Index to Periodical Literature. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH. BIOGRAPHICAL. Beecher (Mr.) as I Knew Him. Fourth Paper. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. Ladies' Home Jour., Jan. With portrait of Mr. Beecher and His Family. Hawthorne (Nathaniel), Personal Recollections of. Horatio Bridge. I. Harper's Magazine, Jan., 9 pp. Ingalls (Miss Ethel). Clever Daughters of Clever Men. Jean Mallory. Ladies' Home Jour., Jan. With portraits. Irish Celebrities of New York. IV. Joseph W. Gavan. Donahoe's Mag., Boston, Jan., 3 pp. Sketch of John D. Crimmins. Lincoln (Abraham) as I Knew Him. John H. Littlefield. The Beacon, New York, Jan., 10 pp. Lowell (James Russell) as Reformer and Poet. F. H. Underwood. Our Day, Boston, Mass., 10 pp. Lowell (James Russell). Henry James. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Jan., 16 pp. Biographical sketch. Wanamaker (Mrs. John). Unknown Wives of Well-known Men. Alice Graham McCollin. Ladies' Home Jour., Jan. With portrait Whitman (Walt). D. G. Watts. Arena, Jan., 9 pp. With portrait. Whitman's Philosophy. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART. Aristotle on Public Arbitrators, T. D. Goodell. Amer. Jonr. of Philology, No. 47, pp. 8. Book (The Best) of the Year. Sir Edwin Arnold, Gail Hamilton, Agnes Repplier, Amelia E. Barr, The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs, Julien Gordon, and Dr. W. A. Hammond. N. A. Rev., Jan., 32 pp. Opinions as to which is the best book. Editor-In-Chief (The). Col. A. K. McClure. Lippincott's, Jan., 6 pp. With trait. A pen-picture of the editor-in-chief. French Novels and French Life. Andrew Lang. N. A. Rev., 6 pp. por Girls (College) The Greatest Need of. Annie Payson Call. Atlantic Monthly, Jan., 8 pp. Emphasizes the need of eliminating hurry and worry, by special training. Mill (John Stuart) and the London and Westminster Review. C. Marion, D. (Robertson) Towers. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Jan., 17 pp. Music as an Apocalypse of Heaven. Rev. David Gregg, D.D. The Beacon, New Office, The Spoil of. A Story of the Modern West. Hamlin Garland. Arena, Tacitus, The Dialogues of, Critical Notes on. Alfred Gudeman. Amer. Jour. of Philology, No. 47, pp. II. Vergil, the Tropes and Figures of, Servius on. II. John Leverett Moore. Amer. Jour. of Philology, No. 47, pp. 26. Woolett (Sidney). The Interpreter. Julian Hawthrone. Lippincott's. Jan., 6 pp. With portrait. Describes Mr. Woolett's method. POLITICAL. Ballot (The Secret) in Thirty-three States. Joseph B. Bishop. Forum, Jan. Shows the progress of ballot-reform. Brazil: The Late Crisis and Its Causes. Courtenay De Kalb. Forum, Jan., 12 pp. Pensions: Time to Call a Halt. Gen. H. W. Slocum. Forum, Jan., 6 pp. Pope (The) and the Future of the Papacy. Dr. F. H. Geffcken. Forum, Jan.. 12 pp. The conclusion of the writer is that a "normal solution of the Papal question is impossible." Quorum (the), The Question of. By the late Pres. of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies. N. A. Rev., Jan.. 10 pp. An opinion on (1) the reform of the Rules of the U. S. House of Representatives; (2) on the general question of the quorum in Spain. Republic (A World-Wide). E. P. Powell. Arena, Jan., 5 pp. The the Pan-Republic Congress, purpose of Silver Law (The), Why It Should Be Repealed. George S. Coe, Pres. Amer. Exchange Bank, New York. Forum, Jan., 3 PP. South (the Old), The Creed of. Basil L. Gildersleeve. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Jan., 12 pp. An attempt to show the point of view from which the men of the South regarded the war. Speaker (Mr.). The Hon. Roger Q. Mills. The Hon. Thomas B. Reed. N. A. Rev., Jan., 16 pp. RELIGIOUS. Beginnings, The Problem of. Alfred H. Moment, D.D. The Beacon, New York, Jan.. 7 pp. Discusses the beginning of man, of sin, of Redemption, of the Hebrew race, and of the Christian Church. Boston Monday Lectures. Sixteenth Year. Joseph Cork. Our Day, Dec., 10 pp. Fruitful Faith as Held by Reformers in the Church: St. Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Edwards, Wesley. Christmas, and After: A Sermon. The Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, Bishop of New York. Forum, Jan., 10 pp. Confessional (the), The Seal of, and the Civil Law. H. J. Henser and W. R. Claxton. Amer. Eccles. Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 10 pp. Argues that all State Legislatures should exempt a priest from testifying to knowledge received by him from a penitent. France, The Neo-Christian Movement in. Vicomte Eugène Melchior de Vogue. Harper's Magazine, Jan., 9 pp. Stands only on the confines of Christianity at present, trying to reconcile it with science. Hall (Father) and the Lessons of His Example. Donahoe's Monthly Mag., Boston, Jan. 3 pp. Heresy Trials and the Briggs Case. The Rev. Dr. Philip Schaff. Forum, Jan., 13 pp. This article is of special interest and importance. Marriages (Non-Catholic) Before the Church. H. Gabriels. Amer. Eccles. Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 14 pp. Expounds the principal points of theology bearing on the question. The Beacon, New Miracles. J. J Quinn. Amer. Eccles, Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 5 pp. .A Review of Paul Schautz's Christian Apology in support of Miracles. Shakespeare, The Religious Faith of. Beverly E. Warner. York. Jan. Concludes that he held the true Catholic faith. Ten Commandments (The). Are they Binding on the Gentiles? W. A. Colcord. Arena, Jan., 4 pp. Argues that they are. This article has special reference to the Sunday closing of the World's Fair. Theology, A Modern Professor of. Editorial. Amer. Eccles. Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 7 pp. A sketch of Dr. Hettinger, author of the Apologia and Apologetica. Theological Education and Its Needs. The Rev. Dr. C. A. Briggs. Forum, Jan., 12 pp. Deals with (I.) Theological Education Since the Reformation; (II.) Advantages and Disadvantages of Thcological Seminaries; (III.) Theological Education and the Pnblic. Washington. Charles F. Deems, D.D., LL.D. The Beacon. New York, Jan., 34 PP. His Christian life. SCIENCE. Apparitions (Modern) Doubts Concerning. A. Taylor Inness. Our Day, Boston, 6 pp. Enforces the argument against the reality of spontaneous thought-transference. Cosmology (Scientific and Metaphysical). J. D. Concilio. Amer. Eccles. Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 14 pp. A criticism of the modern atomic theory. Heredity (Psychological). F. P. Siegfried. Amer. Eccles. Rev., Philadelphia, Jan., 10 pp. A review of M. P. Vallet's La Vie et l'Hérédité, in which the reviewer attributes failure in developing endowments in lowly-gifted individuals to defective methods. Law, The Universality of. Henry Wood. Arena, Jan., 13 pp. Defines "Law," and emphasizes the growing recognition of the fact that Law is universal. Medical Science, The Present and Future of. Dr. Cyrus Edson. N. A. Rev., Jan., 2 pp. North American Coast (The)-Who First Explored It? Frederick Saunders. The Beacon, New York, Jan., 6 pp. Notes the claims of the Norsemen, with photographic similes of an old tome treating of Prince Madoc's settlement, in a. D. 1170. Premonitions, Physical Research. Richard Hodgson, LL.D. Arena, Jan., 12 pp. Discusses the physical phenomena designated premonition. SOCIOLOGICAL. Banking System (The Hill). G. W. Weippert. Arena, Jan., 5 pp. Describes the system. Brussels, The Treaty of, and Our Duty. Judge Lambert Tree, Late Minister to Belgium. Forum, Jan., 7 pp. The author believes that the responsibility for the life and death of the Treaty rests chiefly upon the action of the United States, Crime, Has It Increased in Massachusetts ? Warren F. Spalding. Sec'y Mass. Board of Commissioners of Prisons. Forum, Jan., 8 pp. Answer to article by W. P. Andrews in the Forum for October. Darker Side (The). Lady Henry Somerset. N. A. Rcv., Jan., 5 pp. The poor of the great cities. Divorce Movement (the), The Moral and Legal Aspect of, towards the Dakotas. James Realf, Jr. Arena, Jan., 10 pp. Deals with the divorce laws of the United States, and with the validity of divorces obtained in the West. Homes (American), The Development of. Mrs. Schuyler Van Renssalaer. Forum, Jan., 10 pp. Lottery (The Louisiana): A History of the Company. John C. Wickliffe, one of the founders of the Anti-Lottery League. Forum, Jan., 6 pp. Lottery (The Louisiana): Shall Its Charter Be Renewed. Judge F. McGloin, of the Louisiana Court of Appeals. Forum, Jan., 14 pp. Argues against the renewal of the charter. Louisiana and the Levees. Ex-Gov. Lionel A. Sheldon. Arena, Jan., 7 pp. A general statement of the levee question. Mohammedan Marriage and Life. Prof. A. N. Jannaris, Ph.D. Arena, Jan., 15 pp. The author claims that this is a detailed and accurate presentation of subject. Pardoning Power (The). Governor Hill. M. A. Rev., Jan., 14 pp. Considers its utility, etc. Pius the Ninth, Abducted by. Gilbert Higgins. Merrie England, Dec. Revives the story of Edgar Mortara, the Jewish child who, having been baptized by a Catholic nurse when he was at the point of death, was removed from his parents by order of the Pope. Politeness. The Decline of. Amelia E. Barr. Lippincott's, Jan., 4. Pp. Gives reasons for the lack of politeness in this country. Rescue Work Among Fallen Women. M. Bourchier Sanford. N. A. Rev., Jan., 3 PP. Socialism, Why It Appeals to Artists. Walter Crane. Atlantic Monthly, Jan., 6 pp. The competition of Individualism is fatal to artistic development. Temperance Outlook (the), National and International, Miss Willard on. Our Day, Boston, Dec, 25 pp. Address delivered before the Eighteenth National and First World's Convention. Wages in Mexico. M. Romero, Mexican Minister to the United States. N. A. Rev., Jan., 17 pp. This article is written to dispell the "errors prevailing in this country in regard to the condition of labor in Mexico.' "" Wine on Fashionable Tables. Is the Use of Wine Decreasing at Dinners? A Birds and Birds." Edith M. Thomas. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Jan., 6 pp. A record of "fond and unscientific observations." Boston. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Atlantic Monthly, Jan., 9 pp. How Emerson regarded Boston. Boxing-With the Gloves. Daniel L. Dawson. Lippincott's, Jan.. 8 pp. Illus. Defends the "art of self-defense." Canada's Eldorado. Jnlian Ralph. Illustrations by Frederick Remington. Harper's Magazine, Jan., 18 pp. Describes the Fraser and Nasen Skeena districts, the fisheries, etc. China, Foot Binding in. J. C, Thoms, M.D. The Beacon, New York, Jan., 3 pp. History and description of the practice. Columbia Boys Brigade (The). Carlos Martyn. The Beacon, New York, Jan.. 8 pp. Commends the organization as something practical and useful. Elephants (War). Charles Frederick Holder. St. Nicholas, Jan., 5 pp. Illus. Elephant's use in war. Japan (New) and India in Contrast. Rev. A. P. Happer, D.D. Our Day, Boston, Dec., 10 pp. Lauds Japanese progress, and criticises the Indian opiumtrade, and neglect of popular education. London of Charles the Second. Walter Besant. Harper's Magazine, Jan., 17 pp. Illustrated. Descriptive. Ninety Miles in "Eighty-Nine Minutes." Theodore Voorhees, Gen. Supt. N. Y. Cen. & H. R. R. R. N. A. Rev., Jan., 7 pp. This article shows what is necessary to the attainment of a high rate of speed on railroads. Ships, The First Cost of. Charles H. Cramp. N. A. Rev., Jan., 9 pp. This article shows that ships can be built as economically in this country as in Great Britain. Vesuvius, The Ascent of. H. P. Fitzgerald Marriott. Month, London, Dec. 16 pp. Descriptive. War Department_(the), How to Reorganize. Gen. Sir George Chesney. XIX Cent., London, Dec., 8 pp. War (the), the Survivors of, The Health of. Dr. J. S. Billings, U. S. Army. Forum, Jan., 7 pp. In answer to the question: What has been the effect of military service on the health and longevity of the survivors of the war? Youghal, At. Rosa Mulholland. Irish Monthly, Dublin, Dec., 10 pp. Description of the old town of Youghal, Ireland. GERMAN. BIOGRAPHICAL. Moltke's Character-Portrait as Derived from this Correspondence with His Family. Ernst Groth. Grenzboten, Leipzig, Dec., 11 pp. Schubert Memorial (The) in Aalen. Ueber Land und Meer, Stuttgart, Jan. Illus. p. Virchow's Jubilee Celebration. Ueber Land und Meer, Stuttgart, Jan. p. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART. Book-Printlug Trade. The Strike in. Grenzboten, Leipzig, Dec., 7 pp. Gerlach's (Leopold Von) Memoirs. Constantin Bulle. Die Nation, 3% pp. Continuation. Moltke on the War of 1870-71. Ueber Land und Meer, Stuttgart, Jan. From letters from the General Field-Marshal to his relatives. Pomerania (Farther), Stories from. Grenzboten, Leipzig, Dec., 7 pp. POLITICAL. European Position (The). Grenzboten, Leipzig, Dec., 4 Pp. Contends that the RELIGIOUS. Confessions (the Religious), Is a New Union of, to be Striven After? Grenzboten, Leipzig, 9 pp. The numerous Churches are all members of the same body, and their occasional attacks upon each other only the lightning by which the Church is purified. Redemptorists (The) and the Jesuit Laws. J. Norden. Grenzboten, Leipzig, Dec., 8 pp. Wends (the), The Conversion of. Ueber Land und Meer. Stuttgart, Jan., 7 pp. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. Astronomy on the Street. Dr. C. Cranz. Gartenlaube, Leipzig, Dec., I p. With star chart. Electrical Transfer of Power from Lauffen-on-the-Neckar to Frankfort-on-theMain. Franz Bendt. Ueber Land und Meer, Stuttgart, Jan., } p. Frost (The Operation of), on Plants. Der Stein der Weisen, Vienna, Dec., pp. Leuggel. Prehistoric Intrenchments of. Der Stein der Weisen, Vienna, Dec., 2 pp. With illustrations of the locality and archæological remains. Organisms (The Smallest). Der Stein der Weisen, Vienna. Dec., 6 pp. Describes some of the Infusoria; with illustrations. Books of the Week. AMERICAN. Architectural Construction in Wood. 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Interstate and Foreign Commerce......The body of Senator Plumb, lying in state in the Capitol at Topeka, is viewed by throngs of people......The Alien Land Law in Illinois is declared unconstitutional.............. Galen R. Hitt is elected to the Assembly in the IIId Albany District...... Ex-Postmaster-General Creswell dies......] ..Edward M. Field is found to be insane by a jury at WhitePlains. Another revolt occurs in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul......The Roumanian Chambers are dissolved......At Antwerp, a French lugger is. blown to pieces while discharging dynamite. Thursday, December 24. .Ex-United Mr. Elkins takes the required oath as Secretary of War...... States Senator Hereford of West Virginia dies......Another stay is granted in the Dutchess County election case......On the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R., near Hastings on the Hudson, the Cincinnati Express runs into the Buffalo. 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The corner-stone of the Trenton Battle Monument is laid; address by Governor Abbett......Hiram Sawtelle, the confessed murderer of his brother, dies in prison in New Hampshire......The cruiser San Francisco sails from San Francisco, carrying sealed orders......A warship is furnished to carry breadstuffs to Russian famine sufferers...... The women's department of the State Insane Asylum at Pontiac, Mich., is destroyed by fire; the inmates are all rescued......Justice Cullen, of Brooklyn, grants an order requiring the State Board to show cause why they should not canvass the corrected Dutchess County returns; also an order directing the County Clerk of Dutchess to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court......In Orange, N. J., a milkman is killed by an electric-light wire. The French Senate passes the Commercial Treaties Bill...... The French Ambassador assures the Pope of the friendly feeling of his Government towards the Vatican......It is announced that the German Socialists will soon hold a series of Congresses......It is stated that the Grand Duke Sergius, Governor of Moscow, is in disgrace on account of supposed plotting against his brother, the Czar, Sunday, December 27. It is stated by prominent Democrats that Dr. Bush, of Chemung, will be Speaker of the New York Assembly......A fire on the Sound steamer, City of Bridgeport, causes a panic among the passengers; it is extinguished with difficulty......A serious race conflict seems imminent at Leesburg, Fla., on account of the shooting of a railway conductor, while in the discharge of his duty, by a negro......M. 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