Ellsworth American., 1876-05-25
New Publications.

New Publications.
~. Nicholas for June Brings full bug
get OF attractions 10 the.manv thousand hay,
and girls who watch . eagerly Tor each
months Issue II begins with. an interesting
account by Susan Coolidge OF the life aud
achievements ,of Jeanne ,D'Arc: and then
comes the second nstsilmeni of Mr.. Aldrirh'-
ti>cinaipg story. with thlrty-tbrre Of MIR. Hon
kins irresistible silhouette pictures A charm
ing talk by Ii. ii. on THE Expression Of
Rooms beautiful little verse by Mr.. Dodoe
a funny picture. and story quite a. funny.
follow each other IN quick succession; and we
are treated next to an article entitled "a Frog
and ii's Neghbors,' describing simply. aud
with the aid Of fifteen pictures all the curious
chanRes OF trog-liie from the hafehing of the
egg TO the dignity of Mr.. Frog grown up"
The Old saw MIL !, fresh and natural
Story anu The Coming Army of Voters" an
encouraging picture. Celia ThaNter contrib
ule> u uue story of the wonderful flight of a
canary. aud The installment Of The Roy Emf
grants l. a. Interesting a. nnv Of the previous
ones, which wtrc - very interesting thrt out
OF sheer respect r the CHI drcns drmIr,~ Il.
thr editor. state, there ! given in the present
number a sketch AMI portrait of the author
Mr. Brooks.
As f,r poetry, the page iairly riu- with H.
There i Sc, saw. Marjorie Daw'' with a
sweet little picture by Addic L.lgard The
Pour Liiu" lmps" by joel stacy, with a cont
cal illustration showing every one Of them: 1
June Morning Lesson" with dainty border
drawing; and some fne verses eniiticd "slu-
bci's Maid..'
The departments have their usual lively ar-
r"arancr, and Young Contributor uTni,h-
e. an amusing Centennial Picture.
>cribHcr for JHRe In scribncr for June
Mr.. Rebecca Harding Dayi,'s description II
some "Oid Landmarks in Phladelpha'' j.
accompanied by over thirty illustrations "iiuw
America was Named" is another illustrated
historical paper. in which j. shown tie o. i2in
OF the false Gains put forth IN behalf Of w.
ruc,i. Clarence Cooks nth paper on furui-
iurr aud decoration j. illustrated with pictures
OF dining tables, the last sweet thing IN corn
crs." chair. csndelabras. etc etc. tharle,
Barnard describes a number Gf r, cent "ENper-
imcnt- IN Cooperation" chief, manufacture,
and stores. u nion College" j. the one scleri-
Ell from the educational - ric> thls month Har-
ward being announced for july. The serial,
are continued. and there j. a story hv O. r.
laihrop. entitled The Love ol Hundred
lcsr>, Pilgrims aud Puritans. j." Is Tryou
Edwards, Two Poem. of Collins. by T.. ;.
Nadal. and "CharlotN~ Cushman." by John Il.
stockton, complete the list Of prose Thrrs are
poeiica contributions from Kate Putnam Os-
good ENzaheih stuart Phelps. a. H.. and sew
cral Others. In the Editorial Departments. pr.
Holland writes Of advertising shane D." The
Literary Class and "A New Departure, :"
The Old Cabinet" deals with Reading and
Writing" and the Academy Exhibition /"
"llomc and society" coHtaiu. some susgcs-
ii'ns 70 strangers about How to Soc New
orA, and Mr.. Qunn'- timely Rural Top
ic,;' and "Bric-A-brac" has among other al-
fractions some clever dialect by irwin Russell
entitled "Ncbuchadnczzar."
An index has iust hccn prepared for the
ten hr>t volumes of >crihncr'. Monthly Ii /.
stated in the preface that the Illustration, OF
thcs" ten volume, have cost the magazine
nearly one hundred thousand dollars aud that
very much larger sum has been paid Tor it,
erary contributions and editorial work. More
than one hundred and twrn'v-f.e thousand
dollar, were paid 10 the priuisr-. and nearly q
quarter Of a million for paper. These volume.
contain Two thousand. seven hundred and
fprtE-hsc engraving. or an average Of $50 Irr
annum. One hundred and thirty-ihrCc stories
long and short. have sppc aYed and from these
essays and other material, have already been
pchltshed hftecn books, white others arr in
course OF preparation.
LHueirs LiriHg Ays. The numbcrs Of The
Living Age for the weeks ending NAV 18th auJ
2o,h have the following noteworthy content.
Christian Populations in Turkey. London
Quarterly Review knus,clct's Travel. in In
dla, Westminster Review: Dutch Guiana
Part ", by W. Clifford Pagraye, Forinishtiy
Review; Russian ldylls. Contemporary Re
-" t' t-lt'ihN Oi Music,
Macmillan; Life, Lcttcr., and Journals of
George Tcknor, AtheGuum; Macauiay. Fort
nightly Review; Ny Easter Holiday, Pail Mail
Budget Neighbor' Liberal Review; Lord
fa!mrr-ion at BroadlAnd, Month, aud other
interesting articles. together with In amu.iu,
story entitled "lS5." and parts Y. and VI or
What She Came Through" by sarah Tytlrr.
author Of Lady Bell" &c. and the usual
choice poetry and ai,rcllany For hfly-two
such numbers Of siXty-fOur large pages eari.
IFsr rFuaH4 fftlrn ~
ton price tsHl is low or stili better, Tor SlO-J1
any one Of the American e. IuouIhles or week
lies IL >"nt with The Living Age llr a wear
both postpaid. L,ttril 4 GAY, BJ.,on. arc the
publishers.
The GpliIy for June h1, contributions from
Justin Mccarthy. GAL Hamilton. Prof Van lie
ArAcr. y n. oiddon-. anu other clever writ
cTs.
The number contains three articles upon
American society AMI character la the ur,t
''Ail II hamilton aahcs II scyrchlug review OF So
ciriy Al " Ashington. showing fnatit Ia. been
ni-Juigrd. and that behind the fat element
which imprcs>e- the casual visitor hy its WI
gar display aud friyolty, there exits a back
ground uf totally different sort Ia the SEQ
oni Aruc.e MaJor Anderson. 4. :. A., sit- the
obsery ailons OF tvs great European phllo,o-
phef-, strauss and JOHN Stuart MIL. upon
American character. and succeed, In saving
something more hatiering and hopeful than
they have said. II j. noticeable fIct hat some
OF tht most interesting ami credltable articles
appearing in The Galaxy" ar. written by OH
Ger. oiour military service. Mr.. Lucy Hoop
cr finally applies the cold shower by telling
, how badly some species OF American women
behave In Paris; and we heartily wish that a
law might be passed torbidiins their going
there.
Prot. Sid,lons tells from hi, personal exueri-
ence = an editor IN India and London mum
Der Of entertaining anecdote. under the head Of
souvenirs OF Man Of Letters"
General Custer gives thrilling per sonal mar
ration Of the battle Of Bull Run: and Captain
Codman, who went to Brazil with Agassiz. De-
'crib-s visit 70 Rio de Jsnero and the intcri-
or Of Brazil. seasoned with a sketch Of Brazil.
ian character and the Portuguese and Brazil
ian dynasty.
There is an article upon the discoyeryl Of
America, translated from the great Swedish a
History OF the United States" now in course
OF publication seven volumes. Beginning with
the Nound-Builders and Norsemen, the writer
Of this history, Herr Enander, has not vet
reached the voyage Of Columbus. from iwho.n
he takes the credit Of discovering America to
give IL 10 the NOrsemen.
The number contains the usual quanturn of
poetry and two uncommonly good widow sto-
ries. Inc first shows how a widow oyercalne
the prejudlces OF u virtuous Young man who OBJ
Jected TO marrying an heress. The other tell,
how pretty widow escaped from being hanged
for u witchin Salem.
PlcklngS and SteallnpS.