Show LITERATURE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY Herbert Spencar gives his attention atten-tion In the leading article in The Popular Science Monthly for July to The Great Political Superstition of the divine right of parliaments He shows contrary to the assertions of many eminent publicists that rights exist antecedently to any Jaws that law are only recognitions and vindications vindi-cations of those antecedent rights and that consequently they are valid only as they conform to them or as they possess the ethical sanction sanc-tion derivable from the laws of human life as carried on under social conditions The Rev George G Lyon presents an interesting view of The New Theology as a development from the old corresponding respondIng with the growth inhuman in-human powers of comprehension lot contradictory but harmoniots with it and reformatory rather than revolutionary in its tea bin sand s-and tendencies Professor Woodward Wood-ward of Washington University shows what are the Fruits of Manual Training as given in that Institution stitution as observed in the better intellectual and moral development and practical fitness of the pupils M M Guyau answers the question Are Science and Art antagonistic in the negative and shows that science is helpful to every branch of art A most satisfactory account of The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatau and its effects illustrated with maps is given from the Proceedings Proceed-ings of the Royal Geographical Society Perhaps the most important import-ant paper in the number is M Pass tears account given before the French Academy of Sciences of his discovery of The Prevention of Hydrophobia by inoculation Mr DP Penhallow of McGill University Uni-versity contributes a valuable article on Diseases of Plants The portrait and sketch are of the eminent emin-ent old Arabian philosopher Aver roes the portrait being a copy of the picture in the Vatican ascribed to Raphael Dr S A Fisk appraises the merits of Colorado a residence for invalids The editor at his Table discusses The Survival of Political Superstitions and President Presi-dent Eliots address at Johns ilopi kins University on What is a Libra Lib-ra Education New York D Appleton Company Com-pany ATLANTIC MONTHLY The Atlantic for July opens with a capital short story by W H Bishop It is entitled Choy Susan and relates graphically Pacific Coast adventures and love making Dr Mitchells excellent serial In WarTime War-Time progresses satisfactorily and will be when completed an unusually unusu-ally good and readable novel Mrs E D R Bianciardi describes The Haunts of Galileo The classic article arti-cle is by William C Lawton The Underworld in Homer Virgil and Dante 0 H Durward contributes a striking story Beaten by a Gia our Harriet Waters Preston in The Gospel of Defeat writes of Amiel Senancour author of Ober mann and Biran Bradford Torrey has a charming outdoor paper on Bird Gazing In the White Mountains Moun-tains A Cooks Tourist in Spain contributes the first of two papers of travel TheJGrowing Power of Chile describes succinctly the growth and audacious pluck of the South American Yankee State A F Matthews writes of Chimes and How they are Hung There are poems by Mr AldrIch and Eliot C True a full chapter of reviews of new books and seven brief essays in the Contributors Club Houghton Mifflin Co Boston FBANK LESLIES POPULAR MONTHLY I This magazine for July is really what its name claims for it and each number should increase in popularity for the publisher is constantly con-stantly adding to its attractive features fea-tures The contributors to this number num-ber are J N Ingram Evert A Duyckinck Dr Robert Brown Herman Meriyale Mrs M E W Sherwood Philip Bourke Marston Spencer W Cone Alvin S South worth T C Irwin Etta W Pierce and other celebrated writers and the contents embrace articles of great interest and replete with iu formationserial and short stories sketches adventures poems etc and a miscellany instructive and entertaining Aus rlia and is Colonial Confederation The Sons of Liberty and New York City in thAi PImA Two American Shins How Plants were Distributed over the Earth and some of the leading features of the present number There are 128 quarto pages over 100 Illustrations and a beautifully colored frontispiece The Feather in her Cap Address Mrs Prank Leslie Pab liher 5035 and 57 Park Place2sew York ART AND LITERARY NOTES Hr W H Beard is the author of some exceedingly humorous designs for cards which are accompanied with characteristic couplets In I these cards owl cats and bears seem to be having it all their own wayA A very handsome largesized design de-sign has been executed for Prang by Mies L B Humphrey in honor of Whittier It does not bear the likeness of the veteran poet but shown scenes from lila works SnowBound Snow-Bound being the subject of the fron and Maud Muller and the Barefoot Boy figures on the back This is the second of a series of poet cards to be issued at intervals one of which Longfellow was published last year Sepia and gold have been used with much effect in the production of companion designs byL W Tay little child throws In s lore one winter songsters in crumbs to the lie other the birds have taken rouge Bbeler d wall and fogs upon a most crowd and nestle together In a natural way while a young girl sings the Christmas carol the com ination of tones H something of an innovation The Chautauqua movement has been extended to include the young folk who already have a Reading Union They are now to have an llustraed periodical of high chare acter which will be char-e in July by the publishers of the farfamed Wide Awake magazine D Lothrop Co Boston who will fend it free for two months to any of our readers I read-ers who may request it |