The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01
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Magazines.
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY. (Scribncr II Co,
| 143 anb 7i5 Broadway, n, W The opening
article Of the March Scribncr is devoted to
Modieska, claimed 10 be the greatest living
actress. A native of Poland, escaping with
her husband to southern California where they
lived as ranchCros studying the English Ian
guagc, she bursts forth as II star OF the first
magnitude on the California stage. The pa
per Is accompanied by three portraits present
ing Modjcska in as many different characters
Other illustrated papers are, \ College Camp
at Lake George, a sprightIy paper 10y X. L..
Bowkcr; The Old Mill AT Newport, by Il. g..
Hatfield, an architect who comba,s the com
mon notion Of that queer structure having been
erected less than 300 years AFRO as windmill
and maintains il to have been erected as u bap-
lstrv by the Scandinavians 400 years before
the discovery Of America by Columbus; A
Buffalo Hunt in Northern Mexico, Ivy Gen.
Lew Wallace; The Passes of the Sierra, by
John Muir; Lawn Planning for Small Places,
sc.
Among the unillustratcd articles Prof. Sumner
has an interesting financial paper on the Com
mercial Crisis OF 1897. There is a very readable
paper on the late George Rapp and the Harmon,
lists near Beaver, Pa; Edward Egglcston con.
tributes u very entertaining paper on Some
Western School Masters; and Kate V. Smith
talks Of the Sumner Above in Harvard Li-I
Tho UnrialG IIaXlnrtk and Falcon hprU
are continued; there are II couple OF pleasant
short stories, with poetry, Topics Of the Times,
Home and Society &c, &c,
ST NICHOLAS. (Scribncr & Co., New York;
The March number opens with an exciting
Arctic story describing an Adventure upon an
iceberg, by DIR. Hayes; Horace f. Scuddcr, in
his pleasant way, relates the story of an Obstin-
ate Weathercock; Julian lIawthorne's fairy
tale of Rumpty-D budgets Tower is completed :;
the Serials of Susan Coolidge and Frank K.
Stockton are continued; and there are short
stories by Kate Footc and Mary Bolcs Branch
Under the head of Mardi.Gras the carnivals in
Memphis and New Orleans are described with
many funny illustrations, and Oriental Bottles
and Wells gives occasion Tor illustrating some
some choice poetry, especially one illustrated
with comical slhoucttcs describing the Coniu-
sion caused among astronomical persons by
Dick 8 Supper and there are the usual tourlargc
type pages Cor very little folks, Jnck.in.thcPul-
pit, the Letter Box, Riddle Box, &c, all full Of
dainty tltblts.
LONDON QUArEHiY REVIEW. QRcprinted
by the Leonard Scott Publishing Company, Il
barclay ST., n y. 81 a year, The January
number opens with summary account OF tho
life of Leasing, tie celebrated German scholar
whom the writer regards ~ among the worlds
leading intcllccls and the accounts here given
of his influence on contemporary literature will
be very satisfactory 10 many who have barely
known him even by name. The next paper,
on Aggressive Nonconlormi.ty Investigates
the present position and actual strength OF the
IdiscS,ab!ishmcnt movement in England and
the probable effect should il succeed. There
is an ingenious article on the Reflection of En-
glsh Character in English Art Prince Dis
Imarck receives attention in IN article which
attempts to solve The problem Of his success by
showing how his birth education and early
life marked ont and influenced his career; 4
paper on Our Schools aud Schoolmastcrs deals
plainly with some current tallaccs and pet
theories that are certainly not peculiar to Eng
| land alone; + Political Economy Il Science
is Il question no less boldly pr"poundcd than
ably discussed and there is IN article on d..
Sunless Works on Self Help, and Russia aud
the Indian Frontier receive attention in the
closing article.
WooD's MAGAZINE. Is. 5. Wood, Tribune
Building, N.Y. connection with the March
number the publishers request Us 10 insert the
following:
II is a well known fact that the really smart
Things which make any authors reputation
are but small proportion of all his published
writings Mr. Woods plan is To select IRON
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