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zines, upon our table, and shows a feast in
store. We like this magazine. 1t does not
soar too high nor yet fail to escape the ouiek-
sands of freshness Its Drift Wood is good
and SO is It's Miscellany and "Nebuael.' These
departments together make up a delightful
resume of the months topics. This number
also contains the index of the volume. 1t can
be had of all our principal booksellers.
The Riyerside Magazine is also here and
opens with "First School-Days OF Little
Quaker" and is followed by host of good
things for the young people. This is growing
to be an admirable periodical
The Edin6lyg ReUieao for April has an invit-
ing table of contents, but the most interesting
paper will be found to be "American Finances
1866, 1867" which is most excellent reading for
anybody and particularly interesting to us is
''The Competitive Industry OF Nations" In all,
this number contains ten first class articles.
Putnam is first rate. lis Summer Pic
lures and "Four American Birds are choice
bitsp seasonable reading and its Table Talk"
This number completes the third volume OF
the new series. Among the most valuable ar
ticles in the June number is the one ON the
Suez Canal with maps fully illustrating the
theme.
Hours at Home reaches us through Fessen-
den Brothers and opens with Books aud
Reading" most careful and judicous serial
paper This magazine was started as more
particularly a household religious periodical
and keeps its distinctive feature faithfully,
and yet has managed to throw in vast amount
of most excellent general reading upon pleas
ant and important topics. 1t is pre-eminenily
a good publication, and can be most conscien-
tiously recommended to every household.
EthlyR's Mistake, published by Carleton of
New York, is the title of new novel by Mrs.
Mary j. Holmes, author Of Tempest and
Sunshine" LENA Rivers" and other well
known steries. The story begins in New Eng
land, and tells how young girl followed the
fortunes of her "frst love" to the Great West.
The story is well written and about as nearly
up to the standard of modern fiction as the
ayerege of its class. Bailey & Noyes have it
Lining Questions, by the author of ."The
Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation" by
Clarke q Co., Chicago, is new book Of 800
pages, which comes 10 us from Loring, Short
& Harmon. 1t is dedicated to ''The Young
Men Of the Christian Associations in all
Lands" and is, according to the preface, de-
signed "to meet some of the prevailing moral
fallacies of the times" 1he author, who only
tells US that he is IAN American Citizen" is
a thorough Orthodox, and combats with great
vgor all religious doctrines not evangelical
according to the old regime. The book also
treats of the woman's rights theme, taking
strong ground for her rights but denounc-
ing the movement to give her suffrage, and
goes over much the same ground as those
do who have written or spoken upon the sub
| ject before
"Capital Punishment" is awarded the clos
ing chapter, in which the doctrine Is urged
with vehemence. 1t says that impending
death makes men repent when nothing else
| W ,uld, and quotes DIR. Webster, the Boston
murderer, who said his sentence was just, as
others have said before. 1t concludes by. say
| ing that "the man who refuses to award this
highest penalty to the highest crime manifests
a corrupt sympathy, rejects the decisions Of
| conscience, and the conviction of human rea-
son in all ages, and in some cases strengthens
the hands of the guilty against the innocent.
The book will be found to he spirited
| throughout and will be generally read.
| George Eliot, latterly as famous for her poe
try as she was few years ago for her prose
| works, has just contributed to the literature Of
the times new poem entitled ''How Lisa
Loved the King" Every admirer of "The
Spanish Gpsey' will not fail to buy and read,
as soon as may be, this elegant little work
which is fully equal to its predecessor. The
scene is laid in Palermo, six hundred years
ago when ssPedro King of
| Aragon, was welcomed master of all Sicily"
Fields, Osgood s. Co., are the publishers, and
Hall L. Davis has it for sale in this city.
Our Young Folks is also here and is q splen-
did number. The remarkable success of this
periodical needs little heralding now. 1t is
enough to say it has come.
The Atlantic maintains its lead as to its us
ual points of excellence. Higginsons story is
the.great feature and has avast number Of read
ers. The "Carpet Bagger," is instructive aud
pointed and so are majority of the articles.
The June Harper is first rate, and all in all,
better than the recent numbers. Especially is
this true of the opening papers, the first Of
which is Prot Loomis on the Polar Light. All
the booksellers have it and it win be found to
be full of good things belonging to the season.