Review of reviews and world's work . int. Whatcould be more fitting than that the friendsof General Corbin should now take up thiswork to honor his memorv? for strong speech. Mr. Mayo W, Hazel-tine, who was one of our most accomplishedhistorical scholars, was also our foremost ofliterary critics. Mr. Clyde Fitch had beenour most versatile and ingenious playwright,and some of his dramas will undoubtedlyhave permanence. TheValue ofOld Men. When productive artists and au-thors like McKim and thoseothers we have mentioned passaway while in the thick of their work there isa distinct loss to the cou
Review of reviews and world's work . int. Whatcould be more fitting than that the friendsof General Corbin should now take up thiswork to honor his memorv? for strong speech. Mr. Mayo W, Hazel-tine, who was one of our most accomplishedhistorical scholars, was also our foremost ofliterary critics. Mr. Clyde Fitch had beenour most versatile and ingenious playwright,and some of his dramas will undoubtedlyhave permanence. TheValue ofOld Men. When productive artists and au-thors like McKim and thoseothers we have mentioned passaway while in the thick of their work there isa distinct loss to the country; and the deathof useful public characters, like private , leads us all to welcome ^everyadvance in the work of medical researchthat aids in the prolongation of humanlife. Every time there appears some bril-liant, piquant, and useful utterance from j:hepen of a veteran like Prof. Goldwin Smithor the Hon. John Bigelow, the thoughtfulmind rejoices in the continued activity ofmen who have for so long a time instructed. Other Men ofNote. Among other useful and famousAmericans who have passed awaywas Mr. William Lloyd Garri-son, son and namesake of the great anti-slavery leader, who was a business man ofBoston, of Independent and radical views,and with a heritage of courage and of gift MR. mkIM (on the right) WITH HIS PARTNER, JIR. MEAD. and helped their fellows. Mr. Bigelow, whowill be ninety-two years old next month, andis one of the most influential and vigorousminds that now serves New York, gave ussome timely thoughts a few days ago uponthe pollution of the Hudson River and theneed of purifying it and preserving it in allits pristine virtue and beauty. THE PROGRESS OF THE IVORLD. 405 ,^ , . The spectacle presented to an im- tion Meeting nicnsc jjathcnng or visitors irom at Reims ^j^ ^^,^^ ^^^ World at the aviation meeting at Reims during the last week ofAugust was one which up to that time wouldhave been thought of only as a fanciful pre-diction. The poets air
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