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ated at Iowa University in 1855. At the Har vard Law School he received the degree of LL.B. in 1857. He afterwards studied law at Boston in the office of Charles T. and Thomas H. Russell, Esqrs., and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in Boston in the autumn of 1857. He went to St. Louis in 1858; and when the war came on he entered the army as second lieutenant, and afterward rose to be major in the regular army, and was for some years Judge Advocate at St. Louis. Major Eaton was at various times U. S. Register of Bankruptcy at St. Louis, and City Counsellor. He was the man who first disclosed the workings of the St. Louis whiskey ring, and was employed as special counsel in the case by the Government. He was for some years the editor of the "Southern Law Review," and after wards editor of the "American Law Review," Judge Seymour D. Thompson, of St. Louis, and Leonard A. Jones, Esq., of Boston, being asso ciated with him. Mr. Eaton was a man of ster ling integrity, and of great energy and skill in business management. When actively engaged in the practice of the law, his business was large. Several years ago he was obliged by reason of failing health to give up his professional work. He has been away from St. Louis, and has spent much time in travelling.

REVIEWS. The University Magazine for March is wonderfully attractive, both pictorially and in its reading matter. The editor is to be con gratulated upon his successful work, and the college graduates throughout the country should be proud of such a representative journal. The portraits and biographical sketches are alone worth many times the price of the subscription, and the spicy gossip concerning college men and college affairs cannot fail to interest all those whose memories still cling fondly to their Alma Mater. Scribner's Magazine for March opens with an exceedingly interesting article by Benjamin Ellis Martin, "In the Footprints of Charles Lamb." A full-pnge portrait of Charles Lamb accompa nies the sketch; and among the other illustrations

is one which cannot fail to interest every lawyer, and that is, "The Temple Garden from Crown Office Row." " Expiation," by Octave Thanet, is continued. "A Forgotten Remnant," by Kirk Munroe, is an account of the little band of Seminoles still residing in Florida. The "Indian Question " is incidentally touched upon, and the author says (and who will not agree with him?) : "The mere recognition by the Government of these Indians as human beings possessed of hu man rights as well as of human failings would be the taking of one step toward the creation of a century of honor that should in some measure efface the memory of the ' Century of Dishonor ' just closed." The article is beautifully illustrated. Four more chapters are given of Harold Fred eric's "In the Valley;" and the story of the life of "John Ericsson," the celebrated engineer and inventor, is concluded. Three short stories — "The Hidden Self," "The Blackfellow and his Boomerang," and "A Deedless Drama" — com plete the contents of this most readable number.

In the March number of the Political Science Quarterly, Prof. Anson D. Morse, of Amherst College, examines the political theories of Alex ander Hamilton; Prof. Edwin Seligman, of Co lumbia College, traces the history of the " General Property Tax" in Europe and in the United States, and shows why all attempts to reach personal property have failed; J. P. Dunn, Jr., Indiana State Librarian, writes strongly on "The Mortgage Evil " in the West; Prof. Simon N. Patten, of the University of Pennsylvania, criticises David A. Wells's "Recent Economic Changes;" Irving B. Richman discusses "United States Citizenship; " and Prof. Frank J. Goodnow, of Columbia College, completes his description of the riew Prussian system of local government, in which the ideas of Stein have obtained complete expression. The number also contains reviews of more than twenty re cent political, economic, and legal publications.

Harper's Monthly Magazine for March opens with an article on "The Army of the United States," by Gen. Wesley Merritt, which gives the reader a good idea of the organiza tion of our little army of less than 25,000 men. The writer laments the disinclination of Con