Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-25
aetuar state Of anairs ID New orleans

sketch Of an 'English Abbey, % lis also
here begun; and in Stedmanas Series on
the s'Victorions Poets," there is an ad-
mirable paper on the "most inspired of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the same number appears q biegraph-
ical sketch of Stednan, by A. II. Mac
Douough, will portrait, in the series of
Younger AIherieanAuthers. Professor
Newcomb gives an Interesting account
of the making of the new great telescope
at Washington; there is an illustrated
story by Edward King, "Only Half a
Woman;" story by Louise Chandler
George Macdonald, Celia Thaxter, III.
sPressaa.GsaaG Riehariaa
Watson Glider. DIR. Hollands Topics of
the Tame are "a Greeting to our Eng
lish Readers, > .'St. Nichols ssThe New
York Observer" and sold Types" The
Old Cabinet is written ssin the Woods"
The Departments Of Home and Society.
Culture and Progress, Failure and Sci
ence and Etchings have their usual vari-t
ETY. of contents. SCRIBNER's for iDecen,-
Der will have new dialect poem by
Bret Harte and to the January Number
he will contribute Christmas story, en-
titled '.How Old Men Plunkett went
Home.r .4s- @9e - -
The contents of the November 6 Old
nRd Neto'' fall naturally into two sec
tions: readable light matter, and seas.
enable solid matter. The former in-
cludes Mr.. Appleton's memorial poem
on Penekese and the Anderson Natural
History School there, and another poem,
on a Happy Valley. Also. instalments
of the serials, of which "Scrope'' con-
tains an account of a Sunday dinner con-
versation at Mr.. Buttons, and spirited
description of the Organization of the
Scrope Association, for recovering the
great Scrope Estate in England Mr..
Rurnand's "My Time" goes on with the
narrator's education. There is very
bright California story with moral that
isn't an immoral. Mr.. Hale's ssTale of
the Simplon" ends In a curious fashion
enough, having two ends, one for tragic
readers and one for comfortable ones.
Mr.. Perkins gives y sharp, brief argu-
ment in defense of that much persecuted
word "Reliable." Prof. Rierwower's
second and concluding paper gives very
clear and striking account of the doc
trines and methods of the Socialists.
There is the first Of series of papers
which are going to be very lively and
instructive, by Rev. Mr.. Tyrwhitt, the
Euglish art writer, on sketching from
nature. This paper is so bright and
jolly that, perhaps, it ought not to be
counted among the solid matter. But
the money articles are solid-though
seasonable. There are not less than six
of them; Mr. Hale's Introductory. tax
| isg broad ethical view of money panics
and money business; a paper by Mr..
John Earl Williams, the well known
President of the Metropolitan Bank OF
New York City, in favor of more paper
money than we now have, one by o, P.
@, in favor Of q, practically unlimited
| issue of paper money not convertible
| into specie at all; remarks, on this by
Mr., Rowland g.. Hazard a .specie-pay-
ment man; another argument for specie
| payment, by manufacturer, and a final
note, with a rather biting argument
against s.stock g-mbling" aud corners
This is a very Instructive set, OF papers
and will enable any man to examine all
sides Of this important question: Rob-
berts Brothers, Publishers. +. B, Perk-
ins, Business Agent, 14 Washington
Street, Boston; Yai.s5ap sae,i5 s. (
TIE Atlantic Monthly for November
| of which the advance proofs. are now in
hand, presents an unusually attractive
table of contents. The number opens
with the fifth part of 2" Gunnar: q
Morse Romance, the other stories
being .. &c The Little Fountain of .Sa-
konoshita,n and the continuation ol
g Honest John vane," by y. w. d.
Forrest. s<trhe Home Life of Salmon
P. Chase'' gives some interesting infor.
ton concerning the private life Of the
| late Chief Justice, but it is more a study
| of his character than of his home. The
conscientious will and the powers oI
endurance of the subject of this paper
are well shown by the wav In which he
performed the duties of the positions
| which he flled.a.i "When in the Trea-
lsury," says the author, " midnight and
early morning often fonnd him at his
desk; and with all the weight of the
hazardous and critical transactions ol
those times bearing upon him, he could
& still work & when secretaries and d. clerk, s;is
of his appointment as Chief-Justice, hi
had grown somewhat unused to legal
methods, and deemed intense application
to his books necessary for the renovation
of his knowledge. Twelve hours a day
are said to have been devoted to reading
and the only exercise of the day was ar
early walk around Judiciary square. ,
A chapter of autobiography by Roberl
Dale Owen gives some Interesting re,
miniscences of interesting people whom
he met in that city in early life. Amone
these were the phrenologists, DR.. Spur.
helm and De Vile; Rowland Hill, the
Inventor of the cheap postal system ol
England; and the pOetess Letitia Eliza,
beth LandOn. The same paper also con
tains an excellent anecdote of Englist
mail-coach days, which pert or unaccom
modating travellers might read witt
profit and all other persons with enjoy
ment. In /" The Railroads and thu
Farms" Mr.. W. NJ. Grosvenor discusses
at length and with great ability the
relations between the Western farmers
the end of the paper. Mr.. Grosyenor ha!
this significant passage: .ssRut no pos
sible change in rates of freight which
can be reached by State legislation, BY
pressure of public opinion, or even by /
miraculous .christianization OF railway
managers. can do as much good as thu
removal of unjust and unnecessary bur
dens now imposed by the tariff. -
The ten great grain-gathering roads nov
make net earnings OF about SIS. 600 ,0O'
yearly. - = The tariff removed
not these roads only, but multitude o
others now crippled by the excessive
cost Of operating would, compete for tn
Western traffic. The cost of buildin.
additional roads would be reduced; th'
same capital which now builds tw'
miles to 100, 900 acres :, would suffic
to build three miles, and give the West
ern farms during the next decade one
half greater increase in value, No ,othe
remedy applies to the weaker rs well a
to the stronger roads. The body of th
number. closes with a review of Mr.
De Forests novels. The political ,arti
ticle is devoted to a discussion of TIA
panic and the causes which led to it. q
'wAIFs FROM our READERs.