The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-21
LITERATURE.


Magazines.
E.RpRR's MAGAZINE (Harper & Bros, New
York S4ayear.) The February number mas
for froutispiece an excellent portrait OF victor
unyo So an accompaniment Of other portraits
Illustrating a series Of personal sketches vi
"French Political Leaders," by Mrs, Anna bow
mau Blake. Geo. P. Lothrop is the contributor
of beautifully illustrated description OF Phll"'
delpbia. It's social features, with sketches OF emil
nen, residents and Of the spirit and pastimes OF
thr Olakcr City. Mr. W. II. Bishop, aware no
doubt of the admitted fact that there is not
couu,rv H. Europe about which our people kho"
so little AS about our next door ncighbor, pro
ceed4 10 give for the general beneht, great
deal Of valuable information about the industry
education, literature and art OF Mexico. "len'
nv Irving at Home" is pleasing sketch by MI
Joseph Hstton, with fine portrait and other IL
lnstratIohs. Mrs Martha j. Lamb contributes
handsomely illustrated paper on the American
Life Saving Service, with reminders OF its pecu
liar petils ard thrilling stories OF remarkable
sbipwrrcks 1.-THE Wilson Industrial school Mis-
sion" IL the subject Of an Illustrated paper by
Miss +. Z. Fryatt Prof John Fiske has paper
NJ, t,,e "Romance Of Spanish and French EXplor-
,rs." W l.. Alden satrizes the juvenile sensa-
tonal literature Of the day; and John H. b. La
trohr contributes some entertaining personal
Reductions of Daniel Webster" In fiction,
the number contains the opening instaliment OF
n serial tale by Mrs. John Lille prudence:
story uf IEsthetic London" which promises 10
prove a great attraction; and there are Two goou
short stories There are half dozen new poems;
aud the Editors Drawer presents the new feature
oflutroducing contributionsfrome eminent Ameri-
Gan humorists, in addition to which there Is the
usual variety of facetous anecdotes.
L,rrELL's LIVING AGE. (Littell & Co., Boston
asa A.ur1 The number for the week ending
January l4th contains the following notable art-
eles:
Csrlyle's Ethics, Cornhill Magazine; Two STU
dents in Dante Contemporary Review; Englsh
Ratire in the Nineteenth Century, trazers Mag
azinr: KIoto Fortnightly Review; Fairies, Satur.
day Review together with the conclusion OF
Kademoiselle Angelo, and the usual amount OF
new volume, New subscribers can begin with
Abe volume.
For nfty.two numbers OF sixty -four large pages
each Tor more than $500 pages year,, the sub
serption price tsS) slow
WIDE AWAKE, D. Lothrop & Co., Boston.
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The holiday issue, is as beautiful as Santa Claus
himself could have made it. The frontispiece,
"Wnter Birds" is a picture that deserves franz
ing; and scarcely inferior to it is "Thc Fairy
Grew" as handsome a fairy picture as ever was
drawn The number opens with story by Ed
ward Everett Hale, "Asaph Sheafc's Christ
mae" and is followed by most readable article
BY Amanda b. Harris on Christmas Cards, splen
didly illustrated. Then comes the long talked OF
serial by a boy, "Their Club and Ours" with H.
lustratIons by Bodhsh and the other serial,
"From the Hudson to the Neya;" and then fol
low seven beautifully illustrated Christmas po-
ems; with stories by Margaret Eytinge, Sophie
May, Mrs Cathcrwood, Mrs. lSusan Power, Mr..
Arthur Gilman, &c, while Mr.. Edward Everett
Hale goes on with his popular To-day" talks
OUR LITTLE ONES. (The Russell Publishing
Company Boston. Sl.50 year, The January,
OF Holiday number, is worthy Of laudaton IA an
honor to American art for IN point of bright
ness aud beauty Of its cngravings, not even
ihosc OF Harpers or The Century Magazine
equal It.. We know this is putting it strongly,
but if the reader doubts 1t, let him buy copy
Of Our Little Folke and compare.
Co., New York. Sl.0O YEAR, The ladies, who
have been hcsitating on the threshold OF the new
year about the cut of their next new dress, can
now give their orders; for the February Delined
tor is issued and tells them all about the prevail
Ing aud incoming fashions. There is no high
en- authority than the Buttricks on such
questions.
NOTES.
The North American Regie,c will present in its
y brulry number, to be published on the 10Th OF
tns present month, Part III. OF its series of art
el,s IN 1.-THE Christian Religion" II will be
from me pen of Geo. p. Fisher the eminent pro
{ .u Of ecclesiastical history in the Yale Divini
~ 5,aool, as thorough scholar and as able q
r. der OF the Christian faith as this country al
fn,ds A powerful presentation Of the claims OF
Christianity is expected.
/; il not generally known that the New York
Tile Club lately discovered the genuine and origi
n4i -ea-serpent For the irst time in history
this natural wonder has been seen by persons
qualified TO make exact drawings Of its appear
d "a. Three artists Of note namely Messrs.
Gtf,rd, Quartly and Hopkinson SMITH will pub
l,-h -eparate portraits of this famous creature In
tae ndwinter number of the Century Magazine.
The February WIDE AWAKE will contain an ar
icle likely to interest adults and young folks
alike: Jacob Abbott Among Children" To-
tytner with interesting glmpses of his family
i,ie, 1t gives many Of his unpublished letters TO
bis grandchildren.
.ohn p. Morton tS Co., Of Louisville, KY,
sends us a copy of the Western Farmers Alma
nac for 1882 It contains, besides all that usual
" pertains TO well equipped almanac, about 50
closely printed pages Of valuable agricultural
snstter. Cheap enough at 10 cents.
The Council Fire. well conducted publication
at Washington City In the interest OF the Indi.
ans, changes its form with the January num-
Der from that. OF an ordinary newspaper folio