Excerpt from Scribner's Monthly, Vol. 19: An Illustrated Magazine for the People; (Nov., 1879, to April, 1880, Inclusive) The Reign of Peter the Great Is Life Worth Living? -the N ation's' Doctors, 143; Sunday Bummers - Teachers and Task-masters - The Sermon, 302; British and American F arming - F rom Country to City - Fiat Money, 461 A Word on Politics - Temperance Education - Familiarity, 621; The Purchase of Pictures: A Proposition - The Revision of the Scri tures - Industrial Education, 783; A Lay Sermon for Easter - A Profitable Art Industry; An Offer 0 Premiums, 937. Communications The Infant Hercules again (sofia 144: An Objection to En lish Spelli (n. With a rep] from Mr. Lounsbury, 465 The Restoration of St. Mar 's (r. W. Edison's Electric Light (a reply from Aloon Man), 795; The First Breech-loading three cuts by H. W Troy) (j. Watts de Peyster), 939. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.