The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-21
LITERARY.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS.

.Scribner's Monthly for February 10
very interesting number in all its depart
ments. "More about the Yellowstone"
is the second installment Of a series of pa
pers on the "Wonders Of the West" by
Prof. Hayden. "The Mormons and their
Religion, is an article of peculiar interest
in view of the present agitation Of the
Mormon question. Next we have the
"Charities of the Fatherland', made
doubly interesting by its excellent illustra-
tions. "The defect of the national banking
system is an able and important article.
The minor articles, stories, poems, etc,
are no less varied and pleasing than the
readers of Scribner's are usually presented
with.
The GaiarH which has grown to be n
favorite with the public, abounds with
good reading in the February number.
Louis Napoleon in England, describing
the present ex-emperor in England before
he became the ruler of Francois full of an
ecd ote and "Reminiscences. Justin McCar-
thy contributes n paper on the English
author, John Ruskin, whose peculiarities
and the vigorous style in which Mccarthy
treats them, makes this paper one Of the
best IN the number. The Management
Of Cities" an article suggested by the
New York frauds, is able, Independent
and timely. Then there is al Life on the
Plains" by Gen. Custar. Suggestions CT
the Past" sketch Of John Tyler's admin
istration, which also makes Interesting
mention Of Clay, Calhoun, Webster and
other famous statesmen and politicians Of
a by-gone day. The lighter sketches, sto-
ries, etc, are excellent.
The publishers announce that an impor-
tant article by Judge Jeremiah :. Black,
will appear in the March number.
The excellent scientific monthly, the
Manufacturer aud Bnikder, begins the new
year with an unusually good number. AS
presage Of its future excellence, it APP
pears in u new and beautiful dress. We
are glad TO notice the continued success of
this valuable magazine, and recommend
all of our readers interested in scientific
or industrial matters to subscribe TO it, as
its pages always contain practical infur-
nation regarding the newest and most
useful inventions in science and art
Among the articles in the present issue we
notice those on Ready-Made Houses"
" international Soceties,' New Rotary
Drilling Machine" The Selden Double
Action Plunger-Pump," "Floral Foun-
tains" Manufacture of Russia Iron,"
New Sources of Supply for Paper"
" Fallacious Theories of Boiler Explo-
sions," besides many others, all admirably
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We have received Ro,u.d Printers Cabi-
net for January, one of the best and most
attractive Of the numerous publications
devoted to the art prese? yative of all arts.
The Cabinet is quarterly, published in
Cbicago, and the present is the first number
issued since the entire establishment went
down in the Chicago fire. But it shows no
trace of that terrible calamity, and the
first number Of the sixteenth volume comes
to us n beautiful specimen of the typo
graphic art, and a convincing proof that
its proprietor is no whit behind his burnt
out contemporaries in energy and pluck.
To the members Of the craft and the pub
lie generally, We recommend the Cabinet
MS the printers model journal