represented the town
in the Legislature in 1876, and was twice elected Assistant Judge of the
Caledonia County Court.

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March 15.--Death of Prof. Edward Tuckerman, LL.D., of Amherst College.
He was born in Boston in 1820, was graduated at Union College in 1837,
at the Law School in 1839, and at Harvard in 1847. In 1854 he came to
Amherst as lecturer on history, and the next year was appointed to the
professorship. Three years later he became Professor of Botany.

INDEX TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

[First numeral refers to foot-note and name of periodical. Second
numeral to page. Date of periodical is that of the month preceding this
issue of the New England Magazine, unless otherwise stated.]

ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL. Biological Training in Colleges. _Prof. W. G.
Farlow._ 5, 577.--Health and Sex in Higher Education. _John Dewey,
Ph.D._ 5, 606.--Boston University School of Law. _Benjamin. R. Curtis._
8, 218.--The School-house in American Development. _Rev. A. E. Winship._
10, 387.--Knowledge which Earns Bread. _Sarah K. Bolton._ 10, 394.--The
Philosophical Phase of a System of Education. _Chas. E. Lowrey._ 10,
397.--The Ancient-Modern Language Controversy. _Minna Caroline Smith._
10, 405.--The Problem of Woman's Education. _Nicolo D'Alfonso._ 10,
420.--Relation of the High School to the Community. _David W. Hoyt._ 10,
429.

ARCHITECTURE. Japanese House-building. _Prof. E. S. Morse._ 5,
643.--Recent Architecture in America, City Dwellings. _Mrs. Schuyler van
Rensselaer._ 7, 677.--Some Notable Vanes. 1, 193.--At the White House.
_Hester M. Poole._ 19, 170.--The Old Guard Ball.--How the Metropolitan
House can be made Beautiful. 19, 184.

ART. Decorations of the New York Academy of Music. 19, 172.--Growth in
Art. _Mary Parmele._ 19, 177.--Some Philadelphia Studios. _Anne H.
Wharton._ 19, 178.--Ceramics and Ceramic Painting. 19, 180.

BIOGRAPHY. B. F. Wade, the Politician. _Hon. A. G. Riddle._ 3,
471.--George Washington Tifft. _Francis F. Fargo._ 3, 544.--Two
Interesting Traditions. _Irving Beman._ 3, 484.--Sketch of Sir J.
Bennett Lawes. 5, 694.--Castelar the Orator. _William Jackson Strong._
7, 785.--Thomas Middleton. _Algernon C. Swinburne._ 16, 335.--George
Borrow. _George Saintsbury._ 16, 322.--Edmund Hatch Bennett. 8,
225.--Daniel Webster. _Hon. Edward S. Tobey._ 8, 228.--John Dudley
Philbrick. 10, 442.--Dr. Henry Norman Hudson. 10, 448.

HISTORY. Van Cortlandt