Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-09-20
New Magazines.

Hdrpers Magazine for october, 1877.
Harper's Magazine for October contains one
hundred and five beautiful Illustrations, and Is
= very attractive Number.
The most important paper in the Number Is
General MClellsn's article on the Regular
Army Of the United States, advocating its in-
crease, and making suggestions for its more Ell
hcent organization.
The very able and richly illustrated paper on
the Campaign OF Burgoyne." by W. L. Stone.
Is timely In connection with the approaching
celebration 1t Saratoga.
Mr.. Benjsmin's article, From Brusa to
Constaptnople," with twenty-one engrayings,
gives considerable informant on o. an historical
character, hut Is IN the main n lively descrip-
lion OF scenes connected with the Eastern war.
William ii. Rideing contributes a very en-
tertaining paper, profusely illustrated. en-
titled The Life OF a New York Fireman.
Horace =. .Scudder concludes his admirable
and suggestive review OF New England CLASH
cal schools,
There are two beautiful illustrated poems:
An Old Umbrella. by {. 7. Cranch and The
Home Concert. by Mary ID. Brine.
In bis yivAcious description OF walrus funt-
ing (illust-xtedl. MI. W. l.. Alden writes in
his most humorous vein.
But the most charming illustrated papers is
thst which opens the Number" NJ ytown,r under
which title hose Terry Cooke describes char
seteristic New England town. All but the
title Is real, and the illustrations, besuti ful As
att from DOna-tle sketches. II we
except Mr.. Abbey's picture Of Ethan Allen
and the Disguised Deacon.
DIR. j. ". Draper. in his seventh paper on
the Popular Exposition Of some Scientific Ex-
periments, treats OF Burning Glasses and Mir
rors.
Blackmore's Erems approsche. its conclu.
sion. Constance. y. Woolson contributes one
OF her best stories, Raspberry Island. Mr..
Phillips short story, On = Melon Schooner, $
novel and entertaining.
The Editorial Departments cover their re-
spective fields As complimentary and salts
f.ctorlly rs usual. the Drawer for this month
being especially good.
The GALAXY for October will be a number
ofunususl interest, and will contain several
noteworthy articles. among which may be
mentioned The Tariff and the Hard Times,
by Horace White; Forrest, from an Actors
Point Of View, by Lawrence Barrett a chap
ter on President Lncolns Administration
giving Mr.. Lincoln's ideas OF colonization rs
an accompaniment to emancipation. by Hon.
Gideon Welles, late Secretary OF the Navy !;
The Planet Mars by CaptAin Raymond OF the
United States Corps of Engineer. who was one
OF the transit OF Venus expedition; au artic
by Captain +. Simpson. United States navy
On Modern Naval Warfare; a striking story
by Turgenef. The above articles. with the
departments. will make up = very brilliant
number.
LiteHs Living Age. The number. Of thI.
standard eclectic for the weeks ending Sept.
sth and l5lh respectively. contain The England
OF Elizabeth, Edlnburg Review; A Chapter on
the French Renaissance, Contemporary Re
view; Instalments Of Green Pastures and
PLcadilly, by William Black and Of Pauline by
l.. h. " afford; Nelson IN the BAY Of Naples
BlseAwood; Harriet Martineau, Nincte.n nth
Century; Norway and the Maeistroln. spccta-
tor: John aud Sarah kemblc. Temple Bar:
hurA, As King of Naples. BiacAwooL; Fixtures
IL Holland. on and of Canvas Contemporary !;
Electricity in War. Mature; General impress
sions, Saturday Review; besides shorter arti.
cies, and choice poetry.
For hny-iwo such numbers Of sixty-four
large pages each(or more than 800 pages a year
the subscription price - Is low; while for
5000 the publishers Offer 10 send any one Of
the American ~ monthltcs or wecklics with
The Living Age for year, both postpaid
Litieil Gsy. Boston, are the publishers