The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-26
The MagaZines for March,

The Atlantic, opening with well-timeG
and well-written article, q In Behalf Of the
Birds by 7. NJ. Brewer, journalist and
naturalist. Bayard Tayler's serial move
"Joseph'' is continued, but is not com
mended very highly by literary critics. Mr.
J. T. Trowbridge gives an account of hi:
journeying from West Philadelphia to Min
nesota Prairies, as ole Of ''dead head
party of excursionists, which will not TAI
to interest the general reader.
The "Minor Theatres Of London" are
described by one who is master of the sub
ject.
SIS Marriage Holy?" by Mr.. Henry
James, is hair splitting paper which be
gins in fog and ends in the same obscurity
Mr.. Oliver Wendell Holmes contributes
poem called "Even-Song," which, like
every thing from this inspired pen, is touch.
ing and beautiful.
We give the first verse of the poem. The
poet, looking to the past, thinks that he
soon may cease to sing
Then We who listened in that earlier day
When to my careless lay
I matched its chords and stole their first,
born thrill,
With uutaught rudcst skill
Fexing treble from the slender strings
Thin as the locust sings
When the shrill-crying child Of summers
heat
Pipes from his leafy scat,
The dim pavilion of empowering green
Beneath whose shodowy screen
The small sopranist tries his single note
Against the song birds throat,
And all the echoes listen, but in vain;
They hear ne answering strain
Then ye who listened in that earlier day
Shall sadly turn away.
Godey.-The Lady, Book for this month,
with its bright tints and delicate colors
brings to cur mind the opening buds Of
Spring giving us in anticipation glimps
of the first appearance Of the floral god,
dess.
The steel plate, fashion plate and colored
pages Of fancy work are elegant specimens
of the engraver's art. There is rich sclec.
ton of extra fashion cuts: and patterns
for fancy work in abundance. A pretty
wood engraving of March day is given,
lessons in drawing ETC., etc, and the usual
monthly iHstalment Of literary matt'r
which fill the pages that enliven hundred
thousand homes.
Peterson's Magazine.-This6 icing the low
est in price of any of the colorsd plate
fashion magazines, has attained very wide
circulation, and is deservdly popular
among it's class. The proprietor shows
commendable enterprise and energy in keep
ing pace with the times. The Magazine is
furnished to single subscribers for the very
low price of 5000 year.
Harper opens for the month with chap
ter on sy-illustrated-in which the
cat question receives an exhaustive exam
inatien. FREDERICK THE GREATLY pa
paper is full of interest for the lever of
history, as well as the transient reader
This chapter contains the marriage of the
GROWN PRINCE which has a moral that
should be warning to all match-makers.
Shadows short poem by Alice Carey
needs no endorsement other than the au-
thor's signature.
NATURE s COMMON CARRIER-illustrated
is an interesting philosophic view of the
means employed by nature to dispense and
distribute her bounties, and preserve her
economy
SOUTH COAST SAUNTER1NG IN ENGLAND
has reached its chapter-also illustrated.
CIVIL SERVICE REFoRM-an able paper
on that stupendous evil of our government
office hunting and rotation in Office on
tarty grounds.
A BRAVE LApY-continue to increase in
interest.
Our RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND-a pro-
life theme for the politician and statesman.
BoLIvER THE LIBERATeR OF SOUTH
AMERICA is a chapter that will not fail to
interest every reader of Harper's pages.
The usual Editors departments will be
found rich, each in its swn peculiar vein.