Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-11-25

-HIrpeF'y NdgGziRe for December is 4
striking Number, presenting many novel feat
ure-. The hrst instalmcnt of new novel,
Anne" by an American author-Miss Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson-is very promising
| The story Is sharply American. Its early
scenes are laid in an island on one of the great
western laAes-a military post, aud an old fur
trading station.
The city of Pittsburgh is the subject of very
interesting paper By G. f. Muller, lorcibly
illustrated by Shirlaw
The Number opens with twelve Christmas
Carions BY Annie Chambers ketchum, with
four excellent illustrations by Freiericks.
Moncurc d. Conway contributes the first OF
a series of papers. entitled The English Lakes
and their Gcnii'
Wof-S engraving of Abbey's full-page Illus
trstion OF ilerrick's poem, ITO be Merry" Is
one of the finest pictures that have ever ap-
peared in the HagdziHe.
Rose Terry Cooke contributes another Qf hex
! Illustrations by Abbey
The Sixth Year ofQuong See also beauti-
fully Illustrated. i an interesting description
By Catherine Baldwin OF a Ncw-year's ccle-
braiion In Chinatown, san Francisco.
Miss Sarah .. Jewett contributes poem.
Two Morning." with an illustration by
frcdercAs. Othcr poems are contributed by
James T. Fields, H. Il. Hudson, John h.
| Tabb. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. Philip o.
sullivan. and Miss Ada NJ. Z. Nichols \
short story. Miss Cabnt's Guest" is contrbu-
ted by Horace +. Scudder.
Charles r. Thwing show, in an able article
the results Of Recent Movement, In Woman.
Education" article by W. T. Davis en-
titled The Queen, Ministry, Lords, and Par
| lament gives 4 satisfactory explanation Of
the British Government; and Hr. Edward
Howland contributes u suggestive article, en-
titled "A Great City."
Henry james, Jrs.. novel, "Washington
square" is concluded in this Number, and
VIII be followed BY new serial novel, entitled
a Laodcean," by Thomas HARDY
The Editors Easy Chair and the other
Editorial Department, are we'll sustained.
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Some remarkable pictorial work will ap-
pear in .ScribRer for December The first Of
the "Glimpses Of Parisiau Art" Will contain
original sketches by DE Neuvilie. Duez, Mer-
son, Dupain, Defiance, Cheylliard, Clairin,
Dctallie, Sarah Bernhar,lt, Jacquet and Berne-
Bel ecour. The second and third papers of
this series Will make il a quite complete ac-
count of cur ut sketch-w0rk in French ate
liers Two iIIi-page portraits BY Blum ac-
company paper on Sheridan's Rivals" and
give ,trikinglH 'itc-lfke representations Of Mrs.
john Drew a. Mrs. Hdldprop, aud Joseph
Jefferson a Bob Acres. Mrs. Mary Hallock
Foote and others illustrate the subject of
"Hunting the Honey-bee." Ia Peter the
Great ' Nlctor Nehlig has Il vigorous drawing
OF The Strclt~i Going to Execution; Mr..
Brennan, Mr.. Lungrcn, and Others have inter-
csting original work. while among the repro
ductions is beautiful Russian Cir! in An
cient Russian Dress" engraved by CiOssou,
from painting Oy Mako'sky. Very timely
are the drawings by K. L. NoodNile in
Montenegro We Saw it," OF subjects on
the way 10 and in Cetinje, including an eques-
trian portrait OF Prince Nicholas /. A pleas
ing sketch Of IAN American Girl' completes
| the illustrations of the number. Some ex-
ceedngy strong and beautiful pictu, es are
soon to appear in ScribaeT.
Art Is represented by the fourth land last
but onel OF the partly biographical, partly
I tfff !. az. e
the painter, by Alfred Sensier, which has
proved popular success. "Giimpsrs of Paris
ian ART is an entirely different Kind Of paper
dealing with Partisan art of the d4v, and Illus
trated with original sketches by Dciaille. DE
Melville, Berne Be lecour, and others Sue
ceedlng paper, viii include ske ches by Mad
raZo, Muncac~y and others. the idea of the
series Is to give some impres sion of the indi-
'iduaity OF the artisis, through their studio
sketches, etc. Amusements Represented
by a paper on Sheridan. Rivals" in which
Mr.. J. b. Matthews defends the dramatis,
from cha.ges Of pl igiari>m, and to which Mr.,
Blum contributes two striking drawings OF
Jefferson Bob Acres, and Mr.. Drew as
Mrs. Hdtdpr0p, also by a short paper, by
Grace Greenwood, on Social Aspects OF the
Drama in Londou," and by II second paper on
Secrets OF ConJuring," by Henry Hatton, ex-
planning The Indian Boxtriek," )" The Inex-
hau>tlble Bottle" etc, etc. Out-of-duor life
l. reflected in Hunting the Huney-bee, by
K h, Robinson; "One Duck" by John Bur
foughs, snd An English War Correspondent"
(ArchlbAld Forbesl, by Kate Field Ameri-
can aud European pubic questions are dis
cus>ed IN The Railroads and the People,
'The Clvil Service Reform Publication S.
cieiy," " A Year of the Exodus in Kansas
"Aiesssndro Gavazzi,' "An English Hospital
SuTse, etc, etc. "Peter the Great AS Ruler
and keformer." aud Montenegro as We Saw
II" the last two papers containing humber
OF excellent cuts. A curious paper BY +. g.
Fairfield is entitled "A Stndy Ia Apparent
Death" The fiction comprises he second part
of Mrs. Julia Schayer,s Tiger Lily" short
story by ii. II. Boyesen, and a sketch hv
Gustav kobbe. New Inventions described in
the Nv orld's Work" department relate to
New steam Vessels. Chemical Ventilation,
Plating Machine, Pneumatic Clock system,
Improved Foot-pOwer for Sewing Machines,
Novel BVat-rig, New Thermometer, Utiliza-
tion OF River Currents, etc. Among the books
noticed are number OF vo um for chi dren.
The "Bric-a-crac" /. b igh and Ieadabie.
Some unusually popular features are $ aid to be
In reserve for early numbers Of Scrfbner.