Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-21
MAGAZINES FOR AUGUST.

American Review devOtes a liberal
share of its space to a polemical duel
between Col. Ingersoll, the great expo
nent of the unbelief of the day. and
Judge jeremiah S. Black, the eminent
jurist. Col Ingersoll is master of some
of the most effective arts of the rhetOri-
clan and the popular orator. AS an as
sailant of revealed religion he has more
chance of success in confirming the
skeptical and carrying away the waver-
ing than perhaps any other lnfidel of
modern times. Judge Black is distin-
guished alike for his steadfast faith in
orthodox Christianity and for the power
and skill with which he is able to sus-
tain any cause. in which his convictions
are enlisted. He is accustomed to con-
tests in the arena of public discussion
and to the use of all the weapons of
controversy by which men are con-
yince6; he is. familiar with the argu-
ments that have been used by the de-
tenders of his cause, and he has the
nerve and vigor of born disputant.
Col. Ingersoll has made his attack in the
Review and sustained it with all his
force as an aggressive assailant. Judge
Black has taken up the challenge as the
champion of Christianity. 1t is we'll
that the daring infidel should be called
out and that he should be met by such
an antagonist. Of the merits of the bat
tie it is for an interested public to judge.
Other articles in the August number
of the Review are: Obstacles to Annex
alton, by Frederic G. Mather; Crime
and Punishment in New York. by Rev.
DR.. Howard Crosby: A Militia for the
Sea, by John Roach; Astronomical OBJ
|servatories, by Prof. Simon Newcomb;
and The Public Lands of the United
States. by Thomas Donaldson.
HARpER's MAGAZINE for August con-
tains the conclusions of three serial de-
scriptive articles well adapted to the
season. These are Mr. Aldrich's re-
markably terse and entertaining account
of "a Day in Africa" at Tangier, Mr.
brakes third paper on "The White
Mountaine," and Mrs. Champney's pic
turesque sketches from Portugal. or as
she calls it. az Neglected Corner of Eu-
rope" The frontispieee, engraved by
Cole, is one of Mr.. Abbey's most success
full sketches. 1t was suggested by an
accompanying poem. "Almond Blossom,
by Miss Margaret Veley. A humorous
Georgia sketch, "The Various Language
eS of Billy Moon," by Mr.. Richard NJ.
Johnston, deserves attention. The York
town celebration occurs in OOctber, and
an elaborately illustrated paper on THE
Surrender of CORVALLIS" by Mr.. II. P.
Johnston, will put readers in frame
of mind to appreciate the celebration.
An article of wide practical interest is
Mr.. Frederic G. Mather's "Water Routes
from the Great Northwest" which is
timely in view of the opening this
week of the new Welland Canal. The
routes by the lakes and the ST. Law
renee, by the canals, the Mississippi and
the railways are all carefully considered. |
Mr.. Mather concludes that the new Wei
land Canal will not meet the expecta-
tions of it's projectors, and that the Erie
Canal, if it is made what it should be,
will remain the cheapest transportation
route to the seaboard.
I.IPPNCOTT's MAGAZINE for August
is capital number for midsummer
reading The illustrated articles are
"a Glimpse of the Cumberland Border"
the first of two papers, descriptive and
anecdotical, by Miss Rose Kingsley,
daughter of the late Canon Kingsley
"The Home of the Giant Squid," by c.
F. Holder, which is nautical piece;
and the continuation of DIR. Oswald's
excellent and entertaining series on
geological Curiosities." Anew Ground"
by S. NJ. A. Collins. is graphic sketch
of labor and field life on Tennessee to-
hn Dansia,, nff3
and New York's Fresh Air Fund" are
timely papers, full of noteworthy de-
tails; "On the Wrong River" by c. F.
Johnson, Jr., is the narrative of an excl
ting adventure in the Adirondacks;
Housekeeping in North Carolina is a
bit of personal domestic experience.
Captain Puts Novel," by Susan B.
Long. and "Santa Lucia" by J. d. j.
Kelley, are effective and wellconstruct-
ed stories. "Crack -o--Doom" is brought
to conclusion, and is to be followed by
a new serial, 10y Sherwood Bonner, which
will begin in the September number and
run to the close of the year.
GoDEY's LADY's Book for August is
a beautiful issue of this old favorite,
and is fully adapted to the midsummer
season. The COlored Fashion Plates
form picture worth having, and the
Steel Plate Illustration, from design !
by barley, is alone worth the price of
the book. There is novelette, by Mrs.
De Bubna entitled "A Midsummer Dra-
ma" which makes a very pretty love
story. and the usual rich array of short
-r stories, poems, and sketches; Recipes,
Puzzles, Games, and the ever reliable
Fashion and Work Departments. richly
Illustrated. There is also given a Dia-
gram Pattern for lady's evening bodice.
Any of our readers who do not take the
Lady's Book can be supplied, promptly
Dy leaving their orders at this office.
rhe publishers agree to start su55crip-
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