The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-04-04
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Tho Ailan.iic MONTH"; lor April
opens with The Ballad 81 Usrmil-
ban by Iongfsllow James Parker
continues Bic life Of Thomas Jefferson,
With asketoh Of him = menber Of
the House of Burgeois d Virgins,
"Quite So Is q story Of tie war.
The Diversions Of the Echo Club"
arc exceedingly entertaining, At all the
previous numbers have boen. The;
fourth installment of Oliver Wendell
Holmes "Poet a the Breakfast Ia
bte"is also excellent. Bret Harts
contributes 'The Idyl Of Battle Hol.
low" h. james, IT,, while highly
commencing, still critisss in many Of
its features, "Taines' English Liter
allure. "several other articles, with
reviews, etc, gil up this really capital
number. James B. ,Osgood l. Co.,
publishers, Boston, : - No. - Il. ID.
The last two weekly numbers of
L'ttcps Lsuiag Age contain Wander
Jugs ia Japan; Sir Henry Hollands
Recolleotions; The Religion OF an In.
dian Province; Mahomet The Fourth
Gospel; The Kriegsspiel !; English
Rural Poetry: The Situation 10
France; the continuation Of "The
Story of tho Plebisoite," by. the dis
tinguished French writer MN. Frck.
mann. Chatrisn, and Of "Of the Skel.
ligs," BY Jean Ingelow; besides short
articles, poetry, ETC.. Littell h Gay.
Boston, Publishers.
In the chronological Journal for
April, We find an abundance of that
which is pleasant to read and good to
remember. For instance sketches and
portraits Of W. II. Aspin wall, the EN-.
iuent merchant; Robert s. Candish,
D. D., successor Of Dr.. Chalmers Of
Edinburgh; the Engineers Of the
Mt. Gents Tunnel; besides admirable
articles on Right and Wrong Views Of
Life; Respiration and its Apparatus !;
Iuebriate Asylums ; History Of Photo.
graphy in America Homes Of Famous
Amsrioaus; Rocky Mountain Scenery;
"stitoh in Time; )" Or the Alabama
Question; EARLY English Education,
finely illustrated, s. R. Wells; New
! York.
The April No.. Of the Overland
Monthly opens with series, in one pa
per, of most exquisite pen-piotures of
the ocean, entitled "Sea-studies," fol-
lowed by "a Ride through Oregon"
written by the now famous "Poet of the
Sierras," Joaquin Miller, as We learn
from the extract.sheet accompanying the
magazine. This gentleman'e unique
prose sketches are rapidly acquiring
that standard Of fame which his force
full poetic illusions have already obtain
cd. "South-sea Bubbles" can easily
be traced to the" Poet of the Tropics.' -
Charles W. Stoddard, and seems to be
. parting tribute on bis recent depart
ure for the Navigator Island. We find
the "aavor Of the Far West" pervading
this issue to an unusual extent in such
papers as "Northern California Indians,
no doubt from the pen Of Stephen
Powers; "Wants and Advantages Of Cal.
ifornia," a practical article 10y osemite
Valley in Flood" "Juanita," an Ari-
IONA sketch, aud an inimitable outdoor
paper, entitled "In the Shadows Of St.
Helena" which We attribute to W. G.
Bartlett, judging from the character Of
his previous juicy contributions. "Mr.
Rice's Romance" introduces the read.
or to ssvivid picture Of life in the ear.
~ days of California. The Overland
has become famous for these character
sketches, and they are feature Of the
magazine, each numbsr being enrich
ed with one or more Of these peculiar
lily interesting descriptions. A full and
varied "Eto." and = number Of fae
book criticisms complete the interesting
and valuable issue. John Carmany &
Co., Publishers, San Francisco, Cal.
81 per annum. With THE JOURNAL
IS. <.~@s .:~ r. los.
The April number of. the Eclee-
tic Magazine embelished with finely
engraved portrait of Charles Sumner,
which, as the publisher announces, in-
itiates series of the more eminent men
in American public life. The portrait
Of Mr.. Sumner is-sa very handsome
one, and ths. series will impart, ex-
ceptional value TO- the current volumes
Of the magazincy The: leading article
Of the April number is : suggestive
essay on "Tbe Latter English Poets"
including Swinburne. Rossetti, - and
Morris. The remainder of the con.
fonts are highly varied and interesting,
aud embracing "Wanderings in ia
PAM" "Brougham and; some of his
Contemporaries" "Dickens in Eelac
ton to Criticism )" "Notes on East
Greenland; "George Sand :, T. t'Prao,
cal Hints on the Art Of Decoration -
"Reoolleotions of Mendelssohn and his
Friends :" John Bright ;" "serpeni