Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-02
NEW PLICATIONS.

The ATLANTIC .THLY begins the new
year and its 18th we with some changes
in its mechanicalke-up which render it
more than ever wne and attractive to its
readers. The paere somewhat broaden
ed, larger type is it is printed on un-
glazed paper of q uliarly soft and CRATE
full tint, and the ner of pages is increas-
ed by lG. The leg literary feature of the
number is Mr.. Els new story, The
Undiscovered Cow" which is begun in
his own delightful inimitable way. The
second part of pleasant little story,
"Thirty-seven He'd and Fifty Eight" is
given, there is Ger of entertaining REM
iniscences of Waston life, paper on the
Bonanza Farms o. West, one of Richard
Grant Whites moractive articles, on the
habits of English, an appreciative talk
about Mr.. Huntctures, now on exhibit
ton in Boston, tV three chapters of very
readable book RS, with other articles
and papers, and + by Whittier, Holmes,
Story, and Harrirescott Spofford. The
programme whic1 publishers have laid
out for 1850 is as ctive as the most fas-
tidious lover of list literature could de-
sire, and in the .e, as in the past, the
ATLANTIC is bounlold its place as a ne
cessity to all persho would be abreast of
the leading Amerhought of the times.
L1PPNcoTT's NINE for January opens
with graphic of cattle-driving in
California by T. bourne, under the title
of "Sargent's Re- which is excellently
illustrated. Thialowed by one of Felix
L. Oswald's "SuIand Sketches" being a
description of lif'scenery in the Valley
of the Oaxaca. 'lso is embellished with
some fine engra' Forty Years Ago;
or, Some Past Ds TO American Liber-
ties, is observation-disclosures of the anti
slavery struggle d. and the violent op-
position that it hvontend against. 1.-The
Bull Fight Is an illustrated article, and
| gives spirited 6tion of the brutal sport
that still retain popularity in Spain.
There is an adhesion of the interna-
tional copyright ion by Prof. William
f. Allen, of University of Wisconsin.
The author of Say Fox" begins a new
serial story, withueer title adam and
Eve" but this c0ppear to dwell in the
great City of Lo instead of the primal
paradise. The stories of the number
are "Umilta, a N Sketch" by Ouida
"a Little Piece iven," which relates to
the Christmas 8 by Charlotte Adams,
and about Man, by r. c. Meyers.
Lucy II. Hoopenbutes q brief account
of the Due de Mlnd there is an article
entitled From tim to the Workshop"
relating the eXIes of the country lad
who seeks moring life as a mechan-
les apprentice. poetry is by Celia
Thaxter and EmBraddock, the Month
ly Gossip" is entng, and there is the
usual complemeI1tioes of current liter
AZURE. The whnstitutes an excellent
collection of Popading matter.
In the Januar1er of the INTRNATIoN-
AL REVIEW, perbe most important arti-
Gle is on the sub yellow Fever" con-
tributed by Dr. Billings, and devoted
chiefly to discu,f the measures neces-
sary to prevent reduction of the dis
ease into Americts and its subsequent
spread. Mr.. Chairman writes on the
"Islands of Okmthe group about which
China and Japano long been quarrel
ing, properly kntthe Loo Choo Islands.
A large part of tlew is devoted to lit
erature and histo,aracters. Mr.. Ham
ertOn contributesh of the artist Rubens,
which is accomlby a fine engraved
copy of the etcy Leopold Fleming.
Prof. j. @. Blunhscusses the service of