The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-16

y paper by Barnet Philips on The King Col
lection OF Engraved Gems" recently purchas
ed for the Metropolitan Museum. The SAINT
, high finish is noted in the series Of spirited
: pictures accompanying very charming ghos
story by Howard Pyle, and the illustrations o
Z Earnest lngersoll's Gold Mining in Georgia
and pleasant summer resort article by Mis-
Fryatt descriptive of the charms of the Nave
r sink Highlands
In the way Of fiction, IIarpers Is now re
markable for having I'm tow" at the same
time serial stories by the three abest noyelists
OF the day: 4 Yachting Romance by William
Black, Mary Annerly by II. ID. Biackmore, and
Young Miss Jardine by Miss Mulock, There
Is also piquant short story by Miss Annie II
Freschctt!, and a spirited lyric by Lucy Lar.
comfy Mariner-with jolly picture by
Fredericks OF the unillustratcd articles the
most valuable is that of Mr.. Edward Rowland
on IAN Industrial Society and its Work" pre-
sentlng an account of a remarkable series Of
co-operatlyc plans successfully carried out at
Mulhausen, in Germany. The editorial de
partments are as usual filled with interesting
matter, the Editors Drawer presenting n very
amusing burlesque,operatta, II jacob" with
| illustrations.
THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. Re-
print of Leonard Scott Publishing Co., New
York 81 a year, The promised article by
Gladstone appears in the July number and is
entitled The Evangelical Movement: Its Pa
rentage, Progress and Issues" While he
maintains that it never became predominant
in England he says it altered the general tone
and tendency Of the preaching Of the clergy
after the traCtarlan movement had begun.
"The Feelings and the Intellect" by St George
Mevart is the next article, being an inquiry
as to the true meaning and nature OF our DIFF.
fercnt feelings. J. Thorod Rogers, in the
next article disCOurses of needed Reform in
the University of Oxford; "Irenatus," by Dr.
Quany, gives general idea Of the Gnostc
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of the celebrated City Livery Companies Of
London; and other articles are The City of
Glasgow Bank Failure and England ana
the Greek Question"
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Smyth contributes partly analytic, thorough
" aDpreCiatlve article on the art of George
Eliot. The next article THE Modern Mus
eum," is a very able address delivered by Prof,
E. ID. Cope at the opening Of the Permanent
Exhibition in Philadelphia in May last. 1.-The
British Power IN South Africa which has
become theme OF so much interest in con-
nection with the Zulu war, is very intel
ligcntly and ably handled by James Joseph
Talbot. The Quarresome Quaker" is an &C
count of very eccentric Quaker that bothered
Benz. Franklin good deal when he was gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. The number concludes
with a fine critique Of Professor Tyler's recent
work on American Llteraturey and notices of
New Books
The EDINBURGH REVIEW. Q9eprint of Leon
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of England; the second Is a series of interest
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annals Of Norwich; g. Brugschs Egypt under
the Pharaoh's; 4. The Hatton Papers; 8. In.
temperance and the License Laws; 6. The
Works OF Rembrandt; I. The Scots of Buc-
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raj England; 10. A Brief Retrospect.
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