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North Amerfcan Review for october
An important feature of the North
American Review for October Is the
opening article from the pen of the Right
Rev. Henry c. Potter. D.. D., Bishop OF
New Work, entitled Man and the Ma
chine.k Prescott F. Hall writes interest
ingly on Immigration and the Eduea-
tional Test" and a timely contribution
on college Discipline is furnished py
David Starr Jordan, President Of Leland
Stanford, Jr., University. space Is oe-
voted to a consideration by BenlaIHiH
Micou, former Chief Clerk of the Navy
Department. of Torpedo Boat in Naval
Warfare and John Charlton, M; p, Of
the canadian House Of t6n Tinsiav Fiji
Starr Hoyt Nichols presents Another
View of he Union Label while Charles
H. Cramp,. the well known ssa Powers'
describes the phenomenal progress 81
Japan in the development OF her power OF
the sea. THE Ciayton-Bulwer IreaIy
receives careful attention from Mayo w.
Hazeltine, while in ITO Abate the Plague
of City Noises" DR.. John H. Girdner
pursues the views and suggestions m / If
Similar nature. Under the caption OF
THE Silver Question two yaiuanle
papers are given dealing with this teeap a
VIZ; Its Present Status, ~ yor ne si,y npn'
by A. S. Ghosh. Professor Or Econona,es
in Calcutta University. The Reluvena-
ton of the Jew" is eloquently dealt VIII VIII
by the Rev. DR.. H. Pereira Mendes anu
a D Of marked significance on some
Important Results of the Jubilee Is CON
tributed by Mr.. Andrew CaTneg1e. uan 81
the Teachers once" by E. L Cowdrleskk;
Health and Beauty" by pr. cyrus EG,
son and Shall we Tax the Human Leg!
by VIM. Everett Hicks.
rhe october Forum.
Tho October number of 1.-THE Forum"
NAV we'll be described as an lnterha-
tiofal one. OF its twelve Interesting 81 al
t 7sa,.s no ,n dswe Ind inah 'The Impending
Defaiency of Bread-stuffs.' .Internas
tionai Bimetallism" lboth for a a. q
against, statistics versus Sociaisni,
lion onis Of Women and Naval Warfare:
Present and Future'-concern the other
great nations of the earth besides our
selves; while Our Need OF M nea tl,1as
Of Section 22' treat of subjects q I'M
mense Importance to the United states.
Though not the leading article IN me
naner on The Impending Deficiency OF
Bread-stuffs', readily claims the nrst
attention of the reader Dy reason OF "
universal interest. Mr.. I. Gibson BoWiesss
N. p. who discusses the relationships OF
England, Turkey and India, charges me
British Ministry with ayowing as PLAINLY
as possible thai they are prepared 10 en-
courage the destruction of Turkey. ana
that they only regret that TINS aeslIucs
ton was not achieved in 1888 Dy LoTu
Aberdeen. DR.. Joseph Nimmo's article,
on .sThe Protective Features of Section
%, of fhe Tariff Act" will attract con-
siderable attention among all commerciai
men. Hon. Eugene T. Chamberlain, Unit
ed States Commissioner OF Navigation
has a forceful article on Gu Meeu
Morrill, contributes some Notable Let
tiers from My Political Friends the
writer's being Henry Winter Davis, Thad-
deus Stevens, Joshua r. Giddings, George
Bancroft and Henry c. Carey. All the
letters were written in the sixties, n
they are full of interesting "reminiscences.
In Universities and the Higher Educac
tion OF Women Mr.. Oscar Browning, OF
Cambridge University, gives an interest
ing account of the proceedings at tnat
university when the vote was taken
women. Mr.. Fred 7. Jane is the au-
thor Of a remarkably well written paper
on Naval Warfare: Present andSF,uture,
which throws new light on ~sea-battles.
Professor Lombroso. in his interesting
paper on The. Heredity Of ACQUIRED
Characteristics,v claims that the hump
of the camel has been acquired in the
course of u~ncountable centuries through
kneeling to receive loads; and ne states
that he discovered a similar protuberance
in several porters whom he examined.
The other articles IN the issue are one
in favor of bimetallism by Edward Tuck,
one against it by Hon. w. Morton Grin
nell; on statistics versus Socialism" by
Hon. w. T. Harris, United States Com
missioner of Education; and a critical es-
say by M. de scissors on the French
poet, Paul Verlaine., Taken altogetner,
1.-THE Forum has seldom had a stronger
p1frnher r&Nr-