. Review of reviews and world's work. they become resigned, and accom-modate themselves to a mode of life in accordance withtheir condition. Has the Speed of the Gulf Stream Increased? —The report that the Gulf Stream now runs withgreater speed than formerly, and its influence on thetime required for the crossing of the Atlantic, furnishesthe theme for an article, by Dr. W. Brennecke, in theGerman magazine Umschau (Frankfort). Dr. Bren-necke analyzes the climatic and geographical reasonsfor the existence and continuance of the Gulf Stream,and points out how the change in the wind currentsand t
. Review of reviews and world's work. they become resigned, and accom-modate themselves to a mode of life in accordance withtheir condition. Has the Speed of the Gulf Stream Increased? —The report that the Gulf Stream now runs withgreater speed than formerly, and its influence on thetime required for the crossing of the Atlantic, furnishesthe theme for an article, by Dr. W. Brennecke, in theGerman magazine Umschau (Frankfort). Dr. Bren-necke analyzes the climatic and geographical reasonsfor the existence and continuance of the Gulf Stream,and points out how the change in the wind currentsand the density of the atmosphere all affect the life andpower of the famous current. This is chiefly dependent,he points out, on the location and extent of the areasof high and low pressure over the sea. A series of care-fully made reports, over a long period of time, by theGerman Marine Observatoriiim, would seem to indicatethat the Gulf Stream now moves more rapidly thanformerly. THE NEW BOOKS. NOTES ON RECENT AMEKICAN JAMES FORD KHODES. A FEW VOLUMES OF HISTORY. FOR each succeeding volume of Mr. James FordRhodes History of the United States (Mac-millan) the critics have only words of praise. The fifthvolume, covering the years 1864-66, has recently comefrom the press. In thebeginning of this vol-ume, Mr. Rhodes givesa brief recapitulation ofthe salient events of theCivil War, and followsthis with a detailed ac-count of ShermansGeorgia Appomattoxcampaign, Lees sur-render, and the assas-sination of Lincoln areall treated within thelimits of a single chap-ter. A long chapter isdevoted to an accountof society at the Northduring the war, and asimilar chapter to soci-ety at the South. Another chapter is assigned to thetreatment of pri-soners of war. The volume closes witha fair and impartial account of reconstruction. treatment of the war itself, and of the issuesgrowing out of the war, is that of an unbiased histo-rian, and will meet, we thi
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