The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-04-03
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

Magazines.
ST.. NICHOLAS. (ScrIhner & Co., n Y ~
year, The April number gives us for IRON
tlspicce beautiful engraving on wood OF Hen
nv Bacon's painting, ~ Burial at Sea, which
attracted so much attention in Paris "a year ago
The Mexican game Of KITE Cuttingi is explain
ed with the aid Of pictures, to consist OF 50
fastening bits of glass IN the tails of kites that
hv drawing them acrOs, the cords Of other kites
the cords are cut The Dead City of Pompci
Is described, with the and Of six pictures; and
there i. an account Of Easter IN Rome, with Il
| full page illustration. There are six complete
short stories; Miss Alcolt', serial, Jack and
jill" takes the boys through an exciting de
bate; and Mr. Stoddard's serial Among the
Lakes" comes to IA rollCking conclusion
Among the poems are II quaint two-part dia-
loguc for girls, a stirring ballad about st.
George and the Dragon and "A ballad set to
music. The pages set apart for very young
readers and for the Observation-Disclosures
Pulpit, Lcttcr.Box, and RiddcBoX,-a full
of novel and amusing items.
In the next number will begin 1.-The Fair
port Nne" BY Noah Brooks, IA continued tale
of the adventures of boys base ball Nine.
| PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL AND SCIENCE OF
HEALTH. g. X. Wells & Co., New York. 81
a year) The April number opens with por-
trait and well written biographical sketch OF
William Ellery Claiming, the great New En-
gland preachcr.p hIlanthroplst. Next comes a
chapter for teachers about The New Education.
Then we have a continuation of the Studies In
Comparative Phrenology, with numerous IL
the Unity of the Human Species comes next
and then there is n portrait and sketch of Mar
co Aurclo Soto, President of Honduras; an ar
tclc on the Miwok Indians. Getting Rid OF
Tntemperanco; Hector, His Works and Ways;
Plucky Woman The Young Folks CHEEKY
Aforementioned Discase-What Is 1t?
Hoe Handle Medicine; Notes on Science and
agriculture; Editorial Items, &c, &c.
| AMERICAN AGRICuLTuRIsT. (Orange JUDD
& Co, n. Y. $3.50 "A year, Spring work is
opening and all having Farms, or Garden plots,
will find valuable aid IN Tie 1Herica@ 4grt-
cutturtst for April, now at hand, with It's hun
dreds of practical directions, hints and sugges-
tons, illustrated with some 80 original engrav-
ings. Among leading topics are Work for the
Month; Dairying; Sheep and Poultry Farm
ing; u $500 Farm House, with plans and
specifications; details of IS important farm
Experiments with fertilizers; Treatment OF One
Grape Vine; lIumbugs exposed; Household
and Chlldrcns Department etc.
The NURSERY. John l.. Shorey, Boston
81 80 year, Any body can tell that spring
has come, though living IN the upper end OF
Norway, by looking at the April Nursery
The charming little poems about the Nes
Builders and the Crossing Sweeper, and tho
stories "How Amy Took Cold,' and about tho
First of April, &c, &c, all make us feel The
spring sunshine, the spring showers and the
changeful vernal airs. 1t is, as usual, full o.
beautiful pictures, and altogether the nices
publication for the Youngest readers we know
lof
WIDE AWAKE. Cd. Lothrop IL Co., Boston
80 a year, "On Easter Morning" a full page
picture, catches the eye pleasantly as the from
tispecc on opening the April Wtde Amdke
The leading contents are, instruments OF the
serial storics-Biliy's Hound, Concord Picnic
Days, Five Little Peppers, Two Young Home.
steaders, and Professor NJ. Paul besides which
there are four or five shorter stories, and doz.
en- or more nice poems. The article in Mr..
Beniamln's series on Our American Artists, is
given to Mr.. Thomas Hill, the landscape paint
err Pictures occur on nearly every page,
among which the leading ones are the Old
Battle Ground at Concord, The Minute Man,
The Surprise, The Grand Canon of the Sierras,
and Trout Fishing Qrom HID; BY the Camp
Fire; Sisters Birthday Present, &c, &c. But
no brief enumeration OF Its contents can give
the reader u far notion Of what any number OF
the VIDE Atcdke is like. The only way Is to
buy copy and see for himself,
Any of above publications may he seen at
the bookstore OF Osman & llapeman where
single copies are for sale and subscriptions re-
'celycd
| stop that Cough.