Literature Notes

The subji-t of Arte.-ian Waters in tihe Arjd lU'.ision. vi!l ]e treated by Tobert T. Hill in the Miinh Popular Scienoe Monthly. Mr. Hill correcte sonie erroneous notions tliat have prevailed coneeniiag artesian wells, and exptaSns in Wtfat tuations borings' are moet likely 10 BUOCegtful. The article i.s fully illustrated. The Decrease oí Ilural Io])ulation v.i 1 be dis u sihI in Ulo Maich Popular S iciK e MoothJy, by John C. Rose, who giv'es full anul exact inforination cocceming this tendency. and point.s out the industrial chongpes bo whit-h it is due. Dr. Wa.sliilngtou Glfuldn is at present tak'n? the pldbe of I'hillips Brooks. in lectures to f-tmtents at Harvard. Univei-sity. His "Cosmopolis City Club," now appi'ariiiir in The ('entury. ttaa been pai-nVularly timely and useful in communitics AJhfre a figrht for ffood government tuappens to be gein? on. The first artivle, Wbieh appeared a week before tïic city primary li-ctions in Alliiirhcny, I',nnsylvani;i.is said tf have had a decided influpncc in the cainpaitrn oonducted by UM Citizens" Keform Association oi t.hat city.