Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-27

| ScribRer for June. If you Should lay Serb
ner for June on the table before me, (says
some one writing from New York;, after look
ing over the pictures and browsing through
! Clarence Cooks Furniture Article and the
"O.d Letters and getting even with the seri-
ais. should settle down to the reading of
| James T. Mckay's "Birdsall of Mapleton." I
can tell you contidentally. that would not be
/ disappointed. That Mckay has a wonderful
way OF making people and events seem real.
| As IN reading the best fictionists like George
! Eliot aud Tourgen"ff. you cannot help putting
/ Yourself in the place of this or thst character;
aud every now and then YOU are startled by an
awakened memory. Mckay is uneven i'm his
stories; but as his best he shows an insight in
To the deepest things OF the hear and dramatic
power which are altogether his own. Albert
Rhodes description of 1.-The Latin Quarter
gives. should say. pretty good idea of q GER
tain phase of Partisan Bohemsnism. Col.
warnings paper on Dutch Farming appeals
forcibly TO the agricultural districts; and gives
these dlstricts-partcularly the dairy farms
some practical suggestions of value. Mr. A.
I. Johnson secretary of the late MIR. sumner.
tells some characteristic anecdotes about the
senator. A. for Mr.. Cooks household paper.
with it, tasteful and pretty illustrstions,-thi-
is one of the most amusing and interesting pa
pcr> in the number. The suggestions TO fur
nishing. etc. are given very modestly. and in
"A manner which sets the reader 10 thinking for
HIMSELF and The way that the author over
hdll> some OF ms engravers will be found en-
NffhiiGih t>lleCldilN. sUpull
pose, To the engravers themselves. There i, a
generous installment OF "seyenoaks.'' and
very small instament of The My-tcriou. Is
land which the Editors seem to BE- boiling
down TO the very last point. This story has
been stopped by the English Magazine that
was publishing 1t; but IN Its condensed condi-
ton IN Sctibnor it seems TO interest the YOU ~
people al least. Mr.. Munger's article on MAX
lm>. presents views on the subject which will
be- new to many readers. The most striking
poetic features of the number i The Power
OF Prayer, darkey dialect poem by sidney
and Ci!flord Lanicr.
DE- Holland discusses "In.truciion from
Outside. The Shrinkasc of Values" and
The Music OF tie Church." The Old cabinet
contains some Suggestion. Concerning iii
Art Of Conversation. The new department of
The Worlds Work i'quite iull.
~. NicboiaS t5r J,sae opens with one of the
mot charming irunii>lieoe> That have yet APP
par'd IN the magazine. illustrating a iInciful
poem by X .chcl Pomeroy. about little giant
glfl. Who i cei tainly uniAs any other of her
Face with when We are acquainted.
>iorI'> of adventure have by this time come
@" u' a nNcd fact with the boys who read It. /
Nloho IL. AMI they VIII appreciate the interest
NJ account Ct the manner in which First |
Trout MA caught. The article telling them
gust How {" Camp bnt Al the Beach" and
certain crisis Ia the story of The Young sur |
NcNoi. A. los the giri.. they will testify that /
There l. no lack of enjoyment for them when /
they have read the chapters of Eight Cou,-
in>.' The story 70. the Bird-dcfender,." |
80 hIi,tinchcn'> Answer. and Among the
LIic>.
Mr.. DiaZ'> Bad Luck of BubDy Cryaway." J
the story Of "Rsgamulhn Party" Mrs. /
Headache" aud the beautiful illustrated poem
Of The Little Girl who v ouidn't say Please I
are All OF them very >eriou. in one sense and
very funny in another, while children OF "A /
>iudlou> turn will nul something exactly 10
their mind IN the Life of 4 Clothes Moth" and
the DESCRIPTION of"Thc Druid, and their Tenn
pie, &c
The poem of"rhc Fays"-beautful in Itself
i illustrated most eNqui>itely 10y Jessie curtis |
who has no superior IN TIL dainty and graceful
execution Of drawings Of thi. delicate ord r.
The illustrations generally are admirably
drawn and engraved. and TIA. various Depart
mcut> are, A. Usual. iu.l of information. ancc-
Gptc. and humor.