The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-25
The Magazines.

bic for the extraordinary beauty Of its illustra-
lions than the entertaining character of It's let.
tcrpres>. This is cmphatically true of the
Ioncning article, Mr. Boards paper on Treas
hires of the Deep" Is ii not something to be
hold how pearls, which The school books say
are found only in certain oysters almost i'm.
ipossble to fish up can be planted and raised
as readily rs beans or even manufactured with
out the and Of any shcll-fsh whatever? The
remark is equally true of Mr.. Bcniamin's pa
Iper ON Southern France, in which we find the
story so interesting that one almost uncon
sciously ignores the rare pencilings OF the art
Inst. Other illustrated articles share the same
merit, aS AT the mouth Of the Amazons,
" Winter Sports IN Canada Education by
Hand" and The Old Flemish Masters
Among the articles unaccompaned by en-
cravings, is an admirable one by Phebc +.
Gibbons on French Farmers, and avery IN
tcrcsting biographical sketch of the late rear
admiral Paulding, the last surviving officer
engaged in the famous fight ON Lake Cham
plain, and for over forty years one of our most
distinguished naval officers. Sixteen pages
are givcn to letters now for the first time pub
IlishetD Of the great composer Mendellssohn to
Madame Moscheles. one of which contains Il
hitherto unpublished Licd by the great com
poser, of which both words and music are
given. 4 new serial by Miss Mulock is be-
gun; there is Il snort story by Rebecca Hard
ing DAVIS, A Story of the Plague" and Il
story no less capital than timely, by J. Esten
Cook, entitled Moonshners." But probably
the most popular thing Of all in the number
will be Cartoons humorous and pathetic
poem, "Our Travelled Parson."
In addition to the above varied attractions,
the editorial departments give their usual rich
store of instruction and entertainment
ScRIBNER FOR FEBRUARY. (Scrlbncr & Co,
145 Broadway, n. " The Midwinter Serb
ncr opens with a frontispiece portrait Of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, accompanied with paper on
the Home and IIaunts of Emerson" embody
ing considerable material in reference to the
The article is appropriately illustrated.--The
next illustrated article is devoted to "The Tile
Club at Play" the occasion Of the paper being
to recount an excursion of the club to East
pose is to amuse the reader, the article has Il
deeper interest in the account ii gives of the
birth education and singular career OF John
Howard Payne, the author of Home, Sweet
4 coonpl inStniln.pt of tho HIpbnny
Reb Papers" is gwen and devoted to the for
tunes and misfortuncs of Co. {, one of the last
of the graybacks to capitulate. poet
Stedman contributes a half humorous, half
serious paper on aerial navigation, in which,
along with considerable burlesque, he makes
some really practical suggestions towards
working out the great problcm.-Russell Stur-
gis, author of an admirable paper on Cruik-
shank IN previous number, contributes to
the present number an equally acceptable arti-
Gle on John Leech, another famous English
caricaturist.-And lastly, of illustrated papers,
John Muir gives the fourth of his studies in
the Scrras, dealing with the Glacier Meadows.
In fiction we have IA fourth Installment of
"lIaworth" the seventh of "Falconbcrg;" and
two short storlcs-Pottss Painless Cure and
The Doom of Claudius and Cynthia. In the
unilustratcd papers we have an admirable one
on the Chinese Question, by A. A. Hayes, jr
some new anecdotes Of parsons by Edward
Egglcston; and valuable paper on insanity
by H. p Scarns, of the Hartford Retreat for
the Insane.
There are several very readable poems, and
the editorial departments, including DR.. IIol-
lands "Topcs OF the Times" are Il mine OF
instruction and entertainment in themselves.
ST. NICHOLAS. (Scribner & Co., N.Y) The
February number brings the first installmcnt
of "Eyebright," Susan Coolldges new serial,
which is to run through the current volume
and be literally Illustrated. Julian lIaw-
thorncs bewitchng fairy tale "Rumply bud
gets Tower" is continued; and there Is the
usual installment of the haps and mlshaps of
the Pctcrliin family. There are seven short
stories, all illustrated; and there is charming
poem, THE Shining Little House" by II. H.,
and Augusta Larncd, in short poem entitled
lIcimdall gives us II charming bit Of lcelandic
literature. Besides which there is an admira-
BILE chapter on the violin and its great masters
"Jack-in-lhc.Pulpit" with his entertaining and
instructive medley; New Games 10 pass the
long evenings, &c, &c.
The INTERNATIONAL REVIEW. as Barnes
& Co., III & il3 William St. New York. So
year, The publishers announce with the
January number that the international will
hereafter he issued monthly, each number con.
tanning nearly rs many pages rs the bi-monlh-
" contained. 1t is also announced that with
the March number the cdiorship will be as
sumod by Mr. John T. Morse, jir, the present
editor. Mr. Lodge, former editor of the North
American Review, retaining his connection
with the Review
The January number Is fully abreast of the
rrput Subjects that at present command thp