The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
June Magazines.


}, Those interested in fine arts will find Mr.
Benamin's paper on Contemporary Art il
Germany, in the June Harper, even more en-
tertaning than his previous contributions or
English and French Art. He gives con
else account OF all the leading German schools
and illustrates his paper with woodcu.s o
the best pictures of Kaulbach, Max, Lsnbach
Makart, etc.
The state OF Maine is well enough known
politically, as the first state to vote in the tall
and indicate the drift Of popular opinion, bu
geographically the general reader knews a5ou
as much Of Maine as he does about the inter
ior of Africa Edward Abbott has explored
that terra iacogatta and the nature OF his dis
coverles may be inferred from an extract:
We call Maine the "Pinetree State" Lake
State" would be an equally appropriate and
| distinctive appcliatlon. Her forests are grad
ually falling before the advancing stroke OF
the lumberman, but her lakes can never be
lost out of her mountain-guarded territory,
nor can their charms ever be lessened by the
| touch of settlement and civilization. There
are more than fifteen hundred of them laid
down upon the better maps in use; hundreds
more are too small to be enumerated in gen.
eral survey; while many others lie hidden in
regions that have not yet been explored The
author OF Wdterp0lcer Of Name says, in that
work There are but three or four districts
on the globe, not mere extensive than Maine,
and eGNally habitablC In other respects, upon
which an equal number of receptacles for i'm.
pounding rainfall Of rot inferior capacity
and surface, is to be found. The Kennebec
River has more lakes connected with 1t than
the gigantic Orinoco, and the Penobscot than
the Oregon, or than all the rivers in Africa,
20 FAR as is known"
But the Kennebec and Pcnobscot are only
two Of u halfa dozen important rivers in
Maine, each of which is connected with an
extensive lake system of its own. There two
rivers drain the central portions o.. the state
the kennebec being the outlet Of the great
Moosehead Lake, whose varied attractions
have already received due notice in the pages
this magazine. Far to the eastward, on
the confines of New Brunswick, the ST. CroiX
River and the Schoodic Lakes; TO the north
of these, the st. John and the Eagle Lakes
to the west again, following along the Cana
da border, the Alleguash and the lakes of up.
per Plscataquis County; and finally, well
around on the New Hampshire line, the An.
droscoggin and its lakes. These are only six
out of some fifteen systems which are recog-
nized by the geographers
The performance of Mr.. Wagners wonder
ful,rilogy at Beyrou,h has awakened popu.
lar interest in the Niebelungen Lay, the lliad
of Germany, and Miss Leda NJ. Schoonmaker,
a cultivated German writer, tells US all about
the poem and its heroes, accompanied with
numerous spirited illustrations
Mr.. Rideing contributes very interesting
paper on Nevada; Geo. VI. Towle graufies
our renewed curiosity In reference to Glbral
ter; Mr.. II. d. MInot gives US pleasant dis.
QUESTION on Birds Nests and John w. Drap.
er continues his Scientific Experiments.
In fiction, we have very humorous story
by Marc Z. Cook, Moses Clymer's Business"
with lnstallments of the serials, The Woman
Halter, Erema, and Garth. Mrs. Mace, the
author Of Israil, the beautiful poem in the
May number, contributes another entitled A
Dreamland City; and other poems are con.
tributed by Miss Fannie II. Cobinson, Viii.
liam Gibson, etc. The editorial departments
furnish, as usual, a we'll organized body off
entertaining and instructive matter.