, 1869-04-24
The Nav Uavnxlues.

The May MaKnzlnes.
The Nsy magazines haze reached ns- and are.
ns psua] flied With entertaining matter The |
GALAXY contains Chap,era VI. and VII OF Charles
neade,s new stou. /" Put Yourself In lis place:"
md the ma, pauer Of Richard Grant Whites series
in which he denounccs pll existing dictionaries Of
tho English language and gtyes modest hint to
The pubshers. thai II thpy will make It worth his
while, he viii prepare dictionary and @ general
set Of school books, after which everything will be
lovely and tho English tongue v,ln be properly
spoken. There aTc few magazine readers who
will not rejoice that Nj. McharI Grant Whites
linguistic snarlng Is at IN end, anu rejoice still
nu1r r. nomr nnnii,hcr will stt him at work on a
dicttouary aud scnoo, booss II 1t viii serve to Keep
him ouly temporarily quiet Lncretia r. Hale con-
tributes yery pretty storY. aPalrs md Nepairs''
ua.7atngt the trials anil troubles and nna happiness
OF S!s1Qr Cement, crockery meu,ier. Justin Nc
Ca1t1ly has very readable paper tnon English
Tory!sm nud lis Leaders," the text Tor
his sermon being can average Tory
really Is stupid mur.' After securely fastening
this charge upon the rank and file OF the party, he
goes on to prove the chiefs Of the party to be e1-
ceptions to the rule ami treats the reader to some
very readable sketches Of Ar. Dlsracl. the Maj
quis Of Stanley, Lord Calr1ls aud Lord Stanley.
Mrs Edwards continues her story Of ''Sussu
Fielding" /. Edwnsu Clarx PAYS glowing tribute
to the memory Of thc late james T. Brady and re-
calls many pleasant rccollections Of the law career
Of the well-known advocate. "a Choir Of
Sonpssess' Is the title Of handful Of mEsceliane-
GUS poems selected with good taste and manly aI-
prorrtatc to the season. The sGals1y Miscellany
contains some very rcRda 'le short articles, in
which "kegnlar" tells the stirring story of "a
Texas 1ade;;'' u. Z. Decosta shows why Captain
Kidd was hanged; Pierre blot sets MS table and
informs US ~l1at Is most healsnfui In NaJ; v. A
LINN gosslps pleasantly about the "Les Petits
ltacns' who have taken the place OF the Lazzaro71f
and their MONKEYS; George Walker tells little
stoy to illustrate AAcutehess, and john Esteu
cooR recalls recohect1ons Of tue famous English
tsnseuian, III George fsede1lc cooke me "DFtlt
WOOL WHICH closes tue nunnef ID nasuly worth
gathering. ......... -........
1nc lanlnlar green covers OF fCTSAA'3 NAGA-
ZINE enclose an unusually interesting collection OF
paperE tHst eonea laomas Carlyle as PFac-
acsu "u4ue, III "ucu Inc "Hter classes Ar.
eai'sle as '''u n1s'orlca1 palnsef' hnt not
ph'!osopn1e nlstof7an' an aamlfah!e rational
b'ogtaphcr, but IN extrafasant hcfo-worshipper; !;
humorisa aud sentlmentalst who has borrowed
much from the German: and nractlca! phlloso-
pher whose carlJlisn, as theory Of politics md
ethics, Is unsafe to follow. F. b. PlyMpton con-
tributes poem, "ChrJstuB Sylru " which a. least
bus the merit Of novel conception In the choice Of
theme. l. Clark Davis story, "A Stranded
Ship concludes its third part DR.. T. C. Peters
4.
IND Ms Cooper in four very common. place
Stauzas announces the advent OF nErrtrg J"
George Waleman has yery entertaining article
on AZ Rhsme, ~ or rather nm the careless 1,se of +.
In Hhlch he hss collected together ali sorts OF odd
| and fantastic rhymtng. HThe Emperor's Eve. +"
BY Ausburn Towner Is a sensational story, hardly
| worth place In the magazine, "Thc Dream Of
| Lllc,' is u verY pleasant rererie bT Rev, WIN. 4
Algcr. Janc G. Austin tells pretty little story,
"voyagc Of tho Espcranza," and Rev. T. r.
| Thompson contributes IN interesting sketch OF
Gugsrlmo Oa}anL tho italian republican and exile
on, ,,a.t i,ct r,or Ttrca more rhon,o,. y, ~
K,ml,als romance, .To. Dag, und the usual mls
celIany complete the number.
| The contents Of the MAY number Of the ALLAN.
TIC are almost entirely confined to the ooutrbu-
soFs who ate o. Its ownhousehold and arc licensed
thr numcr VIM yur n,orc chantera ~ h,s :. f11.
49, 1sn,,,an.o y ~ na-+nn ho. nao,ac,., W.
/ biographical mania for the ''clo'hes Manila" and
has collected quite an interesting budget Of Gos,
s!p OH This tonic. lie gives us The origin Of the Al
tlnt. hn1- which was s,rh n fayorte INT nj, h
1nruts the .leca,lencc Of canes; shows how thu
Mexican Yar The discovery of California po11 t,us
md the anyrut Of kossuth DISPLACED the stoyo-pnt
hat. Iocates the first ,unte, In 1.as In thc ret,7
OF In,la Nv: AMI closes hla papsr with 4 yer.
sensible dissertation on fashions and Fashionable
ncoulc. .atuys Freeman Clarke contributes ,
rapcr unon tonic he il vel, t,tted 10 discuss. viz
!" i,rnhnonlsm. ), in which tr .1ycs an account n
its rhn,,et,r1,tics. md shows In snccal re1nt,o
az II system OF though, To CHRISTIANITY. .1ohn q
whittier tclls yptT brieor thc story or ahIos1
uccS,T Tho ors F,1e hc;,nc xho rcscnus, ~
, crcw Of ,c schoonrr t.onauetor In 1saI Maria,