The Century has a remarkably interesting article on the ."
White House" at Washington. The illustrations, the interiors especially, are excellent; and the history of the House, the Windsor Castle of the States, is eminently readable. Along with this should be read "The New York City Hall." But, perhaps, the best thing in the number is Mr. John Burroughs' on "Matthew Arnold on Emerson and Carlyle," a subtle and discriminating criticism of a critic. A brief—too brief—paper on "The Destiny of the Universe" gives the reader plenty to think about. Verily, it is true that " omnia in pejus mere." After the strangely appropriate "note" in ." Topics of the Time," entitled " Mob and Magistrate," a note which anticipates with startling exactness the deplorable events that have just happened at Cincinnati, the Century may fairly claim to be reckoned among the prophets.
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