The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-25

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att Eaton, engraved by Mr.. Cole, is
printed as frontispiece.
| Mr.. A. G. Redwood contributes an
bipartisan paper on "The Cook Of the
Confederate army"
Two illustrated travel papers are "a
Peep into Antwerp and Holland" and
I"Over the Narrowest Narrow Guage,"
by w. ii. Bishop, being AN interesting
account of the railway fom Port Ma
doc, Wales, to Festiniog.' .l
Other warm weather literature is:
"Our Archery Club" an amusing
sketch, by Mr.: f. X. Stockton; "Out of
the World" by Mr.. Charles Dudley
Warner, fresh and charming descrip-
ton of visit to the Shakers; "Thc
Man with Hobby" a story of a Kan
sas political campaign, by Mr.. Henry
King; "Lalage," striking imaginative
tale by "Elinor Putnam; "Inside the
Castle" (Schloss Eltz), by Mr.. Geo. +.
Warning, Jr.; "Lincoln's Imagination"
Including some new and readable ma
terial, by Noah Brooks; and "The Cas-
carone Ball." a lively and poetic des-
criptive paper, by Mrs. Mary Hallock
Foote. "Ilaworth's," the "most note
worthy serial story of the year." APP
proaches in this number Its remarkable
and unexpected crisis.
The opening chapters of Mr.. Henry
James's new story, Confidence" are
given.
The poetry of this number includes a
long ballad of Puritan Massachusetts,,
by DIR. j. G.. Holland, entitled "Jacob
Hurd's Child"; two unpublished poems
by the late Bayard Taylor; "Nclly,"
by Irwin Russell, and others by Mrs.
Mary Mapes Dodge, Mrs. Celia Thax-
ter, Miss Emma Lazarus, and Miss Dora
Read Goodale.
| SUNDAY AFTERNOON
$500 a year; Springfield, Mass.,) for
August is hot-weather number, the
articles being mostly brief and the sto-
ries numerous. Their titles and authors
are: 'Ruth," Ellen w. Olney;
"Through Glass Darkly," Lizzie w.
Champney; "The Brass Andirons," nj.
E. Bennett; The Peoples Prayer" Da-
vid Ker; and two chapters OF Calvin.
Rev. G.. M. Boynton sketches a real
character in the "Gentleman Hostler,"
and Alfred Terry Bacon gives pen
portrait of Leadville. The "Phenomena
of Inspiration" leads to the conclusion
that the truly great men of all times are
as really inspired as wero the prophets
of old. The "IIcbrcw Faith in Immor-
tality" is reply to "Our Debt to Soc
rates. in the March number. "The
Problem of Intemperance" claims that
inebriates need physiological quite as
much as moral and social treatment and
that the too abundant meat diet of
Americans promotes intemperance.
Prof. Borden p. Bovine writes on GAS
If" of Atheism. There are also "The
Election of College Studies," "Some
| Opinions about Opinion" and contri-
buttons by Rose Terry Cooke, Susan
Coolidge, and Mrs. Edward Ashley
| Walker.
The poems are many and seasonable.
Elaine and Dora Goodale and their
mother, Mrs. ID. ii. II. Goodale, have
each one. Another young poet, Kate
st. Clair Greenleaf Of Kentucky, has
little poem. Other poems are by Frank
Foxcroft, G. f. Richardson, Lucy Lar
com, s. w. Dufield and Alice M. Eddy. |
The Editors Table has these articles
G. Rebels and Reprobates," Studying
Scripture by Samples"
The name of the magazine will be |
changed with an early issue,
WIDE AWAKE.
The August Wide Awake will prove
a rich vacation treat to its hosts of read |
ers, young and old. 1t opens with a |
cool-looking frontispiece of some bare
foot boys angling over the millSlaln,
and is followed by the poem which it il
illustrates, "Willy's Mishap," by Eliza
nnnnisnn IA xx,tl
Lathrop tells story of Gone Cent"
betraying in it vein of her fathers
genius. This is followed by "The
Flower School at Corlear's Hook by
Mrs. Dickinson, beautifully illustrated
with nine engravings by Miss Lath-
bury. L. l.. Bynner, the author of
Mimron and 7sitons, has q charming
sketch, daintily illustrated, entitled
"The Tramp's Dinner Party" Mrs.
Parsons, also, has good story, "Only
Fifteen" Chief of the attractions, how
ever, is tho rollicking six-paged classic
of Babyland, "The Three Pigs" by
Clara Doty Bates, with its nineteen
funny illustrations by "Boz." Almost
as funny is the poem furnished by Mrs.
Lizzie w. Champney, entitled "Rotali-
ation," and illustrated by her husband,
Champ" There are two other poems
with exquisite drawings, "Thc Silver
Boat" by Mrs. Butts, with picture by
Miss Humphrey, and ''Baby Thankful
by Caroline Metcalf, illustrated by Kath-
crime Pierson, who also makes the pic
lures for Kate Colby's pretty story of
"Sugar River" There is funny negro
"Story of a Hoe-Cake." Capital INSTALL
ments of the three serials, st. Olave's"
10 aXcifiunr hooa- han ohanta.N |
Dogberry Bunch" aud "Don QuixOte,
can Artists" relative to II. w. Wood,
with portrait and studio drawn by the
artist himself.
ST. NICHOLAS.
st. Nicholas for August has SOW
enty-two pages-eight moro that usual
with contents adapting il for childrens
summer reading.
1t opens with poem, by Celia Thax-
ter; the illustration, by Frederick
Deilman, is the frontispiece of the num-
Der. Next comes "AIMississippi. Chow
der" brisk account of fishing frolic,
with two illustrations. After that, is
"The Baby's Morning" the history of
an escaped baby's pranks in meadow,
with five charming pictures, and
there is an illustrated description of the
wonderful aquarium at Brighton, Eng
land, with its finny treasurers.
Lawn Tennis, the new and fashions-
BILE ball and racquet game, Is fully de.
scribed. "Herculus jack" which fol-
lows, in funny illustrated story of
plump but unlucky boy who tried to
initiate Hercules.
"Nan, the Newsboy's" story is told
and his portrait and those cfhis CHIEF
leaders are given.
Then we have short illustrated ac-
count of the most interesting occurren-
ces In the child-life of Goethe, followed
by nine pages for the very little folks,
for "Jack In the Pulpit's devoted con-
gregntiOn. for the admirers and amnla