Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-15
LITERARY NOTES.

In these days Of print reader is often like
the little girl in the fairy tale whose wishes
brought her 90 much hasty pudding that che
had hard work to eat her way out without a
guide-book. Justin Mccarthy once said Of his
"History Of Our Own Times" that the wealth
Of newspaper material was chief embarrass-
ment, aud it is hard indeed to tell where to
look tor an event of a year back buried in
current print and not yet dug out by the his
toyians. Mr.. Foster, of the Providence Pub
lie Library, solves the problem for current
American history by his preference list" to
the administrations from Lincoln's through
Arthur's, the twenty -four years cf Republican
rule, in the March, April, and May numbers
of the Literary News, periodical published
from 81 Park Row, New York, at a dollar
year, that makes feature OF such things, in-
cluding class-lists OF new books for the home
library and for the young, "prize questions"
on books, and the topics OF the months mag
azines. Another publication from the same
office, the Index TO Periodicals Quarterly,
Just started under the editorship Of Mr..
Fletcher, associate editor Of "Poole's Index"
indexes the articles in nearly a hundred Of
the leading American aud English periodicals
Science has conferred favor upon news
paper readers by publishing with its issue for
May l a very large map OF Central Asia based
upon the British and Russian staff maps, show
ing every point mentioned in dispatches and
a hundred others which may soon become o.
interest. This map is about two feet square,
but is limited to Afghsnistan and adjacent
territory. In the same issue OF Science are AZ
tcles upon "The Russian base Of operations
against India" "Roads from India to Central
Asia" "The Races of Central ASIA" "The
Legal Language of India" and reviews OF the
latest German, French, and English books
upon Central Asia. Silence for May 8 will re-
produce iull.face composite portraits Of mem.
bers of the National Academy Of Science
! thirty.one scientific men, mathemsticians and
naturalists; in a second face those of twelve
mathsmaticiaus only, and In third face thost
of sixteen naturlists only. The typical nath
| euuuCinu ouu uutuIaiiot Will tucIcIUto ueNC
good opportunity to reveal himself if he ha
any distinctive maik Of feature. Science i
published at Is cents a number. LAG Bono
Street. New York.
Electricity is the most interesting and in
structive study today. Its field is continually
widening. Its subtle, mysterious power il
made use OF in channels that ten years sgt
had never been dreamed Of by the most fer
tile imagination. No one can be found rasl
enough to predict what electricity will be do
ing for US ten years hence. The telegraph
the telephone, the electric light came in rapi'
succession, each attaining success unrivsle,
in the history Of inventions. The Electrics
Review, an illustrated weekly journal, pub
lished at 20 Park Row, New York City, Is th
acknowledged leader in the world Of electri
cal science. 1t embraces all that 10 of vslu
and OF interest to the worker and the studen
in this field, and s tine medium throug
which is obtained the most comprehensiv
and latest information concerning all electri
cal matters Edited with care, It's editoris
opinion 10 reliable aud its news column
bright and instructive. In typographics
beauty the paper is second to none. The sub
scription price is 50 per year; single copy, i
cents.