Index to Periodical Literature. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH. BIOGRAPHICAL. Andersen (Hans Christian), An Acquaintance with. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. Century, March, 5 pp. Beecher (Mr.) As I Knew Him. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. Ladies' Home Jour., March, Fifth Paper. Buchanan (Dr. Joseph Rhodes), Sketches of Phrenological Biography. Charlotte Fowler Wells. Phren. Jour., March, 3 PP. With Portrait. Del Sarte (Francois) and His Family. Carrica Le Favre. Phren. Jour., March, 4 pp. With Portraits. Giorgione-1477-1511. Italian Old Masters. W. J. Stillman. Illus. Century, March, 6 pp. Greeley's (Horace) Daughter. IV. Clever Daughters of Clever Men. Frances M. Smith. Ladies' Home Jour., March. With Portrait. Sketch of Mrs. Clendenin. Paderewski; a Critical Study. William Mason. A Biographical Sketch. Fanny Morris Smith, How Paderewski Plays. Richard Watson Gilder. Century, March, 8 pp. With Portrait. Queen (Our), The Early Ancestors of. Henry W. Wollf. National Rev., London, Feb., 17 pp. Recluse (A Royal). Ada Chester Bond. Ladies' Home Jour., March. Illus. Shows the striking contrast between Eugénie, Empress of France, and Eugénie, the exiled widow. Somerset (Lady Henry). Methodist Mag., Toronto, March, 12 pp. With Por trait. Spurgeon (Mrs. Charles H.). XV. Unknown Wives of Well-Known Men. Frederick Dolman. Ladies' Home Jour., March. With Portrait. Spurgeon's Character and Career. Joseph Cook. Boston Monday Lecture. Our Day, March, 12 pp. Spurgeon (The Rev. Charles H.). The Rev. S. P. Rose. Methodist Mag.. Toronto. March, 10 pp. Illus. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART. Architect (An), What He Does for His Money. John Beverley Robinson. Engineering Mag., March, 14 pp. Illus. Tells how an architect works, the methods employed, the knowledge necessary, etc. Claudians "Old Man of Verona." W. J. Courthope. National Rev., London, Feb. College-Bred Men in the Business World. Winthrop D. Sheldon. N. E. and Yale Rev., March, 20 pp. An answer to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who, in an article, "How to Win a Fortune," stated that college graduates are not to be found in any "department of affairs." Ethical Training in the Public Schools. Charles De Garmo. Annals Amer. Academy, March, 23 pp. The purpose of this paper is to find the best possible moral training that can be given in a non-sectarian institution. Homer and the Higher Criticism. Andrew Lang. National Rev.. London, Feb., 12 pp. The personality of Homer and the unity of his poems. Intellectual Power, Emotional Sources of. Balance of Body and Brain. John W. Shull. Phren. Jour., March, 2 pp. Marbot (General), Memoirs of. G. Chesney. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, Feb., 15 pp. Poetry, The Nature and Elements of. I. Oracles Old and New. Edmund Clarence Stedman. Century, March, 9 pp. Reviewers (the), A Word for. Sidney J. Low. National Rev., London, Feb., 10 pp. Romance and Youth. Macmillan's, London, Feb., 8 pp. Discusses the ages of heroes and heroines in works of fiction. Schiller's "Camp of Wallenstein." Original Translation by Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, Feb. POLITICAL. Conservatism in Scotland, The Growth of. By a Scottish Conservative. National Rev., London, Feb., 20 pp. Egypt (Troubled), and the Late Khedive. Francis Scudamore. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, Feb., 24 pp. Farmer (The) and Railway-Legislation. Henry C. Adams, Century. March, What the farmer needs in this direction. 4 pp. One Vote. One Value. St. Loe Strachey. National Rev., London, Feb., 10 pp. Advocates amending the electoral laws of the United Kingdom so as to equalize representation in Parliament. Party Government. Second Paper. Charles Richardson. Annals Amer. Academy, March, 13 pp. Discusses the practicability of taking from the political parties the power of making nominations. Pensions (National). H. Clarence Bourne. Macmillan's, London, Feb., 9 pp. Opposes the proposed system of national pensions in Great Britain. Pensions (Old-Age). The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. National Rev. London, Feb., 18 pp. Advocates the system. Politics and Religion. M. Ellinger. Menorah, March, 6 pp. Discusses the situation in Germany in reference to the public school question. Representation (Proportional). J. R, Commons. Annals Amer. Academy, March, 7 pp. Argues in favor of this measure. Rosebery vs. Gladstone. Lord Brabourne. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, Feb., 10 pp. Unfortunates (Four Fortunate). Helen M. Winslow. Home-Maker, March, Christian Nurture versus A Bad Heredity. Ames S. Chesebrough. N. E. and Tractarian Movement (the), The Poetry of. N. E. and Yale Rev., March, 15 pp. God, the Existence of, the" A Simultaneo" Proofs of, Defense of. The Rev. L. F. Kearney, O.P., S.T.L. Amer. Eccles. Rev., March, 10 pp. Jesus, Did He Intend to Teach that Moses Wrote the Pentateuch? The Rev. W. Mission Work (Rescue). A. F. Schauffer, D.D. Mag. of Christian Lit.. March, 5 pp. Discusses The Classes Aimed at; The Methods Used; The Leader of the Missions; Accessories; and Results Attained. Moses and Jesus. The Rev. Dr. K. Kohler. Menorah, March, 10 pp. A study of Christianity and Judaism, showing that the two together yield the perfect ideal. 8 pp. Priesthood (the), The Aspirant to. D. F. Hettinger. Amer. Eccles. Rev., March, Quemadmodum (the Decree), Commentary on. The Rev. A. Sabetti, S.J. Amer. Eccles. Rev., March, 17 pp. Salvation Army (The) in the London Slums. M. A. DeMorgan. Home-Maher, March. 4 pp. Ìllus. A brief outline of the work. Theological Faculties (German). Signs of the Times in. The Rev. G. R. W. Wells (Holy): Their Legends and Superstitions. R. C. Hope, F.S.A., etc. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. Body (the), The Sacredness of. O. B. Frothingham. Herald of Health, Feb., 10 pp. Cosmology (Scientific and Metaphysical). The Right Rev. Mgr. J. De Concilio, D.D. Amer. Eceles. Rev., March, 16 pp. Current System (The Alternating). Alexander J. Wurts. N. E. and Yale Rev., March, 12 pp. Description of the system. Engineering (Worthless Government). George Y. Wisnener, Am. Society C. E. Engineering Mag., March, 9% pp. A rejoinder to the replies of Colonel King and Major Ludlow of the U. S. Engineer Corps. Faradic Coil (The) in Gynecological Practice. Herman E. Hayd, M.D. Buffalo Ice, The Manufacture of. Leicester Alle, A. B., M. E. Engineering Mag. March, 9 pp. A statement of some of the most easily comprehended principles underlying the action of ice-machines. Leprosy and Its Treatment at Honolulu. Report of Medical Inspector G. W. Woods, U. S. Flagship Charleston, 1890-91. Sanitarian, March, 7 pp. Mechanics (Applied), American Supremacy in. IV. Coleman Sellers, E.D. Engineering Mag., March, 11 pp. Illus. Peary Expedition (The) and Its Relief. Angelo Heilprin. Engineering Mag.. March, 10 pp. Illus. What is known of the Peary Expedition up to date; the proposed relief expedition. Photography and Athletics. W. I. Lincoln Adams. Second Paper. Outing, March, 5 pp. Illus. The methods by which Mr. Hemmet achieved such remarkable results in photographing athletic sports. Phrenology, the Key to Personal and Social Elevation. G. J. Stemerdink. Phren. Jour., March, 34 pp. Sanitation, The Status of, in the United States as Indicated by the Most Recent Schools (the Primary) of New York City, Unsanitary Condition of. Reports of Herbert Laws Webb. Engineering Mag., Urania Institute of Berlin. Edward S. Holden. Director of the Lick Observatory. Engineering Mag., March 91⁄2 pp., Illus. Descriptive. Uterine Disease, Nerve-Counterfeits of. Henry D. Ingraham, M.D. Buffalo and Surgical Jour., March, 8 pp. Water, The Purification of. Floyd Davis, E. M., Ph. D. Engineering Mag., March, 8 pp. States some of the ways by which nature removes organic and infectious matter; and discusses briefly a few of the chemical principles involved in artificial purification of water for city supplies. SOCIOLOGICAL. Barbarism, The Tax on. George H. Hubbard. N. E. and Yale Rev., March, 8 pp. The cost of war. Fields (the), The Flight from. Arthur Gaye. Macmillan's, London, Feb., 8 pp. The decrease of the rural population in England. Interest. Basis of. Dwight M. Lowrey. Annals Amer. Academy, March. 14 pp. A criticism of the solution offered by Henry George. Life, What is? Is Life Worth Living? Prof. Henry A. Mott, LL.D. Menorale, March, 6 pp. The writer's conclusion is: "Life is Worth Living." Massachusetts, The Alleged Persecution of, or, Justice to the Pilgrims. Alanson D. Barber. V. E. and Yale Rev., March, 12 pp. A defense of the Puritans and Pilgrim Fathers. Men-Servants in England. Violet Greville. 9 pp. National Rev., London, Feb., Naples, Society in. Charles Edwards. National Rev., London, Feb., 19 pp. UNCLASSIFIED. African (Central) Trade, and the Nyasaland Waterway. Alfred Sharpe. Black'wood's, Edinburgh, Feb., 6 pp. China (Western), The Rev. Dr. Hart's Missionary Travels in. The Rev. James. Cooke Seymour. Methodist Mag., Toronto, March, 10 pp. Illus. Descriptive. Cycling in Mid-Pacific. Charles E. Trevathan. Outing, March 7 pp. Descriptive of a trip in Tahiti. Fish-Commission (The United States). Some of Its Work. Richard Rathbun. Century, March, 19 pp. Illus. Franklin Statue at Chicago. Young E. Allison. Engineering Mag, March, 3 PP. Illus. Descriptive. Friendship (An Eighteenth-Century). I. A. Taylor. Longman's London, Feb., 13 pp. The relation between William Godwin and Mrs. Inchbald. Georgia (Middle) Rural Life. Richard Malcolm Johnston. Century, March, 9 pp. Illus. Character sketches. Jumping (Standing). Part I.-Broad and High. Malcolm W. Ford. Outing, March, 6 pp. Illus. Kennels (The Saint Bernard) of America. Outing, March, 4 pp. Illus. Descriptive of famous dogs. Leopard (A Marauding); or, Wild Sport in Ceylon. F. Fitz Roy Dixon. Outing, Office-Buildings (Tall), Danger from. Henry A. Goetze. Engineering Mag., Cornhill Mag., London, Feb., 12 pp. Various facts about Quail (The Valley) of California. T. S. Van Dyke. Outing, March, 4 pp. Their habits, etc. Rowing. Impressions of Another Old Graduate. Chase Mellen. Outing, March, 5 pp. Illus. Sacramento Valley (the), In. Charles Howard Shinn. Home-Maker, March, 6 pp. Illus. Descriptive. St. Paul's Cathedral. Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer. Century, March, 23 pp. Turf (The American), The Status of. I. Some Prominent Stud-Farms. Francis Books of the Week. AMERICAN. America (Equatorial). Maturin M. Ballou. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Boston, Cloth, $1.50. Andes (the Great) of the Equator, Travels Amongst. Edward Whymper. Charles Scribner's Sons. Cloth, with Maps and 140 Illustrations, $6.00. Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. 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Secretary Foster arrives in London......The price of coal is advanced on account of the coming great strike of the miners.. The Greek Parliament is prorogued till March 6; an early dissolution is anticipated......In Vienna, many crimes are attributed to the starving poor......It is stated that many people in Hungary have died of starvation. Thursday, March 3. In the Senate, the Dubois-Claggett contest is settled; Mr. Dubois retains the seat......The House passes the District Appropriation Bill; the Commercial Travelers' Bill is discussed, but fails to pass, and now goes on the calendar of unfinished business......The Committee on Ways and Means gives a hearing on the Free Lumber Bill......Representative W. H. Springer is alarmingly ill......The Liquor-Dealers' Excise Bill is amended in committee at Albany, by striking out the Sunday and eating-house clauses......The hearing by Attorney-General Hensel of Pennsylvania on the Reading Railroad deal begins at Harrisburg...... Ex-Congressman Stephen T. Hopkins of New York is found dead by the side of a railroad track in New Jersey..... Dr. H. M. Scudder, of Chicago, a son of the well-known clergyman, is charged with murdering his mother-in-law......Two of the kidnappers of young Ward Waterbury are sentenced to four years imprisonment, and the other one to two years......In New York City, an arrest is made of a foreman in the Public Stores, which is expected to clear up a mystery of extensive robberies......Indignation is aroused by the proposal to use Bryant Park for public buildings. M. Loubet, the new French Premier, outlines his policy in the Chamber of Deputies: the new Cabinet receives a vote of confidence......It is announced that the issue of March 1 of the Frankfurter Zeitung was confiscated for criticisms on the Emperor's Brandenburg speech......Secretary Foster visits the House of Commons......It is announced that M. de Maupassant, the French novelist, is much better. Friday, March 4. The Senate discusses the Paddock Pure Food Bill......In the House, the Pension Appropriation Bill is reported......Governor Flower gives a hearing on the East River Bridge and Elevated Railway Bills......The Assembly kills Mr. Conkling's Bill to prevent the payment of political assessments by candidates for judicial offices... It is announced that the conference of experts on the Bering Sea seal question resulted in a disagreement......Dr. Noah Porter, ex-president of Yale, dies at New Haven......In New York City, Justice Van Brunt discharges the jury in the Field case; he afterwards consents to continue the trial. A riot occurs in Dantzic, the mob looting shops and wagons.... ......It is stated that King George of Greece has received threatening letters for dismissing the Delyannis Ministry. Saturday, March 5. The Senate not in session...... In the House, Messrs. Hatch and Holman have a sharp tilt over an Emergency Appropriation Bill from the Committee on Agriculture; the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill is passed......The President returns to Washington from Virginia Beach......Secretary Blaine is suffering from the grip......In New York City, the Congressional Investigating Committee visits Ellis Island......Rabbi H. Pereira Mendes is shot seriously by a beggar whose demand for $100 he had refused......The Field jury disagrees......In the case of Burton C. Webster, who killed Goodwin, the jury disagrees......The Searles-Hopkins will case is settled by the payment of upwards of $3,000,000 to Timothy Hopkins. The Gladstonians win in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary election...... Lord Rosebery and John Burns, Progressives, are elected to the London County Council by large majorities......Arrests continue to be made on account of the Berlin riots. The Senate again discusses the Pure Food Bill......In the House, the resolution providing for the consideration of the Bland Silver Bill is adopted, 190 to 84; the Pension Appropriation Bill, aggregating $133,000,000, is passed. Governor Flower says in a message that the several New York City bridge and railroad Bills must be amended so as to compensate the cities, if they have his signature......The New York City Street-Cleaning Bill is introduced in both branches of the Legislature...... An unsuccessful attempt is made to wreck the Chicago Express on the New York Central......In New York City, Sorosis holds its annual election......The Food and Health Exposition begins at Lenox Lyceum......Austin Corbin declines to be elected president of the New York and New England Railroad. A motion that the defenses of Esquimalt, B. 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