Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-03-07
WRITER'S AND WRITINGS.
BEING PERSONAL AND CRITICAL
COMMENTS.

CONTENTS.
Godeg's for March reaches us as re-
plete with varied and interesting read
ing and valuable Information for those
who delight to follow Fashion, as ever.
1t is always a welcome visitant to its
lady readers and in some respects seems
to be better now than it ever has been
before.
CRoFUTr's Western World for
March, is an average number Of an
usually very excellent and valuable
publication. There is large amount of
valuable information and condensed
news items concerning the ''West" in the
present issue and some good correspon-
dences.
THE March number of st. Nicholas
opens with very useful article on Ed
ward Jenner, by Clarence Cook. Ac-
companying this is fine engraving of
the statue of Jenner by Monteverde.
Miss Aleott contributes story, Roses
and For-get-me-nOts;" )" Robert Dale
Owen has a sketch of his boyhood,
"Rascally Sandy" there is seaside
story, full of adventure and fun, by
Noah Brooks; a sketch of Gulliver, the
Lilliputians, and Swift, by Donald G.
Mitchell: a we'll illustrated story,
HWhat the Stork Saw" by HI. L. 81.
Ward and narrative true to nature, of
a girls adventures when ''snowed in"
on Western prairie. The illustrations
are up to the usual high standard, and
hnrs trs1 - f,,11
pictures. The engraving called "Some
curious Fishes" drawn by Jas. G.
Beard, will open the eyes of the young
sters. We notice that Letter Box"
has been added to the attractions of the
magazine.
The Atlantic comes with Mr.. Ralph
Keeler's remarkable narrative of how
Owen Brown escaped from Harper's
Ferry, which will have a special inter-
est from the circumstances, fresh in
every ones mind, of Mr.. Keeler's sud-
den end; and Mr. Howells adds per-
sonal tribute. to his memory. The two
serials, prudence Palfry," by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, story of New England
and Colorado; and "Mose Evans" by
William NJ. Baker, story of Southern
life since the war, increase in interest,
and have, this month, remarkable pass
ages. The other articles are, Baddeck
Dudley Warner; In Market Wagon,
by c. P. Lathrop; Life in the Back
woods of Canada, by H. B. X. The
poetry of the number is Wanderings, by
A. L. Carlton: Melanie, by W. L.
Brigham; Ships, by III. X. Hudson;
Patience Dow, by Marion Douglas;
Winter Epithalamium, by Charlotte F.
Bates. Johns Trial, by p. Deming; A
Medieval Naturalist, by j. FL. A. Bone;
Aborigines of California, by Stephen
Powers.
American scenery, than which none
is more beautiful, very properly holds
the leading place in the March issue of
The A1dine. Three pictures by j. D.
Woodward, represent some of the most
striking scenes in NorthW We estern Vir-
ginia. c. Metals, French artist, has
an ideal picture of "Poland," a full
page picture, representing a woman,
shackled, bare-footed. seated amid snow
and ice, crushed down with sorrows,
but not subdued. Fritz Paulsen con-
tributes full-page picture, ''Her Treas
ure." "The Wolf turned Shepherd" is
fine picture by Dore, illustrative of
Out Town." is by John s. Davis.
Specht contributes two cuts of animal
life. Another picture represents ssGoe-
the at Home" ''The Return of the
Exile" by T. E. Rosenthal, depicts an
incident in the life of Spaniard, who
returned to his castle to find it in ruins.
From the above list of illustrations it
will be seen that the March Aldine is
remarkably rich in pictorial art, en-
bracing every variety of subject. The
literary contents are perhaps little bet
ter than before for several months.
The Mountains of Western North
Carolina are the subject of Mr.. Edward
Kings graphic "Great South" contribu-
ton to Scribner's for March; which is
accompanied by profusion of illustra-
tions from Champnew. DR.. Robinson
discourses in the same number of the
Women of the Arabs; and there is q
brief account of the 'Heiress of WASH
ington," very interesting little bit of
history. Two articles of especial i'm
portance are anonymous papers on John
| Stuart Mill, and an unimpassioned, but
| not the less startling account of the
ssCredit Mobilier." There is ga Dream
Story" by the author of "Patty;" and q
curious tale entitled s'The Tachypomp,' u
by a new writer. Miss Tafton's, and
Mrs. Davis's serials are continued, and
there are poems by r. III. Stoddard
John Frasier, Annie G. Brackett, James
T. Fields and Joel Benton. DR.. Hol.
| s,, af fha Tipoo - lie
courses of sLiterary Hinderances,
'"The Deiusions of Drink" and sTht
Press and the Publishers The Ole
Cabinet is full of "Misery," and ir
'sCulture and Progress is notice o.
some length of the "New Poet" James
Bowie O'Reilly.
| The american artisan for March con
tains large variety of interesting read
ing matter. AS usual, the general ty
biographical appearance of the pape
beautiful. Among the articles no
strictly devoted to technology, is an in
teresting article on ssLondon and it
Fogs.'' Confirmation of Some Hither
to Doubted Phenomena is the title O
an article which contains the substance
of lecture by DR.. Carpenter, recentl.
delivered in London, in which TIN
reality of stigmatlzatlon, the burial
Fakirs IN India for six weeks unde
ground without air or nourishment, ant
, other hitherto doubted phenomena, ar
not only asserted to be facts, but are re
. ferred to natural causes. In an editor
, ial entitled "Fact and Testimony" til
editor takes direct issue with DIR. Car
penter Oh questions of fact. These tw
, articles form an intensely interestin;
discussion. elbow to Make Money b,
. Patents'' is an article that should b
read by every inventor in the Unite'
States. Besides these articles of genera
s interest there are many technical arti
y cles of value. Among these we ma
enumerate 'Hirn's Telodynamic Cable
: 'Coal-Cutting Machines 'Probabl
8 Cause of Destruction of Boiler Tubes,
, Prof. Mac Cords Treatise ON tn
+ Movement of Slide-Valves,' paper o.
'The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
9 by Prof. Robert III. Thurston, sTrans
mission of Mechanical Power by Com
s pressed Air. etc,
The March number of Old and Nel
= has some good story reading, some strik
4 ing poetry, and some reasonable and in
structive papers on social subjects. Al