Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
New Magazines.

-. Nicholas .or December. of which lo0.-
0pO copies have been issued. Is the Grand
Christmas Holiday number. and contains nine
ty-siI pages and hfy-seyen illustrations, in
| cludIng irontispiece, The Holy Family"
ater the famous picture by ltteBbach.
Henry W. Longfellow contributes Christ
mas poem. The Three Kings" that will
bring him yet nearer the youngsiers' hearts.
William Cullen Bryant also has fine poem
In this number entitled The Mock ing Bird
and the Donkey"
Louisa N. Alcotrs new story, Under the
Lilscs," serial for girls, opens with an In
stailment Of three long, delightful chapters,
and with four une illustrations by Mary Hal
lock foOte. capital portrait OF Miss A lcott.
with an admirable and sympathetic sketch OF
OF her life. also appesrs IN this issue.
The author OF Alice in Wonderland" (Lew-
Is CarrolD iurn!.he. fairy story, "Bruno's
Revenge" full Of sweet, bright fancies, and
with \ pretty illustration.
DR.. j. q. Holland contributes = poetic
double riddle that will be poser 10 most puz-
Zlers
There is . nne, hitherto unpublished. sketch
Of bright boy-fe, rescued from the posthumous
papers Of Theodore Winthrop; and this. with
the ope ming part Of The Tower -Aouniainr-
= short serial for boys. by Gustavus Frsnken-
stein. with superb illustrations by T. Moran
and J. Z. kelly-adds greatly 10 the boy inter-
est OF the number.
Mr.. Frank X. stockton contributes u fresh
and humorous fairy tale. sweet Marjorsm
Day" which Is most skillfully illustrated by
Mr., +. Is. Bensell; and Gail Hamilton dis
courses briefly, pleasantly and instructively
upon the difference between the behavior OF
Young folks In the good old times" and nova
days.
Besides the more brilliant attractions there
is an exciting tale. The Lion Killer" from
Mary Wager Fisher; a timely story, Jacks
Christmas tale, "Scrubby's Beautiful Tree"
by J. c. Prudy; "A Chat about Pottery" by
Edwin G. Taylor, with ter illustrations; The
Famous Horses Of Venice" Al historical
sketch by Mary Lloyd; and q Christmas Card :.
drawn by Miss GreenAw.y, of London, which
ST. Nicholas presents, with q cordial Christ
mas greeting.
The humorous character Of the magazine Is
well upheld by Lucretia z. Hsls's laughter
provoking account Of The Peterkins Cha
rade "A Chapter u Butts consisting Of i've
eomical illustrations; The Magician and His
Bee, funny short story, with eight grOtesque
pictures; and THE Boys who Jumped on
Trains" some funny verses BY Mary Hsrtwell,
with illustrations by Hopkins.
lThe Departments, .'Jsek-in-the-Pulpit,"
For Very Little Folks" Young Contribu.
tors" "Letter-Box." and Riddle Box are in
fuller force than usual; and the pictures aud
typography Of the whole number make il
truly Fine Art magazine for the Young.
The beautifully artistic and suggestive new
cover OF ST. Nicholas is the work al Mr.. Walter
Crane, the famous artist, who designed "The
Baby's Opera and many other charming pict.
ure ioy-books for young folks.
lScribner for December opens with paper
on the lumber trade Of the United States, by
Charles ID, Robinson, ESQ. entitled The Wood
en- Age" The description Of the life and dang
ers Of the lumbermen Is aided by half . dozen
vigorous drawings by the young artist, Kelly,
who has thus far only appeared in Serihner.
Following closely upon this 10 Col. WAring's
enthusiastic talk about The Thoroughbred
Horse which contains, suggestions about train
ing for the turf and riding TO hounds, and pic
turesque description Of an English fox-hunt,
with reproductions Of some Of Leech's famous
cartoons. James Richardson's paper.on Amer
lean Oyster Culture (also illustrsted) 10 not .
compilation OF statistics. but an interesting sc-
count Of the methods employed in American
waters Tor the culture Of the oyster. The travel
paper lakes the reader From the Atlantic to
the Andes via the Amazon and Madeira
rivers, and has an account Of caOutehouc man
ufacture and some lat e information with regard
to the progress Of Brazil. With her paper on
Ants, Of which many curious facts are told,
Mrs. Herrick closes her series Of microscope
studies. The drawings, IS usual. are by her
self. Another scientific paDer, Mars and his
Moons 10 by Lieut.. Z. W. Sturdy, Oftbe U. 8.
Naval Observatory, whose calculations hsye
met the approval of Prot. Hall, the discOverer
Of the moons. The serials are continued Miss
Trafton's hero eoming nearer to His Inher-
tance,' and Mr.. Eggleston's Indiana story pre-.
senting new phases Of life ip the 'Poctet' The
reader is also enabled TO compare Ar. Eggles-
tons fction with reality, by the appearance. in
this number. Of the late Robert Dale Owen.
"reminiscences and anecdotes Of life iR the szips
srt OF Indiana.