lfish one.

In France the Dreyfus clamor has grown to a disturbance, the disturbance
to riot;--what next?

The short sketch of the life of Gladstone which will be published in
next week's number should interest all of our readers. The "Grand Old
Man" is undoubtedly the grandest figure in the history of the century
now closing, and his admirers are to be found in every part of the
world--many in our own country, where self-achieved greatness is by no
means uncommon. His has been a life of constant, unremitted labor in the
advancement of the interests of his fellow-men. No minute in his long
life seems to have been wasted, and to-day, when nearly ninety years of
age, he continues to labor to the utmost of his remaining strength.

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Our Naturalist has already received enough suggestions for his projected
book to enable him to write a library, we think, but he says that he is
quite in earnest in wanting to hear from many thousand boys and girls on
this subject. His purpose is apparently to make a book which shall be
found just right by all.

A batch of letters comes in from Baltimore, and the subjects are so
varied and interesting that we give them in outline.

Jane H. wants to know about the mongoose: what kind of snakes it kills;
about sun-spots and their influence on the seasons.

C. F. N. about the sky, sun, moon, and stars.

Philip H. H. about bees and crabs.

Edwin St. J. G. about horses, especially those with long manes and
tails.

Sidney G. about wild animals, lions; also snakes and unfamiliar plants.

Claude E. H. about Mother Carey's chickens. He writes that his uncle
shot one while crossing the ocean.

Murray W. T. about birds and plants, "with pictures."

Howell G. about the quail, woodpecker, and other birds. (We wonder if he
has seen Grant's book on birds, or "Bird Neighbors"?)

James M. about sea-lions and wild animals; also about cats and domestic
animals.

Denison F. about ant-eaters, lions, and whales.

Tom T. about the horse, dog, and python.

You can see by the above letters--and this was but part of one mail--how
many things our young people want to know about, and what a task
"Naturalist" has taken upon himself.

From Sterling, Ill., comes a request from a number of boys and girls for
a book about wild animals and how they live. (Ingersoll's "Wild
Neighbors" is just such a book.)

E. C., of Brookline, writes a very suggestive letter. A few