The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-24

ne taxing title Ol q C1eN6f OuElSiL2dS
tory, by an author whose name is
withheld. William Sykes article on
Literary Iunatlcs is queer and I
,raphic. The Monthly Gossip
md Literature of the day !" are full |
IF pleasant chat on the matters OF the /
lay.
AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL Work
ERA new magazine for parents and |
published at st. Louis, by
j. w. Mcintyre, at 81 so per year
four months on trial for so cents. It
has also club rates. 1t is designed |
for all sections and denominations
alike. It contains a lesson system
with expositoTy notes, illustrations,
&C., with much other matter, ready
prepared for the use of teachers, pa
rents, and others, lesson papers for
the scholars. &c. The table Of con-
tents for the first number is as fol-
lows: What to Teach Children-Rev.
James II. Brookes, DID,; The Prov
jnce of the Sunday School-Bishop
e. NJ. Marvin; Should Sunday Schools
Close in Winter Giving the Heart
Rev. n. A. Nelson, DID,; Religious
Life in the Sunday School-Rev. A.
G. George, DID,; The New Year, by
Rev. s. j /. NiecoIls, DID,; beside Edi-
torial, Book Notices, Lessons &c.
PUTNAM.-The January number of
Putndn1's XdgaziRe is a very attract
i've one. The following is the list Of
contents: Cuba and Spain; American
Hotels, by Cosmopolitan; Sketches
In Color, Part II; Concerning Char
lotte. Part /, author of Still Life in
Paris" An Meipsum, Rev. s. w.
Dufield; In the Departments, W. III.
Babcock; Harvest, Edgar Fawcett /;
Thawed Out, NJ. L. Bissell; A French
Salon, Shirley Hyde; A Woman's
Right, Mary CiemRer Ames; Lin
guisticts, the new Philology, Prof. j.
q. r. McEIroy; Father Hyaeinthe
and his Church, John Bigel0W; Brey-
tiles, the Princess Biddy; Table
Talk. Charlton T. Lewis; Literature
at Home, r. Ell. Stoddard. Not the
least interesting of these articles is
that on Father Hyacinthe and his
Church, from the pen of Mr.. John
Bigelow. Accompanying the article
is steel portrait of the Pere.
Our You've Folks begins the
sixth year Of its publication with a
series of attractive and interesting
articles from some of the old con-
tributors, whose very names give rise
to pleasant anticipatioEs on the part
of the youthful reader. Mrs. Whit
ney begins a new story entitled +" We
Girls, which will, we trust, prove as
great a favorite as Mrs. Aldrich' s
bad Boy" who has courteously
given place to a story of the gentler
Eek. A sketch of the life of Prof.
Agassiz is prefaced with a fine steel
portrait, and this charming little Sc
rial is throughout enriched with an
mere recapitulation of the contents
would convey but a vague idea OF
their interest, to the minds of our
young readers. To their hands, there
fore, we cordially commit the present
number of Our Young Folks. Pub
lished by Fields, Osgood & Co., Bos
ton.
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for
January opens with a characteristic
poem from the pen of James Russell
Lowell, whose rare genius and versa
| tility of talents entitle him to rank
among the first of living poets. The
Cathedral bears the impress of deep
| thought, and a more serious, medita.
tive mood than has marked many
even the more thoughtful-of Mr..
LoWell's poems. Bayard Taylor con-
tributes the first chapters of Joseph
and His Friends. The Study of
History" by Goodwin Smith, is one of
Dh.iOg0~L1oo1 loaArwaa al
subject. recently delivered before the
Cornell University. Mr.. Whittier
tells, in blank verse, the story
Higginson's "Americanism in Lit
erature" expresses an earnest
faith in the intellectual cul-
tHre of the country, and in the use Of
those Americanisms which are I" as
marrow in the bones and blood of the
nation" [. l. Hayes contributes the
second of his articles. Under the
Midnight Sun" Mr.. w. d. Howells
writes in a social, chatty vein, of the
old, familiar ride from Cambridge,
By Horse-ear to Boston," We
welcome the rich and varied contents
of the atlantic for January, and
| gladly accept it as an earnest of what
may be expected from future mum
bers during the ensuing year. Fields
O5good & Co., Boston.
LIrTELL's LIVING AGE for Decem.
Der 18th, contains the usual choice
selection of periodical literature
The publishers of this admirable
compendium of art, history, romance
and sound literature, announce that
they WI send, for nothing, the four
numbers of the current month, to all
new subscribers. These numbers
viii contain the first chapters of two
new serials, Anthony Trollope's story
of The Turkish Bath" and the
usual large amount Of valuable his
torical and scientific matter. No
better holiday present can be found
than a subscription receipt to the
Living Age for the coming year.
THE RIVERSIDE MAGAZINE FOR
JANUARY loses none of the attrac-
tions of last year. Indeed, the little
folks will find the number opening
the New Year more than usually in
teresting. We give the contents:
John Gilpin's Ride, by Felix D. @,
barley; The Author of John Gil
PIN" by Horace E. Scudder, with a
portrait of Cowper, after Romney
How the Captain Came by Legacy,
by VieuG Moustoche, with an illus
lustration by f. o. G. barley; The
Truly Rural Romaunt of the Sleepy
Princess, with three illustrations by
the Court Artist; Gunpowder Explo-
sions, by Jacob Abbott; Jake's
Wedding i. By Helen @. Weeks,
with an Illustration By Nj. L. Stone
Jamie and his Mother, a Ballad, By
Paul III. Hayne; Little Dog Jack. by
Mrs. George Bartlett, with two illus
trations by CORTLAND Hoppin } Orig