The Republican journal., 1884-04-03

The March number Of the Agricultural Re-
view and Industrial Monthly opens with full
report of the proceedings of the fourth annual
convention of the National Agricultural Asso-
citation. A report is also given of the third
Ensllage Congress. Then there are some
twenty articles of interest to the farmer and
the political economist, with the usual editorial
departments, the whole making valuable
number. Published at b Park Row, New
York.
The day is near at hand when spring flower
gardens must be made, and we feel that we
shall do our readers a favor in calling their at
tention to the fact that the "Foral Cabinet'
not only furnishes, free, valuable contributions
to the flower garden in its premium roses or
flower seeds, but in its monthly issues gives ac-
curate information, with illustrations, upon the
various phases of amateur Horticulture and the
novelties constantly engaging the attention of
the floral world. The subscription is only S1.25
per year. which includes premiums. Address
Ladies Floral Cabinet Co., y Vesey street. New
York.
The Birth and Growth of Myth, by Edward
Clodd, f. r. A. s., is published in No. 81 of the
"Humboldt Library of Popular Science" 1t
comprises twenty chapters, with an Appendix,
and gives a very intelligibe account of the
origin and development of mythoogical stories,
from the scientific point of view. The chapters
entitled Nature viewed by Primitive Man ;
Personiication of the Powers of Nature; Me
tempsychosls and Transformation; Aryan
Mythology; and Survival of Myth in Historical
Narratives, are singularly interesting, and
present in popular form the results of the
most recent researches in Mythic Lore. j.
Fitzgerald, publisher, % Lafayette Place,
| New York.
The numbers of The Living Age for March
| 10Th and 22d, contain The Guide of Islam and
| Turkish Arabia, Fornightly: Christian Agnos-
ticism, Cardinal Newman on the Inspiration of
Scripture, and Professor Tyndall on Rainbows
Nineteenth Century; The Tale of Tristran and
lseult, National Review; History in Little, and
| Charles Cotton, Gcntleman'S Magazine: Chin
ese Gordon, "reminiscences of jamaica, and
Club Gambling in the Last Century, All the
Year Round; Bears and Wolves, Belgruyia:
| Tropical Fruits, and Tea; its Culture and Con-
sumption. ST. James, Gazette; Gales and IIur-
rlcanes, Spectator; George Eliot's ESSAYS, Ath-
| enIum; with instalmentS of The Baby's
| Grandmother, "Nalerie'S Fate "Dr. Ball"
and cold Mr.. Binney," and the usual amount
of poetry.
Lee X Shepard's Spring announcements in
| clude new editions of all the novels in the
"Dollar" series, to which will be added The
Only One by Harry W. French; .Barbara
| Thayer," by Anna Jenne>s Lord of Himself" :"
by f. II. Underwood; and Dora Darling" and
'Outpost," by q. Austin. "Whirwinds
Cyclones and Tornadoe>," by Prof. W. NJ
Davis of Harvard University; The Military
Reconnaissance of Alaska :" 'Lessons on Man
ner>," by Edith Z. Wiggin "Bcginnnss with
the Microscope by DR.. Walter Z. Meantou;
what is to BE Done,' BY DR.. Robert b.
Dixon and Broken English" by Prof Dubois.
are also IN preparation The Rev. Edward f.
flale> edition of Buluch'> Age of Chivalry." j"
and The Development Theory" by Joseph T.
Bergen and Fanny Bergen. will appear later
The Art Amateur for April gives attractive
designs of passion flowers for screen cmbroid-
| cry and baekberries for panel painting. some
curious Old German alphabet, and some
striking designs for furniture panels after Gou-
Jan. Notable features are the numerous and ey-
celent illustrations of objects in the famous
| Ca>telIani collection now being sold at Rome
the clever sketches of pictures in the evhibi-
tlons of the French Water Color Society and
the Boston Paint ana Clay Club. and the inter-
nst ti,1fr I,,,ii,.t Il
A. llabert-Dy>, one of the principal designt Is
for L'Art. The practical departments arc well
titled; Montezma's Note Book and the Dra-
matte FeulIcton are sparkling a~ ever, and
III AL respects the number is fully up to the
high standard Of thi, admirable magazine.
Price . cents s.. Year. Montague Marks.
Publisher, % Union Square, ~ Y.
Whether the United States are to regain their
| former pre-"mlnent rank Is L commercial and
| naval power on the seas, is Il question that no
American can contemplate with Indifference.
The subject is discussed W tn marked ability in
the North American Re, lew for April, by the
Hon. Nelson Dingley, NJ. e.. who opposes the
project of admitting forcign-built Ships to
American register and by Capt. John Goldman.
who is we'll known as u Jealous advocate of
that measure. Judge J. a. Jameson, in the
same number of the Review. discusses the
question. "Shall Onr Civilization be Presery-
ed pointing out the means that are at hand
| for Wth>anding the various agencies. phy >caI,
moral and intellectual, which threaten to over
turn our existing civil and social institutions.
The Rev. DR.. Philip Syhalf give, Il sketch of the
| 81,
Felix l.. Oswald writes of Changes in the Gil
mate of North America" with special reference
to the Increasing frequency Of disastrous floods.
| Prof. G. A. EggaTt offers "A Plea for Modern
Languages" in The higher education and Julian
Hawthorne di>cour>es of ''Litcrature for Chill
dren.' Finally. there is a discussion of ''Recent
Criticisms of the Bible.' by the Rev. Dr. X.
Iicber Newton and the Rev 4. q. Mortimer
The Week: in independent journal of Lit
erature, Politics, and Criticism. Toronto: L.
Blackett Robinson. This journal has now
! reached lis sixteenth issue, and is making
steady progress in public favor. OF late sever
al new features have been added, and some of
those included in the initial numbers have been
dropped, Us being not sufficiently interesting to
|
jects, THE Churches" Legislative Notes, .
sporting Notes." etc, have already appeared,
and the proprietors announce that arrange
| ments have been made for others by able pens,
| on art, the medical and legal professions, com
mercia subjects, and social subjects. A chess
| column will also be opened at an early date.
| The addition of several columns of general
matter under the heading ''IIere and There, :
i'll which current topics are treated in Il light,
chatty manner, is decidedly to be commended,
| and we understand has considerably added to
| the popularity of The Week. The contribut-
ed articles maintain the high standard taken bv
this Journal from the first. the able notes of
| 'ByStander' professor Goodwin smith, of
| course, being Il leading and eyer-interesting
| feature. The reception which our Toronto
contemporary has already met abundantIy
justilies the belief of its projectors-that there
is Il field for an independent journal such as
The Week has 50 far proved itself to be.
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