The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-06-03
LITERARY NOTICES.

No. 5 of Pete,S Household Melodies
contains three songs, with choruses,
one of Cal. Wagner's END Songs"
a ballad and a sacred song. Price,
30 cents. j. L. Peters, publisher,
New York.
The numbers Of Litteps Liya,,q
Age for May 10Th and 22d, contain
''Instinct and Reason :" "Living-
stones Last Journals; p "The
Statue of Memnon ;" "Fashions and
Tricks of Speech ;" "The Abode Of
Snow, Part W" "Literary Cdriosi-
ties ;" "The Suez Canal ;" "Dreams p
"a Monastery among the Apen-
mines - "Royalists and Republi-
cans;' Germany and Austria p
Mental Effect of Pecuniary Pres.
sure;" with installments of serials and
the usual choice poetry and miscel.
lany. Littell & Gay, Boston, Pub
fishers.
The June atlantic opens with a
poem by Aldrich,-"spring in New
England" and closes with one by
Lowell -" Ode read at the Concord
Centennial" Robert Dale Owen tells
a remarkable piece Of secret history
under the title "Political Results from
the Varioloid." President Eliot, Of
Harvard, has an article which will
excite controversy on "Wise and
Unwise Economy in Schools" and
there are some narrative papers,
one on "The California Ranch" by
Stephen Powers; another on the
"Cruise of the Rappahannock in
Calais Harbor;" and an amusing
number of Mark Twain's "Old Times
on the Mississippi" Henry James,
Jr.'s novel, Frederick Hudson -
grows in interest. There are shorter
stories, and other poems besides
the two named above. H. O. Hough.
ton & Co., Boston, publishers.
The Eclectic for June is embel-
lished with an excellent portrait on
steel Of Thomas Carlyle, which is ac-
companied in the letter-press by a
brief but satisfactory editorial sketch
Of his life. The leading article is en-.
titled "Ultramontanjsm and Civil
Allegiance" and is comprehensive
and instructive review of Mr.. Glad.
stones recent pamphlet, and the mum.
erous replies and comments which ii
evoked, placing in very clear light
the bearing of the Vatican DEGREES Oh
the policy Of the Roman Church
Other interesting articles are: "Te
tuan )" ''Maine's Early History O.
Institutions;'' "The Cost of Living ;
t"German Home Life. II. Furniture ,
"a Vision of Spring in Winter ;
"Fashions and Tricks of Speech :
"Secret Papers of the Empire ;
"Beaumarchais, the French Wilkes ;
"Injin Joe," and "Artistic Homes.
| There is a further installment of tn
charming story, "Jonathan,'' ant
Part 1. of a new story by William
Black, entitled, "The Marriage o
MORA Fergus" E. R. Pelton, pub
Usher, New York.
In the June number of Scribner
James T. McKay's "Birdsall O
Mapleton'' is of exceeding power an>
interest. Albert Rhodes's descrip
ton of 'The Latin Quarter" gives
pretty good idea of a certain phase 0
Partisan Bohemianism. Col. War
ing's paper on Dutch Farming ap
peals forcibly to the agricultural dis
tricts, and we give all extract from
it. Mr.. A. B. johnson, secretary O
the late Mr.. Sumner, tells some char
acteristic anecdotes about the Senator
Mr.. Cooks household paper, with it
tasteful and pretty illustrations, i
one Of the most interesting papers il
the number, as the extract we civ
from it this week will show. Their
is generous installment Of "Seven
oaks" and very small installment;c
"The Mysterious Island" The mos
striking poetic feature of the mum
ber is "The Power of Prayer"
darkey dialect poem. The diferen
departments are we'll filed with in
teresting matter.
! And, by-the-way, Sc'i6eer has al
sofbed the Old and Me,o magazine
as it is absorbing so much that il
good. Scribner & Co., publishers
New York.
Fl Perhaps the most noticeable al
} ticle in the June number of the Ga
, axy is a sketch Of Prince Aceill
Murat, the nephew of the great Ns
=. poleon. The account of his life an
t eccentricities is an entertaining an
: valuable chapter in the history {
l the Bonaparte family. Anothe
7 very attractive article is picturesqu
: description of the West of England
with its quaint customs and Language
its romantic legends, its curious arch
+ tectural relics of the Druids, and by
! gone races, its old churches an
: varied scenery. "The Classic Flora
is the title of a pleasing summer q
: ticle. Jupius Henri Browne cont!
/: butes sketch of Robert Brownin,
S whom he calls "the poet of tt
: Opaque" Richard Grant White give
t a valuable article on the science an
0 philosophy of music. Mr.. J.::Austi
}. Stevens is represented by an interes
f ing historical sketch of the old me-
q chanta of Nau Ynrk and their antio