Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19
The MAGAZINES,

The Forum is the title of II new monthly,
published by the Forum Publishing company
of ~ Fifth avenue, New \ ork. Its first issue
is of great interest the contents including ar
ticlcs by such able writer's as james Parton,
Edwin =. Whipple, Edward T. Hale, Bishop
4. Cleveland Coke, VI. j. savage, Rev. Dr. Il.
IIebcr Newton, Chancellor Howard Crosby
and Or. William \. Hammond. If its present
standard is maintained the new periodical
will at once take rank with the best. The sub
scrption price is ! ! IL year.
The opening article in Thc PopUi0r science
MonMiy Tor March, geological Teaching in
Colleges by Professor W. G. farlow of llar
ward University is II sharp criticism OF the
failure of the colleges and the preparatory
schools before them to give any adequate
training to the observing powers ON which,
by the modern view, all true instruction ought
to rest In "Thinking Machine" Professor
Grant Allen makes caustic exposition OF the
insutiiciency of the ultra.materialistic way of
accounting for mental phenomena which has
come into fashion among some philosophers.
In "IIculth and Sex in Higher EducatiOn,' >
John Dewey of Michigan University presents
the results of the first real and properly di-
rected effort that has been made to ascertain,
from the facts the average influence of col
legc study upon arg" numbers of young wom-
en- who have been engaged in il. Mr.. Dewey
is Burlingtonian, and has many relatives in
this county. "PrOem to Gcnsis' Is Mr.. Glad
stones reply to Professor IIuXley's "Interpre-
tiers of Genesis and Interpreters of Nature,
which appeared i'm the February number of
the Monthly. Dr. Charles {. Abbott in Il
very pleasant and readable paper, discusses
/ lllt value OF lDt ''Anllnal W tdlntf-ltft ON
which country people relied more before the
Signal service reports were started than they
do now. Professor Edward :. Morse furnishes
an illustrated article ON "JapancSc House
Building; Dr. samuel \. Fisk presents the
advantages of colorado aS II Winter ~anita-
rum Dr. Heinrich Mayr discusses the
"DurabilitN of Rc~inOus Woods in the light
of his own experiments, and other equally
eminent writers discourse ON interesting,
themes. The MoHthiy costs - year; pub
lishcd by Appleton Co., New York,
Hayper's .Mtgo:ine for March opens with a
graphic description of krupp's gun-making
! establishment at Essen, by Moncurc ID. Con
way, effectively and amply illustrated. The
article takes its place naturally in tine series
begun by MClcllan~ article ON The Militia
and the Army" continued in sir Edward
Reeds ON "The British Navy" and to be still
further extended in future contributions
Miss WoolsOn's novel, East Angels now ap
proaches its conclusion. Edmund kirle con
tributes an interesting article ON the city o
| Cleveland, which is illustrated. {. H. Farm
ham continues his Canadian article with IN
| entertaining paper ON Cape Breton Folk,
| illustrated 10y \. u. Frost. "With the Afghan
| Boundary Commission is the title of an in
tercsting Central. sian sketch by William
/ simpson, with Illustrations. "Nhe Ntoops tt
Conquer is continued, including the first hal
of Act ", with more OF Mr.. Abbcys illu-tra
tionS. David kcr, as the result Of his rcccn
visit to Africa, contributes IA very in>tructiV,
and valuable description of the resources an,
/ opportunities OF the three great river valley,
OF Atrica--thusc OF the Nile, the Niger ana tn,
! Congo A good map accompanies the paper
| There are also short stories, poems and cdi
toriul matter in abundance and OF goo,
quality.
/ The March issue of the Eclectic .Higd:ine ha'
a. its leading article a paperby Mr.. Gladstone
/ entitled "Procn to Genesis; \ Plea for II Fai
Trial" in which he carries on the old contro
vcrsy against Huxley and VI. Rcvillc in taVo
OF the orthodox view of the ;crcaton as now
held. Arthur Symons discusses "Frcdcri Mis-
tral, the ProVencal Poet and George saints
bury tells Us about George Borrow, the tasci
mating author of "Lavcngro" "Darwinisn
cal paper on the English dranatist, Middle
ton by Swinburne, are both entertaining an,
! suggestive articles. government in th'
United states" by Gamalicl Bradford, and -
Thinking Machine by Grant Allen, recon
mend themselves To intelligent readers
/ street, New York. Terms, 81 per year; single
numbers, 45 cents trial subscription for
| months, 81