Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-01


of pictures, and the illustration. ssPast.
Present and Future" here given, is ex-
ceedingly pretty. Price of magazine,
one dollar per year-witiry the ehrono
"Yosemite,' one dollar and a halt. eAd-
dress Woods Household Magazine
sNswbarghs N.zsE
, The oeerIasd, <Monttl,s JpC Foyess6sr
certainly is very superior nnmber, and
so far as fresh geographical knowledge
is concerned, we are at a loss to desig-
nate any other similar. publication that
gives an equal amount. OF this charac1
ter are ssThe Gravel Ranges Of the Gold
Belt" "Ten Hours in Holiand,n by
Prentice Mulford "Seeking the Golien
Fleece; - {. An Imperial Sfeighride;; -
:. Tale of Tooth,', by Therese Yelyer-
ton "Mount Whitney;" !" and the SITE"
department. which .abounds in .sCOntri-
buttons to Physical Geography" This
number also contains two excellent
stories characteristic of the soil and ma
gazine-.s Zanie," by Mrs. Cooper, and
" The Judges Story" by Lowell White.
The plaintlve poetic inspiration of Miss
Coolbrith wells forth in :" One touch of
Nature" Other articles are, "The Rose
Fof Sirtema," sThe Haunted Rock Of
Santa Barbara" sour German Cousin, !"
and Ultrawa." The book reviews are
unusually good and choice. john H.
Carmany & Co., Publishers, 409 WASH
ington Street, San Francisco. - per
annum. 9 T. ~" .i"- -
In her salutatory in st. Nicholas. Serib-
ner's new monthly for children, Mrs.
Mary Mapes Dodge its conductress, says :
Sometimes I feel like rushing through
the world with two piacards-one held
,aioft in my right hand, s.Beware OF Child
ren's Magazinesv' the other fourished in
my left, 'Child's Magazine Wantedv A
good magazine for the little ones was new
er so much needed, and much harm is
done by nearly all that are published. In
England, especially, the so-caaled Juvenile
| periodicals are precisely what they ought
not TO be. In Germany, though better,
they too often distract sensitive little
| souls with gfotesquerie. Our magazines
| timidly approach. the proper standard in
some respects, but fall far short in others.
We edit them for the approval OF fathers
and mothers, and endeavor to make the
chiId's monthly a miik-and-water variety
OF the adults periodical But, in fact, the
child,s magazine needs to be stronger,
| truer, bolder, aOre uncompromising than
| the other. Its cheer must be the cheer oi
| the bird-song, not of condescending editO-
| rial babbie. If it mean freshness, and
| heartiness, and life and JOY, and its words
are simply, directly, and musicaliyi put
| together, it will trill its own way. y We
must not help it overmueh. In all except
| skillful handling OF methods, we must be
as little children il we would enter this
Kingdom. Ii now and then the situation
| have fun in it, 1t something tumble etfhex.
| peetedly, ii the fchild-anind is surprised
into an electric recognition of conical in.
congruity, So that there, is reciprocal
| ''ha, haw between the printed page and
the little reader, well and good. But, fol
| humanity's sake, let there be no editorial
| grimacing, no tedious vaulting back and
| forth over the grim railing that encloses
halt and lame old Jokes long ago turned IL
| there to die. .tst ste-,. ..jt .s-,;s
| And the first number Of this magazine
which is before us, appears to have been
prepared in full recognition Of the truth
of these remarks. .Pittorially it is one
most beautiful magazines in the country
being enriched bK designs from the pen.
ellis of, Miss HallOck. Sol Eytinge. Miss
Ledyartl, Sheppard Stephens, BOlles
Beard, and others. The reading matter
| is varied and bright. There are thirty.
| three articles, some for. the very LITTLE
| ones,, some for the oldest of young peo
pie, aud some for every age between
We find in its broad, well-printed pages
poems by William Cullen Bryant, Cells
| Thaxter, g. Lucy, Larcom. and others
There is capital human-fairy sketch BY
Rebecca Harding Davis. Donald g
Mitchell contributes characteristic
sketch entitled, .tWho Wrote, the Arab
an Nights?' and the first chapters. of I
serial STORY by Frank r. Stockton arr
given. A salutatory by the conductor
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, is sure to reacl
the heart Of every child-reader-and tn,
hearts of their. fathers and mothers a
we'll. Among the stories we. find |
charmingly-told account of a fairy
| visit to beehive, by Annie Moore; Al
4 exceedingly funny little story by Mar
garet Eytinge, and lively tales by Pau
Fort and j. S. Stacy. Lucretia T. Hal
tells the adventures of doll, Noal
Brooks has capital articles for boys
called ssRy the Sea- and Olive Thorn
talks about a certain sold -Fashionet
Hat" There are also interesting de
i scriptions of zebras, passenger-pigeons
the curious inhabitants of the Farallon
Islands, and the Piute Indians, beside
bright little "Jinglesp and a whole pag
in large type for little children with hi;
eyes. We must not forget to mention a
an admirable feature short story II
German, for the benefit of youngster
WHO are learning that language. A sim
liar French story is sannoinced for til
next number. Then tsJack-inlthe-P Pull
PITTS curious fellow who isifuli OF littl
bits of wit and wisdom, holds fortl
most entertainirgly; and there are capl
tai notices of juvenile books, intende
for those who will read the books, and
Ipuzzle. department that Will certainl
sharpen the wits OF the youngsters.