The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-06-28
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

New York 81 year, Very appropriated.
the midsummer number Of Harper's opens b.
introducing us 10 the social gaeies OF fashion
able seaside life-the particular locality select
ed for illustration beng Narraganset Pier
Howard PYLE contributes the third and last o
his interesting papers on the Eastern Shore
taking in the famous Delaware peach orch
ards, shinge.making in the Dismal Swamp
and yachting along its coast. THE Land o
Burns" auld Ayr and its neighborhood, is the
subject Of very attrac;ively written and illus
trated paper by W. II. Rideing; and H. 7
Johnston gives fourth of July orators little
timely material in spirited narrative OF the
storming of Stony Point July 18th, 1919. But
the paper in the present number which vii
be most valued by the better class of readers
| Is that of $. c. w. Benjamin on Fifty Years
of American Art. 1t is a careful record and
criticism and is illustrated with remarkably
fine representations of paintings by Hunting
ton, Weir lnman, Cole, &c
Among the poetry Of the number, THE owl
Critic" a humorous poem by James L. Field
is capital satire; and THE Moving" by 5.
H. NJ Byers, gives occasion for an exquisitely
beautiful picture.
Miss Mulocks serial Of Young Mrs Jar
dine" is continued auG there are three short
stories-all illustrated. A Romance Of Earl
Hampton, by A. A. Hayes, jr., IS bright and
welltod love story; The Dairy of Man of
Fifty, by Henry James, jr, is another good
story; and The Happy Land, by f. f. Hale,
conveys a bit Of wholesome satire,
f. p. Whipple contributes a very interesting
paper, "Recollections of Charles Sumner con
tanning much novel as well as anccdotical
matter.
The Editorial departments supply their usu-
al rich fund OF entertaining and instructive
matter concerning current, social and literary
topics
ScRIBNER's MONTHLY. (Scribner & Co,
New York "a year, The wonderful beau
ty and perfection Of wood engraving which
has marked the last few numbers OF Scribncr
is even surpassed IN the illustrations accom-
panying the article in the July number entitled
"Summer Entomology 1t is no exaggera-
ton to say that these engravngs have never
been eqraled in natural history work. In the
next illustrated paper, The American Stage,
Mr. j. B. Matthews traces the rise and decline
of the stage Yankee and other types of charac-
ter peculiar to the stage of this country The
next illustrated paper is the third IN the Bra
iii series, and gives US a charming picture of
Indian life on the Amazon. The great corpor-
alton of Trinity Parish, New York, and its
vast and unique charities, is the subject of a
very interesting as well as richly illustrated
paper by W. H. Ridelng Geo. NJ. Beard, a
physician of large experience in nervous dis
eases, takes up and with merciless hand de-
mollshes the pretensions of clalrvOyants in the
treatment Of disease Indeed, the article goes
to the root of the whole spiritual business, de-
monstrating that all there is in it not account
able for on natural principles, is delusion and
fraud Madame Bonaparte's letters are con-
tinued, and are becoming so spicy as to make
the reader regret that they must soon come to
a close Frederick Brooks has an instructive
paper on the metric system. John T. Short
INDUCES in some startling speculations in re-
gard to the vast project Of flooding the desert
of Sahara; and in second article on Edson's
inventions we have an account Of the carbon
button and its offspring.
A capital short story by Mary Hallock Foote,
the artist is her first attempt in that way and
its reception will doubtless nerve her to other
efforts in the same direction. 1.-TWO Couples
is another story, though it is rather tract on
the negro question.
Haworth's moves along steadily, deepening
IN interest Dr. Holland is versatile and both
pungent and piquant in his Topics of the
Times" and the other departments present
their usual attractions
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Springfield, Mass.
So year. The number for July has in the
way OF fiction "A Sorrowful Guest" by the au-
thor of Deephaven, Miss 5. o. Jewett; "The
Monkeys Story" by Mrs. W. Chapney, and
two chapters Of Calvin the Sinner"
In "Onc Sunday Morning" Mr.. f. C. Gard.
ner, the architect, gives expression to some
ideas as to the modern Sunday-school and
church. in the form of sketch Sunday
school Songs" is another article in similar
vein. There are also the following: Max"
the sketch Of real liie another of the Miss
Help articles, entitled Some of Miss Helps
Proteges;" "Oriental Laws and Courts of JUS
tIce," in which are several illustrative sketches :;
'Standbys," Hebrew Women" and contribu.
tons from Prof b. T. Bovine and Arthur Gil
man.
There are a couple OF poems, and the editor
talks about THE Problem of REVISION"
"Dickinson's English, the Good Old Times,
lessons from the life of Garrison"
GoDEy's LADy's Book. (Gody's Ladys
Book Company, 1905 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia. SO year, With the June number
this old and valuable magazine enters upon Its
Doth year II contains a telling ltb of July