Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21

Improved Ironing Machine" Improvement
IN making Artificial Stone" Automatic Device
for Reproducing Music" ETC.. etc. The fresh
and carefully prepared accounts in tins depart
ment are now widely quoted
Harper's Magazine for December opens
with four old Christmas poems, by Ben John
son, George Witber, 5. T. Coleridge, and Giles
Fletcher. Abbey illustrates these with three
remarkable pictures: the Christmas Waits
the shepherds, and the Madonna in the Stable.
An illustrated article on "Englani's Great
University" contributed by NJ ID. Conway.
gives satisfactorily comprehensive view OF
the various colleges of Oxford the social life of
the students, the most eminent OF the profess
sors, and the work accomplished by the Uni
versity in promoting scholarship in England.
The illustrations are picturesque and interest
ing.
The most interesting paper in the Number
because of it, humor-is the fun-proVuking
narrative OF Il. Mum Chowson Of Dedham,
concerning the peculiar institutions of kuo-
ware-an island upon which he is thrown by
shipwIeck. This article is by Rose Terry
| Cooke, the author Of "Cai Culver and the
Devil" in the October HdrpeF. The ilIustra.
tions are rs humorous as the letter press.
| The thrilling adventures Of the Red River
| Colony" belong 10 the early pioneer history Of
the West, and are told by General Chetlain. q
| descendant of one Of the colonsts The articl.
| is effectively illustrated.
Lovers of music have rare treat given them
in the beautiful paper on Mendcssohn and
| Moscheles, covering a remarkably interesting
| era in the progress of music both in England
/ and Germany. The paper contains finely en-
4 graved portraits of M.udels sohu. MuscheIas
/ Handel, Won Weber, Bach. Thalberg Robert
| aud Clara Schuman. Beethoven. aud Mozart.
An illustrated paper by Charles Barnard
/ describes tue mining Of silver IN ali is stages
! The brief papu. 90 storm signals hy T.. II
/ Knight i also very timely.
| Ex-Governor >eN mour under the title Crime
| and lramps. makes some important ,uggr>
4 tons a. 10 the punishment OF minor crimes
! Dr. toan in ">omc Ptcultatities Of Yellow
| jack presents very curious f,ct, q, to the
/ migratory character Of yriiuw-fcvcr cpidcuic-
/ and other features Of the disease. \. \. HAYES
| Jr., contributes an interesting aud piquAnt
! description Of the First Railroad in thina 4"
I the Noo>ung Raiiway-reeenlly demolished b,
/ the Chinese.
Besides Mrs. Cooks "knowarc." alrcsdy
mentioned, there are three capital stories
Two Hundred and Two" j contributed by
/ Elizabeth stuart Phelps; Helen" by Alice
[ Perry. and "A Rescue from Cauuibai," by
/ Mrs. Frank M'tar,hv.
4 Poems are contributed by r. :. Phelps, VII
7 Wallace iiHrney, Frances L. Mace Pau
+ Hayne. AMI W. II. Hshcpek.
/ The serial novels by Black and Handy. con.
Z tnurd lu TN, Number, will hc concluded ii
January, % ~ followed Immortality with .
new novel hy Nj. Mu.ock.
The Editorial prp4r Misunderstanding s
. ull'r Literary Record than u,u4t-4rr Ip Il
their usual standard. II must not De- over
! ifoA u, ia any proper notice uf this Magazine
. that Whatever mas hc the variety and iut,r,>f
+ Of any Number, there Is also an additional c.r
E mCut 81 peculiar value in the always timei,
amt admirable contributions making up IN,
/ Editpr'- Easy hair.