The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-23
LITERATURE.
PERIODICALS.

tice OF 1t crowded out by an unavoidable
pressure upon our columns,) is really the bes
number of that truly wide awake" publica
ton that has yet been issued. The pictures
are numerous and superb, and the articles
from the pens Of the best writers in the coun
try. Among the contributors are Alfred IL
Waud, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Ella Fsrnan
Rev. VIM. NJ Baker, Sarah J. Prichard, Rev
Samuel w. Dufield, and so on, twenty five
in all, to make up single number.
We have half dozen of very delightful
stories, several very fine articles, such as
"Queer People" "Goldsmiths and Jewelry,'
"The Snipc' &c, full of instruction to the
young, and then lots of poetry, music, nc.
all of the most delightful kind for the fresh
Young reader, Tor whom this admirable pub
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THE NURsERY.-This is for juveniles five
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has been regularly issued for ten or fifteen
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PETERSON 8 HOUSEHOLD MELODIES for DC
tober contains pieces, of from four to SIX
pages each. of full sized sheet music. Among
the pieces are such as these The Grape on
the Door-song anc chorus The Maid of
Avondale Katie Sleeping meath the Lin
dens, &c. 81 year Published by }. L.
Peters, S43 Broadway, N. Y.
BALLou's MONTHLY MAGAZINE for Noyem-
Der presents the following. attractive table of
contents:
f.ton College; Heroes of the Race Course;
Odessa; Moths: Miss Andersons Right
Hand The Prisoner of Cordova Castle; The
Pride of his Regiment; My Wife; The Old
We'll Revisited; Forty-ive PHncheons of
Rum; Will She Marry Him? My Thanks
giving; The Walk; What the Freshet
Brought to Daisy Soule; A Conductors Sto-
nv; The Kitten; A Month in japanese
Farm house; The Fourth of July Orator;
Our YOUNG PEOPLES SToRY.TELLER-Ma
demoiselle Sylphina; or, The Fortunes OF
Castaway; The Little Birds Nest Slealer;
The Lost Knife; Ruthven's Puzzle Page; Cu.
rious Matters; The Housekceper; Facts and
FancIes; Our Announcement tor 1876 sun
shine and Shadow Humorous Pictures.)
The January number will commence the
publication of new serial story by NJ. Quad,
of the Detroit Free Press. one of the most
popular and humorous writers in the coun-
try. His court scenes are read by every one,
and most of the fun and frolic which now
appears in the paper are from his pen.
Thomas d Talbot, 90 Hawley street, Boston.
$3.50 rer year, postage paid ....
THE HoUsEKEEPER-This is q new month
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and with the greatest attractiveness and conf
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shopping, the exposure OF shams and frauds,
short weights, adulterations, and other house
hold dangers: the kitchen, dining.room, sit
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cellar to garrett, is represented, and comfort,
convenience, luxury, heath, beauty, economy,
all considered. Special departments of
alone Occupations and what to do for a
Living" will prove OF very great interest and
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rather than theoretical, contains hosi of
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recipes. 1t is full of good, useful matter, a
real encyclopaedia of knowledge for The
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LocKE's NATIONAL MAGAZINE for October
concludes the Tragedy of the West Wing"
by Mrs Sheppard, and prints, as a relief to
It's tragic recital, bright and breezy art.
story by Maurice Thompson, the poet, enti-
tied "The Daphne" w. II. Maher contrib
utes pleasing but pathetic story, which is
called Arthur Mallow, Widower." "The
Man who was like Shakespeare" is finished
in this number Articles on Tricks of
Speech" 1.-THE Courage of Women" and
"Flower Trads," and unusually good poems
by Eben f. Rexford aud Helen A. Manville,
fill the pages to the Editorial Notes." and
make more than ordinarily interesting
magazine Sl.OOa year j. p. jones, Toledo,
Ohio.
! LITTELL's LIVING AGE.-Tle contents of
the numbers for October 9th ard 10th are as
follows:
Natural Religion, part III, from Macmillan;
In Studio, part V, by W. w. Story, BIdck'
,cood; Torquato Tasso, His Liii and Works,
Macmillan. Some Account o German
/, Boarding School, Fraser; Coleridge, Gentle.
mans Magazine; Chateaubrlc9l, Spectator;
!, Giekie's Lille of Murchison, Nfiaburgh Re
rieu; The Convent of San Mario, part VI
q The Prophets End, NdcmiNdn;i The Zuider
Zee, Chambers Journal; Mons eur Bedeau
4 CornhiU; In My Study Chair, BnckIcOOd; The
Thriftlessness of Professional MIN, Spectator,
The Big Tortoise, Spectator: Cawper, 1heI.
deum: with part III OF Her Dearest Foe
a by the author of "rhe Wcoing Ot," and th'
!. continuation of the powerful sOIy of "Tht