Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1884 — The Review for January. [ARTICLE]

The Review for January.

The January number of the North American Review is an excellent one. it presents no very famous names among its contributors, but it offers wide variety of unusually readable articles. We are now so "safely over the crisis oi the presidential election that men of all parties can consider calmly Bishop Huntington's essay on ■“Vituperation in Politics,” and it is 10 be hoped that what they learn Irom it will not be forgotten four years hence. Under the title, “The Reunited South,” Henry Watterson presents with great clearness the Southern and JJemoeratie view of situation as it now stands. also is extremely interesting to e\eiy citizen, wlietiier he agrees with Mr. U’atUrcon or not. Another question of universal concern, which some think will soou make itself a national issue, is that of labor and its compensation; and Col. Hinton, in “American Lajjor Organ zalious". shows with what etjuipmeut 11 will take the field. Bat me article that the literary reader will first turn to is Frederic Harrison’s brilliant and incisive discussion of “Froude’s Life of Carlyle;” wiiUe the religious or philosophical reader will find in Courtney’s “Socrates, Buddha, and Chris;,” .. •peciiio statements and quotations of tnose parallel doctrines that are so ofte* vaguely alluded to. For the scientific reader. Mr. Proctor discusses learnedly “HerecheTs Star Surveys,” and Prof. LeConte presents and explains some curious facts iu relation t*# 'The Evidence of the Senses.'’ Mi. MnlhaU's paper on “The Increase ot Wealth is a successful endeavor to IrioSKSl UiaSß ** 01 ligUreS P°P ular ' W* 11 “If 111 • ’ 1 ■ /