enting to the public
the opinions of leading American journalists, authors, and scholars on
the subject of international copyright. The truly laudable endeavor of
the _Century_ Company to obtain for the noble army of thinkers and
writers on both sides the Atlantic the protection they desire and
deserve will, it is hoped, not prove vain and futile. That any immediate
and satisfactory step will be taken in this direction is scarcely to be
expected. But the discussion of the question, in the form presented by
the _Century_, will, at least, do something to break up the supineness
and indifference of the reading public. That once done, some substantial
redress of an old-standing grievance will not be much longer delayed.

FOOTNOTES:

[F] Boston: Roberts Brothers.

EDUCATION.

In determining a nation's place and power in the great work of modern
civilization, it is not necessary to take into consideration the extent
of its territory, the number of its population, the richness of its
resources, the extent and prosperity of its commerce, the wealth of its
people, the sufficiency of its naval and military defences, or even the
form of its government and the character of its political institutions;
the decision must mainly turn on the thoroughness, completeness, and
comprehensiveness of its educational machinery and work. Judged by this
standard the United States may fairly claim to be assigned a foremost
place in the great community of enlightened and progressive modern
peoples. It is very true that the high schools, colleges, and
universities of the country cannot boast a great historic past; that
they can scarcely be said to be so completely equipped and munificently
endowed as many of the English and German seats of learning; but these
disadvantages of a young and growing nation will, in course of time,
diminish and disappear, while newer and happier educational methods,
employed in a freer and more favorable field, will be sure to produce
results not hitherto achieved in this most important department of human
enterprise and activity.

The attention of the American nation is being turned, as never before,
to the question of education; the wealth of the nation is being
literally poured forth upon a scale and with a munificence unprecedented
perhaps in the history of the world. "In the single decade, from 1870 to
1880," says Dr. Warren, President of the Boston University, in his
report for the year 1884-85, "priv