The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-25
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

Magazines.
d SCRIBNRRs MONTHLY (Scribner IL Co., New
4 York a. Year, The November Scribncr is
I named par ercei,ncc the agricultural number on
account of several important illustrated papers
, it contains on agriculture and kindred topics.
First, Mr.. Roe contributes an excellent practical
treatise on the strawberry; Mr.. Samuel Parsons
dscourses of rare lawn trees; Rev, +. +. Roe dis.
closes the secret of success with small fruits; Mr..
Henry King presents, in picturesque Features
of Kansas Farming" the unexampled success Of
grain raising in that state, with Kansas types Of
character, the Spanish ranchero, the Mennon-
ties, the negro exodus &c; Mr. ?. T Quinn con-
tributes an able paper on the agricultural dis
tress in England, maintaining that farming has
irretricvably lost ITS prominence as an industry
OF the kingdom, owing partly to the system OF
renting, partly to the conservatism OF the farm
crs themselves, but mainly to American compe-
titon; and lastly Mr.. +. L. Corthell, the resi-
dent engineer at Port Eads, contributes lucid
article on the Eads jetties and the important in
fuencc they are 10 have on agricultural produc-
ton in the west and south.
In fiction, we have the first instalment Of "The
IGrandissimes," Mr. Cables new story land first
and two very clever short stories, "A Sigh" by
Mrs Elizabeth A. Read, and "Ilka on the Hill
top" by Prof. Boyesen.
Nine other papers give variety to the number,
among them an account by Clarence Cook Of
"Mr. Morris Moore and his Old Masters" a Crit
iqus on Bayard Taylor and his poetry, by 4. {.
Stedman; % curious study Of " How Animals Get
Home" by Ernest Ingersoll; picturesque IL
lustration Of the French Quarter of New York,
by W. H. Rideing; some Interesting extracts
from journal of Henry J. Raymond, edited by
his son; a paper on the game qualities OF the
Michigan Grayling, &c. There are also several
fine poems in the number, contributed by Austin
Dobson, Mary Mapcs Dodge, W. G. Bonaparte
wysc and others. In Topics of the Times,
DR.. Holland writes about Peter the Great, The
Nations Doctors, and Is Life Worth Living?
Home and Society, Culture and Progress, and the
other departments are well filled as usual, and
Brc-a Brac, principally taken up with light sa-
tire, is especially bright.
Sr. NICHOLAS (Scribner & Co., New York. S.
wear. With the November number the It'll vol
ume Of this popular magazine begins, with %
additional pages and other important improve
ments. The chief features OF the number are: =
lively home story by Mary Mapes Dodge the
editor; a story by Sarah Winter Kellogg Of How
some Dolls Broke the Law" an indescribabls
story, "The Gudra's Daughter by Frank r.
Stockton in his peculiarly funny style; descrip-
ton OF the Centaur Boys ofThrace and their games
and 'goas you please" matches, with three H.
Illustrations by the humorous artist, +. s. Church
. k,v ybn Cd
Glinty's Pigs" from I'M icy death; an account by
a Roy, Of how he hunted Jack-rabbits in Kansas
short story Of the life Of "The Last Daaphin;"
and historical story OF the Black Prince and
Philip the Bold, telling how when boys they
fought like heroes at Crccy and Poitiers. new
serial story Of boypranks, fun and out door life,
by William o. Stoddard, entitled Among the
Lakes" ID begun; and there is an exciting &C
count by Frank H. Converse OF lad who was
left "Adrift on the Ocean," visited wonderful
volcanic island, and had many strange adven-
lures An article by Olive Thorne illustrated
with II pictures, describes the playthinss OF all
times and climes and another paper, with care
fully prepared diagrams, tells how to make q
few pretty things in fancy work. And finally
there are the usual large print pages for the very
little folks Jack the Pulpit Letter Box, &c,
&c
Coon COMPANY. (Sprngheld, Mass. s. Year,
Octave Thanet, who IN previous number gave
such graphic pen picture o! Phillips Brooks and
his preaching, in the November number, has
q sketch, at once vigorous and pathetic Of vari-
Gus characters drawn from life, the central figure
being a western Methodist minister drifting
against his belief towards Schopenhauer's ideas.
Another vivid portraiture is a description by W.
+. NJ. Rounds OF an experiment in Opium Smok-
ing. The hardy lumbermen of Lake Tahoe in
California are drawn by an expert pen; another
article, "Around st. Paul's," describes some Of
the endless pccuarities Of London; Rev. DR.. j.
NJ. Wilton discourses OF Bible By -gones; there
is resume Of the various Sunday laws of the
New England states apropos OF recent discus
sons an article on Weclif; a sketch Of Nook
town Gossip &c, &c. There are four short stor.
les; poems by Miss Elaine Goodae, Mrs. Celeste
NJ. A. Winslow and Mrs. Mary Bradley; and the
usual editorial departments, including reviews
OF new books
THE NURSERY. John l.. Shorey, Boston. 81
a year, Not even Scrbners or liarper's has a
finer picture than "Thc velocipede" that fills the
first page OF the November Nursery; and the 9th
er fifteen pictures Of the number are Of the same
high grade. In that Of the raven and the frog
the raven Is so like almost to starte one
New subscribers to the Nursery for 1880 begin
ming before Dec. LIST get the November and De-
ccmber numbers free.