Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-04-02
LITERA TURE AND J0URNA LisM.

PETEgsoS's MAGAZINE for April contains the
continuation of Mrs. Ann s. Stephens powerful
novelette,, "Thc Bride OF the Prairie" and the
first part Of deeply interesting story by the au-
thor Of "The Second Lilc.' The steel cngrav-
ngs and other Illustrations are beautiful and USE
| full. IT,. rr
TIE MOST PRoMiSEsr FEATuKie Of the April
AHantic is jim Parton's exhaustive and entertain
ing article on "Our Roman Catholic Brethren"
It gives vast deal Of information on the subject
of the policy, system, aad operation of the Cath
Ollie Church. Bayard Taylor last "By-way" Of
Europe is the strange little republic Of Andorra,
in Spain, where for more than six bundled years.
II narrow valley has retained an independent form
| of government and Is not now possession of
any other Nation. Il. p. Whipple contributes
another of his admirable essays on English
writer's this being Spcnscr. OF the stories,
"Lagos Bar, (which Is only commenced, promises
to be ms sensational as Charles Rcade; and "a
most Extraordinary Case seems to us lame and
impotcnt in its conclusion, a long story about
nothing. There is plot, to be sure, but 1t is a
narrow one spread out very thin. A. d. Richard
son gives his second paper on Free Missouri"
and Dr. Haycs presents another instilment OF his
somewhat singular narrative of "Dr. Molke's
| Friends"
OuR YouyG FoLKs opens with another install
mcnt of Dickens " Holiday Romance Besides
this we are inclined to think the poetry better
than the prose. The former includes two cx-
ecllent contributions; one is "Drving the Cow"
by Marian Douglas" and the other .'Thc Little
| d,lt
little word and music paintings from nature, and
are not easily cxcellcd If the prose articles suf-
fer in comparion it probably NAV not be their
fault, at all.
FRoM CHARLES ScRIpNER Il Co., through
Boughman, Thomas 81 Co.. we have received a
new Intellectual Arithmetic, designed for schools,
by s. A. Fel,er, A. NJ, late Of the Brooklyn Col
lcgitc and Polytechnic Institute, and author Of n
series ol school Arlthmetcs, of which this Is third
in the graded school course. 1t introduces some
new features and adds to the body of the work u
brief aud practical exposition of the metric sys-
ten Of weights and measures.
Tux G,iAxY, for April gives four more chap
tiers Of "Steven Lawrence Yeomau," adorned by
an illustration. OF the current articles, that by
John Burroughs, urging the need, In literary
effort, of that insight into, aud sympathy with, II
strong, vigorous humanity, and showing, as we
think he conclusively does, that 1t is "Bcfore
Genius really valuable paper, containing
much information of service to the public is that
on "Thc Lowlands of the Mississippi" by Henry
L. Abbott. Jas. Franklin Fits contributes an
ether of the vivid and entertaining sketches Of
the battles under Sheridan, in the Shenandoah
Valley, this being the Eight Mt Fishers HILL
Tu tho way Of light reading we have " From May
till Mariininas," story by Mrs. w. II. Palmer.
We have already mentioned the change in the
propIietorshlp of the Go'dTy, the Mcssrs. Church
having disposed Of it to Sheldon Il Co. This,
however, involves no change in the editorial CON
duct.
The new publishers propose to reduce the size
of the type, and Increase the size of the pages as
we'll as their NUMBER making the magazine con.
tain fully fifty per cent. more reading matter thar
now. With this Improvement, two new depart
mcnts are to be introduced, ,iz department
devoted to public and social topics of current in.
lercst, and department OF literary criticism il
which, under suitable classification, will be dis
clissed The books of the month, Foreign nnt
American The feature of Illustrations is to bt
much extended. Three or four fullpage ill,lsira
tions on toned paper will accompany each nun
her and others will he ,,s,.d tbrouv,,out e lrtc,
press, whenever they appear desirable. tn III,
Nav number. Marion Harlapd will commence
continued story entitled ..peechdo,em
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