The June Century is fully up to the standard of the other numbers which we have received. President Eliot discusses the question "What is a Liberal Education?" and tries to show that the sciences and English should be given leading places in the school and also in the college. An interesting article is Miss Fanny Storie's "Diary of an American Girl in Cairo during the War of 1882." The illustrated papers are "A French-American Seaport," which is an account of the Island of St. Pierre off Newfoundland; "Sailors' Snug Harbor," by Franklin H. North; "American Wild Animals in Art," by Julian Hawthorne; and a scholarly paper by Edward Eggleston on "Commerce in the Colonies." In fiction, Henry James' new story, "Lady Barberina," in this number, concerns itself with the complications of marriage settlements; Mr. Cable's "Dr. Sevier" is continued; and Robert Grant's story of "An Average Man" is concluded. The short story of the number is a sketch of character and incident, by H. C. Bunner, entitled "The Red Silk Handkerchief."
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