Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-22

st. Nicholas for Augusta pleasant
feature Of this vacation number of the boys
| and girls magazine is the profusely illustrated
article, "a Happy Thought for street Ch'i-
ing Post Fresh Air Excursions under Mr..
Willard Parsons. through whose efforts, see
onded By, willing fsrmer-famies, thousands OF
city-worn little ones taste every year the de-
lights II . summer fortnight in the country.
Besides the instsIlments Of the two serials,
BY Louisa NJ. Ai,ott and Noah Brooks. one
dealing with sprightiy home-life, the other with
boys who form militia company and have a
muster and sham hght,-there are several
complete short stories. OF these. the most
notable are: ''Msriorie's Peril" illustrated
by McCutebeon. y true story Of a small Scot
fish lasse lost among liens in the bush OF La.
luland; The Fox and the stork," Illustrated
by sheppard. a tale Of boy-lits. by susan Cool
idge: '.Why the Black Cat Winked," illus
tratrd by brennan. a bright Penn>yiy aDil-l rish
story Of a stirring incident In the great petro-
ieum district and the Coral Castle funny
narrative, with six comic pictures by Hopkins.
Of how the fishes failed In an attack upon the
work Of coral poiyps. There j.. also, an illus
stories,r relating anecdotes concerning two
curious animals, the Bye-Bys and the Howis
Datforh.
"Plaesr and Guch Mining for Gold are
graphically described ty Ernest lngeTsaii and
Illustrated by J Harrison Mills. and a bright
account i given of the "Darans- Needle" or
dragon-fiy.
The pages OF lsrge-iype reading matter SGT
apart for very lsttle folk. and the departments
OF Jack -in-the Pulpit Letter Box" and
Riddle Box arr made attractive with stories 4.
anecdotes. items, pictures. letters from the
boys aud girls. and puzzles; and scattered
here anu there are many poems. single P-t-
ur,s. aud jingles. which dill up eighty pages In
a way to make even the raIaicst holiday de-
lghtiul to the youngsier who gets this number
Of the magazine.
The Midsummer .ScribHcr, August mum
berl opens with a remark able froutispiecs en-
craving by Colo, from the famous picture OF
trait accompanie. 'ThS Fialn story Of savoy
aros's Life" written hy the English wife OF
thu Italian Professor Silisri. Tho work BY the
latter on the great florentine preacher. pa,rio,
and martyr is now considered the standard
biography; aud Il would be difficult to find In
English . more succinct aud correct sketch of
the life Of the great Italian than that now Of
fired by Madame Niilari. The paper has IT.
luStraiions Of the tragic life and death of saw
Onaroia. by Mr.. Van >chaick. the American
artist living in Florence. Another bril- sum
mary Of large subject Is Richard Henry
Dana's "skrtch Of American Diplomacy" 30
far as We know, only QUO historical work was
ever published on American diplomacy and
Mr.. Dana's sketch, though only sketch, sx-
tends 10 = later period. and is II peculiar In
tcrvst. coming from competent authority.
Madame Adam iJuiette Lambert editor Of
La Nouyeie Revue" the new rival Of the
Revue dss peux Mondr-," answers philo-
stHhcsliy-aud favorsbly-the question Nv ia
the French Republic Lasts' The most novel
and interesting art feature 81 the Midsummer
.>cTibHrr j. Philip Gilbert Hamcrtou's study
Of MIR. seymour ilaascn's Etohngs.r A mum
Der Of etchiu.s arr reproduced IN small. with
an artistic accuracy which II j. claimed. ha.
never beior. b,cu eIualrd by similar mrau-.
namely. wood-engrayins aud am-printing.
IL has been len to an American magazine to
first enter upon the literal Illustration II Dick
ems. by employ INK arti.is 90 hook az the orig
inaI scenes Of his stories The hr,i 81 this
ri~s appears in the August ScribRer. some of
v hose remaining features wc ran barely rnu-
meTatr. "bur River" a description If the
Hudson, not -'guidr-book" dcserip iion, but
made cor gug9rs by a writer aud an artist
who hs'c lived long On It's banks.-Mr John
burroughs and Mr.. Mary HalIock Foote
The Western Man" by Charles Dudley
Warner, Tho Book oC Mormon" al account,
BY Mr.. Ellen n. Dickinson fortified by sworn
and other testimony, OF the origin Of the Nor
mon Bible, which j. claimed to have been writ
ten A. novel ~ her grrat-unglr, Rev. Solo
mon >pauding; a comic Ufcretta, The Sweet
q the Year words BY Nellie e.. Zone and
music BY T.. &. Phelps: Albert Rhodes, on
American girl. who marry foreign titles
amusing paper By Mr.. Ridcing Illustrated bv
Mr.. Brennan aud others. "a The tuTtU-ittg.
u Advertising" an illustrated paper. by
Principal Grant. IN The Present Position and
outlook Of canada" IN a series which has al
tractad much attention; and further INSTALL
mrnt. 81 Mr.. schuyler Peter the Great"
and Mr.. Cables "tirIndi.simes Or. iIol-
land discusses. among other things, The
Legitimate Novel, Uncle E.sks Wisdom