, 1870-01-22
PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

OLD AND NEW, the new Boston monthly, Ia the
first Il The February noutnlles to reach us, thus
d!srlaYtpG commendabie enterprise At the very
outge: Of &ts career The contents OF the second
number are widely varied In style, md more pop
u!az II character, than those Of the ffat Tne
editor In his prologue ts very hopeful. and p!aces
the magazine before his readers In the folio 1Iug
ThaelesaJan atsain:
The curtain mrst now fi.. the pes'o5me, 1sls mGst
H. suaeaee ad anceIstanas by til: uae .aat
tcrls Ass pot ~ sav and not ~ g1sre; dhS5 ss6 no.
ID dissai.e nsee Il t6s% RI 6st Iaet5
ern Es. ~ fns h h1h 81 ae{ th1t t Il
heldus Tho tnl'Ivz Up to nature hE audience VIII Do
The Opening article Of the magazine u "1a |
CIeehe, 3 stofy Of an English cattle tn which |
fatal balloon Eds and love episode are the moeFea,
translated from the German. Burt g. Wilder,
NJ. D., ha1 an interesting paper upon Se1dlg1ssEa
IN which he contends that the possession Of the
slxth nnger is not calamity at all and does not
couBtltnte ueformity, The writer rhen exnua-
ines the rean1t Of tahulatton Of many cascd Of
sexdig1ttsn, conclnd!nR that exceas ol develop
mepi Of al! ktOds u most common IN the male se1,
ard that the proportion Of andlctcd hands to feet
a. 1876 to ~ Prof Lesley. in very braet paper,
urges the importance OF seE!es Of etotn ms2A
similar to those calculated Ia Europe, and gives
the following description Of The Palssaa system:
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.r aao ,be aseeaa I'd iosea q lie xias
E:nua n. Converse treats ct "Lsng1sRe Aa =
] Fire Art,"snd cites numerous tl1ustratons Of
The abuse Of the klnnA English. II ts ole Of tho
most practical and senslble papess, nsd more
free nom pedsnuy than any We have
read for long time "rwo Ts1ds Of EsIth u
is tho title Of 4 not very remark
ab,e poeu BY Edgar L. Paxton. ". T. BnRhasn
ntne,e ees = ss.eElea Of n.nezs devoted to Reo,
! zarhlca. descriptions Of tho county thtoass.
! which the Pacific Railroad paBses. "To Nest bJ
Hall," IL 4 harbarously xrtten.detcrspuon Of tat
excessive reatness Of the town OF Brock, In HoI
land. which figures IN the remaDtscenoea Of Henry
Crahhe Robtneon. IN . short paper, entitled
"Flor.da" {ana short papers arc Tue fnle In f1l
purtetb Charles Beecher sets forth the Adsanta-
c1pabLitss til supporting sn Immense population
lis climate, and lt1 hlg1entc adsapta8eA Nrs- n
P. Lone contributes EeIJ d,Ruided and tnrFes
a stye peer, called 'GioIta N Exce1iA Julia Natt
Howe contributes her second paper on "Tnt
Teet q It ls-r Her observations are very general
| In character, ard confined mainly to the ehArac
seEss,1cs OF the Hegeatau philosophers OF st. Look
The only bit Of Lstute che gives us B contained Il
the following odd concsit:
-N III the t1res vhkb l saw along oar rontc, nan
| attracted my attention 70 nuch - ths Khite oas
eonlunn In Uhso. III bad not loa t. ionaks ~ eur:
st%ted airy ftn1aie Euro with her skirts tnekea
teT ds1sinE &c ,est 5e.tns oa be sc9pd ne 0s6s
q u terr.t seemed wsi,tax tor SONS neg Usphea.
if.a shss, 9s,sq T. 4. zrs,; s1p see = =
bach o. Hestheyen n1khs eonspose theE .nu.ie 1hi
e a.aes ..esy ;te dsa M q ts.s 20" deeply s
"C1sute BlouesB sauHingb" u the title Of
| VERY Ffeuchy, but mona the lesa Interesting
| ktpry. Sidney Andrews rec1tes With facts AT
tsuse4 the niatozy OF the FseednAu1s Bureau
and argues tp favor Of thtrAnsfet Of the fuuds an
) officers Of tho bure4n to tho EdQeattoEaI Diy1,o
. | Of The Interior Department the principal theo
lca!cs} piper In the naE1xne II an article on III
"Iutptrat1nn Of the Scr,ptnEes," By HenF7 Y
! ! BelloKg Tho result Of his araunent nAy b
| hereby aur1Eued mp In the statencot That tt
= Sculptures Tero inspireds hnt written BY ne
Hi1ose Limitations, impeYfecttons and detects min
pled With their inspirations, and that, ~ tue age
IN earnest ror the t1atn, the age wilt insiat IN.
tho Bible aha11 b teated BY the Judgment and IN
tnst,aea aud commanded Interpretation or feaso
and cornuau eense- "DteaminG and Waxing
1hn ,it1e Of a some eRhat metaphysical poon.
roxtou. Harriet E. Lunt contributes eaal1
. tue little dores1c sketch. Gale "4lis3s