2 2 I Index to Periodical Literature. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH. BIOGRAPHICAL. Clifford (The Rev. John): A Character Sketch. John Derry. Young Man, London, April, 3 pp. With Portrait. Columbus in Portugal. The Rev. L. A. Dutto. Cath. World, April, 10 pp. Franckenstein (George_von). Joseph Alexander. Cath. World, April, 12 pp. Sketch of Baron von Franckenstein, one of the members of the Catholic party in Germany. Grant (The Late Col. J. A.). Blackwood's, Edinburgh, April, 8 pp. Sketch of the celebrated African explorer. Hus (John). Prof. G. F. Behringer. Luth. Quar. April, 15 pp. Kowalevski (Sophie). Charlotte C. Barnum. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, April, 6 pp. Porter (Noah). Editorial. Andover Rev., April, 3 pp. Shea (John Gilmary). Marc F. Vallette. Cath. World, April, 8 pp. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART. Architecture (Modern), Pessimism of. J. H. Edelmann. Engineering Mag., April, 10 pp. Illus. B. A. Degree (the), The Significance of. Prof. J. M. Garnett. School and College, April, 9 PP. Books That Have Moved Me. II. The Letters of James Smetham. W. J. DawYoung Man, London, April, 4 PP. With Portrait. son. Botany (Elementary), in High Schools and Colleges. Prof. D. H. Campbell. School and College, April, 6 pp. Degree (The "Cheap and Easy"). J. A. Runkle. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 17 pp. Education, Pleasure and Pain in. Miss M. S. Gilliland. Int. Jour. Ethics, April, 24 PP. Education, Some Problems in. E. L. Shuey. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 9 pp. History, Instruction in, Methods and Results of. Prof. Charles H. Levermore. School and College, April, 101⁄2 pp. Lating, Teaching, Talks on. William C. Collar. School and College, April, 8% PP. 4 Letters and Recollections (Some.) Cornhill, London, April, 31 pp. Original letters from prominent writers and distinguished persons, with interesting reminiscences. Music in the Poets. I. Shakespeare. Helen A. Clarke. Music, April, 12 pp. Shows Shakespeare's appreciation and knowledge of music. Music (National), The Origin and Growth of. Jean Moos. Music, April 13 pp. Names (Personal). Herbert Maxwell. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, April 13 pp. Consists chiefly of information of the sources of names. Paris Correspondent (A) of 1753. Longman's, London, April, 10 pp. On Grimm, and his letters of gossip from Paris to eminent persons. Philosophy (Greek), A Study in. Prof. J. E. Guitner. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 11 pp. Shows that the Greck philosophy is a systematic development. Piano-Playing as a Revelation of Character. John C. Fillmore. Music, April, 5 PP. "Standard" (The). The Great London Dailies. H. W. Massingham. Leisure Hour, London, April, 4 pp. Illus. Historical and descriptive. University Settlements. Edward Cummings. Quar. Jour. Economics. April, 23 pp. Sketches specially the work at Toynbee Hall, London. RELIGIOUS. Authority in Religion, The Fountains of. The Rev. Frank R. Shipman. Andover Rev., April, 15 pp. The argument goes to show that before the Bible, the Church, or Reason will be accepted as a Divine Authority, the Redeemer must be needed and believed. Baptism, The Word of God in. The Rev. J. Tomlinson. Luth. Quar., April, 8 pp. Buddhist Doctrine and Ethics (the), The Essentials of. Prof. Maurice Bloomfield, Int. Jour. Ethics, April, 14 pp. Calvinistic System (The) in the Light of Reason and the Scripture. Philip Schaff. Andover Rev., April, 10 pp. Catholics (Colored), The Third Congress of. The Rev. T. M. O'Keefe. Cath. World, April, 5 pp. Account of Congress held Jan. 5, 1892. Cheyne's Bampton Lectures on the Psalter. Prof. Edward L. Curtis. Old & New Test. Student, April, 7 pp. A review and a critique. Christ, The Person of. Bishop E. B. Kephart. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 9 pp. Deals with the humanity and Divinity of Christ in His Person while on Earth. Confession of Faith (Our). The Trinity. New Testament Proofs. J. P. Landis, D.D. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 17 pp. Creator (Its), What Nature Says of. The Rev. J. S. Vaughan. Cath. World, April, 13 pp. Deaconesses. The Rev. A. Cordes. Luth. Quar., April 7%1⁄2 pp. Characteristics of a deaconess, etc. Divine Unfoldings (the), Human Conditions in. The Rev. S. Domer, D.D. Luth. Quar., April, 15 pp. Episcopal Church (the), The Contributions of, to Modern Religious Life. The Rev. Frederic Palmer. Andover Rev., April, 17 pp. The first of a series of articles from representatives of different religious communions. Faith (Divine). Human Certitude and. The Rt. Rev. F. S. Chatard. Cath. World, April, 9 pp. Deals with the question of belief and authority in matters of faith. Immortality, New Testament Evidences of. Solon Lauer. Unitarian, April, 4 PP. Ishmael. III.-The Young Men of the Bible. The Rev. James Baillie. Young Jesus in Gethsemane. J. W. Schwartz, D.D. Luth. Quar., April, 4 pp. The Preacher's Personality (the). The Functions of, in Proclaiming the Truth. The Presbyterianism in California. The Rev. R. Mackenzie. Californian, April, 17 pp. Illus. The history of Presbyterianism in California. Religions (The Three): Concluded. J. S. Mackenzie, M.A. Int. Jour. Ethics, April, 15 PP. Religious Thought (Modern), Certain Phases of, Critical Review of. T. B. Shakespeare and the Bible. The Rev. George S. Goodspeed. Old & New Test. Unity (Church). S. A. Ort, D.D. Luth. Quar., April, 14 pp. Discusses the "true Unity of the Church of Jesus Christ. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. Auriga, the New Star in, Observations of, Made at Princeton. Prof. C. A. Young and Taylor Reed. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, April, 3 pp. Babylonian Exploration Fund (the), The Expedition of. Aleppo to Baghdad. Robert T. Harper. Old & New Test. Student, April, 4 pp. Descriptive. Comets and Meteors. A Further Note on. W. H. S. Monck. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, April, 7 pp. Conscience (The). C. N. Starcke, Ph.D. Int. Jour. Ethics, April, 30 pp. What is conscience, its growth, etc.? Heads, Studies of. II.-A Caricature and a Character. Edward Garrett. Young Peritoneal Surgery in Women, A Conservative View of. R. Ludlam. M. D. Refractive Errors, Analysis of 200 Cases of. H. B. Ellis, M.D. South Cal. Practitioner, March 9 pp. Savage (the), The Child and: A Study of Primitive Man. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, April, 5 pp. Sirius (the), the Color of, History of. T. J. J. See. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, Solar Spots and Their Significance. W. T. Lynn. Leisure Hour, London, Star (The New) of 1892. Dr. Edward S. Holden. Californian, April, 5 pp. Illus. Account of the new star which has just appeared in the constellation Auriga. Sun-Spot Group (The) of February, 1892. Note on the Spectrum. Henry Crew. Spectroscopic Observations, George E. Hale. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, April, 6 pp. Illus. Telescope (A Large), A Simple Mounting for, in the Field During Eclipse Obseryations. Prof. Frank H. Bigelow. Astronomy and Astro-Physics, April, 11 pp. Illus. Tuberculosis. W. J. Eddy, M.D. N. Y. Med. Times, April 21⁄2 pp. SOCIOLOGICAL. Afro-American (The), Will He Return to Africa? T. Thomas Fortune. A. M. E. Church Rev., April, 41⁄2 pp. Answers in the negative. Civil Rights (Our). Frank J. Webb, Jr. A. M. E. Church Rev., April, 5 pp. Contends for "equal rights in public places." Criminals, the Punishment of, Possible Progression in. The Rev. W.W. McLane Andover Rev., April, 9 pp. Immigration (Foreign). The Rev. W. M. Weekley. Quar. Rev. United Brethren in Christ, April, 12 pp. The threatened dangers, the remedy, etc. Indians (the), Present Status of. Lend A Hand, April, 5 pp. Jewish Race (the), Characteristics of. The Rev. Thomas Pryde. Old & New Test. Student, April, 9 pp. "Kapital und Kapitalzins," The Fundamental Error of. Frederick B. Hawley. Quar. Jour. Economics, April, 28 pp. Argues that Professor Böhm-Bawerk has misconceived the nature of the problem he has set himself. Labor Question (The) on the Pacific Coast. John Bonner. Californian, April, 10 pp. The Labor Unions, etc. Law and Order Movement (the), Historical Sketch of. L. Edwin Dudley. Lend A Hand, April, 12 pp. Negro Conference at Tuskagee, Ala. . R. C. Bedford. Lend A Hand. April, 6 pp. Declarations of the Conference, etc. Ramabai Association. Lend A Hand, April, 12 pp. Account of annual meeting held on the 11th of March, 1892. Socialism, Economic Reform Short of. Pres. E. Benj. Andrews. Int. Jour. Ethics, April, 16 pp. We have, and may expect to have, many economic reforms without Socialism. Trade-Schools (the New York), Work in. Leon Mead. Engineering Mag., April, 12 pp., Illus. Descriptive. Earthquake (The Great) in Japan. Mrs. Ernest Hart. Leisure Hour, London, Eastern Travel Sketches. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, April, 9 pp. Shechem and Hairy Men of Japan. Helen E. Gregory-Flesher. Californian, April, 16 pp. Prospect Park, Brooklyn. John De Wolf. Engineering Mag., April, 17 pp. Illus. 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Cloth, $1.25. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon): The Puritan Preacher of the 19th Century: A Monograph. G. C. Lorimer. J. H. Earle, Boston. Cloth, $1.00. Sumner (Charles), The Life of, The Scholar in Politics. Archibald H. Grimké. American Reformer Series. Funk & Wagnalls Co. Cloth, $1.50. Wednesday, April 6. Current Events. The Senate passes the Indian Appropriation Bill; Mr. Wolcott speaks on the silver question......In the House, the Committee of the Whole reports the Free Wool Bill......Republicans elect State officers and Legislature in Rhode Island......Republicans succeed in most of the municipal elections throughout the West... Ex-Governor Thayer's application to reopen the Governorship contest in Nebraska is denied by the State Supreme Court......In New York City, Senator John Sherman reads a memorial paper on his brother General W. T. Sherman at the Loyal Legion dinner. Anarchists blow up the police station at Angers, France......It is stated that the Newfoundland bait prohibition against Canada will continue until the British Government accepts the Bond-Blaine Convention......A tribal war is said to be imminent in Samoa...... The Czar, in granting an audience to United States Minister Smith, who is about to depart for home, thanks the American people for their gifts to the famine sufferers. Thursday, April 7. The Senate considers the District of Columbia Appropriation Bill... The House passes the Free Wool Bill, and takes up the Cotton Bagging Bill The President goes snipe-shooting in Virginia.... .....The New York Leg. Islature passes the Constitutional Convention Bill......The Maynard investi gation abruptly ends...... In New York City, the Chamber of Commerce elects the Hon. Whitelaw Reid to honorary membership, and votes to give him a public dinner......Commencement exercises of the Homeopathic Mediical College take place. In Melbourne, the Coroner's jury finds Deeming guilty of the murder of his wife......Several Anarchists are arrested in Berlin......An explosion occurs at Roubaix, France. Friday, April 8. In the Senate, an amendment appropriating $100,000 for the G. A. R Encampment in Washington, is incorporated in the District Appropriation Bill......In the House, the Bill placing cotton ties, cotton bagging, and bagging machinery on the free list is reported by the Committee of the Whole Governor Flower vetoes the Cohoes Inspectors' Bill; it is stated that, in consequence of the veto, the Albany Democratic Assemblymen will hereafter vote with the Republicans... The Bill chartering the General Electric Company passes the Assembly......The Massachusetts Democratic Convention adopts a resolution favoring Cleveland for President..... In New York City, the sale of the Robertson collection of paintings brings $270.380......The Bill to change the number of election inspectors is denounced. The Sultan modifies his firman of investiture of the Khedive of Egypt, in accordance with the views of Lord Salisbury......A high Polish ecclesiastic is murdered at Koscieleg, a village in Posen, by four Anarchists, who are pursued and shot, two by their own hands. Saturday, April 9. The House passes the Free Bagging Bill; the River and Harbor Bill and the Tin-Plate Bill are reported......The President returns from his shooting trip...... The Government report on winter wheat puts its present condition at 81.2......W, T. Baker is reelected president of the World's Fair Directory, his salary reduced one-half; Solicitor-General Butterfield retires, his office abolished.......It is stated that the steamer Conemaugh will carry another cargo of provisions to Russia......In New York City, the Hon. Whitelaw Reid is welcomed by the Ohio Society, in a dinner at Delmonico's; speeches by Messrs. Depew, Foster, Elkins, McClure, Reid, and others. Oxford wins the University boat race on the Thames... The political sit uation in Rio Janeiro is said to be critical; many army officers have been arrested...... Louis Anastay, ex-Sub-lieutenant, who murdered Baroness Dellard is guillotined in Paris......In Yokohoma, Lieutenant Hetherington, who shot his wife's paramour. is acquitted of the charge of murder. Sunday, April 10. 21. The fraternal insurance societies give reasons for opposing the legalizing of assessment and endowment companies in the State of New York......It is stated that five hundred cowboys have set out to exterminate the rustlers of Wyoming and Montana......It is proposed to develop more summer resorts on the coast and in the pines of New Jersey.. ......Senator Aldrich claims that the result in Rhode Island shows that the intelligent voters of the country will sustain the Republican tariff this fall...... Ex-Senator Ingalls discusses the Presidential situation......It is announced that, owing to a decision of the Commissioner of Navigation, vessels of Sweden and Norway will hereafter pay tonnage dues at the 3.15 cent rate, instead of the 6.30 cent rate as hereto fore, thus closing a controversy of eight years' standing. Elections for delegates to choose a President are held in the Argentine Republic, and the state of seige afterwards reimposed......It is announced that a committee of prominent men will be appointed to represent Spain at the Chicago World's Fair...... Tokio, Japan, has a disastrous fire. Monday, April 11. In the Senate, Mr. Gallinger advocates his Bill for a sanitarium for pulmon ary patients......In the House, District Bills are acted upon......It is reported that many negroes were drowned and great damage done to property by the recent floods in the South...... An instructor in the Boston Farm School and eight boys are drowned in Boston Harbor...... 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