Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-02-28
New Magazines.


lghtml winter fronti,piece. qnitc equal TO the
one given last month. II j. a genuine snow
haliing froliC," entitled The Battle 81 the
Three from the dainty pencil Of Mary A
LAthbury. Il j. supplemented ny a charming
poem bv Mr.. Clara Doty Bates. \ pretty
school-story Of chi!d-life. Mary. Two froub-
les." !, from the pan OF Campbell Wheaton.
Another story, quite a, good. by Lou Burncy.
i entitled What Johnny Found Appropriate
to the late heavy snow-storm /. The shovel
Brigade being No. III Of The child Toilcr. Of
Boston Streets, by Emma +. Brown. Thi-
-erc. i. illustrated by liie-studics Of the Child
Toilcr, Themselves. by Mis-, Peir,on.
Mr.. Wilton has a charming poem, A Eoal
Kingdom Ellice Hogc another. In Lumber
land" illustrated by Mis- l.. Il. Humphrey
while the most delightful one Of all Is Grand
pa. story by VIM. NJ. r Round al,o Illus
trat.d. The third Misfortune" Of Little Miss
Muslin who borrow- an umbrella, Is also ccle-
brafcd in verse. with humorous picture.
The serials. True Blue which t. a BREEZY
story uf the Northwest. by MIR Lucia Chase
Bell, and a General Misunlrrstauling.' BY
Chas. Il. Talbot. are intensely interesting; the
latter, we divine. /, 70 give the bJS- some sound
lessons.
one Of the two star articles Of The NUMBER,
The story II the King. by Arthur Gilman
who tells the Young folks jIst how much truth
and history have t" do with the existence Of
king Arthur Older r, adler, will bc hhely
Aso. I" get -om" new ideas gupou the subject;
the other j. the ir.i 81 the English Literature
paper by Mrs.. Lille, and i entitled The
Dav, II Chaucsr.' Very interesting. and Val.
uA'l~ FOR ference.
There are the usual Prize Tangled Knott,
ihc rarlo7 Pa,tme,' and the original Music.
Only - ~ wear. free Of postage. Edited 10y
Fila FarmAn. -. Lo,hrop 4 Co. Publishers.
Boston.
-. Nicholas for March. combine, almost
every stirring interest O! childhood and youth
and j. full OF activity, variety and cLceriutss
tlr.t prominence in the opening 81 , new
Serial Tor BOYS. entitled "Drifted into Port
by Edwin Holder. an English writer. TIL,
drs, part l. illustrated 10y sol Eytiugc. and
presents = scene in English schOul-tifc that has
seldom been equaled IN power and interest.
OF Miss AicOtIs serial, "t adrr The li!Ar-.' -
there are two long chapter, Which draw the
reader, interest set more closely to the Pleas
ant people OF the story. Mary IaIlock Foote's
excellent illustrations OF the iH-lallmcut have
To" reality Of portraits from life.
Then, there are six bright short storic. with
pictures. aud Just half a dozen interesting a.
counts, with appropriate illustration, Of pl aces,
OF people. and Of peoples doinS-, on land and
seA in different plrt~ Of the world. The title,
of som. 81 the storir. are: "Hansa. the Little
Lapp Maiden" an illustrated tale OF Norwc-
gian peasant life; "A Night with a Bear" a
story with striking picture Of little girls
adventure on floating cake of Ice alone with
4 bear: 'Crip'- Garret-Day," an inicrcstin.
account Of an Incident IN the boyhpod Of Mr..
Allan, the founder Of the old Allen Line OF
Steamships; aud The Boy in the Box"
touching story OF poverty and kindness, lids
tratod By Z. :. Eeinhart. Where Aunt Ann
Hid the Sugar" and the story called "Johuny."
are full OF interest for the younger readers.
The element travel and adventure /. well
represented in Secrets Of the Atlantic Ca.
ble," sn account. with suitable pictures OF
the ii faculties that attended the LAYING OF thu
nrst electric link between the New " orI and
the Old" A Monument with . Story" detail
Ing the heroic deeds and endurance of Burke
and willis, the Australian explorers; AMI
Westminster Abby" description vita
three pictures, OF that oldest Of still used place,
OF Chri.tian worship.
Besides all this We are told How Matches
are Made" and are introduced. Ia the second
paper Of the series called Crumbs from Older
Reading" TO the beauties AMI delights Of
Washington Irving.
The Department., are full OF attraction and
suggestion; and the illustrations throughout
striking and appropriate.
ScriLaer for March. The paper in the March
scribner to which most readers viii probably
frst turn is Noah Brooks Personal Remini.-
eences Of Lincoln continued from the Midwin-
ter number. Mr.. Brooks gives this month anec-
dotes Of Lincoln with the army and At the thea
ire, etc, and conversations regarding public
men and events,-material which has never
been in print before. OF similar interest is
Last Days Of Edgar A. Poe by Mis- Susan
Archer Weiss who knew Poe intimately il
Richmond, and here gives newly printed evil
uencc tiA can naEulN De omitted IN making
an estimate Of his character.
OF the illustrated papers. two At least NAV be
SAID 10 describe unusual experiences, viz, An
American Colony in a Normandy Maor-Hou.e.'
q rollicklng account of artist life near Harbour,
nv Margaret b. Wright. and gan Earthquake
Experience during the remarkable CONFUSION
al Frederickstadt in 1867, BY Louis V. Housed.
These TWO papers have called into requistion
the services OF two artists new Ia the page. Of
Scribuer, W. J. Hennessy, and j. Davidson
Fri, r.f A ht- ..A
Wesieryelt, is accompanied by views of coffee
and cochineal plantations, etc, and includes
mention of the curious political situations
among the republics. A paper on Dresden
China, with number Of illustrations, de-
scribes the discovery and manufacture Of this
ware at the Royal Saxon Porcelain Works at
Meissen.s and includes a biographical sketch Of
the erraticiBottger. President Bodine writes of
Kenyon College in Ohio Ia well-known educa-
tional outpost fifty Years ago. dwelling upon
the relations to the college OF Bishop Chase and
X. b. HAYES, the one president, the other rs
student. Portraits of both are given, well as
Of David Davis, Stanley Matthews and. other
students. Besides the serials there are two
short stories,-'Su-an Lawton's Escape" by
SAKE Holm, and Concerning a Certain Prodi-
gar Ia character well known in printing Off
ces,) by new writer, Henry King. A short
paper by Prof. W. g. Sumner Of Yale treats
cOncisely. not Of the national currency but Of
the currency which the Bowery literature for
boys ha. obtained throughout the land; exam
piles Of these stories are given and the morale
is epitOnized. The poetry Is by Celia ThsXter,
Boyesen. Caroline A. Mason. and Emma Lag
aTus
In Topics Of the Time, DR.. Holland discus
An Epidemic of Dishone sty' and Fiction
and establishes q niche for Editorial Cores.
pondence, "a permanent feature,-which is. &C.
cuped this month by Z. W. Sturdy, in note
on The Satellites OF Mars The Old Cabinet
subjects are The Injustice Of Ungenias Criti-
cism.' The Unfortunate not the most Unhsp-
py.' and A Plea for Christianity Home and
society asks, Shall we have Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty from Children and
makes other practical suggestions. Articles in
the 0ther departments are generally Of greater |