The National tribune., 1886-05-27
RECENT LITERATURE.

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Conduct and Common Errors of Speech. By
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NOTES.
We have from the publishers Volume XXI
of The Century Magazine, including the numbers
from November, 1885, to April, 1886 bound in
the usual attractive style. It is not easy TO
imagine q more inviting literary feast than
that afforded by the nearly 1000 pages Of this,
or any other, volume Of this popular monthly.
It's uniformly high standard of excellence and
the pleasing variety of its articles are not ex-
eeeded by any other magazine in the world.
The articles on the late war. by prominent par
tieipants on both sides, are a feature of The
Century that has added tens of thousands to its
circulation. Published by The Century Co.,
New York
The Popular Science Moathly.-The contents OF
The Popular Science Monthly" for June IL
lGstrate the varied character Of the field which
that publication cultivates. The more than q
dozen articles it contains concern as many diff
ferent aspects of scientific thought; yet, while
distinct in subject and treatment they are az
one in fidelity to the avOwed purpose of the
magazine, of extending knowledge, and making
it attractive. In the opening article, on EvO
luton bounded by Theology" Mr.. lie Sueur re-
plies to q paper by DIR. Lyman Abbott on
similar subject in the "Andover Review with
denial Of the insinuatiOn, so often made By
some theologians, that evolutiOnists are neces-
sarily or naturally irreligious. In his third
paper on Mexico, Mr. David A. Wells considers
the condition of that country as to agriculture,
manufactures, and mining; aud shows that,
such as it is, it is determined by natural causes,
independently and above the possibility Of any
regulation by tari ffs BIr. Herbert Spencer. in
the third paper Of his series on "The Factors
Of Organic Evolution" considers the effects
wrought on the organism by its medium. In
"The Millennium OF Madness" DR.. Oswald ex-
hibits the influence of ascetieism, or the self
denial Of the monastic life. the origin of which
he traces to Oriental Buddhism, as the primary
cause Of the degradation which darkened Eu-
rope during the thousand years Of the middle
. ages. An important and interesting contribu-
ton to the history of our aborigines is made
by Mr.. Horatio Hale, in the " Ethnology Of the
BlackfoGt Tribes" Some interesting facts and
experiments are related in Mr.. DelbeuFs
What may Animals be taught2" Mr. F. @.
Mathers Primitive Clocks" is fun Of interest,
and may satisfy many readers desire to know
the principles on which our timepieces are con-
structsd. An admirable delineation of very
odd character who made figure in American
science is given in Professor Jordans sketch OF
"Rafnesque." Professor Lock kwOod furnishes
a pleasant and instructive paper on scratch
ing in the Animal Kingdom" An interesting
psychological study win be found in Professor
Preyer's Counting UneonsciOusly." Mr.
Teales Principles OF Domestic Fireplace Con-
struction," and Herr Stinde's THE Pois0ns IN
Spelling Food" have great economical value.
" Ees and their Young is natural history
paper of curious interest. A portrait and bio
graphical sketch are published of DR. George
Engelmann, one of the most distinguished Of
American botanists. The editor at his table
discusses "The Labor Troubles" in the adjust
ment Of which he suggests that much good
would come of greater fraRkness on both sides.
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