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James M. Love, of Keokuk, Iowa, one of the oldest United States District Judges, died at his home on July 2. He was seventy-two years old. He was born in Fairfax County, Va., and was educated in the common schools and in a Vir ginia academy. Removing to Ohio, he studied law with Judge Richard Stillwell at Zanesville, and was admitted to the bar. In 1846 he en tered the army as Captain of Company B, Third Regiment of Ohio, Volunteers, for service in the Mexican war, and served until the close of the term of their enlistment, in 1847. He removed to Keokuk in 1850, and in 1852 was elected a State Senator. In 1885 he was appointed a United States District Judge for the District of Iowa. When the division was made in 1883, he was made Judge for the Southern District, which position he held until death.
REVIEWS. Mr. Lewis H. Campbell, of Washington, D. C, has written an exceedingly interesting history on "The Patent System of the United States." In a small pamphlet, of only fifty-five pages, the author gives the history of the United States patent system, so far as it relates to the granting of patents. Much new and valuable matter is con tained therein, and no one who is interested in the subject of patents will fail to find much to interest and instruct. The work should have a hearty reception from the legal profession.
The University Faculty of Political Science of Columbia College have commenced the publication of a series of Studies in History, Economics, and Pubuc Law. We have received the first two numbers: No. 1, "The Divorce Problem," by Walter Francis Wilcox, Ph.D.; No. 2, "The History of Tariff Administration in the United States," by John Dean Goss, Ph. D. Other valu able papers will follow. Like the "Johns Hopkins University Studies," this series will appeal to all intelligent readers throughout the country.
The July Cosmopolitan is beautifully illustrated, and contains a varied and interesting table of con
tents. " Submarine Boats for Coast Defence," by W. S. Hughes, will, perhaps, attract leading atten tion. "Trout-Fishing in the Laurentides/' by Kit Clarke, will interest every lover of fishing. Other articles which call for especial mention are "The Diamond Fields of South Africa," by E. J. Lawler; "Two Modern Knights-Errant," by James Grant Wilson; " Country Life in the Honduras," by Gertrude De Aguirre; " Ostrich Farming in California," by Emma G. Paul. There is the usual supply of fiction.
The July Century, offers its readers an ex ceedingly interesting table of contents, namely : "A Day at Laguerre's " ( illustrated ), by F. Hopkinson Smith; " Provencal Bull-fights " ( illus trated), by Joseph Pennell; "Restraint," by Mar garet Crosby; " Mr. Cutting, the Night Editor," by Ervin Wardman; " Italian Old Masters " ( illus trated), by W. J. Stillman; Chatterton in Holborn," by Ernest Rhys; " General Miles's Indian Campaigns!' ( illustrated ), by Major G. W. Baird; "July," by Henry Tyrrell; " Greeley's Estimate of Lincoln," by Horace Greeley; "The Squirrel Inn," III., by Frank R. Stockton; " Love Letters," by C. P. Cranch; " The Faith Doctor," VI., by Edward Eggleston; " Across the Plains in the Donner Party, 1846" (illustrated), by Virginia Reed Murphy; " Arrival of Overland Trains in California in '49," by A. C. Ferris; " At the Har bor's Mouth," by Walter Learned; " The Force of Example," by Viola Roseboro'; " For Helen," by Grace H. Duffield; "A Lunar Landscape" (pictures from negatives taken at Lick Observa tory ), by Edward S. Holden; " The Drummer" ( pictures by Gilbert Gaul ), by Henry Ames Blood; " Tao : the Way. An Artist's Letters from Japan," by John La Farge; " Paris : the Typical Modern City," by Albert Shaw.
Scribner's Magazine for July (beginning the tenth volume ) has its leading article on a subject which attracts particular attention at this season, — "Speed in Ocean Steamers." The author, A. E. Seaton, is connected with a large ship-building firm in England. The illustrations show a num ber of the fastest steamers afloat. This issue con tains also two illustrated out-of-door articles, — one on " Izard Hunting in the Spanish Pyrenees," and
