The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-02

t. another, "The Seals" showing how our shoe
I dy gentry suddenly cast from the heights q
J. aflluencc, can, If the will, regain solid foo
: ing; and lastly, Berha's Experiment cor
soles old maids with the assurance that the
:, can have whatsoever they want If they vii
but have faith and wait.
The additional departments admiIabl,
cover their respective fields.
. S.ribner's
For October opens with design by Ii
Fargo, accompanying the ballad of Jessa
mine, ~ Geo. p Lathrop. The next illus
, trated aneicle is May. Powell's account o
his overland trip to the grand canon Of TIT
Colorado, his descent Of which was recorded
In previous number. The majors nara
tive obtains additional interest from TRACE
dy he records and curious Indian story ht
relates
Mr.. Francis Gerry Fairfield "perpe,rates
a study of Edgar A. Poe under the title of "A
Mailman of Letters" The madness of Poe
however, except under the influence of liq
uor, is not very clearly made out.
List and Won Bulow, tlRse renowned mu.
steal prodgIes, are very intelligently treated
by an anonymous writer. The character of the
former is illustrated in a simple anecdote:
Upon one occasion a lady asked him
whom he thought the greatest living pianist
this was many years agO-and he prompt.
ly answered, "Thalbcrg.' "But' she said,
astonished, ado you consider him superior to
yourself9" And his answer was most com.
mendabie In its engaging frankness: MA.
dame, had no idea you made any reference
to me. | stand too high to be compared to
ordinary pianists,"
As an instructor Won Bulow never had an
equal
While giving lesson, he walks up and
down the room, rarely approaching the piano,
never sitting but so quick is his ear to de-.
tect, not an inaccurate note, for that speaks
for itself, but the slightest want of smoothness
that he knows, without seeing, what finger
you have used on any particular note,
and pounces upon you at once, He will call
from the other end Of the room, "Why did
you put your third finger on such note ?"
and il would be entirely useless to try to de-
ceive him. He would knoc it to be the third
finger and no other. Before beginning my
lessons with him, had tolerable amount
Of vanity, and thought was something of a
musician; but after my first lesson was very
humble, and left his room feeling meek and
lowly And this is the case with all his pu-
pills. An Italian lady of high musical repute
as an amateur pianist said to me: at is not
lesson that he gives, it is a revelation"
ND ayalaf,pp ncf ~, ;s
teaching. You feel sudden waking.up, and
a bewildered establishment at the idea that
you have been living on quite contentedly in
your mediocrity.
Edmund Clarence Stedman continues, with
augmented interest, his subject of the Minor
Victorian poets, crticising without mercy
many famous. modern poets, whom he puts
down almost without exception as mere imi.
tators, making an exception, however, in
behalf of the female poets, who alone car
make any pretension to Raturalness and orig.
ality. Fungi are treated by Byron Halsead
under the name of "Vegetable Eccentricltles,"
with some noticeable illustrations. FranklR.
Stockton condenses, with variations" the
story of "Ple,rot, Warrior and Statesman ev,
identity intending a "sly dig" at somebody's
third term aspirations.
After the death of Pcrrots wife the people
again requested him to become their king
But our hero declined. Twice had he led
the people TO victory and honor and that was
enough for him. He did not wish to try his
fortune a third time.
LET some one else assume the position"
he said. at is no longer necessary for me to
hold it,
"Pierrot was not only brave, but wise.
And, being so brave and so wise, shall he |
stand alone? There are other statesmen
and warriors in the world. Let them read
this story"
DR.. Holland continues his "Story of Seven.
Daks;" Jules Verne's mysterious island
appears in its condensed form, but oc-
cupies more space than usual; and there is
a "Plea for Slippers" by an anonymous
writer. The poets of the number besides Mr..
Lsthrop, are Susan Coolidge. r. X, Mary L.
Ritter. William Mothcrwell "a posthumous
poem by the author of Jeanne Morrlson"),
II. H., Kate Carlisle, Mary Z. Bradley, Geo.
A. Baker, Jr., and II. VIC. Il
Dr. Holland, in Topics of the Time, discus
les Church Debts" offensive People," "a
Word for the Women" and "The Slow
Times" The Old Cabinet is concerned with
How Badly We Do IT." Home and Society,
Culture and Progress, The Worlds Work, and
Bric-a Brac have their usual variety.
st. Nicholas.
The October number closes the second
'olume Of this charming magazine, and
brings to its readers some thit,y articles,
most of them beautifully illustrated The
is a spirited flight of the war
'f 1912, described in the opening article. FL
"a Rodman has something interesting to say
about "Some Queer Animals Then we have
some fine descriptive articles, several capital
stories, poetry puzzles, &c. and last hut not