The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-08-27
The Magazines. for, September.

Harper. ior this month opens with an iii
struct;se article on our new, Northwest,
waish gives a glimpse of Phgget Sound
! which is termed the. Mediterranean of the
Pacific, and the route of tin Mojected
Northern Pacific Railroad. A nl;estisicent
country is waiting there the approach of
emigration and capital, which is destined
to rival any other portion of oar country.
Those interesting papers "Soith- Coast
Saunterings in England" have reached
their seventh No. "Amons the Peaches y
will be appreciated by every Eastern Shore
reader; and those who haze rot actually
visited the far-faIEed peael-srchards Of
Delaware, will fi.2sl much. that will strike
them with asseaiSlnnent, iratliis description
of peach growing and psacli pIcking.-
Frederick the Great, tile tss.th paper. com.
prisiRg the Invasion of Bohemia and the
Retreat. This is terrible commentary
upon war waged to slakc a blood-tlirsty
ambition. The above arc all illustrated
tie chief part of the present number, and
place Hurpar at the head of the magazine,
family: A Day Among the Quakers Sc
Quo Yah, the famous Cherokee half-bresd,
The Old Love Again ; In Wall Street !; Fe-
male Suffrage: A Letter to the Christian
| Women of America. Part III Foot
| Prints of Charles Dickens. Editors Easy
Chair; Literary Record Historical Record;
Scientific Record and Drawer complete the
number Price Of one copy, one year, 81.
Address Harper & Bro, New York.
Tile Atlantic.-Thc contents of the Sep
TENDER number are English Note Book Of
Nathaniel Hawthorne-G. S. Hillard. In
the Old Church Yard at fredericksburg
F. w. Loring. Joseph and His Friend, TX
-Bayard Taylor. Charles Albert Fletcher
Kate Field. Threnody, Little Ben-!1ar-
riet Prescott Spafford. Music a means Of
Culture-John S. Dwight. Mountain Son
England Thirty five Years Ago, III. \
Days Pleasure, III-W. d. IIowclls HALF
Way, II-George Barrow. \ Handful of
Translations-H. W. Longfellow. \ Rem
iniscence of Benton. A Day with the
Shovel Makers. Reviews and Literary
Notices. Published by Fields, Ossood &
Co., Boston. $4a year single subscription.
Godey.-The September number of Cooley
opens with fine steel plate-Joseph' Coat
| Brought to Jacob. The colorcd fashion
plate is exceedingly fine, but this is nothing
more than can be repeated monthly will
truth. sThe Sixteenth Amendment, ant
'sWait for Me y are amusing wood cuts
In the former dutiful husband is holding
frying. pan over the stove and nursing tho
baby, while madam is seated in the porcl
reading, foreshadowing the good time com
ing, which is forctold by the ''strong
minded" The fashion pictures are in s,,cl
profusion as would require more space t.
; even enumerate than we have to spare
p Cooley defies competition in his litcrar,
department., and has corps of the hes
lady-writers in the country engaged. Ii
: the October number, Marion Harlan vii
/ contribute n story on the woman question
Terms 80 year for single copy. Addres
l.. A. Cooley, Philadelphia
n Peterson's Magazine for September is OF
n our table. The principal engraving in thi
4 number is called 80 Kathleen" and repre-
sents beautiful high-spirited girl, TIN
heroine of 4 charming novelet, begun il
l. this number, Kathleen's Love-Story. =
!, A touble-sizc colored steel fashion plat
;, and some fifty wood-cuts of dresses, bon
g nets, collars &c, atlorn this No. One o
: the most valuable articles is Every Da,
Dresses, illustrated with engravings show