The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-04-03
LITERATURE.


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ST.. NICHOLAS. (Scrlbner 4 Co, n. Y. "
year, The April number gives us for from
tlspicce a beautiful engraving on wood OF Hen
nv Bacon's painting, a Burial AT Sea, which
attracted so much attention in Paris "A year ago.
The Mexican game Of KITE Cutting is explain
ed with the aid Of pictures, to consist OF so
fastening bits of glass IN the tails OF kites that
hv drawing them across the cords Of other kites
the cords are cut The Dead City of Pompcii
Is described, with The aud Of six pictures, ana
there is an account Of Easter IN Rome with a
| full page illustration There are six complete
short stories; Miss Alcotts serial, Jack and
IJlll," takes the boys through an exciting de-
bate; and Mr. Standards serial Among the
Lakes" comes to Il rolliCking conclusion. -
Among the poems are Il quaint two.part dia'
! loguc for girls, stirring ballad about st.
George and the Dragon and ballad set to
music. The pages set apart for very young
readers and for the departments Jackn-the
Pulpit Le,tcrBox, and Riddc-BoX, are full
of novel and amusing items.
In the next number will begin "The Fair
port Nine" By Noah Brooks, continued tale
Of the adventures Of boys baseball Nine
PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL AND Science OF
HEALTH. (S.-R Wells & Co., New y DIRK. s.
a year, The April number opens with por-
trait and well written biographical sketch Of
William Ellery Claiming the great New En-
gland prcacher-ph lanthroplst. Next comes n
chapter for teachers about The New Education
Then we have continuation of the Studies IN
Comparative Phrenology, with numerous IL
Illustrations. No. II, of a very able series on
the Unity of the Human Species comes next;
and then there is Il portrait and sketch OF Mar
co Aureio Soto, President of Honduras; an ar
'tcle on the Miwok Indians; Getting Rid OF
Intemperancc, Hector His Works and Ways;
A Pucky Woman The Young Folks of CHEEKY
Aforementioned Discasc--What Is IT.?
Hoe Handle Medicine; Notes on Science and
AgrlcuIturc Editorial Items, &c, &c.
AMERICAN AGRIcuLTURIsT Orange Judd
& Co, n. Y. $3.50 a year, Spring work is
opening and all having Farms, or Garden plots,
will find valuable and in the imertcdn -4grt-
culturtst for April now at hand, with It's hun
dreds Of practical directions, hints and sugges-
tons, illustrated with some 80 original engrav.
ings Among leading topics are Work for the
Month; Dairying; Sheep and Poultry Farm.
ing; 81 800 Farm House with plans and
specifications; details of S. important farm
experiments with fertilizers; Treatment OF One
Grape Vine; IIumbugs exposed Household
and Cbildren's Department, etc.
The NURSERY. John l.. Shorey, Boston.
$3.50 year, Any body can tell that spring
has come though living IN the upper end of
Norway, by looking at the April Nmse,y
The charming little poems about the Nest
Builders and the Crossing Sweeper, and the
stories How Amy Took Cold" and about the
First of April, &c, &c, all make us feel the
spring sunshine, the spring showers, and the
changeful vernal airs, II is, as usual full of
beautiful pictures, and altogether the incest
publication for the youngest readers we know
Of
WIDE AWAKE Cd. Lothrop & Co., Boston.
81 year, "On Easter Morning. full page
picture, catches the eye pleasantly as the from
tispiccc on opening the April Vide Andke.
The leading contents are, instruments of the
serial stories-Billy's Hound, Concord Picnic!
Days, Five Little Peppers, Two Young Home
steaders, and Professor NJ. Paul; besides which
there are four or five shorter stories, and doz.
en- or more nice poems The article in Mr.
Beniamin's series on Our American Artists is
given to Mr.. Thomas Hill, the landscape paint
er. Pictures occur on nearly every page,
among which the leading ones are the Old
Battle Ground at Concord, The Minute Man,
The Surprise The Grand Canon of the Sierras
and Trout Fishing Qrom HID; BY the Camp
Fire; Sisters Birthday Present, &c, &c. But
no brief enumeration OF Its contents can give
the reader II iair notion of what any number of
the Wide Atcake is like. The only way is to
buy copy and see for himself
Any Of above publications may he seen at
the bookstore OF Osman & llapeman where.
single copies are for sale and subscriptions re.
cclycd
stop that Cough.