The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-04-03
April Publications

i Penn MnNTH1Y.-Thc resume entitled The
Month"; with which this publication always
opens, applauds the prompt action with which
the British House of Commons rejected the cleo
ton Of John Mitchell; spcculates on the return
Of Garibad 10 Rome; refers to the adjournment
Of Congress with Caustic sllusion to the inqiui
ties Of the last night Of the session, and regards
the passage by the republicans of the force bill
rs blunder as fatal to that party as the Kansas
Nebraska bill was to the democracy. The first
of the more formal articles discusses the minor
| ity representation principle as illustrated in the
recent election of police magistrates in Phila.
dclphia, and is hopeful Of important reforms from
| that source. The next article continues the sub
ject Of National Edncation,' the present number
laying stress on the importance Of agricultural
education. Hon. VIM. 5. Pierce discusses the
Relative Morals OF City and Country combating
mewhat the common notions on that subject
Then follows good article on 'BioSraph; an
other on the Glacial Epoch; then Il review Of
'Kinglakc's History of the Crimcan INVASION;
closing with and criticisms, general review of
new books.
THE ALDlNE for April threaten to give lis a
sensation in its Historical and Centennial Ro
nance of the Revolution an exciting story vet
more relation Of fact than fictitious invention
Its leading picture IS 4 full page picture Of the
Battle of Lexington, by John s. Davis. The
Path of Duty is another excellent drawing by
the same artist. Other pictures are The Mar.
rows Valley of Babblmg Waters The Temple
of the Virgin, Joan of Arc at the Siege of Paris,
Unared Gray Trunks Stag Hounds, &c, max |
,tIf, 1t ,rof, l..
able number.
The literary excellence Of the AlGinc keeps |
pace with its high position as an art Journal |
There are contributions from Rcauv, Won Buhra.
A. X. Suszcr, Amanda Il. Harris, John 4 Harris.
and many other Of the best writer's Of the de.
Cadc
The .Ndiuc company continue to distribute its
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LlTTELL's LIVING A0g--Thc number dated
March 27th completes volume one hundred and .
twenty-four Of this eclectic weekly. The contents
Of this and the preceding weekly numbers are |
as follows:
Sir Philip Sidney Jy Henry Kingsley, New
Quarterly Review Early Kings of Norway, |
parts IL and III, by Thomas Carlyle Fraser; The |
English Bar and the Inns OF Court, Quarterly |
Review; Religious Reyiyals in Medieval Italy, !
Comhill; Old Letters, Saturday Review; Ma |
tlonal 'Stcadincss,' Spec iator Nagnbonds in
Winter Time, The Tyranny OF Mothers, and Eg-
otism, Saturday Review: the conclusion of the |
story of Valentine and MS Brother; from Black
wood; and instruments of Three Feathers by
VIM Black, 'Fatcd to be Free 10y Jean Ingclow,
and Alice Lorraine by the author ar the Maid !
OF Skier The usual choice poetry aud miSccl-
lany complete the numbered
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