The Ottawa free trader., 1879-02-22


Events, &c.
Gopry's LADYa Book. G.aiy's Book Pub
Co, 1906 Chestnut ST., Philadclphia) The
frontispiccc of the March number gives us II
pleasant forclastc of March breeZcs IN II happy
illustration by Darley representing pretty
girl whose loss has furnished an excuse for the
display of her lovers gallantry. The fashion
platcs give the usual variety of selection for
those garments, combining the warmth OF q
winter wrap with something Of the Coquctti-h
brightness of spring. There are also some
pretty patterns for school girls Reds story
"A Gentle Belle" increases in interest and the
other serial ~ Shadow Lady" Is concluded.
The work department, as usual is full of prac-
teal suggestions, There is u colored pattern
of handsome knitting basket, that will at
once put many idle fingers to work; and the
water color cards are phase of the present
art phrcnzy" that will doubtless enlist anoth-
er army of enthusiastic deyotecs.
WIDE AWAKE FOR MARCH d. Lothrop X
Co., Boston So year, The star" paper of
The present number is devoted to the Perkins
Institution for the Blind, with Il dozen Of illus
trations No. III. of the American Artists
Series, by S. G. W. Benjamin, will attract
equal attention The boys will enjoy the fun
nv story, why didn't he catch the Fox" and
will laugh heartily over the four page poem OF
"Johnny Skye and what came OF her skating
"rhc Child Raphael" is Il fine art poem, ac
companicd by lovely drawing. The little
boys serial Don Quixotc, jrr' Is very anus
ing; and the big BOYS serial, st. Oave's," is
of breathless interest THE Dogbcrry Bunch
third serial, promises to be another bright
story. Then there is the large print story
puzzles, music, report Of the Wide Awake
Helpers, &c.
BAMoU's MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Thomes
& Talbot, Boston. $50 year, The March
number presents the following attractive table
of contents:
Views of Cape Horn; Richard CHur de Iii
on; \ Roman Peasanttiirl; Hope; The Game
OF La Crosse; The Battle for the Cedars; The
Prisoners; 4 Mothers Love; Recompenscd; :;
Wicked Lady Walsingham; Changed; Low
er's Song; RccollcCtions of Other Days; The
Last of the Magicians; How Lucilla Tried to
Outwit Them; iIasty Marriages; Loves Sun
set; Something about Precious Stones; Cedar
Buds Revenge; Our Young Peoples Story
ITcllcr-My Mothers Husband; Ruthven's
Puzzle Page; Editorial Notes; The House
keeper; Curious Matters; Things Pleasant
| and Otherwise; Our Picture Gallery, (humor
ous illustratiOns)
LITTEIL's LIVING AGE G.ittell IL Gay,
Boston. SS year) The numbers for Feb
Sh and 10Th contain, among Others the fol
lowing noteworthy articles;
The Migration of Centres of Industrial En-
ergy, Fortnightly Review; Novel Reading, by
Anthony TroIlopc, Nineteenth Century; Jour
nalists and Magazine Writer'S Blackwood;
Count Fcrsen Temple Bar; Among the Bur
mcse, Frazer; Statesmen in Caricature, Spec
tator; Atheism and the Church, Contemporary
Review; The Scientific Frontier, Fortnightly
Review; Sceptlca Patronage of the Pope,
Spectator; A Farmhouse Drge, by Alfred
Austin, Contemporary Review; Trafalgar, by
T.. r. Pllgrave, Macmillan; together with i'll
stalments of Sir Gibbie, by George MacDon
| aid, and The Brides Pass by Sarah Tytler, etc.
Books.
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