The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03

the character of NJ. Grevy, president Of France
Next come some observations concerning
"Respirativeness," probable organ. A yer.
interesting story, entitled Uncle Jimmie, tn
Cripple" IS continues sketch of Elihu Bur
ritt, the celebrated linguist, follows, and Their
are fresh chapters on brain and Mind" dis
alive importance Of the faculties, and the man
ncr in which Phrenology grew into system
A contributor treats of the true tone OF beauty
in poetry; sketch ofthe Rev. Knowles Shaw
whose recent death is greatly regretted among
the Disciples of Christ, is given. In the dc
partmcnt of the Science Of Hedtth, we have
some very appropriate comments on Wells
and an article on the Training Of Girls, which
every mother and father, too, should read. The
other departments, Editorial, Scientific, etc.
are as well filled as usual.
BAILou's MONTHLY Thomas Il Talbot
% Hawey ST., Boston. $50 year, The
leading illustrated article in the May number
is about the Monkey-mcn of New Guinea, an
exceedingly well told yarn" Then come
several nice stories, poems, &c; but here is
list of the contents:
The Island of New Guinea; Sonnet; \ Life
Lost and Life Won; Consolation; Some
thing of a Surprise; Both Sides Of LIES Pic
turc; For His Sake; The Sisters Recollec
tons of Other Days; A Picture; Shared by an
Advertisement; On Plagiarism; To summer
Tho Rose of Spain and the English Lily; The
Green Parrot; A Few Words about Rheuma
tism; A HogHunt IN Honduras; The Cypress
Tree; The Same Name Are Long Engage
ments Wise? Our Young Peoples Story.Iel
ler-My Mothers Husband; Astonishing Jug
glery Feats; Ruthven's Puzzle Page; Editor
ial Notes; The TIousekeeper; Curious Mat
tiers; Things Pleasant and Otherwise; Our
Picture Gallery humorous illustrations)
LI1TELr's LIVING ACE. (Littell & Co.
Boston $500 a year, A new serial story by
Jean lngelow will begin in the number April
26th 1t is published from the authors ad
vance sheets, and opens in avery interesting
way The progress of new story by this pop
ular writer will be eagerly watched.
A new volume of The LtoiRg Age, by the
way, began with the first number of April at
iording good time for beginning, new sub
scriptions.
ST. NICHOLAS (ScrIbner& Co, New York. y
The May number of course remembers May
day with suitable May poem and IA corona
ton, but no May-Queen. The number is
mainly given to stories and pictures, Of which
last there are some forty. Besides the two
Serials there are: spider story, an elephant
story, "a gunpowder story, a botanical story, a
mathematical story, story of n girl who
couldn't and more than one of girls who could
and an astounding tale of "A boy who made Il
man and found him hard to manage. The
Big Bear Of Wannetola is hunted and slain
the closing struggle being shown in striking
picture, and Wild sports in Morocco, on horse
back and on foot, are described with seven il
Illustrations But Mrs. f. T. Corbett beats them
all in two full page pictures showing the ad
ventures of three wise women and three WISE
men.
WIDE AWAKE. Cd. Lothrop Il Co, Boston
$500 Il year, The May number opens with a
beautiful bird frontispiece illustrating Il poem
of Mrs. Mary b. Dodge. 'Jabberwock," a
graceful and pathetic story by W. NJ. +. Round
comes next Emma f. Brown follows with a
well illustrated paper giving an interesting &C.
count of the wood carving known as Sorrento
work No Of the series on Our American
Artists gives Il portrait of Sanford X. Clifford
and an exquisite engraving of his painting,
"Pallanza-Lago Maggiore,' Chapter nj OF
the English Literature paper IS devoted to DR.
johnson. Besides which are the three serials
several excellent poems, &c, &c.