The Century Magazine, May - October. (Macmillan and Co.) — The Century is, we
are inclined to think, more interesting than ever, all the more so because it does not stand aloof from the questions of the day. The editorials on State and municipal politics are specially noteworthy. The Century evidently has done its best against Tammany, and it is pessimi ominis to see how it has failed. " Are the Bosses Stronger than the People ?" Mr. Joseph B. Bishop asked in July. It seems that for the present they are. Mr. Lecky's censure of the American acquiescence in evil is more than justified. Among the general papers we may mention a series on " American Artists ;" a curious discovery in the archi- tectural history of the Parthenon, by Eugene P. Andrews ; "A Great London Observatory," a description of Harvard Observatory and the astronomical work done there, by Mabel Loomis Todd ; and " Experiments with Bites," a device which seems to promise noteworthy results. The Civil War, of course, must be repre- sented. We have "Campaigning with Grant" and other papers. There is a paper on "Crete : the Island of Discord ;" but we see nothing about another "island of discord" (Cuba) nearer home. If we might suggest the subject of an "editorial" it should be "Pensions." The way in which the people of the United States is bribing itself is almost too marvellous for belief. When every one has got a pension it will cry " Quits ! "
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