The nature and design of the present work have been so fully stated in the Prospectus, and are indeed so far explained by its very Title, that it is unnecessary to occupy any great portion of its first number with details on the subject. We are under no temptation to fill its columns with an account of what we hope future numbers will be. Indeed, we would rather give a specimen than a description; and only regret that, from the wide range of... more...

THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL RECORDS. The two principal causes of the loss of these records are, the abstraction of them by Edward I. in 1292, and the destruction of a great many others by the reformers in their religious zeal. It so happens that up to the time of King Robert Bruce, the history is not much to be depended on. A great many valuable papers connected with the ancient ecclesiastical state of Scotland were carried off to the Continent by the... more...

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A. A.(A.) on solemnization of matrimony, 46.Admiration, a note of, 86.Adur, origin of, 71. 108.Æneas, Silvius, 423.Aërostation, works on, 199. 251. 269. 285. 317. 380. 459.Aerostation, squib on Lunardi, 469."A Frog he would," &c., 45. 188.A.(F.R.) on Dr. Maginn, 109.—— on the Darby Ram, 285.—— on "Epistolm Obscururum Virorum," 122.—— on Parse, 522.—— on Hockey, 238.—— on... more...

DIVISION OF INTELLECTUAL LABOUR. Every one confesses, I believe, the correctness of the principle called "Division of labour." But if any one would form an adequate estimate of the ratio of the effect produced, in this way, to the labour which is expended, let him consult Dr. Adam Smith. I think he states, as an example, that a single labourer cannot make more than ten pins in a day; but if eight labourers are employed, and each of them performs... more...

DRYDEN ON SHAKSPERE. "Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition."—Samuel Johnson. No one of the early prose testimonies to the genius of Shakspere has been more admired than that which bears the signature of John Dryden. I must transcribe it, accessible as it is elsewhere, for the sake of its juxtaposition with a... more...

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION President J. A. Neilson, Hort. Dept. M. S. C., East Lansing, Mich. Vice-President C. F. Walker, 2851 E Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Secretary W. G. Bixby, 32 Grand AVE., Baldwin, N. Y. Treasurer Karl W. Greene, Ridge Road, N. W., Washington, D. C. DIRECTORS J. A. Neilson, C. F. Walker, Dr. W. C. Deming, K. W. Greene, W. G. Bixby, S. W. Snyder COMMITTEES Auditing—Z. H. Ellis, L.... more...

AT LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA The third annual meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association was held in the Court House at Lancaster, Pa., beginning December 18, 1912, at 10 A. M.; President Morris presiding. The Chairman: The meeting will be called to order. We have first an address by the Mayor of Lancaster, Mayor McClean. (Applause.) Mayor McClean: Ladies and gentlemen of the Northern Nut Growers Association: The Mayor of a city of the... more...

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION President W. S. Linton Saginaw, Michigan Vice-President James S. McGlennon Rochester, New York Secretary and Treasurer Willard G. Bixby Baldwin, Nassau Co., New York Acting Secretary W. C. Deming Wilton, Connecticut COMMITTEES Auditing—C. P. Close, C. A. Reed Executive—J. Russell Smith, W. C. Reed and the Officers Federal Aid—J. M. Patterson, R. T. Morris, J. H.... more...