The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-18
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! HOLIDAYS IN EASTERN FRANCE. BY VI. Benthan
Edwards. New York: Harper ~ Brothers
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg Il Co. Ottawa: Os
man IL Hapeman. Price % cts
The volume appears in the neat form Of the
Harper's Half Hour Series, OF which it is No, l2l
It introduces us to what is not only one Of tn,
choicest portions Of France but Of all Europe
The philosopher who prayed, Give me neither
poverty or riches" would find his paradise here
Our author, a lady, who has penetrated this fairy
land OF Franche Compile, on the western border
OF the Jura Alps, which is penetrated 10y no rail.
road, to which the way is shown by no guide
! books and which has no hotels, is able to say
truly Of il what can hardly be said Of any other
land, that Poverty and riches seem equally I'm
known here; yet the habitual look OF content
written upon every face is very striking II
seems as if in this land Of Goshen life were no
burden, but matter Of satisfaction only, if not
thankfuncss Glass distinction can be hardly
said to exist here; there are no employers and
Iemployed; masters and servants OF course, bnt
the line of demarcaton is so lightly drawn that
we find an easy familiarity, wholly free from i'm.
politcness, much less vulgarity, existing between
them.' Is there nearer approach to Utopia
anywhere else on earth? There is current no.
ton that the French are q frivolous, dissolute,
shiftlcss people. The notion conn mainly from
life in Paris by people who arefot French. In
point of fact, the French are the most ndustri-
Gus, thrifty, prosperous and yirtuous people in
the world, as this little volume goes far to
demonstrate
PEG WofFlNGToS. BY Charles RGadc' New York
! ID. Appleton * Co. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg
A Ottawa (ismnp IuupmHu Price
80 cents.
| The above appears as No. IS in Applcton's new
Handy Volume Series The story was one Of
Chas. Readc's earliest productions and aided more
than any other to establish his fang IA rnovelist.
| 1t has been repeatedly dramatised plNtranslaied
into most European languages, and though very
different in character has enjoyed an enduring
popularity scarcely second to Mrs. Stoves Uncle
Tom. OF course it has passed the stage OF crit
cism, and is mentioned here only as appearing
in the very convenient Handy Volume form.
DICKS ETHIOPIAN SCENES, Variety Sketches,
Stump Speeches, Endmen's jokes, &c. Price
% cents.
DICKS IRISH DIALECT REGULATIONS Containing
collection Of rare Irish Stories Poetical and
Prose REGULATIONS, Irish witticisms, Sc. Price
80 cents
Containing Original Verses for Autograph AL.
buns, to accompany Bouquets, for wooden,
tin, silver and gold Weddings, &c. Price 80
cents.
The above are three very slightly IL mo- volumes
Of about l75 pages each, just pubishedby Dick &
Fitzgerald, New York, and for sale in Ottawa by
Osman e. Hapeman. The season Of long winter
evenings is approaching when outdoor sports
and recreations must be abandoned and recourse
had to in door amusemcnts. None are cheaper or
more pleasant than amateur performances after
the plan Of the burnt cork professionals or little
plays Rotations dialogues and songs seasoned
with Irish wit, the spicest, most sparkling Of all
wit. The first two volumes above named afford
a rich mine both Of Irish and of Ethiopian fun.
And then in the ntimaces OF free social inter.
couse there are hundred constantly recurring
exigencies, such as the presentation Of bouquet,
an autograph album, a wedding present. valcn-
tine, &c, in which nothing enables a person to
acquit himself or herself so pleasantly and grace
fully as with an appropriate poetical quotation.
We have these, fitted to almost every conceiva-
bic exigency, both original and selected from the
best poets, in the flird of the above volumes.
The three should 20 together, and constitute
such an equipment for the long winter evenings
that to young people "up to snuff" will be hard
| to find elsewhere.