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Rh bearing briefly on the history of the war, is Miss S. E. Blackwell's statement, in " Open Letters," of " The Case of Miss Carroll," whose claims for services to the Union are still unconsidered by Congress. In the tenth part of "The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson," the comedian writes most entertainingly of John Brougham, Edwin Adams, Charles Fechter, George Holland, and of other favorites who have not long been absent from the stage. Another illustrated feature of the number that is pervaded by an artistic personality is the fifth instalment of John La Farge's "Letters from Japan." There is also a decided literary quality in Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason's fourth paper on "The Women of the French Salons," which treats more particularly of the salons of the eighteenth century. John Muir, who writes too seldom in these days, contributes an important paper on " The Treasures of the Yosemite." The article is richly illustrated, and there are maps to indicate the boundaries of the proposed enlargement of the Yosemite Park. Other illustrated features of the number are W. J. Stillman's paper on the " Italian Old Masters," Sandro Botticelli, with three full-page engravings by Cole; an entertaining account by Gustave Kobbe of " The Perils and Romance of Whaling; " and the second part of Harriet W. Preston's " Provencal Pilgrimage," illustrated by Pennell. President Fliot of Harvard contributes "The Forgotten Millions," a study of the common American mode of life, as typified by the permanent nativepopulation of Mt. Desert.

"For the sake of the American author who is now robbed, for the sake of the foreign author who is now plundered, for the sake of that vast body of people who read books in the United States, and upon whom we now force all the worst and cheapest stuff that the presses of the world pour forth, a bill for international copy right ought to be passed. Most of all, it ought to be passed for the sake of the country's honor and good name." So writes Henry Cabot Lodge on " International Copyright " in the August Atlantic. His article is worth studying. " The Use and Limits of Academic Culture," a paper by Prof. N. S. Shalcr, which shows the manner in which Professor Shaler believes the college could be brought into closer touch with the aims of the ordinary student, namely, the gaining of a living, is a noticeable paper of the number. It is followed by a sketch of Madame Cornuel and Madame de Coulanges. Both of these clever Frenchwomen were given to epigram and bon-mots, many of which are retailed in this amusing sketch, which is written by Ellen Terry Johnson. Miss Murfree's " Felicia " and Mrs. Deland's " Sidney " continue their course. Mrs. Deland has, we fancy, reached the turning-point in her heroine's history. The poetry of the number is particularly good. Mrs. Fields has a sonnet; Mr. Whittier a three-page poem on the town of Haverhill; and Dr. Holmes ends his instalment of " Over the Teacups " with some verses which will have great vogue, entitled " The Broomstick Train; or, The Return of the Witches."

Readers of the first two instalments of Alphonse Daudet's " Port Tarascon " will turn with impatience to its continuation in the August number of Harper's Magazine. Extracts from the diary of Secretary Pascalon portray in a realistic manner the life of the colonists in their island home, their discomforts, their amusements, and " everything said and done in the Free Colony under the government of Tartarin." Theodore Child contributes to the same number of the magazine a paper describing an American's " Impressions of Berlin," with some account of the leading attractions of the German capital. Edward Everett Hale, in " Magellan and the Pacific," relates the old story of the first circumnavigation of the globe, but adds to it some facts hitherto not generally known. Capt. Charles King, U. S. A., contributes an interesting paper giving an account of "Custer's Last Battle." Octavia Hensel, in an article fully illustrated from photographs, tells the history of the famous printing-house of " Plantin-Moretus," and describes a visit to the museum in Antwerp, where the literary and art treasures of that establishment are preserved. Ellen B. Bastin contributes a paper on the " Geology of Chicago and Vicinity." Dr. Francis Parkman, in " A Convent at Rome," relates his experience during a brief stay many years ago in the convent of the Passionists at Rome. Short stories are contributed by Richard Harding Davis, Thomas A. Janvier, and Lina Redwood Fairfax; and poems by Coates Kinney, Renneli Rodd,