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April 6.--Death, at Brunswick, Me., of Hon. William G. Barrows. He was born in Bridgton, Me., January, 1821, and was graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1839. He was admitted to the bar in 1842, and settled for practice in his profession at Brunswick, where ever since he had resided. From 1853 to 1855 he edited with marked ability the _Brunswick Telegraph_. In 1856 he was selected judge of Probate Court for Cumberland County, and reëlected in 1860. In 1863 he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and reappointed in 1870 and 1877, serving three terms of seven years each. At the expiration of the latter term he declined a reappointment, preferring the retirement of private life. He was a member of the Maine Historical Society, and one of its most earnest supporters. He was warmly interested in the establishment of the Brunswick Public Library, and one of its most liberal supporters.

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April 7.--Unexpected death of Prof. Thomas Anthony Thatcher, LL.D., professor in Yale College of the Latin Language and Literature. He was born in Hartford, Jan. 11, 1815. He was fitted for Yale at the Hartford Hopkins Grammar School, and entered the college in 1831, graduating four years later. Then he taught in the New Canaan, Conn., Seminary for two years, and then in the Oglethorpe University, Georgia. He became a Latin tutor in Yale in 1838, and four years later was made a professor. In 1843 he went to Germany and studied two years. While there he was offered and accepted a position as tutor to the Crown Prince of Prussia and his royal cousin, Prince Frederick Charles. His "De Officiis" of Cicero and Madvig's Latin Grammar are widely known.

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April 8.--Dan Stone Smalley died at his residence, on Green street, Jamaica Plain, at the age of 75 years. He was for many years teacher of the Eliot Commercial School in Jamaica Plain.

April 9.--Death at Bement, Ill., of Hon. Lewis Bodman, formerly of Williamsburg, Mass., and senator from Hampshire county.

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April 10.--Sudden death of Hon. Elbridge Gerry of Portland, Me. He was born in Waterford, Oxford county, Me., Dec. 6, 1815. He received an academical education. After its completion he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in his twenty-fourth year. In the following year he was appointed clerk of the House of Representatives of Maine. At twenty-seven he was chosen state attorney for his native county. At thirty-one he was elected to the State Legislature as a Democratic representative. In 1849 his political career culminated in his election to Congress. He retired from public life in 1851, and settled down to the practice of his profession in Portland. His son is vice-consul at Havre, France.

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April 10.--Sudden death at Dallas, Texas, of John T. Ferris, manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Portland, Me. He was a man greatly esteemed in his large circle of acquaintances.

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April 12.--Death of Thaddeus Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was born at Brimfield, Mass., Jan. 17, 1796, and went with his father to St. Johnsbury when he was twenty years old. His many inventions in the line of weighing-machines are too familiar to need enumeration. He was the only American who was honored at the Vienna Exhibition by being made a Knight of Imperial Order of Francis Joseph. To his munificent gifts the academy at St. Johnsbury owes its worth.

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April 12.--Dr. Abram M. Shew, superintendent of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Middletown, died suddenly at the age of 45. He was appointed assistant physician of the New York Asylum for Insane Convicts at Auburn in 1862; in 1866 he went to Middletown, to superintend the building of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, and had since remained in charge of that institution. He was a native of Watertown, N.Y.

LITERATURE.

It is with a much more than ordinary degree of expectancy that the literary public has awaited a complete and adequate biography of the poet Longfellow. It comes to us at last as the work[11] of the poet's own brother, Samuel, who has, however, modestly assumed to have only edited the elaborate volumes which have recently come from the publisher's hands. This is true to a large extent, for the Life is for the greater part composed of portions of Longfellow's voluminous diary and correspondence; but these are interspersed throughout with his brother's own narrative, full of reminiscences and charming comments.

[11] Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With extracts from his Journals and Correspondence. Edited by Samuel Longfellow. 2 volumes. Boston: Ticknor & Co.

The work is not to hardly any degree analytical in its character; it is a vivid panorama of a most deeply and widely interesting career. We are made familiar by means of these volumes with the daily life of Henry W. Longfellow. Much of this insight is afforded, as has already been seen, through the published letters and diary. The interest of these is far greater than is usually the case with such compilations. Longfellow's life was to such a degree an intellectual one, that those who would know him best must find his own pen his best biographer. The comments in his journal are delightful, and the letters are highly interesting reading. They are from and to a host of friends, including Sumner, Hawthorne, Samuel Ward, Park Benjamin, Carlyle, and many others of equal note. Of course there is much in both letters and journal of personal matters, even such as regarding an invitation to dine, or some other passing slight event; but there is no apparent reason why anything should have been omitted that has been inserted in this work. Not only the poetry but the every-day life, the experiences, and the associations of Longfellow are worth knowing to those far beyond the pale of his own particular group of friends. Nothing has been inserted here, however, that seems to offend the sense of propriety, and the editor has certainly given evidence of the best of wisdom, care, and delicacy. Where he becomes the biographer he confines himself mostly to simple narrative; indeed, his final "summing up," after the last has been told that could be told of his illustrious brother's earthly career, is given in a single page.

There is very little to criticise regarding this Life. Of its kind it could not be more satisfactory. It is not the work of the theorist, the analyst, critic, or the eulogist. It is the full, plain, unvarnished story of the life of "the good son, devoted husband, affectionate father; the generous, faithful friend; the urbane and cultivated host; the lover of children; the lover of his country; the lover of liberty and of peace."

INDEX TO MAGAZINE LITERATURE.

(_APRIL 1886._)

ART, ARCHITECTURE. Slyfield Surrey. _Basil Champneys._ 22.--A Chapter on Fireplaces. _I. H. Pollen._ 22.--The Romance of Art. _F. Mabel Robinson._ 22.--The Annunciation in Art. _Julia Cartwright._ 22.--American Embroideries. _S. R. Koehler._ 22.--Art in Phoenicia. _Wm. Holmden._ 22.--Boydell's Shakespeare. _Alfred Beaver._ 22.

BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY. Sketch of Christian Huygens. 5.--Tribute to General Hancock. _Wm. L. Keese._ 6.--Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. _Margaret Deane._ 7.--Glimpses of Longfellow in Social Life. _Annie Fields._ 1.--Gouverneur Morris. _Henry Cabot Lodge._ 11.--Memoir of Ashbel Woodward, M.D. _P. H. Woodward, Esq._ 12.--Descendants of Josiah Upton. _William H. Upton._ 12.--Genealogical Gleanings in England. _Henry F. Waters._ 12.--Notes and Documents concerning Hugh Peters. _G. D. Scull._ 12.--John Harvard. _John. T. Hassam._ 12.--Early American Engravers. _Richard C. Lichtenstein._ 12.--Letters of Governor Greene. 13.--Journal of Lieut. John Trevett. 13.--Fanny Davenport. _Lisle Lester._ 16.--Franz Defreygar. _Helen Zimmem._ 22.--James Otis, Jr. _Rev. H. Hewitt._ 23.

EDUCATION. The Elective System of the University of Virginia. _Prof. James M. Garnett._ 3.--National Aid to Common Schools. _Senator J. J. Ingalls._ 4.--The Hand-work of School Children. _Rebecca J. Rickoff._ 5.--Relation of the Secondary School to the College. _H. M. Willard._ 8.--The Evolution of a College Republic. _Louise Seymour Houghton._ 8.--The Philosophical Phase of a System of Education. _Charles E. Lowrey._ 8.--Physical Education. _A. T. Bruce._ 8.--The First day in the Georgics. _Miss A. A. Knight._ 8.--Moral Education in the Public Schools. _Kate Gannett Wells._ 18.

HISTORY. A Famous Diplomatic Dispatch. _Allen Thorndike Rice._ 4.--The Newgate of Connecticut. _N. H. Egleston._ 6.--The Convention of North Carolina 1788. _A. W. Clason._ 6.--Church Records of Farmington, Ct. _Julius Gay._ 12.--Papers in Egerton MS. 2395. _Henry F. Waters._ 12.--Soldiers in King Philip's War. XIV. _Rev. Geo. M. Bodge._ 12.--Newbury and the Bartlett Family. _John C. J. Brown._ 12.--Memoirs of Rhode Island. _Henry Bull._ 13.--The Militia of Rhode Island, 1767. _Mrs. E. H. L. Barker._ 13.--Records of Trinity Church, Newport, R.I. _H. E. Turner, M.D._ 13.--Friends Records, Newport, R.I. _H. E. Turner, M.D._ 13.--Lafayette's Visit to Rhode Island, 1784. 13.--Memoirs of Hampton Court. _Henry C. Wilson._ 16.--The Virginia Cavaliers. _K. M. Rowland._ 17.--The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799. _R. T. Durrett._ 17.--The Reign of Terror in Tennessee. _J. A. Trousdale._ 17.--An Illustrious Town. Andover. _Rev. F. B. Makepeace._ 23.--Webster Historical Society Papers. I. _Hon. Stephen M. Allen._ 23.--The New England Library and its Founder. _Victoria Reed._ 23.

LITERATURE. Our Experience Meetings. _Julian Hawthorne, Edgar Fawcett, Joel Chandler Harris._ 9.--Shylock _vs._ Antonio. _Charles Henry Phelps._ 11.--Problems of the Scarlet Letter. _Julian Hawthorne._ 11.--Mr. Howell and the Poets. _Robert Burns Wilson._ 17.--Poe's Last Poem. _Henry W. Austin._ 17.--Tennyson's Later Poems. _P. B. Semple._ 17.

MILITARY. Sherman and McPherson. _Gen. U. S. Grant._ 4.--Plan of the Tennessee Campaign. _Anna Ella Carroll._ 4.--Chancellorsville. _William Howard Sicles._ 6.--Shiloh. _Gen. W. F. Smith._ 6.--Our First Battle. _Alfred E. Lee._ 6.--The War in Missouri. _Richard H. Musser._ 17.

NAVAL. Life on the Alabama. _P. D. Haywood._ 1.--Cruise and Combats of the Alabama. _Capt. John McIntosh Kell._ 1.--The Duel between the Alabama and the Kearsarge. _Dr. John M. Brown._ 1.

MISCELLANEOUS. An Arctic Journal. _Dr. Octave Pavy._ 4.--The Whipping-post. _Lewis Hocheimer._ 5.--The Overcrowding of Cities. _Dr. Prosper Bender._ 6.--Smoking from College-girls' Point of View. _Elizabeth Porter Gould._ 8.--The Query Club. _Frances E. Sparhawk._ 8.--Leaves from a '49 Ledger. _C. F. Degelman._ 10.--Creole Slave Songs. _Geo. W. Cable._ 1.--Toy Dogs. _James Watson._ 1.--Scores and Tallies. _Grant Allen._ 9.--Children, Past and Present. _Agnes Repplier._ 11.--Various articles on Young Women and Marriage. 16.--American Fame Abroad. _Edith Langdon._ 16.--Generalities of Washington Society. _Flora Adams Darling._ 16.--The Modern Barber: A Study. _Henry M. Gallaher, D.D._ 16.--Modern Woman and Dress. _Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher._ 16.--New England Manners and Customs in Time of Bryant's early Life. _Mrs. H. G. Rowe._ 23.--New England Characteristics. _Lizzie M. Whittlesey._ 23.

POLITICS, ECONOMICS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Gambetta's Electoral Tour. _Madame Adam._ 4.--Constitutional Reform in Rhode Island. _Abraham Payne, W. P. Sheffield._ 4.--More about American Landlordism. _Henry George._ 4.--An Economic Study of Mexico. _David A. Wells._ 5.--The Land Question Stated. _Alex. G. Eels._ 10.--The Taxation of Land. _John H. Durst._ 10.--The Progress of Kansas. _Gov. John A. Martin._ 4.--English Rule in India. _Annita Lal Roy._ 4.--The French Problem in Canada. _Geo. H. Clarke._ 5.--The Consolidation of Canada. _Watson Griffin._ 6.--A Shoemaker's Contribution to the Chinese Discussion. _Patrick J. Healy._ 10.--The Future Influence of China. _Irving McDowell._ 10.--Certain Phases of the Chinese Question. _John F. Miller._ 10.--Strikes, Lockouts, and Arbitration. _George May Powell._ 1.--Responsible Government under the Constitution. _Woodrow Wilson._ 11.--The Speaker of the National House. _J. Lawrence Laughlin._ 18.--Present Conditions in Georgia. _Henry Wadsworth Reed._ 18.--Civics and Economics. _Alexander Johnston._ 18.

RECREATION, SPORTS. Botany as a Recreation for Invalids. _Miss E. F. Andrews._ 5.--Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West. _Theodore Roosevelt._ 7.--American Steam Yachting. _E. S. Jaffray._ 7.--What Steam Yachting costs in England. _Dixon Kemp._ 7.--Sport in Florida. _James A. Henschall._ A Chat about Driving. _S. Sidney._ 7.

RELIGION, MORALS. The Spiritual Problem of the Manufacturing Town. _William W. Adams, D.D._ 3.--The possibilities of Religious Reform in Italy. _Wm. Chauncy Langdon, D.D._ 3.--Christianity and Popular Education. _Washington Gladden._ 1.--Reformation of Charity. _D. O. Kellogg._ 11.

SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY, DISCOVERY, INVENTIONS. External Form of the Manlike Apes. _R. Hartmann._ 5.--The Factors of Organic Evolution. _Herbert Spencer._ 5.--The Teeth of the Coming Man. _Oscar Schmidt._ 5.--Earthquakes in Central America. _M. De Montessus._ 5.--The Gems of the National Museum. _George F. Kunz._ 5.--The Cotton-Harvester. _Hugh N. Starnes._ 17.

THEOLOGY, POLEMICS. The Rite of Blood-Covenanting and the Doctrine of Atonement. _Rev. J. Max Hark._ 3.--Mr. Gladstone and Genesis. _Prof. Huxley._ 5.--Comments. _Prof. Henry Drummond._ 5.

TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, DESCRIPTION. Around the World on a Bicycle. _Thomas Stevens._ 7.--Crossing the Atlantic in a Blockade Runner. _Capt. Roland F. Coffin._ 7.--After Geronimo. _Lieut. John Bigelow, Jr._ 7.--Work and Sport on the Congo. _Henry M. Stanley._ 7.--On the Trail of Geronimo. _Fred W. Stowell._ 10.--Reminiscences of Calaveras. 10.--Italy from a Tricycle. II. _Elizabeth Robins Pennell._ 1.--Two Days in Utah. _Alice W. Rollins._ 9.--The Tiber

1 _The Century._ 2 _Harper's Monthly._ 3 _Andover Review._ 4 _North American Review._ 5 _Popular Science Monthly._ 6 _Magazine of Am. History._ 7 _Outing._ 8 _Education._ 9 _Lippincott's Magazine._ 10 _Overland Monthly._ 11 _Atlantic Monthly._ 12 _New England Historical and Genealogical Register._ 13 _Rhode Island Historical Magazine._ 14 _The Forum._ 15 _New Princeton Review._ 16 _The Brooklyn Magazine._ 17 _The Southern Bivouac._ 18 _The Citizen._ 19 _Political Science Quarterly._ 20 _Unitarian Review._ 21 _New Englander._ 22 _Magazine of Art._ 23 _New England Magazine._