Volume 131 of the North American Review.

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CONTENTS.

JULY.

Prince Bismarck, as a Friend of America and as a Statesman. Part I. MORITZ BUSCH.
Canada and the United States. Professor GOLDWIN SMITH.

The Exodus of Israel. President S. C. BARTLETT.

The English House of Lords. J. E. THOROLD ROGERS, M. P.

The Ethics of Sex. Miss M. A. HARDAKER.

The Panama Canal. Count FERDINAND DE LESSEPS.
Profligacy in Fiction. A. K. FISKE.

AUGUST.

Ruined Cities of Central America. THE EDITOR.

The Law of Newspaper Libel. JOHN PROFFATT.

Nullity of the Emancipation Edict. RICHARD H. DANA.

The Census Laws. CHARLES F. JOHNSON.

Principles of Taxation. Professor SIMON NEWCOMB.

Prince Bismarck, as a Friend of America and as a Statesman. Part II. MORITZ BUSCH.
Recent Literature. CHARLES T. CONGDON.

SEPTEMBER.

The Ruins of Central America. Part I. DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY.

The Perpetuity of Chinese Institutions. S. WELLS WILLIAMS.
The Trial of Mrs. Surratt. JOHN W. CLAMPITT.

The Personality of God. Professor W. T. HARRIS.

Steam-boat Disasters. R. B. FORBES.

Insincerity in the Pulpit. Rev. E. E. HALE.

Recent Works on the Brain and Nerves. Dr. GEORGE M. BEARD.

OCTOBER.

The Democratic Party judged by its History. EMERY A. STORRS.
The Success of the Electric Light. THOMAS A. EDISON.
The Ruins of Central America. Part II. DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY.
The Observance of the Sabbath. Rev. Dr. LEONARD BACON.
The Campaign of 1862. Judge D. THEW WRIGHT.

The Taxation of Church Property. Rev. Dr. A. W. PITZER.
Recent Progress in Astronomy. Professor E. S. HOLDEN.

NOVEMBER.

The Monarchical Principle in our Constitution. W. B. LAWRENCE.
The Advantages of Free Religious Discussion. Bishop W. C. DOANE.
The Republican Party as it Was and Is. MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
The Ruins of Central America. Part III. DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY.
The Nicaragua Route to the Pacific. Rear-Admiral D. AMMEN.
The Coming Revision of the Bible. Rev. Dr. HOWARD CROSBY.
Recent European Publications. Professor T. F. CRANE.

The Political Situation from a Financial Stand-point: An Address. By E. D. MORGAN, J. J.
ASTOR, HAMILTON FISH, ROBERT LENOX KENNEDY, J. PIERPONT MORGAN, E. P. FABBRI, CHARLES
H. RUSSELL, JOHN A. STEWART, J. D. VERMILYE, HENRY F. VAIL, BENJAMIN B. SHERMAN, DAVID
DOWS, WILLIAM H. MACY, SAMUEL SLOAN, LEVI P. MORTON, GEORGE BLISS, JESSE SELIGMAN
GEORGE T. ADEE, CYRUS W. FIELD, JOHN W. ELLIS, ISAAC SHERMAN, I. N. PHELPS.

DECEMBER.

The Future of the Republican Party. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL.

Discoveries at Olympia. Professor ERNST CURTIUS.

Rational Sunday Observance. Rev. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE, D. D.

Southern Statesmen and their Policy. JOHN JAY.

The Ruins of Central America. Part IV. DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY.

The Distribution of Time. LEONARD WALDO, S. D.

The Public-School Failure. RICHARD GRANT WHITE.

The Validity of the Emancipation Edict. AARON A. FERRIS.

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1881.

CONTENTS OF VOL. CXXXII.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PERSECUTION. By Professor JOHN
FISKE.

CONTROLLING FORCES IN AMERICAN POLITICS. By Senator
GEORGE F. EDMUNDS.

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ATHEISM IN COLLEGES. BY JOHN BASCOM, D. D., LL. D.,
President of the University of Wisconsin.

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THE RUINS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Part V. By DÉSIRÉ
CHARNAY.

41

PARTISAN GOVERNMENT. By WILLIAM D. LE SUEUR.

52

POPULAR ART-EDUCATION. By Professor JOHN F. WEIR,
Director of the School of Fine Arts, Yale College.

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THE LIMITATIONS OF SEX. By NINA MORAIS.

79

THE MISSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. By Senator
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.

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RECENT PHILOLOGICAL WORKS. By Professor F. A.
MARCH.

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THE NICARAGUA CANAL. By General U. S. GRANT.. . 107

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THE PULPIT AND THE PEW. BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. AARON'S ROD IN POLITICS. By Judge ALBION W. TOURGEE.

DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE BACON'S WORKS! By Rev. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE, D. D..

PARTISANSHIP IN THE SUPREME COURT. BY JOHN T. MOR GAN, United States Senator.

THE RUINS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Part VI. By DÉSIRE CHARNAY.

THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE. BY WALT WHITMAN.

THEOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By the Right Rev A. CLEVELAND COXE, Bishop of Western New York. THE ISTHMIAN SHIP-RAILWAY. By JAMES B. EADS.

THE EFFECTS OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE. By H. H. CHALMERS Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the State Mississippi.

THE SUCCESS OF THE FREE-SCHOOL SYSTEM. By JOHN I PHILBRICK.

DESPOTISM IN LUNATIC ASYLUMS. By DORMAN B. EATO

THE POLITICAL ATTITUDE OF THE MORMONS. By Jud C. C. GOODWIN.

THEOLOGICAL CHARLATANISM. By JOHN FISKE..

RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN PHYSICS. By Professor ARTHI W. WRIGHT.

REFORM versus REFORMATION. By Judge ALBION TOURGEE..