The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-29
he seven other illustrations Of the article are

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unsurpassed by anything in the line Of wood
engraving, The next paper, BY the wellKnown
scientist, RIA Proctor, on "Sun Spots and Fl.
nancial Panics," since the writer rejects and
rdicules the notion, advanced by Prof Jevons
Of any relation between the two subjects, seems
more labored than the occasion called for, Mr.,
Schuyler's peter the Great" is continued, and
the present ins,almcnt is quite equal to any of
its predecessors in the evidence it shows Of tire
les. industry IN ransacking all available sourc-
es for facts and illustration. ct Is mentioned,
en- passaat, that Mr.. Schuyler has received pro.
posals from the great publishing house Of
Joseph Selsmann & Co., OF Stockholm, Swe-
den for permission to translate and publish his
Life Of Peter the Great IN the Swedish Ian.
guage rs well as Ct SchmelzdOrf d Co, Of st.
Petersburg, IN the Russian language, on its
completion IN Scribno'sJ Horace Scudder
contributes finely written and illustrated ar
ticle on William Blake Painter and Poet"
and Mr.. Sturgis another somewhat similar on
/ Thackeray as a draughsman. The pictures in
the latter, though very amusing, are liable 10
the objection OF being a rehash, as most OF
them are already familiar to the readers of
! Thackeray. The Cypriote Inscriptions give
the result ofsome recent inP esti cations by Isaac
H. Hall in the island Of Cyprus; "A Year of
! the Exodus IN Kansas enables Mr.. Henry
! King to bring out some sensible suggestions
on that subject; and in the article on The Do
mnion of Canada, Mr. George NJ. Grant, with
! the and Of Copous illustrations brings into
prominence many interesting facts about our
neighbors on the north that will doubtless be
new to most people. Mr.. Raymond brings
down the extracts from his fathers journal so
far as to include the peace convention at Phil
adrlphia in 1866 The Grandisslmes is con.
tlnued, there is good short story there are
several fine poems, and with the usual depart.
nents to wind up with, the June Scrlbncr must
be set down as an exceptionally excellent num-
Der.
ST NICHOLAS. (ScrIbner X Co, New York
The June st. Nicholas has decided outdoor,
summary character in all its contents. Olive
Thorne Miller leads off with an account, with
the aid of seven pictures, of that delightful
charity of the Childrcn's AID Society of New
York known as the summer Home for poor
children at Bath, Long Island Another at
tractive paper, with coplous illustrations, IS
that of Mr.. Daniel c. Beard, explaining to
young people how TO camp out The serials
Jack and Jill by Louisa NJ. Alcott and the
Fairport Nine by Noah Brooks, give long IN.
stalments, and there are five complete short
stories in the number, all illustrated Mrs. r.
Swain Clifford contributes a fine picture and
few paragraphs about some interesting duck ) |
called Old Squaws, whose cry, Hes got no
gun" is said to be very irritating to sports
men. Among the funny things are the verses
"Ah Lo," with two comical pictures by Hop
kins, and the curious CHRONICLES of the Mol. |
Dos, "a thick-witted people living in Jutland
with three humorous illustrations by Frank
Beard
GOOD COMPANY. Springfield Mass. So
year, No, Nine the last ISSUE has the usual
complement Of stories by Miss Sarah o. jew.
it, Sydney Hall and others Geo NJ. Towle |
contributes an admirable sketch of Lord Bea-
constield, to which his recent defeat lends spec.
ial interest Science in High Latitudes" has
also particular timeiness in connection with
the Howgate Arctic expedition, for which
preparations are now going forward 1t is by
5. j. Douglass author of several previous pa
pers on similar topics in this magazine "Coun
try Schools and State Needs" by W. NJ. Bick
nell, urges the want of an enllvening and en-
ergizlng influence from central state board
IN country schools.
President BasCom of Madison Wis, Univer-
slty, talks about names; Octave Thanet has
"Thc Canada THISTLE and there is sketch
entitled "a French Home"
In the Editors Table there is an assault on
that growing public nuisance the system of
feeling servants, a graft from foreign toadyism
not wanted in this country
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get this paper and look into It.-Another arti-
Gle brings out asimplc, cheap method of using
Iron Fence Posts that will be worth millions to
tue country, These two chapters, with the
hundred other practical, instructive articles,
and over GO original engravings, make this one
of the most important numbers ever issued Of
this always valuable Journal
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