There is very little to criticise regarding this Life. Of its kind it could not be more satisfactory. It is not the work of the theorist, the analyst, critic, or the eulogist. It is the full, plain, unvarnished story of the life of "the good son, devoted husband, affectionate father; the generous, faithful friend; the urbane and cultivated host; the lover of children; the lover of his country; the lover of liberty and of peace." INDEX TO MAGAZINE LITERATURE. (_APRIL 1886._) ART, ARCHITECTURE. Slyfield Surrey. _Basil Champneys._ 22.--A Chapter on Fireplaces. _I. H. Pollen._ 22.--The Romance of Art. _F. Mabel Robinson._ 22.--The Annunciation in Art. _Julia Cartwright._ 22.--American Embroideries. _S. R. Koehler._ 22.--Art in Phoenicia. _Wm. Holmden._ 22.--Boydell's Shakespeare. _Alfred Beaver._ 22. BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY. Sketch of Christian Huygens. 5.--Tribute to General Hancock. _Wm. L. Keese._ 6.--Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. _Margaret Deane._ 7.--Glimpses of Longfellow in Social Life. _Annie Fields._ 1.--Gouverneur Morris. _Henry Cabot Lodge._ 11.--Memoir of Ashbel Woodward, M.D. _P. H. Woodward, Esq._ 12.--Descendants of Josiah Upton. _William H. Upton._ 12.--Genealogical Gleanings in England. _Henry F. Waters._ 12.--Notes and Documents concerning Hugh Peters. _G. D. Scull._ 12.--John Harvard. _John. T. Hassam._ 12.--Early American Engravers. _Richard C. Lichtenstein._ 12.--Letters of Governor Greene. 13.--Journal of Lieut. John Trevett. 13.--Fanny Davenport. _Lisle Lester._ 16.--Franz Defreygar. _Helen Zimmem._ 22.--James Otis, Jr. _Rev. H. Hewitt._ 23. EDUCATION. The Elective System of the University of Virginia. _Prof. James M. Garnett._ 3.--National Aid to Common Schools. _Senator J. J. Ingalls._ 4.--The Hand-work of School Children. _Rebecca J. Rickoff._ 5.--Relation of the Secondary School to the College. _H. M. Willard._ 8.--The Evolution of a College Republic. _Louise Seymour Houghton._ 8.--The Philosophical Phase of a System of Education. _Charles E. Lowrey._ 8.--Physical Education. _A. T. Bruce._ 8.--The First day in the Georgics. _Miss A. A. Knight._ 8.--Moral Education in the Public Schools. _Kate Gannett Wells._ 18.