The foremost authority in all the world on the subject of earthquakes, John Milne, and his unique earthquake observatory in the Isle of Wight, is the subject of an illustrated article in McClure’s Magazine for May. The article describes how, by the scientific appliances invented and set up by Professor Milne, the slightest tremor of the earth, in however remote a quarter, is instantly measured and recorded and the place of its occurrence disclosed, whether on the land or under the sea. Hamlin Garland tells the ever-interesting and ever-tragic story of General Grant’s last year. In preparing his paper, Mr. Garland has had access to important unpublished material. The instalment of Charles A. Dana’s “Recollections” gives some striking pen-portraits of the generals associated with Grant in the Army of the Potomac. It also describes the almost ridiculous panic in Washington at the time of the Early raid.