical details to help those old
enough to choose an occup patton. An ex. page
tells the ways Of Congress.
The rhymes are mellow and musical, and
their Illustrations leave absolutely nothing to
desire.
The Art AMATEUR still exposes cunning
frauds. This is specially from Cesnola
down. 1t will, therefore, pay for itself, over
and over again, to the collector, also to those
who aim to be au courant in matters theatri.
cal and otherwise artistic.
The November number scarcely adopts the
views OF the press as to the dramatic barren
ness OF the season. Manager Mallory of the
Madison Square ID credited with departure
which is revolution in private Secretary"
Steele Mackaye deserves success from the
brain power expended in his arrangements.
Janisch Is not over praised. She Is ''hard,
unsympathetic artificial" but may improve,
as she masters English. New York oyerlooks
Theo in its desire to see Judic.
Inc extension OF Boston, its new arohi-
lecture and the fate Of Copley Square are dis
cussed. Legros, the great etcher, and De
Nittis, Neapolitan artist, are prominent
subjects also the proper treatment of the
bedroom and artistic bookbinding.
Or: Dresser, considered in England
grand aid in all struggles towards decorative
art, is announced for the coming spring.
The amateur calls also for the famed
William Morris, poet and designer. In 1885
ecclesiastical embroidery will receive special
attention. Montague Marks, 2S Union
Square, New York.
Judge Pitman, a particularly shining light
in the "Women's Suffrage armament, in the
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW for November,
grounds his argument largely on the sex's
being far less emotional than is their reputa-
ton. In Massachusetts, however, voting
women would outnumber the men by $4,000.
So justice may linger.
Mr.. scruggs would either restrict suffrage
or educate up to it,
Mr.. Gilman, in view Of the inevitable
growth Of the negro race, describes sole refuge
in colonization.
Edward Everett Hale believes in returning
to the good old days when children went to
school only half the year. This would please
MIR. Ruskin.
A caution as to "over Illustration is not
misplaced, nor reflections as to the sim
cere worthlessness Of great portion Of the
labor expended on that line for years,
Principal Shairp's Friendship in Ancient
Poetry" rubs up ones classic loves and lore
and tempts most lingering perusal.
Last weeks issue of the SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
CAN continues the series of articles on the
recent International Electrical Exhibition by
an illustrative description of the exhibit
made by the Brush Electric Company. The
exhibits of the Edison and several other
companies have been similarly written up in
recent numbers. These should be carefully
preserved as memento OF the occasion.
'Ihe Living Organisms Of the Atmosphere
Is the title OF another illustrated article,
which treats upon infinitely little creatures
possessed Of powers for good or evil, how
ever, vastly disproportioned to their size
The construction of steam catamaran OF
convenient size is well described in another
article.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY for No
vember opens with an address on the ''Rela.
tons between the mind and the nervous
system" delivered by DR.. William A. Ham.
mond at the Lehigh University on Founders
Day, which possesses a peculiar freshness Of
interest for the general reader, however trite
may be its conclusions to the professions
man. In this address DIR. Hammond dis
sents from the hitherto almost undisturbet
belief of the public at large, that every.
thing OF mind dwells in the brain
The doctor starts out with the dictum that W,
cannot define mind in itself, any more thar
we can tell categorically what electricity ia
but we can learn something OF its nature ana
habitat through its ultimate mani
ieststlons. Ihese manifestations in
the fully developed mind Comprise fan,
groups, pertaining respectively 10 perception
the intellect, the emotions and the will
physiological investigation has demonstrated
that these manifestations inhere In
the gray nerve tissue and we find, az a corol.
larry, that where there is gray nerve tissne
snefe Is something OF what we call mind,
Next to the brain, the spinal cord is, in man.
the richest in this tissue, and, consequently.
IN the functions Of mind, particularly in III
qualities Of perception and will 80 much no
that II not infrequently happens, when fine
entire power OF the brain is engaged as in
the rendition of difficult piece of music or the
soluti n OF an abtruse mathematical problem.
the spinal cord takes charge Of the body for
the Time being and sees that any action re-
CURED by minor interests is performed call.
ing like faithful servant, we presume. nnon
the brain instantly in the event OF an emer-
gency arising beyond its own limited noIrer
10 grapple with. This gray nerve fiasne
also exists in the form of masses called
gangla' generally placed in intimate
relation with the several vital organs Of the
oody, which makes it very probable that
there was something Of truth in those
theories OF our forefathers which have come
down TO us IN such expressions as "a loving
heart, 'choleric," 'lmelancholy," Hanlen.
etc" &c. The normal human brain ia
larger than that of any other animal, exoept
ing the elephant and whale Relatiyely 10
the weight OF the body, the weight Of the brain
averages to 10 90 in men and to 81, 46 in
women. While this proportion is yery much
greater than obtains in other branches OF the
animal Kingdom, yet few birds rate higher
thal men,a do also some MONKEYS DR.. Ham.
mond found that the brain of the canary
bird Il in the proportion Of to 1915 to the
weight OF Its body, and that Of the Arctic
sparrow to IL.
Among the other articles in the November
number of The Popular Science Monthh1 are
two letters from Herbert Spencer, in which he
defends himself from the charge of having
founded his oosmogony upon PRINCIPLES
drawn from Compile and claims that ths self
evident originality of many of his nosi.
lions and their flat antagonism 10
those OF the Comptean school must
be clear to any impartial student
Other papers deal with 1.-The Future of the
Negro IN the South" German Testimony ON
the Classics Question" "Pending Problems
III Astronomy" "What is Electricity" HThe
Domestic Arts in Damaralapd.W nOhiI,an
volcanoes" The Chemistry OF Cookery"
Drowning the Torrent in Vegetation" and
oid customs OF Lawlessness." d. Appleton
a Co, New York City.
LITERARY RUTES.
Though the first edition Of the Noyember
CENTURY was the largest ever printed, the
demand exceeded that for any preyioua issne
ra ann mi ha.