Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-07-05
WRITER'S AND WRITINGS.
BEIyG Personal AND CRITICAL.

Howell, of the Sentinel, has been tour |
around his chiIdhood-home. |
George Perkins, associate editor on the
staff of the Cincinnati Times and Chron-
icle, is spendinga few days in town with
relatives and friends.
Herr Mohl contributes to the literary
treasures of Germany ninety volumes as
the results of his Mohl-like borrowings
in the subject of vegetable anatamy.
The Ohio Farmer, published at Cleve-
land, comes to us this week in a new
dress of type from the firm of Farmer,
Little 6c Co.. of New York, which great
ly improves its general appearance.
The July number of the Ocerland
Monthly is devoted for the most part to
contributions relating to the men and
scenes of the far-western country. A
class of writer's have matured under the
bright skies and by the great mountains
of California who have made the litera-
ture Of their State entirely different from
that of any other in our country. The
Orerland is conducted in manner so
utterly at varience with our Eastern
magazines that it is, TO us, at least, of
more than ordinary interest.
An inquisitive person, signing the
the name of John Veener, has pro-
pounded to the Conneaut Reporter the
eonundrum, s'Was there ever q time
when treasure in heaven could be
bought with property and good title
| given 2" Abstractly sense of the
| "eternal fitness of things" ought to
| have taught him that such theo-geogra-
phieal questions are not to be asked of
editors. General as is their information
there are vet subjects of which they
know but little. Definitely much bet
ter authority to have applied to would
have been Hudson of the Youngsto town
Reqister. He is posted on such things.
| The Republic: a monthly magazine,
devoted TO the dissemination of political
information, as its title page pOmpously
tells us. has made its July visit. The
mission of the Republic is precisely the
same as was that of the ''Pub. Docs,
before the abolition of the franking priv
ilege prevented their free circulation.
Although it has some interesting and
valuable political articles, the maga-
ziue--if indeed it can be so called--is not
one which will gain much popularity
among the newspaper men, for whom
it seems to have been established. The
Journals even of the rural districts are
not generally willing to be advised in
politics by any party power whatsoever
and much less do they need the assist
ance of committee of Congressional
schemers, or of toady lobbyists.
"Scrope, or the Lost Library is con.
tinued in the July number of OLD ant
Ne,1 and is its most valuable paper borl
as story and as showing many of the
hidden scenes and customs in New
York life. Its photographed Informs
ton is also very interesting. A large
portion of this magazine is devoted this
month to topics of educational interest
Noticeable among the papers of this
class are Mr.. Hale's opening paper, ,tOlt
and New" washington University, ,
Coercion in the latter stages of educa
tion," "Traces in Print of Daniel Web
ster's work in College," and last but no
least, the Annual College Directory, !:
feature peculiar to the Old and New
which gives the names of all the faeul
ties of two hundred or more collegiate
institutions, with dates of foundation
course of study, number of students, etc
apparently useful reference book for
good many purposes. "The Grange!
of the Patrons of the Husbandry," il
the title of valuable and timely articl,
upon this new and wide spread society
Edmond Yates, having examined the
United States and gathered his materia
for an American story, has set an ex
ample that all good English novelists ar,
desirous Of following. Wilkie Collins
Mrs. Braddon and Mrs. Wood, believing
that Mr.. Yates has not exhausted tn,
material, are preparing TO follow. Thel
will, doubtless, at leisure moments
amuse themselves by lectuI'ing to us a
5000 Il night, but their business mainly
is to obtain that knowledge of our socia
and political condition which will ell
able them to avoid the egregious blum
ders of their predecessors. The thirs
for knowledge of American institution
is very recent affair. Though w,
cannot help thinking that if Mrs. Trol
lope and Captain Marryatt and Boz hat
been able to pick up $500 night the re
suits of their early observations woult
have been more liberal if not more salts
factory to Americans. That knowledge
is one of the first requisites in writing
novel of American life, whatever maj
be the case i'll dealing with other form
of civilization, may be seen by referenc,
to the recent romance by Lady Geor
giana Fullerton, called isToo Strang
Not to be True,'' in which Charlotte, o
Brunswick, early in the last century
settles upon the Lower Mississippi
where the Rocky Mountains are visibl
from her windows, and where, amid th
gambolings of monkeys and the rumb
ling of buffaloes, she gathers the lotu
flowers from out of the tropical luxuri
ance, and in the twilight rows her cano
to the Falls of Minnehaha, narrowly es
Gaping the alligators, but returning il
time for tea and to amuse herself quotin.
Longfellow's song, "Hiawatha," whicl
, she had heard the Indians chanting il
their forest palaces.