Literary Notes

The iHsIrihiition of undcri;pir il wwtw fhrough the mck-stratH of the e,rtli If discnesed In " The Popular Science Monthly" frir March, in nn article if ¦KMt interest and ahility by M Duulé , the dtotlngulnbed Prench gecringM. The article UkeJ into account the nycuoifP l)v which the iliftrilnition is aecomplilied. the influences liy which it la directed, and its results upon the lile and welfare of the inliahitants of different reglons, :iinl in the grouping ui' populations. The fiftieth .Mmanac puhlished by The Nv York Tribune, nam'ly, the nne for 1888, comes to us wilh t líe apprnpriatitHle of the ' Semi-Centennml Issne." Newspapers and nlmaBHC grow yountser and trcslier a tliey advance in yers The Tribune Aliñan ir f ir 18S8 is fresh, popular, pitliv, adapti-d t. the time?, and erammed vviih the polItlQfti statisties to which every one iil turn for referente in the Preidential year. The popular vote for President in'l34 is givcn in detail wi'.h tbr total vote in each clcttion back to 18AS. Beii g; nonp ntis in. il is used by men of all partie-. Tlie pi ice it 2') Mlite.