The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-04-05
Publications.
BY W. H. sCANLAND.

MORRIS RURAL NEW YORKER.-
This old and first-class farmers jour
al makes its regular weekly visits
our sanctum. The Illustrations are
Eash- numerous, varied and beauti-
an end the reading matter is pure
nd chaste, being furnished by the
,blest agricultural writers in the
n1ntry.
peerson's Magazine for April is
,lresdy on our table. AS usual, it is
rpnlete with the choicest light litera-
me- that any periodical affords. Its
hshion plates,are superb, and show
anne change both in the style OF bon
petsand dress. Price s. per annum.
HYoung America" for April fulfills
ne promise of its past. 1t is an eX-
.ellent Juvenile Magazine, bright,
i've and instructive, as well rs enter
timing; full of amusement for the
little folks.
DENoREs It's MoNTHLY.-The
April number of this popular periodi-
cs comes to Us fresh as a Spring
daisy. It's very much enlarged, and
every way improved, and we guess
the ladies are right when they say it
contains as much genuine informa-
ion as all the other fashion maya
sines plttogether.
Harper's Magazine for April has
every variety of instructive and en-
tertaining reading matter with eighty
Eve Illustrations. II contains an
Illustrated paper on SantO Domingo;
q comprehensive summary of the
most Interesting marine phenomena;
an important and timely contribution
onthe English AgriculturaI Laborers
Movement, a graphic sketch of the
late Horrce Greeley; an entertaining
PAPER on Carrier Pigeons; another
instalment of Porte Crayoa's Noun
tains;n more of the "RecCllections of
snOli S7ager::n continuation of
"0ld Kensington;n of '.The New
Magdelen;n and of IA Sinpleton:'
Characteristic short story, by James
Pawn. a tale of dramatic and thrilling
interest Elias Gray, and a poem of
rare beauty and pathos, by William
Wallace Harvey. The Editors His
tOrieal Record contains a comprehen-
sive resume of the subject OF Trans
bortati0n; and in the Editors Drawer
there is graphic description, with
administrations, of Leicester Square,
London.
SAyTo DOMINGO, PAST AND PRES
EST, WITH A GLANCE AT HAYTI:
BY Samsel Hazard. Maps and
Illustrations. New York: Harper
4 Bro. Cloth, PIP. 81.
This is the best history Of the Is
land Of Santo Domingo that we have
seen. Mr.. Hazard, we are told in
the newspapers, is the Secretary of
the SANTANA Bay Company, of New
York, and it is probably owing to
that position the present volume is
now issued Ii any reliance can be
placed upon the authors statements.
which he makes from personal ohser-
ration while with, but not of. the U.
s Commission, this island is one Of
the garden spots of earth, now run to
waste and ruin from its political
troubles and divisions, and the anna
rent impossibility of its mongreI pop
ulation 70 organize and maintain a
permanent form of government. We
Presume the SANTANA Bay project
viii become the means. SOONER or
later, Of the acquisition of the island,
and whatever mly be the effect to
elr nation Of such : departure from
The usual policy OF our Government, /
here can be no doubt Chat it would f.
open up a region for emigration equal
% California, and superior 20 Cuba. !,
Fellow fever away from the man
grove swamps is unknown; while in I
ne Interior of the island the climate |
s unexeeptionable. The work opens l
win the acquisition of the island by
columbus, and ends with the present
'ondlton of Hayti. The Illustrations
IRE numerous and well executed.
SAiie the map Is made up from the
lAst surveys. Those who are inter
! In the coming West India cues
1Ion, and DESTROYS of learning what
oAmana Bay and its prospects are. can
gan more Information from Mr.. Haz-
~ Than from any other source, and
We soylse the purchase of his book.