The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

tyr BRtrIsH QUARTERLY REVIEW. (fepriht
N Leonard Scott Publishing Co., New YORK. -
4, resrA The April number contains nine pa
,ars. as follows: |. ongregationalism being
rep,y to objections against Congregationallsm'
on the ground that the affairs oil the churcn arc
ehe affairs of the individual members OF the
church. .. "Salmon Fisheries"-in England ana
Ireland. 8. "The Masora'--being an inteiligl'
BE account OF the labors OF the Masorets, VINO
supplied the old Hebrew text OF the Biole win
its vowel system, punctuation, &c = MI
Hsrdy's Novels "--a favorable review. D.
aSchleman's Illos"--a rather skeptlcai exam
nation of Schlieman's work, with expressions "i
doubt as to his site OF Troy and historical Homer
g "The Bane of English Architecture" T. 'lhe
irish Land Question" s. "lndepency and the
STATE Q. Contemporary Lterature"-a brief
review Of the principal new publications OF the
quarter.
This Review Is one of the series published by
tie shove named Company by special arrange
mens with the English publishers. The others
arc the London Quarterly, the Edinburgh anc
HE Westminster. These publications represent
he highest class Of periodical literature ana
keep their readers well posted Ia the results oil
modern thought, discovery, experiment, ana
achievement. Their popularity lie attes'ed by
The frequent extracts which form the staple OF
other publications; but here we have the far
more satisfactory presentation Of the originals
- complete forms.
AMERICAN AoRIcULTuRIsr. Orange Judd "
60, New York. 81 80 year, There Is certaiS
~ no other publication in the country devoted
70 the great agricultural and horticultural In
,erests of the country that is more copious and
instructive In It's contents than the Ansricda Ag
-s1ilturist or that is 80 abundant and admirable
in its illustrations. One feature Of IL we have
always admired It's merciless exposure of i'm
posture and bumbug. In the May number, just
received the vast amount OF imposition aud
suindling that are practiccd under the name Of
electricity, magnetism and galvanism receive a
yell meritcd castigatioD. The contents through
out are sprightiy, seasouabIe and valuable.
Notes
ENGLISH SKY LARKs IN AMrRIcA.-Mr. John
Burroughs, In his "Notes OF a Walker" IN Il re.
cent number OF Scribper's .Hdqn>dH, described
the delight with which he heard stray English
sky.lark, which had evidently either escaped
from u cage, or was a survivor of those which
sere liberated in Long Island several years ago.
He suggested that there was mo reason why
the lark should not thrive in this country AS well
IS in Europe" Acting on this suggestion, Mr..
Charles r. Rowe, OF Cornwall. England, an en-.
thusias,ic adrrcr Of Mr. BURROUGHS writings,
has sent him u number OF English sky larks,
which arrived in New York on Saturday last and
have been forwarded TO Mr. Burroughs at ESQ.
pus on the Hudson, where they will be set
free.
PRIZES AwARDEp.-D. Lothrop & Co, Of Bos.
Ron, whom we mentioned month or two ago
NJ offering prizes for book cover designs and
magazine drawings, announce that the compe-
ttion was lively, extending even to Lond,n aud
Psris, and that the following among other
awards have been made:
For cloth cover Of homnd volume %, 0'r,Si6r
Sound volumes of the Wide Awake, 800 to same;
Tor color design for cover of bound volume of
9abyland, 300 to Miss Rosina Emmett OF New
York. In addition to the prize designs, Mcssrs
Lotbrop & Co purchase many OF the more merl-
torious drawings, which will appear In the fall
publications of the firm.