The Portland daily press., 1878-01-21
0NDAY MORNING, JAN. 81.

John Burroughs; Westinghouse Only Sister
by a. L. Bassett with letter from Washing
ton giving his opinion of slavery; The College
Rank of Distinguished Men, by @. f. Thwing;
Twenty-six Hours Day, the first of several
practical papers on subjects of interest to
women, by Mary Blake; The Palmer's Vision,
short poem by DIR. Holland, and poems by
CHARLES T. Darcy, Charles de Kay and r. W.
Glider. The serials by Miss Trafton and Ed
ward Eggleston are continued, and the pub
fishers announce, for new subscribers pamph-
let containing the previous installments of
Roxy and the two Rudder Grange stories here
tofore published. In Topics of the Time DR..
Holland discusses Church Debts, Stanley and
his Reward, and The Machine in New England.
The Old Cabinet is about Unnamed Pictures,
The Injustice of Genial Criticism, and An
tony and Cleopatra Home and Society is oc-
cupied with How Man Takes Care of his
Baby. In Bric-a.Brsc there is Visit to the
Asylum for Literary Lunatics. The usual
space is devoted to books and industrial prog
ress
The Popular Science Monthly for February
has been received by Loring, Short 8 Harmon.
1t has the following contents: Evolution Of
Ceremonial Government, Herbert Spencer;
Geysers and How They are Explained, Prof.
Joseph LeConte; The Hygienic Influence Of
Plants, DIR. Max Won Peltenkofer; Counting
by the Aid of the Fingers, Prof. John Trow-
bridge; Modern Life and Insanity, Daniel Hack
luke; The Growth of the Steam Engine w.,
Prof. r. FL. Thurston; The Magnetic Observa-
tory at Madison, Wisconsin, e. w. Davis; the
Chemistry of Fruit-Ripsning, Prof. Albert B.
Prescott; Addresses of President Eliot and
Professor March; Spontaneous Generation. I,
Prof. John Tyndall; Sketch of Walter Bage.
Table; Literary Notices; Published by d. APP
pleton & Co., New York.
50. Nicholas for February carries us to the
reef of the Bahamas. to the tea-lands Of China
among the birds of Florida, through perils and
mirages in African deserts, to foggy London
streets and to the tropical wonder land of q
Robinson Crusoe story. The frontispece gives a
chill whisper of bitter winter weather without,
but then come many CHEEKY helps toward max
ing pleasant winter indoors. There is first o
simple hone-poem The Shepard boy, by Emily
s. Oakley; and then the conclusion of the Ra-
vens and the Angels, a story Of the middle
ages, written by the author of Chronicles Of the
Schonberg.C otter Family, and strikingly Illus
trated by Sol Eytinge. The installment of Miss
Alcott's serial, Under the Lilacs, has two pic
lures by Mary Ralleck Foote, and develops
fresh vigor and interest; Miss Julia e. Sergeant
offers the young folks some Crumbs from Older
Reading in the shape of short article giving q
few pleasant extracts from the writings Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson; Mrs. Mary Treat
contributes short illustrated paper on Some
Fishing-birds of Florida; and Mr.. Alexander
Wainwright explains all about The London
Dustman, of whom large portrait is given.
How Sir William Phips found the Treasure ir
the Sea- by S. G. w. Benjamin, is q true AND
exciting story of adventure in the successful
secrch for wrecked treasurs-ships; this is one
of the specially ''roving" stories. The Others
are: A Trip to the Tea Country, by William
M. Tileson, giving illustrations and lively
narrative of boys visit to one of the tea
growing districts of China; and Solimin: A
Ship of the Desert by Susan Coolidge, with 6
picture, relating the deeds of gigantic camel
in the saving of its masters. Then there is Q
humorous illustrated story by Mr.. Frank r.
Stockton, under the queer title of Huckleberry;
The Raid of the Camanches, detailing glori.
GUS pillow-fght in large school; Mans Peace
Offering which relates the misadventures of a
well-meaning little girl; and Some In-doo'
Games at Marbles, that will prove boon tt
many girls as well as to the boys.