New-York tribune., 1869-06-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE lilly MAGAZINES.

simple English. We never read through humDer WIN
ont admiring Dr. Di1on's honesty of purpose ana hls
manly pluck. We wish that the paper he edits and we
believe almost entirely writes had wider circulation
and more readers The article the Veocipede In TINS
number makes serious charges against that vehicle ana
might TO be read by every who uses 1t or THINKS OF
doing so.
Can't. Mavne Reid has fallen back exhausted,
as might have been predicted from the sefmposed task
of writing the whole Of his monthly OR0dTd with MS own
hand and has cAed in the help Of outsiders This Is
lively number awe dare say it will prove nuts to the
boys Although the writing is not always in the best
taste and oener deals slang than is pleasing TO our
ears still we can recommend the spirit OF OnWdrd anc
on the whole recommend It, Tho first three paragraphs
in the Things Worth Knowing" are simply vulgar, and
the fact they does not help them. There's
way Of telling the truth that makes 1t as great sinner
es falsehood. The Illustrations in OnwaTd are very
Door but the paper and prnt excellent We did not
know til lately the title Of this magazine is Dor
rowod from an English cotemporary. We think, how
sver that the astonishing design the cover must 10
original
LippincOtfS starts off fairly with the opening
chapter OF Anthony Troope's "Ycar OF BulinainpHn
which promises the same kind Of languld interest," '.'
has become inseparably connected with tnS "u.nol
name. "The Annexation Of Nova Scotia" is clearly
written statement by native Buenose, VINO SHOWS Inat
both Barkises are willing Nova Scotia ana Enganu, ana
II seems TO be taken for granted that OF course
hankerng for the day that shall call Halifax ours But
We really don't care pin about It, Mrs. Mary Treats
Ay Summer Pets" is short agreeably written account
Of the authors experience rearing caterpars partcu
lary those Of the genus Atacu Mr. Robert Dale Owen
Fets on with his story Beyond the Breakers which we
nd less taking than his "Footfas" and less character
stic on the whole. Lppineofs falls behind both itself
and the other magazines this month"; there is no article
IN II that we read. But we must not leave 1t WITH
out SAYING that it the printed OF all OF them. with
the finest paper and the clearest type its cover is ugly
though.
our Young Folks this month is a good num-
ber First there is Mr.. T. b. Aldrics "story OF Bad
Boy" which II needless say has been the principal
feature OF the juvenile for many months II pleasant
reading for young and old. Then, Mr. J. Trowbridges
Lawrence in a Coal.Mne," which carries us back to
Evenings at Home in its attempt to smother unasked
for Euformation in the Jelly Of narrative, No writer
ever had the to make children like this sort OF thng
and Mr. TroYbrdge merely wastes his eleverness in the
attempt 1t not this feature that made the Evenings
at Home the delight of young long gone BY The
author Of John Halifax has pretty SKETCH" In the
Happy Valley" and Mr.. James Parton, rather dry
continuation Of his serial article Navigation and Dis
covery before Columbus" But it is useful series, and
all we mean to object 49, that would be more useful
were attractvely written Mr. T. T. Hae's "How 10
do is a rstrae essay the Art Of Writing which We
wish could introduce into some of our schools instead
Of the stupid Rhetorcs which our bright boys ana
girls waste so much of their precious time. 1t nt for MS
grown people TO decide that the William Henry Letters
are falling Off that the authors vein is exhausted but
we think it will go TO be thought shortly The
dialogue Of the charades, however is natural and
Bprightly.
The GALAXY opens with a lively chirrup and
"here are" from Mr. Charles Reade's "Put Yourself
In his Place" which continues with growing interest
Is indeed in the nature Of everything it's author writes
"Our Impending Chinese Problem" by Mr.. Raphael
Pumpely, is paper very important subject by one
Of the thoroughly informed writers the subject Of
China in either hemisphere. Those who know Mr.. Pun
Peys position in relation TO this matter know that ho
has mind capable of putting to admirable albeya
med facts he has coeetedl the Course Of a remarkably
wide experience in the countries Of Eastern ASIA
especially in China and Japan. Mr.. Henry James, jas
Light Man" is powerful, painful study, in strong
-eontras! Sit9 t EgstRess and purity Of his Mile do
BefEerao in the 1Ha,Ite. How many men have we-how
many are there-WbO could write two stories, each so
clever ana yet so diferent4 Mr.. Charles W. Eliotts
,"our Great FaEmeIs". s a readable digest Of the
statistics Of poultry raising Mr. Elliott has dived
n long whle-we have not seen his name In a table
OF contents for months. DR.. Burt @. Wilder sends
second chapter on his silkWeaving Spider, which
cannot be read by dabblers natural history with
out Interests and Mr. Bundy adds another to the per
BOnal experiences that Will, by-and-by, prove n
formidable mountain TO the coming historian. lie viii
have q pleasant time in reading up, but We pity
him when he comes to make his deductions We not
that Mr.. X q. hue mas NlllJcn Tue ldst OF MS
wordcontrOversy, for monthly magazine OF the Amerl
can type is not the place for it, Not but that Mr. White
does well enough but It is only suited to the reading Of
a very small audience and there ought to be a magazine
where nbbe at their crusts without disturbing
by their ausery the general Joy OF the whole table We
confess 10 dislike THE scrappy ending The GdarBm
monthly 1t takes away from tho clean, healthy look
this magazine used to have.
Packards M0nHly, which is nothing at any
fuI1ty init
month. Miss Olive Logans article, "The Nude Woman
Question" handles the nuisance which is sufficiently in
dcated in the title Of her paper without gloves That
this is one Of tho ways in which this subject must be at
tackled there can DO doubt suppose in the minds
OF those who know the facts Of the are, Of
course, far from thinking that this is the only
way IN which the evil now grown gigantic DO dealt
with The pulpit can thunder at plead against It, the
press can hammer away at st. and potent weapon
of all, decent people stay away from the bawdy-
houses where It does the DEVILS work with sOcaled
Christian lcapital Meanwhile among many workers.
Miss Logan is not the least effective, and Mr. Packard
is to DO thanked for giving her room and verge
enough to speak her mind Mr. 2. T. Barnum tells the
STORY Of the " Courtship and Wedding Of Gen. Tom
Thumb and Lavinia Warren" in Straightforward and
natteroffaot style which will doubt make the article
Interesting the lovers Of gossip We glad to know
far as IL possible to be concerned about the matter at
a that Mr. strattoH really did love Miss Warren because
at the time we. in common dare say with everybody,
took for granted that the marriage was pure piece
OF business and that the excellent Barnum's hand
troled the wires IL seems however, that he only dd
what was quite right in the matter Mr.. Jasper Hazcn
johnson has very indefensble article called The Pho
logical Quack which is entirely devoted 10 the crushing
OF our useful feowcitzen, Mr.. Richard Grant White Mr.
johnson succeeds in exposing himself without doing Mr.
White any substantial harm. Mr.. White is not a quack
but an accomplished scholar, and though he IA
n careless writer, or at least a not ALWAYS care.