The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-25
The July Magazines,

french and English Art Writers
Reviews and Literary Notices.
Our Young Folks this month Is a
good number First, there is Mr.. T.
b. Aldrich's Story Of Bad Boy"
which it is needless to say has been
the principal feature of the Juveniles
for many months. It is pleasant read
ing for young and old. Then Mr.. J.
T. TTowbridge's = Lawrence in a Coal
Nine" The author Of John Halifax
has a pretty sketch, " La the Happy
Valley" and Mr.. James Parton,
continuation of his serial article,
Navigation and Discovery before
Columbus" Mr.. Z. E. Hale's " How
to do it " is irst-rate essay on the
Art Of Writing.
PUTNAM, for July, is upon our table,
with the following table Of contents:
That Night at Fort Wagner, by One
who was There After Death, by Ed
gar Fawcett; Anchored off Bingham
ton, by a Passenger; Our Camping
Ground, by George w, Sears. Victor
Hugo and the Constables. by Charles
Hugo; Evening Shadows; Our Estab-
lished Church; Lavin4-Her Pro-
gress-L, by Carolina Chesbro; Part
ings, by Shirley Dare; The Stage and
Nature. by Rev. John Weiss; One or
Both, by Anna O. Bracket; Sonnet,
by f. 4. Hillard; Shy Friends, by
Myron b. Benton; To-day RO-
nance Continued, by II. b. Kimball;
A Partisan Fortune Teller, by w. Il.
McCanD; Love in Hermitage, by N.
NJ. Hutchinson; Brevities- Matern-
ity, by A. K Gardner, Nj. d.; Japan
csc Criticism, Ono Tomogoro; Fine
Arts Of Society; Flattery, by Lucy
Fountain.
THE opening chapters Of new novel
by Mr.. Anthony Trollope, entitled
The Vicar of Bullhampton," occupy
the first part of Lippincoa. Thor
wallis Lament: A Fragment" is a
poem by the late Edward Everett,
suggested by passage in the Icelandie
Sagas. A Nova Seotian discusses the
question of the annexation of Nova
Scotia to the United States, in advo-
cacy Of that scheme. Our Rela-
tons with England" by Mr.. Henry
Flanders, is another political article
Of present interest, and is one of more
! than ordinary merit. OF the remain
ing articles, The Philosophy of Abb
surdity and The Art of getting to
Sleep are the most attractive. The
Monthly Gossip" is good reading
for the season.
IIARPER's MONTHLY MAGAZINE for |
July is on our table. In the table of
contents We udtice- Early Aeronaut-
les, by Jacob Abbott, with eleven
illustrations; Border "reminiscences,
by r. b. Marcy, with six illustrations;
Making Watches BY Machinery, with
twenty illustrations; The Birds Of
Paradise, with eight illustrations; also
number of other choice literary
articles.
ARTHUR's HOME MAGAZINE, for |
July, is on our table, well illustrated,
and has fifty different recipes for
making cake 81 a year in advance.
Published by 4. S. Arthur & Sons,
Philadelphia.
The same firm issue the Children's
Hour, neat little serial for the little
folks, at 81 25 year in advance.
la order to give the people an OPP
portunity to become better acquainted
with their beautiful magazine, Once q
Month, the publishers Ct S. Arthur
4 Sons) will send the first sic numbers
Of this year for fifty cents. Each
number OF Once a Month contains
ninety-six double column pages of the
best stories and entertaining and in
struetive reading to be found in amy
magazine in the country. The sub
soription price is - year.
TIE Riuersi3e Magazine for July
comes with midsummer table of con-
tents: Strawberries and cream
somebody has called the cover, and
equally nppetizing dishes are found
displayed within. "Snipe Shooting"
will be the first course taken by many
youngsters. =" "A Tale of the Sunset
Sea is one of those pictured fairy
poems by Miss Bishop, which read
ers of the RiUerside have learned to
lock for. The sketch of Joan of
Arc" is concluded; Mr.. Benjamin
tells How Sail Boat is Built and
Rugged" preparatory to telling how
it is managed; "Papa's Story" con-
tains more of the inimitable pictures
by children; Nellie Eyster describes
an historic block house on Lake Erie;
Hans Andersen slips in with his
latest, freshest story, and the number
makes a fine show with its two dozen
pictures, large and small.
PAoKARD's MONTHLY is one of the
best magazines for young men, and,
in fact, all classes of society, pub
lished in this country. The July
is one of the best Of the l
series. We are glad to learn that it
is being more largely read in our