Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-03-27
to Mr.. Gnber, or Mr.. sullivan whose addresses

TO Mr.. Gilbert or Mr.. sullivan whose addres ses
are given.
"ln Snailery," by Ernest Inger soil, Is q nat
urai history paper on an oul-ofthe-wsy sub
ject' upon which MIR. Henry Marsh has ex-
pended some delicate engraving.
The stiekeeu River aud It's Glaciers" by
Maj. W. ii. Bell describes the wonderful seem
cry OF the perilous passage from Fort WraDgel
10 Glenora.
The Measure of a Man. by William Page
the artist, in an account of his rediscovery OF
The ancient proportions Of the perfect human
hgnre, with diagrams in explanation Of the
theory.
The uuillustrated material include an un-
signed paper. entitled "a Journey 10 a Polit-
cal Convention" (tho Cincinnati Convention.
ls'o) which may be read with interest In con-
nec,ion with Presidential forecasiings: an essay
by Rey. Or. Z. G. Tiffany on The Tendency
OF Modern Thought as seen In ROmanism and
RAtionalsm." the suthor finding In the antipo-
dal systems certain drft toward the same
genera method OF thought a short story by
Miss Adeiine Trafton, called "fraulein," ahd
another by krisiofer Janson, q well-known
Norwegian author, entitled "Halt-witted Gut
torm.H written especially for the magazine,
and turned into English bylMr. Boyesen. "Fal-
conberg. hy the latter, comes to an end with
this number. Mrs. Burneus story of "Ha-
worih'sS reaches a sixth installment. The
poetry Is contributed by X. II. Stoddard. Edna
Dean Proctor, Elaine Goodale, Andrew b.
saNion, David ;. Foster. Augusta Moore aud
Mary T.. Bradley.
The departments are fuller than usual. In
Topics Of the Time" pr. Holland 'dIscusse.
"Some Thin Virtues" Improving Politics. ="
and The Medical Profession aud the State"
In Communication" Rev. Augustus Blauv-
cit contributes some curious experience Of his
own toward the solution Of the question, Are
our Insane Retreats Inhumanf' Home and
society," contains the "PigIfOre for ANA
teurs. already mentioned. lin rea-Cup Time,
and "Duses Of Nurse" The reviews in
Culture and Progress" arc OF Cooks Con
scicuCr IA striking notice. "pTune on Copy
right. = comparison OF blacks Macleod Of
Dare" and Hardy's Return q the Native"
etc. etc. The Worlds Work" has descrip-
ton. Of Lighted Buoys," THE Pcdo- Motor.
stone Flaming Machine, Paper for Roofing
Domcs,' "BusIer-packing for Export, etc, etc
"Bric-a-Brae" is considerably enlarged and
has = hall1fc, some negro aud Irish dialect. a
satire on the decorative mania. etc. etc.
~. Nichols mr. ipril-Opens with Little
Puriians,' an article from the pen Of Horace T..
scu,ider. describing chid.lifc among the early
settlers u New England. There arr two Illus
ira,ions BY George l.. Barnes, one OF them
The Tithing-man keeping order among the
Little Puriiabs AZ Church" forming the frontI-
piece u the number.
Thomas Hughes. the famous author Of Tom
Erown's ">chOol-Days at Kushy." contribute.
lively English boys story. which 1. Illustrated
with capital pictures by Kate Grccnaway Of
London. The tale includes a description Of ihc
fun and irollcs Of Gang Monday and beating
tie Bounds Of the parish.
Harriet Prescott Spohord is represented by
the iir-t half Of \ story entitled "A Boy AstrUn-
omcr, one Of the illustrations bclns by G.. 5.
RcinhArt.
Tho New York training->chool for Little
Hou>emaii.. popularity kuown A. the "hitch-
en-'iardrn.' with the games and souS, Of The
children, arr described 10y Olive Thornc In
long article profusely illustrated by Jessie Cur
IL.
Celia Th4xtsr present, lovely Easter
song Lucy LATcom, a charming April poem
entitled shower and Flower" and Mr.. Mary
Napes Dodge, some Comical verses about The
Little Biz Woman ani the Biz Little Girl"
There arr two tales Of adventure one, "A
Morning Call from = Panther dealing with
life In llindustAu the other. spelling a Bomb
she'll describing, with the all ~ striking
picture the daring act u a midshipman during
= seA-hsh,.
Besides all this. there are biographical
sketch q John Milton, with three portrait. Of
him ~ iifrrt nj period, % hi. liza; a story %
German fairies, with > beautiful picture, and
IT, usual o'rrbrimmlng -nrpiy q good things
in ihe editorial dcpartmrnl.-''J ack-in-thc-rul.
pii, "l.ettcr-'ioN," and "KlIdle-Box."
lIIi, i,cGks ror ipril, ls7o-wIde Awake
opens ~ April number IS lth quaint fronts
piece by Robert Lewis, belt; .hip-board
scene q! the thirteenth century, Illus trating the
opening historical story by Mrs. Curwen EMIT
lti e The Maid Of NORWAY" II 4. followed by
4 .~4.DHahlr and instructive illustrated paper
about April Fools and D'hcr Fools" By J. r.
Packard. Belonging % tie same cias. !. the
spirited account Of "MArdi Gras In Nice" by
NJ. J. North. There /, also 4 delightful LlustrA-
t,d story Of chiiile 10 one Of our frontier forts
hy Mr.. IL Boutiltcr Of Dakota. Perhaps the
most amusing story In the number /. The
Forbes pOplan Affair" written and Illustrated
By Mr.. B.hOp, the author Of "Detmold" 10 last
year. lti1Hitr. The three serials, The Dog
berry bunch" ~. OlaYe's" and &c Don QuiXOtr.
Jr.," are each capital In their way. The two
articles OF greatest value. however, are bio
graphical in their character, viz. No. ", Of
the American Artists serie', by Mr.. Benja-
min, relating to VIM. VI. Chase, with portrait
aLd studio drawn in peu-and-iuk by Mr.. haze
himself; and No. NNlII. Of the Poets Hom-,'
series, about Col. Paul H. Hayne the we'll
known southern roet written by Charles
Richlrdson, and accompanied by portrait and
view Of the poets romantic Georgia home At
"toisc Hi" There are several Illustrated
poems, the two finest being "FUluy Uncle
frl." by Amelia uaily-Aldrn, and "A Hop
by Mr.. Carr. There are several noticeable
funny drawings BY boz" J. G.. Francis, Pa
mcr Cox. etc, which viii keep all the family
% spnd humor until the MAY number comes
With H. promised host u .oOI thing.
only 500 year. Ella tarman, Editor. u.
Loihrop & 90, Publishers, Boston.
LinsFs LirlHg Aye-The numbers Of Ihe
LiriHy Iys for the weeks ending March 10TH
and I'D. respectively, have the following note
worthy contents: Felix Antoine DupaHIuup,
Bishop % Orleals, BY &. de " armont, Nine
issHth Century, Magazine writers. Black
yypd, An Old Friend with New Face. by
Tho.. Hughes. Macmillan. Virgil by Fruder-
lex ". H. Myers, FOrtalyhHy. On the Migra-
lion Of Birds. by August Wei-sman, CoRtsm-
porlry, William Ely, Temple Bar. The
French Expedition in Equatorial Africa, PdA
MGll Gazette, The Archimandrite PailaGiu-,
AcIdemy' Eira. Spectator, 4 Diary OF Nil
tons Age, ItheHGHB,, together with install
ment, Of The Brides Pass" by Sarah Tyler.
and "A Doubling Heart" by Miss keary and
The conclus ion OF sir Gibbie = by George Mac
Donald. Choice poetry completes the numbers.
For hfty-twc such numbers OF sixty-four
large pages each (or more than 5000 page. a
year, the subscription price - is low; while
for 5000 the publishers offer 10 send any one
a the Anne ricau :. montbiia. yyaaLIias !,