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The June Arena opens it's sixteenth vol
ume appearing in a new dress, and being
printed by Skinner. Bartlett & co. 1t IS
an unusually strong number, opening with
a brilliant paper by Rev. Samuel Bar
rows, D. D., the distinguished editor Of
the Christian Register" of Boston, on
THE First Pagan Critic of Christian
Faith and His Anticipation of Modern
Thought" Justice Walter Clark, LII. D.,
Of the supreme bench of North Carolina,
contributes a paper on Mexico, the inter-
est of which is enhanced by several eX-
ceilent Illustrations, including a recent
portrait of the President of the Mexican
republic. The president of the Mercantile
National Bank of New York contributes
"A Proposed Platform for American In
dependents for 1856" Another paper on
''Bimetallism, appears in this number by
A. J. Utley. Mr.. b. o. Flower, the editor
of the Arena, writes in a most caDtiV atinas
manner of Whittier. considering him in
the aspect of q Poet of Freedom" and
giving many of Whittipr's most stirring
lines A me portrait OF the Quaker poet
forms fronusptece to this mum Der. Stu
dents of the higher metaphysical thought
of our time will be deeply interested in
Horatio w. Dresser's paper entitled The
Mental Cure in Its Relation to Modern
Thought" VIII Allen DromgoOle contin-
ues her powerful serial of Tennessee
Life" and Mrs: Calvin Kryder Reifsni-
der's 'Psychical Romance" which open
ed few months since Is prefaced by d.
gest of the preceding chapters 1t is also
profusely illustrated with exceptionally
fine drawings. The Arena Publishing
Company, Pierce Building, Copley Square,
Boston, Mass.
The political situation in the United
States on the eve of the presidential nom
mating conventions is admiral bly, covered
by the June Review of Reviews in its de-
partments of The Progress Of the
World" Current History in Caricature,'
and Record of Current Events" Pros
pective convention-goers will be greatly
interested in DIR. Shaw's sketch of st
Louis: This Years Convention City"
Apropos Of this seasons rush of gold
seekers TO Alaska the Review presents
an authoritative description oil the Alas
kan gold fields, prepared by a member Of
the staff of the United States geological
survey. There is also an interesting il
lustrated account of the services Of that
intrepid pioneer DR.. Sheldon Jackson, by
whose efforts reindeer have been intro
duced into Alaska, and who has done so
much to establish civilization in Sew
ards great purchase. The corona ton of
the Russian car is a fitting occasion for
the publication of a character study of
that modest young ruler. The Review
gives in this number the most complete
statement ever published of the methods
and results Of the government inVest ga-
tion into foods, commenting at length on
the work of Prof. Atwater Of Wesleyan
University. Timeliness and practical in
terest are the Characteristic qualities of
the June Review of Reviews. Review of
Reviews, No. 70 Aston Place, New York
city.
A very full number is the June issue Of
St. Nicholas. 1t opens with ballad, "The
Masters Lesson" by Alice NJ. Lovett, IL
Illustrated by Birch. Lieut. John NJ. Eli
colt, who has had several pleasant papers