New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
MAGAZINES.

The Eclectic is defaced by marvellous portrait
Of serrano but reading matter attractive, science
neon and miscellaneous essays blending in about equal
proportions
The frontispiece to The Rirerside is humOr-
GUS picture Of "Street Music by Thomas Mast The
reading matter is Of the usual excellent kind, and the
accompanying woodcuts executed with the care and
taste for which the magazine is we'll known
Our YOUNG Folks contains as usual good
deal Of matter capable Of entertaining old folks as wei as
their grand children such 1.-The Story OF Bad Boy
who this month and becomes abghted being,
and the account Of Ancient and Modern Coral Reels
by Mrs. AgassiL -.....
DR.. Hammond's Quarterly Journal of Psyche
LOGICAL Medicine contains article by Dr. Stephen Rogers
on Hereditary Diseases OF the Nervous System un-
attended by Mental Alteration an essay on Trance
Catalepsy" by Dr. T. Edwards Clark; paper on the
Influence of the Imagination on Health and Disease"
by DR.. ]. S. Wight &c. ......
Lippincotfs Magazine tempts readers by the
beauty Of its type and paper and generally satisfies them
with two three good serial stories, and padding Of
average quality. In the present number there lie more
character in the miscellaneous articles than usual the
most noticeable being survey OF 1.-The Democratic
movement in France" by Karl Blind, and paper on
"The Freedman and his Future" written from the
standpoint of old school Virginia gentleman who is
ready accept about two thirds Of the present situation
The editor Of the magazine replies TO this writer IN
another
GETS the lions share OF space and besides the regular In
stalments Of Beyond the Breakers ana "Magdalena,
fiction is represented by tale translated from the Ger
man of Paul Heyse, entitled The Lonely Ones"
The GALAXY is always edited with a keen ap-
probation Of the drift Of public thought. This month
there are at least articles especially timelyMr Jus
tin McCarthys admirable sketch Of The Real Louis Ma
poleon," and Mr. Raphael Pumpellys interesting
tive of "a Journey ia Northern China In company with
rim for no of eva rtain
coal fields. Mr.. Edward Crapsey tells "Why Thieves
Prosper" and makes very ugly revelations respecting
detective force and machinery for the admins
traton Of justice Mr. Richard Grant White contributes
some acute Shakespearean criticism; and Mr. Frank II.
Norton under the title OF Ten Years in Public Libra
ry" tells interesting personal gossip about we'll
known characters who have been in the habit Of visiting
the Aston Library There is always or less danger
Of passing the bounds OF proprey in this sort Of tale
telling, and in two instances Mr. Norton has
tanly been Impairment We doubt If there is any place
In which an American gentleman who has been so
unfortunate to make himself name can be free from
the intrusion Of vulgar gossip That very good story,
Little Bopeep, which is finished this month, ia by Miss
Anne NJ Crane There is only one poem. II is by Mrs.
Julia Ward Rowe, and is not good.
Paekdrds Monthly offers as usual curious
mixture good and bad and both the good bad
also usua-are readable. There much interesting
lore Mr. s. s. Randas account Of The Autocrats Of
Krks Facts about Working Women and fair collec.
uon Of anecdotes in W. ii. Babcock's Humors of the
Departments" Mr. Jerome Hopkins, whose keenness as
critic s only surpassed by his emlnence musician,
demoshes little left of the Boston Coliseum
after the great September gale, and gives various
reasons "Why the Peace Jubilee was Musical
Failure" His article, as whole, Is neither
well considered nor wen written: he tells one
truth which many other critics have overlooked
namely that the organplayng was very badly out Of
tmebnt In his remarks upon ignorance Of Messrs
ZerraAn and Echberg, musicians will unfortunately not
agree with him. Mr.. n. s. Dodge's sketch OF Queen
Victoria in her Prime one Of those curously self
forsetful articles which sensible likes 70 read
though forty wild horses could not drag him into writing
It, We suppose IL IL by special providence mercfully
ordered for the behOof of publishers American
citizens like Mr.. Dodge willing tell how they aired
their bad in the presence Of bloated monarchy
and got severely snubbed for II.
The most important article in Hours at Home
he Dr. Z. III. Gillete's account Of his supposed dis
covery OF hitherto unknown prose writings by John Nil.
ton. In bundle OF pamphlets OF the nth century winch
he bought few months ago in England for the library
OF the Union Theological Seminary Of New-York, he
found two "by NJ, dated 1912. entitled Reply
TO the Answer printed by his Majestys Command at Or
ford TO Printed Book Inttuled Observations upon some
OF bis Msesty late Answers and Expresses" the other
"a sOyraigDe save to Cure the Blind" &c. lCi, Pro-
fessor Gillette says that his attention drawn to
the earlier Of these pamphlets by the resemblance Of ia
method Of argument to Mlton's upon
the Remonstrants Defence against smecty and
the heennees and point OF its STYLE before he
noticed the initials the ttepage II is quarto Of a
printed pages, equivalent 400 Of modern duo
aeeimo Lowndes mentions IT, by IT. full and eorree,