The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-26
LITERATURE.


wrsrMIrsrER REVIEW. (LeoBaid Seot ru'-
fishing Company, n. Y. Asyear) WIN .ne
Westm,nster. the Leonard Scott PUBLISHING 70.
comple,e their issue for tho present quarter VI
the four great English reviews, which, In spne
al the competition Of numerous other pesioa''
..,s mu,t stlll be regarded as holding the h'gh'
.., Mace in the worlds current literature Az
least we can suggest DO better authorities 70
which readers may turn for record OF 'ne 'eAu,
ing views on all sides Of the principal topics VI
the dsy. The contents Of the present huu'oo''
which il an unusually full one, are as 'o'iows.
..rhe Progress Of Ship building 10 England
.,p,ato IA a Reformer;;" 1.-THE Early History OF
Charles James FeY;" 'The Irish Land Question:
"rhe Science Of History" "Afghanistan;' "b'
metalhsm and the Finances OF lndia' inu'A
and our Colonial Empire" Contemporary l."
.rature." Where all Is so excellent II seems '"-
x,diou, to select, yet We cannot forbear recon-
,nepdipr a, especially worthy of perusal the elao
crate article on the "science OF HISTORY, Nh'n'
taking for its text Diapers History OF the Intel
lectual Development OF Europe. seeks to give an
answer TO the question: els History on exact
Science"
H.pprp's MAGAZINE. Harper Is Bros, New
York. Aa year, Though coming pretty near
home. hundreds Of our readers doubtless have
mayer visited Milwaukee, but will be tempted 70
do so when they read the description anu exam
the the admirable illustrations OF the 'Nream
CITY" with which Ernest Ingersoll adorns the
April Uarper's. The history Of the city Is sue
cipctly given-its fret settlement by the indian
,,aaers-bov II GOT IT'S a ne--and then ITS growth
and present position and population, followed
by descriptions aud illustrations OF its business
ra,aees. Ace residences, parks, &c. "Tha Green
Mountains In sugar.Time," another spienoioiy
illustrated article, opens the number ana DOUBT
hess will assail with temporary honesiekness'
now that the sugar season is az liz hciRnt, many
a son aud daughter now astray In the west rom
The 'best Of the England states to be born 10 ana
10 emigrate from" as Judge Douglas used 10
ssy of Vermont. Arthur Gilman, the architect,
contributes q beautifully illustrated article on
Salisbury Cathedral. Henry W. Ludlow, one OF
the Hampton teachers, makes 'Indian Education
at Hampton and Carlisle" the subject OF very
interesting illustrated paper. Other hnely Illus
trated articles are 'Italian Life in New York.
"Art Embroidery" and "My Farm in swizer'
lapd.n The two serials, 'Anne" and "A Laodi
eean" are continued, with illustrations, and '"
II. Beard tells touching story OF his boyhood
under the title of IAN Artists "Reminiscences. "
Stephen II. TyAg, jr, controverts ap article IN
the January number on the subject OF Life lnsu'
rance; Poultney Bigelow, describing close col.
ony In Iowa, enforces the Greeleyan ADVICE
young man, go west" and j. Y. Underwood
contributes humorous paper entitled Darwin
ian Diversions" There are poems by J.T. Trow
bridge, Walt Whitman, Paul H. Hayne and VIII
liam ellison, and the Editorial Departments are
filled with timely, instructive and entertaining
matter.
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW for April opens
with an article by Judge 1ourgee, In which he
sombats the ideas Of the professed civil service
reforrncrs as incompatible with American ideas
Of self government, delusive and imprac,icable
The same number Of the Review contains, under
the iancifuI title. "The Thing that Might b." .
profoundly philosophical study OF the laws and
conditions of human progress, by the Rev. Mark
Pattison, Rector Of Lincoln College, Oxford.
The third article is a strong defense of the Ro'
man Catholic side OF the controversy aboutTeli.
yion in the Public Schools, from the pen OF Dish
op McQuald, OF Rochester. The great problem
of the governmental control of monopolies is
discussed with reference 10 railway management
by the Hon. George Ticknor Curtis, and the same
problem, In its bearing upon telegraph lines, Is
ably discussed hy the Hon. Vim. NJ Springer.
Mr. John Fiske has an article on The Historic
Genesis Of Professionalism and Mr.. Anthony Troll.
lepc an essay on the Poet Longfellow. Mr. Desi.
re Charnay, the author Of the series OF papers on
the ruined cities Of Central America has for MOI G
than two months been pursuing his researches
In re gions remote from all avenues Of communi.
cation with the civilized world, and consequent
iy neither the present number Of the Review nor
the one last preceding il contains any contribu.
ton from him. In the May number, however,
will he published another OF his very instructive
papers.
PENN MONTHLY. penn Monthly Co., Phila-
delphia. SO q year, There are several unusu.
ally interesting papers in the March Penn Month
Iy. That OF Mayer Sulzberger on denominations
for Public Offices" Is timely snd forcbe. II dis.
cards the sentimentalism Of the so.cacd civil
service reforners and pleads earnestly for the
Jacksonian doctrine OF rotation in Office a. po
lltical educational force OF prime importance
supplemented, az he thinks 1t ought 10 he, By
strictly legal regulation OF our present lawless
and vicious caucus or nominating system. An.
other article, that by Mr.. John T. Murdoch on
1.-THE English Panic In regard to Ireland" ID
equally timely and TO the point, going far TO cor.
rect the erroneous ideas We get in this country
10 regard TO Ireland from the systematic miSre
presentation of the English press. And lastly
there is q noble article on Thomas Carlyle by
Professor Robert Ellis Thompson. The Editor
in his reSuoH for The Month, is unusually
bright, especially in his comments on the Irish
situation.
scRIBSER for April contains Il shor, paper on
wood Engraving and the Scrbner Prizes" IL
Illustrated with The three blocks which were sue
cessful In the cnmnefition OF lsan and with thref