Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
WRITER'S AND WRITINGS.
BEING PERSONAL AND CRITICAL
COMMENTS.

The chronological Journal and Life IL
of old and new truths in a pleasant form,
VIC must commend this veteran monthly.
The April number blossoms with an at
tractive variety.
THE Atlantic for April contains The
Two Serials; Nose Evans. by WILLIAM NJ
Baker: Prudence Palfrey by Thomas
Belly Aldrich; A Modern Financial Ito
pia-how it grew up and what became of
it by David A. Wells; Baddeck aud that
Sort of Thing, by Charles D. Warner;
In Weimer with Liszt, by an enthusias-
tic pupil: Mstral's Calendar. by Harriet
w. Preston; British Upper Glass in Fic-
tion, by Z. S. Nadal; The Cohansy Tea
Fight, by Lucy Ellen Guernsey; Life in
the Baekwoods of Canada, by II. b. K:
The poetry in the number is by Edmund
G. Stedman. Christopher p. Cranch, Ell
izabeth Stuart Phelps and others and the
departments of criticism in recent liter
ature, art and music are especially full.
The current number of 81. NicholQs
opens with an article on the invention of
printing by Donald G.. Mitchell. An ar
tiCIts GtibiliNh l4llE- fOdtitl2 OH OuT
Coast, by William Ii. Rideing, gives a
useful and highly in teresting account
of how poor shipwrecked sailors and pas
sengers are saved. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps contributes short story called
''raken at His Word,' finely illustrated
by Sheppard. T. B. Aldrich has an ac-
count of the infant yIolinist James Spe-
aight, which is full of pathetic inserest;
there is ''The Churcli-Cock," transla-
tion from the Swedish of Topelins; "Mrs
Pomeroy's Page" by Mrs. Mary E. Brad
ley; ''The Wrong Bird, by Paul Fort,
and the conclusion of that real boy sto-
ry, "Wrecked at Home." by Noah Brook
The poems are by Celia Thaxter, Mar
garet Eytinge. and Mary A, Lathbury.
AARPER's Magazine for April presents
the following varied ana interesting ta-
BILE of contents; The Farrallon Islands,
Charles Nordhoff; Bonnibell, Kate Put
nun Osgood; The Secret Regions of the
Stage, Olive Logan; Ilkly, Moncure d.
Conway; Planting the Palm, Tracy Rob
inson; The Law of Chromatic Contrast.
Harney; My Mother and |, Dinah Mu-
loeh Craik; Army Organizatiod, Gen. G.
B Mcclellan; Brahma's Answer, Rich
ard Henry Stoddard: Oliver Goldsmith,
George NJ. Towle; the Living Link, Prof
James de Mile; Slave HINTS in Central
Africa: In Honor Bound, Caroline Che
scbro; the Shadow, Nelly NJ. Hutchinson
Thomas Carlyle, James Grant Wilson
the Wrong Word, ID. r. Castleton; the
Defective Glasses, Charles d. Desher
Orchestral Music, Titus Nj. Coan; Recol-
1ections of all Old Stager: Editors Easy
Chair; Editors Literary Record; Edi-
tors Scientific Record Editors Hstori-
cal Record; Editors Drawer; Seventy
eight engravings, including the illustra-
tions of the Editors Drawer, embellisf
this number
TIE April number of Old and Nee,
deals vigorously with several live topic!
and diyersiEies its vigor with good ar
ray of stories and verses. Mr.. Hale's il
PRODUCTION discusses question which il
now growing more and more importln
every day,-the question of political ] e
organization. Mr.. Trollope.s readable
novel, "The Way we Live Now" ant
Nr Perkins story Of ..Scrope,'' are con
tinaed; :he latter having scene or tw'
in Hartford and one in New York. Mr.
Meridoth has good story called "Ach
sa's Possibilities. There are three po
.ems-one BIZ Panl III. Hayne, addresse t.
Mr. Iongfellow a pleasant fancy calleC
''My Bird" By Kate L. Colbo; and a sa
tirical description, apparently, OF SOM
political demagogue, called the ''Moderl
Cleon. Miss Hinckey has another Of he
graceful descriptions of Country Sight
and Sounds.'' Mr.. Tyrwhitt's usefu
and apirted 'sSketcliing Club is contll
ued Thoughtful readers will be deligl
The to welcome back Rev. Slr. Martineal
An anonymous paper takes q rathe
ii esI view Of Ma. Tweed az "a convict
There are two reminiscent papers abou
AR. Sumner: brief additional accom-
of the rescue Gf the Scotch covict Muir
6nd one book review.