The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-22
PUBLICATIONS.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.


This is an excellent number, though
such remark seems superfuous In CON-
nection with any thing so good az tha
Atlantic, with its high standard anN
acknowledged position. Bay ard Taylor
contributes Pennsylvania ballad. .itJane
Reed" and Oliver Wendell Holmes 4
lengthy poem, ga Memorial Tribute, p i'm
memory of DR.. Samuel G. Howe. a. T.
Lathrop furnishes critical review 0f
| "Early American Noyelists," and }. TX.
Hosmers cat Lutzen" is the record sI
| a pilgrimage to a historic battlefield.
''Rural Architecture" is an original ana
flowing essay. by Wilson Fisgg, ss:sn A.,
The Siege of Boston," by II. e. Scua-
der, is a chapter from revolutionary his-
tory. "Llernur's Pneumatic System II
Sewerage" written by George Warlsp.
is an account of the mechanical prDce3s
OF novel system of drainage whica.
theoretically, has superior advantaxas
over those new employed. Mrs. Ksra-s
ble's Gossip" is continued, and Mr.
HowelPs Private Theatricals" na-
vances two chapters, and part secoAsa
gar Fawcett and Miss Phelps eacii corr
tribute poem. "Recent Literatliress
"Ar" and "Music," each possess their
usual attractions.
THE GALAXY
opens with an able article. sis Nature
Inconsistent" written by Prof. Wilder.
of Cornell University.
A continuation OF "War Memorfesys
by General Custer, gives us many per.
sonal experiences of the writer, and pio-
lures Of stirring scenes to which he was
ey e-Witness.
"Souvenir of Man of Letters" byJ.
H. Siddons, Is continued. s.Reubnn
Dale" by Miss Annie howell, is com.
pleted, and our interest increases vita
the advancing chapters OF "Madcap Vi
olet."
"Provenoal Song" is a contribution
from Thomas Wentworth Higginson-
who is always popular, and Colonel d.
Smith, d son-in-law Of Horace Greelay.
gives humorous production concerR,
ing ing ''iIhle Inconvenience Of Being Named
Smith,"
"American Pronunciation of English.p
is by Richard Grant White, and Heh.
james, jr., writes of ssThe King of Po-
land and Madame Geoffrin."
"The Bonanzl Mines of Nevadav Is a
description OF Western life and inri.
dent as seen by L. P. Barrett, the actor.
and ga Final Word on Emerson" il =
painstaking effort worthy Of its authpr.
j. Burroughs.
Besides those meutioned is a poem.
Glove Confirmed by Reason,n by JBha
G. Sake. The usual amount OF miscsa.
laneous matter, and the customary va
riety of information always to be foursH
in the several departments OF Driff.
wood, Scientific Miscellany, &c.
IsHMAEL; OR, IN THE DEPTHs.
s'Ishmfael; or, In the Depths" is tie
name of Mrs. EmmaD. N. South wortiss
greatest work. to be- published in beck
form, in few days, by T. b. Petersen +
Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa. II ie TIM
best work ever written by Mrs. South.
worth, and has never been published ex- /.
ceptin the "New York Ledger" in wiaioa
paper it was issued many years siurn.
under the name of "Self-Made: or. (sne
Of the Depths" and it is now in press.
and will be issued in few days, in book
form, for the first time. Mrs. South.
worth, in the preface to slshmael," :" says
'sThis story, in book form, has been caiiaa
Tor. by thousands, during several years
past, but the author has reserved d.
until 1876, as her contribution to the Ccn-
tehnlal; not only because she considers
1t to be her very best work, but because
1T is peculiarly National Novel. being
founded on the life and career OF ono %
the noblest OF our eountrymen, wlzn
really lived, suffered, toiled, and trs.
umphed id this land; one whose inspirz-
tlons Of wisdom and goodness uers
drawn from the examples OF the heroia
warriors and statesmen OF the Kcyaiu-
ton, and whose life is guiding star u
the youth of every land, to show thea
that there Is no depth of human misery
rom which they may not, by virtue, 80