The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-29
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cisco, on 1.-THE Kearney Agitation In California"
Mr.. George is author Of a work Of much power
that has lately attracted a great deal Of attention,
called progress and Poverty" He Is q keen an.
alyzer Of social conditions, and has long given at.
tention to California affairs. His estimate Of
Kearney and his history Of the movements con.
nected with him are full OF new considerations
He shows that the matter has not been at all gen.
orally understood, and his study OF the political
development Of California is profoundly and
painfully instructive. Mr.. George maintains that
California, instead OF being an exceptional State,
is truly a representative State Of the American
system, and Its affairs should be regarded from
this point Of view. This article will excite great
attention. The fascinating essay OF NJ. Radau on
The Interior OF the Earth is completed in this
number. He treats of volcanoes, holding them
to be irreiragible proofs Of subterranean fire.
The number of volcanoes discovered constantly
Increases. We now know Of several thousand
three hundred and twenty.three being still act.
i've. The evidence Of interior liquidity is impair.
TALLY summed up. A paper entitled THE Method
OF Zadig, " by Professor Huxley, takes up the Gu.
rious subject of retrospective prophecy, It is in
| AAhAAGg to UGH AuhlOAI Nlh NOhtulho many ICAAlAlb
points. There is an illustrated article on that
poor little animal the Medical LeeCh"; and j..
K. W, Hitchcock follows with an instructive arti.
Gle on Recent Original Work at Harvard" One
Of the most interesting papers in this number is
by Professor Grant Allen on Geology and His.
tory" 1t shows conclusively the influence Of the
great physical condition in determining the
course Of human affairs. 1.-THE Cinchona Forest
Of South America" and TYPES Of The Nubian
Race are natural history articles in different
fields, but extremely readable. Under the title
of "Algebras, Spaces, LogiCs," G.. B, Halsted gives
us a curious report on the progress Of the higher
sciences. Miss E. A. Youmsns describes Professor
Rains method Of teaching chemistry In common
schools, and gives an illustration of his appara'
tus. "The Extreme Rarity Of Premature Burr.
ais" 1.-THE st. Gothsrd Tunnel, on "santoril and
its Eruptlons," are f~irstrate popular science pa.
pers. Nothing will be found more enjoyable
than Professor Joys sketch Of the life Of Frede'
rick Wohler, the celebrated German chemist,
whose eightieth birthday Ia to be celebrated this
month. Wohler's father horsewhipped his sove'
reign for his brutality, and then had to fly from
Hesse Kassel If he had come to this country he
would have stood q good chance to be made Pres,
ident, The editorials, book'notlces, and popular
miscellany are fresh, lively and full,
scRIBNER's MoNTHLY.-Published by scribner q
Co., 743 Broadway, New York, Price, W,VO
year, 35 cents q number.
The Midsummer scribner august number,
opens with a remarkable frontispiece engraving
by Cole, from the famous picture Of savonarols
by THa narKo1oopnon Th{p nortrng .
"The Plain Story Of savonsrola's Life" written
by the English wife Of the Italian Professor VII.
lsri, The WORK by the latter on tho great Floren.
tine preacher, patriot and martyr is now consid,
cred the standard biography; and 1t would be
difficult to find in English a more succinct and
correct sketch OF the life Of the Great Italian than
that now offered by Madame Villari. The paper
has illustrations Of the tragic life and death OF
saVonarola, by Mr.. Van schaick, the American
artist living in Florence. Another brief sum.
mary OF an extensive subject is Richard Henry
Dana's sketch Of American Diplomacy" So far
SIS we know, only one historical work was ever
Published on American diplomacy; and Nj. Da,
ns's sketch, though only q sketch, extends to a
later period, end is Of peculiar interest, coming
from so competent an authority. Madame Adam
Juliette LaHrOer), editor of La Nouvelle Revue
the new rival Of the Revue des deux Mondes,'
answers philoeophically and favorabiy the
question "Will the French Republic Last2" The
most novel and interesting art feature Of the
Midsummer scribner is Philip Gilbert Hamerton's
study Of M Seymour Haden's Etchings." A
number Of etchings are reproduced in small, with
an artistic accurac y which, 1t Is claimed, has
never before been equaled by similar means
namely, wood .engraving and steam. printing. II
has been left for an American magazine to first
enter upon this literal illustration Of Dickens, by
employing artists to look up the original sources
OF his stories. The first OF this series appears In
the August S%cribner, some of whose remaining
features we can barely enumefate "0ur River
a description of the Hu%dson,-not a guide book
description, but one made con dmore by a writer
and an artist who have lived long on Its banks
Mr.. John Burroughs and Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote;
THE Western Man" by Charles Dudley Warner;
1.-THE Book Of Mormon, " an account, by Mrs. Ell.
en- E. Dickinson, fortified by sworn and oath ties.
timony, OF the origin Of the Mormon Bible, which
is claimed to have been written as a novel by her
grestuncle, Rev. Solomon spaulding; a comic
operetts, "The Sweet O. the Year. words by Mel,
lie G. Gone and music by F. G. Phelps; Albert
Rhodes, on American girls who marry foreign
titles; an amusing paper by Mr.. Rideing, illus
ustrated by Mr., Brennan and others, on The Gu
~riosities Of Advertising; an illustrated paper, by
Principal Grant, ON THE Present Position and
Outlook Of Canada" in a series which has at
trauted much attention! and further installmentE
of Mr.. Schuyler's peter the Great and Mr., Ca
ble's "Grandissimes." DR.. Holland discusses
among other things, 9TH Legitimate Novel,
"Uncle Esek's Wisdom" is a new feature in the
Bric.a Brac department.
ST. NICHoLAs-Published by scrlbner & Co, IA
Broadway, New York. Price, $500 q year, q
cents a number.
A pleasant feature Of this vacation number o
the boys and girls magazine is the proiusely
illustrated article, "a Happy Thought for Stree
Children" This details the workings Of TIL
} Evening Post Fresh Air Excursions" under Mr.
willard Parsons, through whose efforts, seconded
by willing farmer.familes, thousands Of city
worn little ones taste every year the delights Of
summer fortnight in the country.
Besides the instsllments Of the two serials, b.
Louisa N. Alcott and Noah Brooks,--one dealing
with sprlghtly home.life, the other with boys WHIT
form q military company and have a muster anC
a sham fght,-there are several complete shor
stories. OF these, the most notable are; Marjorie
Peril" illustrated by McCutcheon, a true story o
small Scotch lassie lost among the lions in tn
bush Of Zululand; THE Fox and the stork,
illustrated by Sheppard, a tale Of boy.life, by su
san Coolidge; why the Black Cat Winked,
illustrated by Brennan, a bright Pennsylvania
, Irish story Of a stirring incident in the great pc
, troleum district, and the Coral Castle" a funn,
I narrative, with six comic pictures by Hopkins, o
how the fishes failed in an attack upon the worl
Of coral-polyps. There is, also, an illustrated In
' stallment Of THE Majors Big Talk Stories" re
? lating anecdotes concerning two curious animals
the Bye. Bye and HoWis Dstforhi.
3 placer and Gulch Mining for Gold" are graph
t Ically described by Ernest I~ngersoll and illustra