Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-08-31


Win September comes The end of vacation. an
Ideally dsisrminsd % male these By no means ana IL
Its sfskl sIs,,z5 ,si sdisSsr, ared With shor
% s'05iss e clever vss.ss and beautiful % picture Girl
her Name and boys Win read with pleasure the stor,
of"Ipe Marlborough eandsn,, and both girls and
b9{l VII enjoy eserJihins elss n Asmse..ine-
phants, entitled s0ur Largest FriendA" "Jiro-l
japanese Boy" 4 sketch Of boy-llfe IN that curoul
country where ssery-one's birthday. comes on th'
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The astories from The Northern Myths' end In thi,
oS Ss ~ sS y. .s account q shs ssyg q B,ds The
ne Ar and Artists" ef the Eensissaneeis especial
ly bright ind snecdotal.
Mr.. Dodge has long and very intsrssting in,
which Will be eagerly read By al Who have been fol
lowing thefortunes of.thesc two young people.
Among all the verses scattered through the Sep
tember pages, A is enough 70 mention the poem
titled "fhe Cockatoos, By Celia Thaxter, and sThs
Land OF Noddy," quaint. pretty, unconventional
T lullaby, by Rosslter johnson. .-s.lf
There are the usual departments, and entertain
ing story, for the little folks OF pig that went sail
ing In ahorse-trough'
number Of The Century was received s not likely 10
be withdrawn from It's successor, the current issue
which numbers among Its special features hne por.
fSontspiecs, n 70 sceompsns sas cha CHARMING S paper
(by Mr.. W. d. Howellsh on the humorist and his
American rivals vigorously critical review Of the
war in Egypt BY General George B. Mcclellan, with
forecast Of its probable results an important pa,
per BY Austin Dobson, the poet on Bewick the great
wooG-engraver, with many illustrations, including
reprints Of the most notable Of his BIRDS quadrupeds
best wood-cut printing; biographical sketch OF the
late Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by his friend, Edmund
w. G0sse, with portrait; humorous short story,
reasonable sketch OF the development Of ocean
steamships, illustrated; e. v. Smaey's second pa
per on "The New Northwest giving account OF q
recent trip along the proposed line OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad, across the Montana Rockies, and
written IN entertaining way, from the prospectors
point OF view, and accompanied by map; beautt-
full portrait engraved BY Cole Of the American lady
sketch Of her fe and her relation to the novel:
illustrated travel article on "Ningpo and the Budd
hist temple by Constance Gordon-C Cumming;
sEetSa Of The II Academic Sareer , Of sxPrssidsnt
grayed by Cole and Shussler, Of the bust, BY st.
Gaudens, and the statue by Weir, and reproduction
Of the gold medal recently presented to Dr. Woolsev
Maiue coast town, by Noah Brooks; practical hints
on 'Going abroad for an Education" , editorials on
'Darwin's Attitude toward Religion; .The Courte-
sizes Of Travel and Herbert Spencer in America;
serial NOVELS poetry, book notices. GERS de societe,
dialect humor, new Inventions, etc.
In the September Wide Awake George +. Barnes
shows very beautiful drawing as frontlspiece for
Mrs, Champney's charming Morse story, '1he Castle
fthe Winds" and Mr.. Champney has fine, full
page illustration for Mrs. Evans humorous story,
show Elbridge Grey Played Little Boy Blue"
James Otis gives phase of his late travels In Florida,
under the title Of "a Young Alligator Catcher"
There is also another Southern sketch, "a Little
Texas Nurse Girl" with good drawing by the
Georgia artist, J. H. Moser. Long installments are
given Of the serials ssThe Trojan War and "Lost
Among the Savsges and for the latter Bolton Jones
has made some good drawings. Mr.. Talbots COM
edy ssNo Questions Asked" Is evidently approach
ing some remarkable crisis Miss Harris "Wild
Flower Paper No. VI" is full of color and fragrance
and Miss Humphrey has given 1t several
beautiful illustrations. And II not for all these
charming things In prose and picture together with
poems exquisitely Illustrated by Miss Lathbuty Ad-
die Ledyard, Taylor. Barnes and Church, this nnm-
Der will be carefully preserved on account Of Mr..
Bertlett's second programme for "A Summer Even
ing's Entertainment,n which contains many CAREFUL
ly prefaced novelists. The Chautauqua Reading
Course for the month concludes the series for the
Chautauqua year; and on the cover is announced
the Reading Course for the year beginning in Octo-
ber. Among the specialties announced we notice q
series Of Health and Strength Papers, by Prof. Sar
gent Of Haryard College,
Only 81. q year. b. Lathrop & Co., Publishers,
Boston. f#