The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-01

local interest. "On Training Nurses FOR the
| Sick" is Of more general interest, and makes
many timely and practical suggestions on
! It is receiving. A very able article is The
! New Tendencies Of Political Economy and
Socialism," a translation from the Reoue deS
! Deur Woades. The writer reviews very in
Itelligently and thoroughly the various schools
that have arisen in that vast field of inquiry;
and dividing them into two classes, one
whose whole doctrine he maintains may be
summed up IN a single phrase--tdtssezJ fare;
and the other whom he calls The "realists,"
that is, whose method is founded upon and
controlled by facts, he proceeds to argue al
great length in favor Of the latter school,
The hisSez tdirc economists are those who,
like Say, Adam Smith, Bastiat, sc, insist on
giving free scope in matters of trade and
production, to the laws of nature; while the
realists would "regulate" everything by leg
Iislatve interference as suggested by status
tics, facts and figures. 1t is the old battle
between free trade and common sense on one
side, and pa.crnslism and restriction on the
other.
Two more articles, one on the North Ameri.
can Bison, lamenting, yet showing the incvi-
table determination of that useful animal
within the next fifty years; and the other on
the Art OF English Composition, exhibiting
forcbly how shamefully that art is neglected
in all our leading institution Of learning
and brief book notices, ill up the Penn for the
current month.
Wide Awake.
The management Of this magazine seem
to understand one important point, ctz.: that
the bulk of boys and girls are at'raced by fair,
large open pictures; although there are plen.
ty of esgravings in this number noticeable
for fineness of detail for older tastes The
illustration of "Gold Locks Dream Of Pus-
sieWillow," a delightful poem by Clara
Doty Bates. Is a charming design by Mrs.
Finley, sister of the poet. "The Fate of a
Face Maker" is another capital poem CAPT.
tally illustrated; both of these poems with
their pictures are to be specially commended
for originality Of thought and gracefulness
of expression, The Behaving" paper in
this numbsr is worth the price of the years
subscription.
Science of Health.
This publication is doing good work. 1t
is preaching temperance ia eating and drink
ing with more than forty psrson power, and
while it is promoting general good health it
is saving the people many thousands year
in Doctors bills. Following are the leading
contents Of the April number.
The Cause of Infant Mortality; WON en-
and the Centennial; The Skin; Tea and
Coffee; From the Cradle to the Grave; Wa.
ter its Use and It's Abuse; Household and
Agricultural; Timely Topics; Talks with
Correspondents; Voices Of the People.
The Nursery.
The April number Of this grca, tavorite OF
the little people is illustrated by 20 handsome
pictures, most of them instructive, but some
of hem-like "The Boys at School" and "a
Grand Turn Dat" excessively amusing. The
stories are contributed by the best writes of
the day, ard are pleasant reading TO people
of any age.
Physiological Journal.
The contents of the April number are as
follows;
Gen. John Glover, of Marblehead, with
portrait; Psychological Basis of Religion
The Great Exposition; Capital and Labor
Geo. Walton Williams. with portrait; A Plea
for the Boys; A Bal Beginning PeacemaKer
Grange Horace Bushnell, ID. D., with por-
rait; The Age Of Brain; Where the Day BE. |
yins; Irresolution: The Wild Turkey. A Re |
narksble Case of Brain Lesion; Ceateris !
Paribus Editorial and Current Topics Poe |
try; Menhonal, &c.
Littells Living Age.
The number bearing date March 25,b, is the
last of the current volume. This and the pre-
ceding weekly number contain the following,
among other valuable articles: Modern Eng.
,sh Prose, Fortntohtiy Recfe,e Dutch Gui.