The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-26
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PutndnIS Monthly, for February. is an a,os,.
len, number. Il opens with pleasan, di-Oni.
sition, by II. 7. Tuckerman, on "rbe ASS in
Life and Letters"-the creature referred to be.
ing the quadruped and not the biped donkey.
| WORK, Wages and Combinations" are dis
cussed by G. c. P Clarke; Mr.. Z. O. Stedman
writes of "The Gallows in Ameri,a;" Mr..
| Richard B. Kimball continues his story of
To-Day" and Mrs. r. Harding Davis handles
the much-vexed woman question" in an arti.
Gle entitled "Men's Rights" Her ideas are In
the main sound and sensible; but when she
says that "the most salient and apparent
change in women in the last few years IS not
advance in intelligence, marked as that may
be; it is the growth in impurity," we dispute
her position absolutely. Whoever makes such
an assertion is either wanting in the faculty of
rlmnatlng observation, or has been excep-
tlonalIy unfortunate in the class of women
whom he has been able to observe. There are
more UOmsn in America than there were
generation ago, and consequently there NAV
be more bad and impure ones; but that Auar-
ican womanhood is morally tainted or thar !,
is deteriorating, we deny. The lamentations
over such supposed state of things are but
the echo of an old cry which cynics and dis
NAL philosophers have ever been fond of rails
ing. Each generation of women has to endure
just so much lecturing ON the superior virtues
of its grandmothers, but happily they don't
mind it much
Other writers in this number are f. G..
Gedhey, Mr.. & Mrs Stoddard, Sinclair Tou-
sey, Leonard Kip and Eugene Benson. The
editorial departments are we'll sustained, Ed
mund G. Stedman writing OF Literature at
Home;" Bayard Taylor of Literature, Sci
ence, and Art Abroad" Clarence Cook, of
Table Talk" s. s. Conant, of Slime Arts"
and " b. Denslow, of Current Events
(G.P. Putnam & Son, New York. Received
by Loring, Short & Harmony
The Riverside Magazine, for February, will
commend itself at once TO the young folks
1t has for frontispiece one of Stephens fun
ny animal pictures, representing the famous
three little kittens w-o lost their mitteps"
and illustrating many phases of cat-life. Then
there is long story by Hans Anderson of
the Dryad," a true wonder story" spun out
of some memories of the great Paris Exhibi.
ton, and poems, sketches, pictures &c., innu-
merable. Amaug the puzzles at the close the
Picturesque Questions" will be found a nov.
city. (Hurd & Houghton, New York;
The February issue of The Nursery is a
champion number" 1t contains nearly thir.
ty woodcuts, not only good in themselves, bat
excelently adapted to please and interest
young children. They include designs by o.
car Pletch, Giacomelli, Frolich, Fremont and
Weir, among the best beng a series of twelve
drawings by Pletch, Of The Young House,
keeper" The reading matter is, Of course.
secondary IN importance in a magazine for
youngest readers" bat is excellent in its vay.
(John L. Shorey, Bo,ton)
EMERSON BESIDE HIMsELy - Some time AGO.
Ralph Waldo Fmecson was offered payment
by his publishers IN Boston, for an article he
had already printed in the Atlantic. He de.
clined to receive it at first because he had
once had money for writing it "But," said
OSgood, of che firm of Fields, Osgood & Co.
I'VE Intend 10 use the article for DO Jk, which
has nothing to do with the magazine. We sell
the magazine and we sell the book. We make
profit on boil Why should you hesitate to
take ?ayT am sure l ought not" replied
the 'hiosopher; Il shonld not if acted in
accordance with my ideal. don't believe it is
hoaest for me to take money twice for the
same piece of work" do, Mr.. Enersonl We
insist upon it as our right" "Weu. then. pIye
to me. We cannot live in obedience en-.
true poles OF our being. I vaEg aom my high
est self; and have no disposition to play the
evangelical peacock here" So delivering him
self, he took the proffered check and departed.
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