The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-12-11

~ are in receipt Of the second number o
VI .liaces Monthly" an illustrated monthly
magazine devoted to domcsticatcd animal ma
tvre-" Published by Benz, Singcrly, 40 Fulton
st. New York, and edited by j. II. Wallace Eacl
number Is about equal in size and amount o.
ma,rer to number Of Scribner or Harper, and
the price is but $500 year. Mr. Wallace is the
compiler Of an American Stud Book OF very high
authority, also Of the American Trotting Register
publication well known to all horsemen. The
publication before Us, besides giving a vas,
amount OF information in regard to the horse, his
history, treatment, capabilities, achievements
&c., gives iall reports of oil races as they occur
in al parts of the world. No man proposing tc
S5gr or dabbe In horses or other high bred do
nestle animals can afford to be without such u
publication, and the Monthly is the only on,
II its kind.
WIDE AWAKE, the new Boston publication rol
young folks, is at hand dazzling with pictures
and displaying a tempting table Of contents. Be
sl~ts the serial Of childlifc, Young Rick, thcr,
are six good stories kim's Last Whipping, Tins
Partner, Nysc's Thanksgiving, The Birds Har
80 Out Of the Frying Pan, and Five Pounds o.
Cinnamon, by Sophie May, Amanda NJ. Douglas
= Is Farman, Mrs J. D. Chaplin, NJ Quad, and
iIolme Maxwell, besides two or three bright anC
good papers, Birds Nest Soup, by Ella Rodnar
Church, and Franklin's Courtships and marriage
by Rev. j, Chaplin, and The Bears of Bcrnc, by
a. G. I. There are poems by Joel Benton, Miss
farman, Marian Douglas, and Homer Maxwell
together with double PACED one, Silver Locks
I'D the Bears, by Clara Doty Bates, with six cap.
- illustrations Icy Mrs. Finley. Parlor Pastimes
hyAhc popular Amusement Man, George b. Bart
. lett the musical pages by DR.. Tourlce, and the
BIB, .orlal departments are unusually good this
month. Published by d. Lothrop d Co., Boston
at - year
science or 'lIEALTH.-AmOng the contents oi
fu"Deccmbcr number Of this valuable publica,
ton the following are worthy Of special note
Neuralgia aud its Treatment, in which this spain
iul" subject is treated by an able and cxpcricnc
"a physician; Popular Physiology; How Fought
Malaria in Texas; Shall Motherhood be Labor
- Love or an INSTINCT Pleasures of the Table
.Ynat they cost; Preach the gospel aud Heal the
k: Scarlstina and Diphthcria; A Delightful
.i'cy Spoiled by One Little Mistake; The Coming
"-shions, which is evidently prepared by on,
o knows all about their uses and abuses. 4
Tactical and sensible sketch entitled "A lily
g'1ic Wedding Dinner" is dshcd up by that adj
.. rable caterer Julia Colman; The Economy o
Butter and Cheese. S. X. Wells, 49, Broadway
y Y. s. year
PETERS HOUSEHOLD MELODIES for Dcccmbc
,.Ie eeyen pieces OF new music, full sheet must,
size, with Z supplement giving splendid Christ
mas anthem. Bought in single pieces the music
sOuld cost about $500, while in this shape they
cost but 80 cts. The work is issued monthly al
= 90 q year, byJ. L. Peters, S43 Broadway, New
York.
subscriptions received for any Of the abov,
publications, and copies for sale by OsmaD 4
Hapeman.
The PESS MONTHLY for December concludes
:e fifth volume Of that really valuable publ
cation. Of the number before US, as Of most %
- predecessors, we find no portion more inter
ting than the first dozen pages, recsptulaling
I'D commenting upon the leading events Of the
preceding month. IL is not, like the Editor,
Recpi1" z u:-p:r's, dry recital Il events, but