New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-08-20
Periodicals..
OLD AND NEW FOR SEPTEMBER

Periodicals.
OLD AND NEW FOR SEPTEMBER
contains: Old and New; Our Sketching
Club; The Sea; Sylvester Gardner; Das
Veilchen The Way we live now; Have We
an Inquisltion; The Emperor Tiberius; The
Ascent of Ampersand Mountains; In his
Chamber; Party ?" Treason - and Civic
Duty; Nicolette and Aucassia, etc., etc.
This magazine presentsa number of able and
interesting papers, and can justly claim to be
one of the very best issued in the country.
Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston.
Conducted by Edward E. Hale.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR SEPTEMBER
opens very seasonably with "The Gentle
Angler" a paper on Isaac Walton, aud we
soon come upon story about hunting ante
lopes in the West. Among other seasonable
things is very funny, illustrated poem,
called "The Cheated Mosquitoes" The
serial stories, "Fast Friends" by j. T.
Trowbridge, and "What Might Have Been
Expected" by Frank r. Stockton, draw near
their conclusions, and the interest of both
stories naturally increases. "The Pony Ex-
press" is well-written article, handsomely
illus trated, showing how messages and letters
were carried before railroads and steamboats,
monopolized the business, Celia Thaxter
comes to the Nefense of the birds in poem
called "The Kittiwakes," and Mrs. Dodge,
in some lively verses, tells how Mother Pussy
taught her children. There is handsomely
illustrated article on cold Dutch Times in
New York, - by Col. T. w. Higgnson, and
a loving account of the author Of ''Rob
inson Crusoe," by Donald G. Mitchell Luz
creta p. Hale has one of her quaint ''Peter
kin" conceits, in which that inimitable family
have some of their queer experiences. There
is a lavishly illustrated account of the adyen-
lures of certain "Jim Crow" and a poem,
curiously illustrated by James e. Beard, in
which the verses and lot of fishes, in COM
pany with little boy and mermaid, swim
bravely about, all over two pages. Sarah o.
Jewett contributes a capital story for girls,
and there is romantic tale, 'Little Ben
and the Sunshine" by Kate Bloede. The
departments at the end of the number are
crammed as usual with wise bits Of fun and
funny bits of wisdom.
THE GALAXY FOR SEPTEMBER
presents, in the leading article, sketch of
Marshal MacMahon, by Eli Reclus, the dis
tinguished French General and Meratem,
whose military and political experience and
accurate knowledge of English give him pecu-
liar facilities for writing this sketch of the
most conspicuous man of Europe. Another
noticeable article, entitled 1.-THE Romance
of the Holland House," which is based upon
the book Of the Princess of Lichtenstein
and other authorities, contains a fund of
curious anecdote and unfamiliar history con-
nected with this most interesting of English
palaces. Mr.. Richard Grant White con-
tributes a second iconoclastic article upon
the Emusic of the Future" discussing this
time the compositions of Franz List, the
great rival of Wagner in the new school of
music.
The Lady Blanch Murphy is represented
by a sketch Of travel in Italy. J. T. Head
ley also contributes to a pleasant italian
picture woven into the form of love story,
the scene being laid in Genoa.
There are two other love tales in the
number, the best being an English one by
Theo. Gift. A fair sprinkling of poetry and
the usual Departments of Literary Criticism,
Science, and Gossip, complete varied and
entertaining number. we'll suited to the
month Of September, whether the reader
be an oyerworked dweller in cities or a
happy sojourner at seaside and mountains
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR SEPTEMBER
is now ready and for sale by all book and
news dealers; price IS cents.
The contents are: Fiction-Mr. w. D.
Howell's new Novel--A Foregone Conclu-
sion. VII.-IX. Mr.. Bayard Taylor's Who
was She? Miss Woolson's The Lady of
Little Fishing.
Sketches Of Travel and Adventure
the Grand Canal of China. Mr.. u. Jarve's
Pescasla, the Home of a Mad Artist. Mr..
Charles Dawson Shanly's Coney Island.
Mr.. Geo. Cary Eggleston's A Rebels Recol-
lections.
Science and Supersttion-Prof n. S. Sha
ler's The Moon. Mr.. Alexander Young's
Birds of Ill Omen.
Poetry-Mss Lucy Larcom's Goody Grun-
sells House. Mr.. w. w. Young's "Over
the Hills and Far Away" Mr.. W. w. Har-
ney's Tropic Midnight. Mr.. Edgar Faw-
cett's Analogies. Miss L. B. Moore's A
Vision of Lost Souls.
Criticism-Mr. G. P. Lathrop's The Novel
and its Future and reviews of dozen no.
ticeable books; with criticism of recent Art,
and important papers on Education.
'.- Fl. O. Houghton & Co., Boston. Hurd &
Houghton, New York.