The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-03
LITERATURE.


lustratiOns, upon winch the paper ltscii 10
sort of running commentary. They are appar-
emily copied from photographs, and we have
no recollection of ever seeing wood cut print
ing comparable with them although the IL
Illustrations of the next paper, Mr. Burroughs
eclogue about bees and of the next, "a Day on
the Docks" look more like Autographs than
wood cuts Indeed both papers appear to have
been written mainly to show the pictures. The
same supremacy skillful hand THAT of Mr.
Vanderhof) Is again shown in the illustrations
of very readable paper on Para, THE Metro
polis of the Amazons" and another on Vii.
lage Lawn Planting" containing many valu.
able suggestions on that subject We have al
20 in this number rev, striking portrait with
asketch of Dr. Wendell Holmes; and cou-
pie of remarkable impressions of the busts OF
Wilhelmj and Remenyi, accompanying bio
graphical and critical sketch of the two great
violinists The unillustrated papers include
"Three Days in SUSSEX" charming picture
of English country life; "A Pilgrmageto Val
iambrosa," and sketch of Richard Henry
Dana by James Grant Wilson. In fiction we
have the seventh installment of liawOrhs; the
FIRST part of story by Miss Adeline Trafton
tragic STORY of the Latin Quarter" by the
author of Haworths; and sketch by A. a.
HAYES, entitled "A Man without Enthusiasts"
There are several poems, among them pretty
sonnet by DR.. Holland; and then the usual De
partmcnts. The number as whole is at least
IN Iine sfpr in nd
vance of its predecessors IN the superiority of
It's illustrations.
BIACKwooD's MAGAZINE. leonard Scott
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off to seek his fortune under the guidance OF a
mysterious damsel who had undertaken to
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John Caldigate is rapidly drawing to close,
There are four solid" articles ofunusual mer-
it, The first in connection with the writer's
experience gives deeply interesting account
OF the methods, treatment, and claims of the
baths Of Enghien near Paris. The next is a
close and thoughtful dissertation on the Ham
let of Shakespeare and the Hamlet as rendered
by Mr. Irving, an English actor who within a
year or so has been personatIng the mysterious
Dane with more than ordinary success on the
London stage The third, on contemporary lit
erature treats of the difficulties encountered IN
writing biographies with examples in late
works of that class; also of books Of travel
and their increasing value as they become less
sensational and more correct. The concluding
article considers "the character and import of
the present depression of trade, regarded from
a commercial and national as we'll as political
point OF view"
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. CReprinted
by Leonard Scott Publishing Co., N. Y. $500
ayear) The April number contains seven ar.
,icles, all of high merit. christian Theology
and the Modern Spirit" is frank recognition
of the theological unrest of the times and sug.
gests some hints AS to how the theology of the
past will probably be affected by the critical
and scientific spirit ofthe day. "Wycliiie and
his Relation to the Reformation of the 10th
Century is another very able paper. "The
Ethics of Urban Leaseholds' shows the bad
effects of the British leasehold system. The
general character of the remaining articles is
sufficiently indicated by their titles: Free
Trade aud Projections The Normans at Paler-
mo; The Novels OF George Meredith; The
Zulu War; Contemporary Literature. The char.
acteristic Of these Leonard Scott republications
Is that they occupy Il field different from that
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Width, a poem by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Then comes an article which calls for careful
perusal and is OF special interest to thinkers,
by Pres. John Bascom Of the University of
Wisconsin, formerly OF Williams College 1t
IS entitled The Kingdom of Heaven. Prof
Francis \. Walker of Yale College, Superin.
tendent OF the Census, writes of The Present
standing OF Political Economy, subject on
which he is recognized authority. The lIu-
mility OF Postiylsm Is by the writer of The
Two Methods Of Changing Creeds in the March
number. r l.. Rogers has second article on
the MOrmOns, manly about their religion both
theoretical and practical Mrs Helen Camp
bell writes of the tenement house question as
seen from the standpoint of the Jerry McAuly
mission. Miss julia McNair Wright tells of
some experiments in economy by both cultur
ed ladies and laboring women as related by
Miss Jane Help. The deep religious tone Of
the character of another of the great scientists
Sir Isaac Newton, is shown in an account of
his life
There are two short stories, one by Julia c.
r. Dorr, and those who have been reading Cal.
win the Sinner will be interested TO know tha,
Cicily is married in this installment.
The shorter articles include an account of
the mirage in Colorado by Alfred Terry Bacon,
of the origin of our year and months as at