es so thoroughly have been settled in
precisely the opposite way in this country! For instance, emancipation
here was violent, the severance of master-and-slave relations complete,
the future _status_ of the two interested parties was not previously
fixed, and no compensation was given to either. Here land is held
solely by individual tenure; no person has enforced local bonds, but is
free to move everywhere--that is, with the sole exception of Indians.
We reject the colonization plan of dealing with marauding enemies, and
adopt the armed frontier system. In short, we are diametrically
opposite in our conclusions, and yet we have a national problem that is
in two important respects essentially the same as Russia's. The
settlement of a continent and the amalgamation of races is the double
task imposed on us as well as them. One mode of accomplishing it we can
see going on about us; its precise opposite is well exhibited in Mr.
Wallace's "Russia."

[6] "_Russia._" By D. MACKENZIE WALLACE. New York: Henry Holt &
Co.

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Mr. Anderson cannot be considered a model traveller. His "Six Weeks in
Norway"[7] gives hardly anything but the starting out on each morning,
the names of places passed, and the arrival at night. But the traveller
in that country needs something of just this kind, and this book will
therefore do very well for a guide. Indeed, it is well filled with facts
suitable to such a service. Norway is a hard country to travel in. The
frequent rains and steady fish diet are depressing to dry foreigners
with a previous sufficiency of phosphorus, and like our own country
there is little besides the scenery to engage attention. Nor is the
interior the best part of the country. It looks best in a profile view
seen from the water. Whoever would see Norway must visit the fiords in a
yacht, and not trouble the land much.

[7] "_Six Weeks in Norway._" By E. L. ANDERSON. Robert Clarke &
Co.

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The discussion of the mutual attitude of religion and science,
particularly in regard to what is known as the theory of development,
goes ceaselessly on. Books upon the subject follow each other so rapidly
that it would seem that they must long since have ceased to find any
considerable number of readers, much more of buyers. We confess that we
are somewhat weary of the controversy; particularly as it is kept