Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-03
LihrnrN NOtee.

The Forum. the new American maya
zine of morals. education. government
and religion" is a SubStantial-lOOking pub
LEGATION. and in point of materials and typo-
graphical workmanship is firSt-claSS. The
issue for April-No. 2-has articles by the
beSt-knOwn eSSayiStS. and the topics ad-
dress themselves Ia the mass Of intelligent
readerS.-Forum Publishing Co.. New
York, IS year.
The North american RcUiCIr for April
contains. a. one of the most interesting of
its articles. "A famous Diplomatic Dis
patch, being a facsimile of the letter of
Vim. II. Seward To Mr.. Adams. our minis
ter tO Great Britain, just at the opening of
the rebellion, when our relations with that
country were ON the critical edge of war.
The letter. in its original draft,
with the maryelouSly wise correc-
tons of Abraham Lincoln. whereby
a war between the countries was undnubt-
lily averted. is most curious comment on
history. and will be read by the Americans
of today with great interest. The other
articles in the number are all alive. treating
Of great affairs by representative mem
Allen ThOrndike Rice. New York, s. a
year.
A literary curiosity. The GlasSe of Time
in the First and Second Age. Divinely
Handled by Thomas Peyton. of LincolneS
lime, Gent. Seen and Allowed. London
Printed by Bernard AlSop for Lawrence
Chapman. and are to be sold at his Shop
over against Staple lime. 1920. Now re-
printed in a neat volume. Long Primer type,
bound in fine cloth, gilt top, beveled boards
Price 80 cents.
The quaint poem. of the title page of
which the above is a transcript, appeared
nearly half century earlier than Paradise
Lost, and it is ntrinSically probable that it
would have fallen under the eye of Milton:
in any case there are striking points of re-
Semblance between the two poems. and
many have supposed MiltOn's immortal
work To have been inspired by the former.
Some years ago a gentleman of Virginia
Mr.. }. l.. PeytOn, made an accurate tran
script of the copy in the British museum.
preserving even the quaint spelling, punct-
uatiOn. capitalization, and italiciZation of the
original. FhiS present edition is printed
without alteration. Apart from its pre-
sumed connection with Paradise Lost the
poem has very considerable merits of its
own. and is in every way a literary curiosity.
John b. Alden. Publisher, New York
-Richter's Inorganic Chemistry, trans
lated and edited by Edgar F. Smith. Ph.
D., second edition. This work has achieved
an unusual popularity. In little over two
years from the issue of the first edition, the
second, rewritten and enlarged, is in wide
demand. 1t is used not only at Wittenberg
College by DIR. Smith in his own classes.
but at Yale, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins,
and many Others.
The notices of it in the scientific and edu-
cationaI journals give it foremost place
The Scientific american says: 1T is mark
edly practical clear, and direct in its state
ments, bringing out prominently the rela-
tionS between proved facts and theories" "
The PriucetOHidn says it in every respect
itself 10 American students"
that while tranSlationS of foreign works
often impair them, the translation of
this book has in no way impaired the
merit of the original. and that ''as a class
book. it is excellent" Meanwhile. il. is
pleasant TO note the recognition which Dr.
Smith is receiving abroad for his own
original work In ClaSsen'S ElectrOlytic
Methods. a recent issue from the press of
Germany. a number of references occur 10
original analyses made by him. DIR. Smith
is a man in whom Springfield and Witten-
berg College are justified in taking pride
The century for April has an admirable
portrait of LOngfellOw and the usual grand
display of magnificent illustrations. And
The literary attractions are fully up to the
HOwells, Cable, Eggleston.
iladden, are among the notable contribu-
OrS 10 the number. Creole Slave Songs .
Dy Cable, is a very interesting exhibit of .
southern folklore. The ''ItaIy from a
Tricycle. is concluded. But nothing short
# the full table of contents can give an
dea of the feast Of good things in the
April number.-The Century Co, New
York, 81 year.