Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-01
New Publications.

The Vide AraEe for March 1877. The
adult readers Of " ide Awake-for the grown
ups read Wide Awake rs faithfully the
chlldren-will turn at once to the finely Illus
trated paper on James Russell Lowell, the poet.
II form, No. VIII. Of the Poets Homes series,
and j. contributed By George Lowell Aust in .ot
Cambridge, and illustrated BY engrayngs from
photographs taken for the purpose. a portrait,
view OF 'Elmwood.' the poets residence, and
an interior, the latter being TIE quaint study.
The Magazine opens with one of Miss II. K.
HudsOn's capital stories, The Merciful Way,
for which Robert Lewis has drawn pleasing
fronts piece. Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, the au-
thor OF the popular book, Classics OF Baby
land furnishes another tiny classic. Hickory,
Dickory, Dock illustrated by her sister, Mrs.
Finley. Mrs. l.. G. Wilton has two delicious
scraps Of poems BABY in the Crib, Thinking ;
and Mammals Instructions Miss Farmans
tue Editor, also has two, The snow Storm,
and In Bird house, each charmingly Illus
tfated. The Third Adventure Of Miltiade,
PeteTkin Paul completes the poems. The sto-
rie. are good, being a bear story for the boys.
while the girls get 'Midgets Baby by Mrs.
Mary ID. Brine. 'Quinnebasset Girls the seri-
al by Sophie May. will be popular picture
of lite in New England villsge, and verybody
will hasten to read 'Good-forN Nothing Polly ,
to learn what scrape poor Polly Witter is into
or out Of this time.
Child Marian Abroad BY VIM. NJ. F. Round
| is of course read BY Old and young; these pa.
pers, are fun of hamor and tenderness forming
| BY far the most admirable contributions to child
| literature made this season.
| Instead of the usual Editorial Depart ments
| the number closes with accounts from various
| cities of the distribution OF the dolls from the
| Wide Awake Dolls Fair, giving many letter
| from the hospitals. and also list of the w ide
| Awake Helpers
LineVs LiriRg Age.-The numbers of thi
standard periodical for the weeks ending Feb
| 10th and 18th have the following noteworth
| cont ents Arctic heroes, from Eirek OF Scan
dnavia to Captain Mares. London Quarterly
| Condition of the Larger Planets, by Richar
A. Proctor, +. K. A. s., popular Science Re
view The Geographaicsl Aspect of the Easter
Question, by Edward A. Freeman. Fortnight
Review Juisns Letters, British Quarterly
Agates and Agate-working, by +. W. Rudley'
+. q. s., popular Science Review; Jon Jor
sonn's Saga, the Genuine AutObiogr Apply of
Modern Ieelander, Fraser; Charles Kingsle,
Fortnightly Review; A POlynesian Griseld,
Examiner; Scenery in Holland, Month; Wea
mess, a Tale from France, by Rudolph Lindar
Blackwood; The Shadow of the Door, Blacl
wood; instalments Of George Macdonald
Marquis of Losse' and William Blacks ne
serial and the usual choice poetry, etc.
The back numbers containing the first insts
ments of MacDonalfs new serial are still SCI
gratis to new subscribers for 1877. For fit
= two numbers, of sxty-four large pages each {
more than 5000 pages year,. the subscriptlt
price lSS) is low while for Sl0.50 the publis
ers offer to send any one of the American
. monthlies or weeklies with The Living Age
D a year, both postpaid. Littell l. Gay, Bosto
] are the publishers.