ch--a performance paralleled
in the opposite hemisphere by a party of Fuegians, man, wife and son,
who came off in a canoe to trade, and stripped themselves utterly of
their one garment of fine sea-otter skins in exchange for beads and
tobacco. The author seems to have armed herself against surprises of
this and all other kinds, and to have set out prepared to accept
outlandish ways as they came, and look on the bright and reasonable side
of everything. She manifests no national prejudice, whether against
savage or civilized people, and commends frankly American carriages,
railways, tramways, calicoes and canned fruits wherever she meets them;
and that is, for one or another item of the list, nearly everywhere.
Our manufacturers will read with interest the compliments recorded as
paid by their customers, actual and possible, in the Pacific and Indian
Oceans to the superior merit of their fabrics as compared with those of
Manchester.

Altogether, should Mrs. Brassey's yacht be ready for another
circumnavigation before ours, we do not know that we should refuse the
offer of a spare berth.

Art-Education. A Lecture by General William Birney. Delivered February
6, 1878, before the Washington Art-Club. Washington: Art-Club.

This brochure is mainly a sketch of the consequences to industrial art
of the English Exhibition of 1851, or a consideration of the fruits of
the South Kensington Art-School. The humiliation of England in that
Exhibition is well known, and the way in which she profited by the
bitter lesson is full of instruction to this country. Thoughtful
Americans, whether directly concerned in the welfare of laboring men or
not, remember uneasily the troubles of last year, listen with compassion
to whatever sounds of distress come from the assemblies of those who
call themselves "workingmen," and look with anxiety for evidence of
returning prosperity and contentment. All Americans worth mentioning are
workers and are in sympathy with labor. If any "workingmen" think that
there is a large or powerful class in this country opposed to the
interests of labor, they should at once dismiss the notion, and look
further for the cause of their troubles. Considerate people see that the
"workingmen" should take a wider view of their situation than most of
them seem to do; that they should look above and beyond the ranks of
partisans for the light they need; that they should listen to those who
will discuss their problem with