, 1870-03-14
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We Afc Indebted TO $. q. II hfie, Ee1 the editor
Of the Illinois Teacher. for the January, February,
and March lanes Of this excellent educational peri
odcal. Under The able management Of Mr. Wnte,
the 1eaeke, has STAINED po,ilon second to none
held BY purelJ educational magazines 10 the coon-
TIT. Both IN tts d!scuaAt0n OF topics connected
with the velfAto AID progress Of schools, End IN
its educational news, It ID dtgn11ed scholarly, and
complete, forming record which no teacher or
friend Of education csu AFFORD to be without
The London Quarterly Eeriets for January ha1
Juat teen received from lhe Western News Coz
pany. TIE list OF coutenta comprises "Ar. Ten
nyfon4 Holy Grail;'' "Lue AlHutacce Compa-
n!es; - "Mr. Lectey's History OF European NOT
ais;r "The LAID Question IN Frauce;" Eta o,
George II. :" "New Zealand AID our Colonial
Empire; n" Papsl 1nlalubllls1; " Mas Austen
and Miss Milford; The Bsrou AJsterJ:"
Mrs. s.o1es Glndtcat!ou:' "Thc Iz1sh,Csn!-
dron." The review Of TeuuJdonh poem Is no.
ttceah!e one from the fact that It dots nos sccord
10 It tnat excellence which other articles have ~.
sRped to II; but, on the other hand, urges That,
whereas the grest dr'fl Of the poem Ii moral. the
energy OF the poet has been In too great degree
experted on the descriptions; AID t1at there ID
an inu,kt'Ectpeas Of purpose About It. The paper
on Mss Milford and upon Miss Austen. whom
Miss Milford admired 70 much, II very pleasant
one. "Tne Byron N,ssery" Is = crushing seJoln-
der to MIA S:oNe's y1ndtcaslon," and one
which The upfortuns;e canou1zsr Of Lady B1run
will hardly wish to answer.
The HtsttTn EootAfikr for March Is Jus: out acd
Is Oiled with It's usual variety OF reading matter.
This excellent little publication Ia not ouly Of
great practical value To the trade but aso 10 read
eEs and book-bu ye.s, ~ It embraces the very
latest lit rary intelligence ffom all parta Of the
world.
E..ry Saturday for the week ending March -
copral1a the following illustrations: "Tas
sueikn. "ec<I-'.a Hum a painting oJ Carl HoaR,
which IL now at the Exhibition Of tue EcRilsh
Society Of Al. ista In WA:ef Colon; portrait Of
Dr. Livingstone; "Tne Juvenile Bsll;'' "A sert-
out AFFAIR." and "Dnck.shoottnk." = very graph
! lc sketch by F. D. WATSON.
We arc trdented to Hadlcy, Hill Co, Il Madison
st1cet, for the trxt six volumes; also to AeasrG
S c. GrigEs Co., for the 1rss eight volumes Of
| Froude,n History o} En9la..d, = xork which bids
fa!r 10 attain . popuarty rot e1ceued even by
Macauiays : history. The editions received are
tuote lssued By Sc11huer, and Will embrace, when
| tntihed. twelyt yol1ueA They are handsomely
bouEd, convenient for reading, AID are furnished
| At price which WIN bring the series into every
library. In connection with th:s history. which is
rapidly becoming popular, The following extract
| from letter addressed by HI. Froude, through
the Puu Mall Ga-ettt. 10 the editor Of the Saturday
E<rie.e. viii piore ol great interest:
| 81" )" might leave criticism Of this KIND
l to the corpmou seute Of those who Rad II. But
Tie 1s.,e"eE goes on 70 cna1ys Ts dssinctly ~ Tta
ehs.ge oi this Kind. for nice-tentna Of my au'
,no1iiles are IN uaauscttp., scd q large pro,or-
.@,5 a' as ean 9ifa ine puoc, nsVe III aoos
deposited my Spanlth trAoscs!pts a. s:o1 -
d9ns os ,,tsstns ra sns ia sps Bn M
hest lsbonou< The ponltc naJ Re inclned 70
accept II proved An uncontzsd.cted cnaE2e,
a sss
DO NOT uake1t 70 ny reviewer. He vii be re-
lpct&Dt TO e1charge corNunicsuons With ne
ade1ess In3leil 70 lis editor II the editor vi
se4ecs any part Of any ole Of my volumes, ont
wherever he please e., am willing To sub}ect then
70 formal examinhaon by sNo experts, to b
ehotep-ti sn Tnoma. Ha1oy iii indy 4ndes
i1ne ior lie. Teey anali examine ever
ess d,e 70 ~heissr a hass aea: 1ta ii
fairly. lay no claim 70 Be ffee nom ntlsakes
9,ta 10 ~ snfoeSs
/ ara ornc.sl, IN t1e lknKuaRer, and In d1mcu1
na1d' Eurcs. I am not 1a4n slough g ~ u.
esee Of tnpo1tscee- I profess only to have dta
win ny nAte1tals hor esty, TO the eess OF n
senns @ss to S':sa s:.l e. e enfs
@ SIAN 30 pnb!isned vosd for Word IN Tie Sstu,Sa
4~' A9A N~ ~. a. FaoCnz !"
The prospectus Of new phnosopa'ca, ioarna
entitled Tue Kodera TAtnte5, Il out. 1t Is as 10
loE1:
10 journal In the United statts makes It 1
epecisl oustle TO give expression 70 Ine at
sa1ced th1pRhs OF the time on ph1loeophica
scientific, sociological, and religious question
THIS Is DEE mainly to the TACT snAt the vatto1
periodicals. are ieBued By BOOK publishers, who:
aim, in nearly every ca1e. Is % secure lalt
c:rcu-Aticn, 40 ~ to r axe MU7eY end atyet1t
! their other publications. Wherefore, al a
yApted Or hetercdex tpecQ!6Hont On religion
atd 4eetAl topics, which would be lfefs u g.
ootree 10 anybody. arc ca1tful1J eIc>lded BY II
4d1rprS Of the various I;stfpg msEaztntA
Yet lfeee qresttors, which, atporg an tnmen
reading population, no periodical daTes dlscus
ne Of 1nt very highest human interest," Tro
we rxve Worth AHttrseun Htrfeuat Journal
II S1<eutafre PAllnAopAYt aud the Radical; bQ: I
y of.t which occasionally prtnta articles OF gre
practical merit, IL without denn1se purpose, I.
II. ms 70 appIetiAhlo effect 1pon public Qpinl2
fne fecord is mere reproduction Of the u ys{:e
b metaphysics 10 popular in Germany At the beg
Ia rrg oi tbs present century; while the third I.
~ Ra9,edil finpls represents The prevailing auarc
~ | Of op1ntoO In religious uatter4 in CeH Ear;ar
II Ia The organ OF t1nsti1tsctlop, cocot and he
b | ucn. ...
"A NOV. what n needed ID periodical which y
,n prhllah afc1ea that are rms aad tln1tly Vim.
arJ reference TO the pretud1eea tne1 mIy rec1s ~
~ 1he suo1ecu that an 1nv csEefnuS eXci- aef r.
% rea1l5 III the uAsauasA taese 1sl,unT 70