The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-19
LITERARY.


number Of this new Magazine comes
to w full M ever Of brllIiantanI ca.
tertainlng fiction But tho articles
which will doubtless attract most
attention, and cause most discussion,
arc two on widely different subjects
The first, by Henry Peterson sng.
gesIs tho important scientific Qucs-
ton, whether this solid earth on
which we 1--we is not continually
growing in size feeding, as it were,
upon the mir and tho occun -und
whether the amount OF water IN not
thus being diminished yearly, by
becoming Incorporated with the
solid substances Of the globo Tho
Revelation Of ST John us to the
"new heaven, and new earth, aud
no moro sea, Is quoted IN this con
ncction Tho other article il on
THE Cause and Cure Of the Hard
Times." The writer Of lhiF John
Smith does not agree with the
secretary Of The treasury in THINKS
ing that the present paper currency
IL the casso Of the hard times on
that economy en- the part OF those
having control Of capital is the
euro On the contrary he thinks
that the currency ha, nothing to do
with it, aud that the cause /, the too
rapid Wltndr0watot cap,tal IN The
past ten years, by a heavy system
Ct taxation. from the vhunu, $ Of
business, in order to pay or the
national debt lie iurln,r says that
il our people have been spending
too much and producing too II,llc,
it is very curious THAI ur grauorirs
should bee overnuWlng, our shelves
iul of clothing, and our mills work
ing half time Bat we refer our
readers to the article Itself rs con
tanning Il very able statement of
what perhaps we may call the paper
money side Of the hard times qncs
ton.
Mrs. Henry Woods story, called
"Frances HiIdyard," is very finely
written and there is also charm
ing little poem, "A Bride Song" by
Christina g. Rossetti, which will
attract attention.
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ScRIBNER's MONTHLY FOR FEBRU
ARY.-The most notable contribu-
tions to Scribners monthly for
February are Major Powcll's strik
ingly illustrated Colorado paper;
Stedman on some of the latter day
British poets; BIauvelt's essay,
"Christ's Supernaturalism, Scientlt-
icalIy Considered )" and u sketch,
with portrait, Of Theodore Thomas
and his art work, by j, r. &. Has
sard. Three additional chapters Of
DR.. Hollands Story of Seven
oaks" are given; Jules Vernc's
"Mysterious Island is continued,
and SAKE Holm's MY Tourmalne'
is concluded. Noah Brooks tells
about miss Patty Gibson's Strange
Adventure there is another III.
stallment Of "Some Old Letters,
through which we have glmpseS
of London society Of forty years
ago and Mr., Fairfield concludes
his essay on spirtualiSm, with
some references to the phcnomonen
of Standardization This number
opens with poem by Louise
Chandler Moulton illustrated by
Mary A. HaIlock. There are poems,
also, by f. W. Bourdilon, Mary Il
Ritter. james Maurice Thompson,
and others.
In Topics of the Time" DR. Hol-
land discusses "Theaters and
Theatcr going" "Tcmporal and
Spiritual" and Reform in high
piuces" The Old Cabinet has to do
with "The Modern Quality in An
cient Verse" and The Distinction
between Prose- and Poetry. In
addition to these, the editorial de
l,nrlmen,s have y number of bril-
practical and c.,ticaI papers, and u
marked teatarc of "EIchings is the
reproduction of several OF Thack
eray's recently published pencil
sketches
ST. Nicholas Foa FEBRUARY. -
The frontlspicce of the February
81 Nicholas is u remarkably well
executed w5pd engraving. from Sir
Edwin Land-ccr's picture ct The
Mnrmoscls Several well know
writers are represented by hort
stories. K btc"a lla.'ins DAVIS
has an interesting story founded on
the old fable of Tho Fox and the
Raven" and in which Yankee
trader and the son of an Indian
chief persenatc the respective char
acters Some lively incidents II
the career Of certain "Birch Barb
Bow" are narrated by Isabel Francis
and the "boy" himself is shown il