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Rh gress to increase the force to the strength thought necessary by those prepared 10 judge. A new serial by William D. Howells, "The Shadow of a Dream," is commenced in this number, and opens in an interesting manner. A suggestion from H. E. Krehbiel, "How to Listen to Wagner's Music," may prove useful to some whose musical ears are not yet educated up to the Wagnerian standard. "Venetian Boats," by Elizabeth Robbins Pennell, is fully illustrated; and the pictures include all varieties of boats from the poetic gondola to the matter-of-fact milk-boat. A full-page portrait of John Ruskin, and views of Brantwood and its surroundings, acid to the attractiveness of Anne Thackeray Ritchie's charming essay on that great writer. The other contents are "The Naja-Kallu, or Cobra Stone," by Prof. H. Hensoldt; "The Winged Victory of Samothrace," by Theodore Child; "On the South Shore," by Margaret Crosby; "An Ignoble Martyr," by Rebecca Harding Davis; uOur Invalid Wives," by Lizzie W. Champney; " Manilla and its Sur roundings," by Dr. Samuel Kneeland; and "The Restored Head of Isis in the Parthenon Frieze," by Dr. Charles Waldstein. A very varied and appetizing bill of fare, which serves to make up a most interesting number.

The March Century contains the most striking pictures which have appeared in the Joseph Jefferson Autobiography. The frontispiece is a full-length portrait of Jefferson as Dr. Pangloss, there are besides six large portraits, in various characters, including another view of Dr. Pangloss, a picture of Jefferson as Asa Trenchard, as Newman Noggs, as Caleb Plummer, and as Salem Scudder. A portrait of Sothern as Lord Dun dreary, and one of Laura Keene are also given. Jefferson tells for the first time, from his point of view, of the great success of " Our American Cousin," in which he created the famous character of Asa Trenchard, and Mr. Sothern that of Lord Dundreary. Dr. Albert Shaw describes the workings of the local government of Glasgow. The subject of Irrigation is treated in the first of a series of three articles by Professor Powell, and Professor Fisher concludes his paper on "The Nature and Methods of Revelation." Professor Wood, of Philadelphia, contributes a curious study on "Memory." This number is also notable for the beginning of an authentic and original account of the " Prehistoric Remains in the Ohio Valley," by Professor Putnam, which is fully illustrated. The number contains, also, the artist La Farge's second group of illustrated "Letters from Japan;" an article on "Glouces ter Cathedral " by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, with pictures by Joseph Pennell; and an article by Mr. Wilson, the photographer, depicting " Some Wayside Places in Palestine;" also a striking paper on "The Sun-Dance of the Sioux," by Frederick Schwatka, with pictures by Frederic Remington. The following are the contributions in fiction: Mrs. B;irr's "Friend Olivia;" the conclusion of Mr. Stockton's "Merry Chanter;" a story by James Lane Allen called " Posthu mous Fame; or a Legend of the Beautiful;" another by Richard Malcom Johnston, illustrated by Kemble, entitled "The Self-Protection of Mr. Littleberry Roach," and the " Last Marchbanks," by Miss Roseboro', with pictures by George Wharton Edwards.

BOOK NOTICES.

The Modern Law of Carriers; or the Limitation of the Common-Law Liability of Common Carriers, under the Law Merchant, Statutes, and Special Contracts. By Everett P. Wheeler, of the New York Bar. Baker, Voorhis, & Co., New York, 1890. $4.00 net.

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