Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-01-17

Mr.. Elhu VeJier, the wrll-known
American artist. lately returned from
Rome. has been working since last sum
mer upon = permanent cover Tor Inc On
f,fry W1gdzins. The new NUMBER. which
il lust completed, il 10 consist, NOT OF Que
design. hut really of tive-fnur OF THIN Tor
the different seasons or the year. sur
rounding each are appropriate emDiem'
for every month IN the year, auh IN etch
will appear an emblcmatical rrmalr h-uie
OF great dignity. The midwintrr cOv"r
will, prrhsps, be- the most striking OF aI,
AS In the background II seen thu Aurora
Borealis. The general color or the paper
OF the present C1ver viii ne prrScrVcd,
whilst the ink will be OF 4 sOm"whaL deep
er tint. and the general missing ot tue
letters will also be retained: otherws' =,
the design il entirely fresh aud original
The leading article in tn North 1D'.r-
lean Rericic FOR January, contains IN" jndS-
m-nt, OF five Of the most distinguished
American authorities upon Ia" Moral
Responsibility OF the lu-auc. Just nj
present this subject occupies very prom
in-nt place In the minds Of the American
people but quite apart frhm IL III 'meht-
~ interest, A. connected with III" 'Niripr-
binary trial now in progress AT Washin2-
ton. the problem of drtrrminln. tn" fact
OF insanity, and 1xing the limits OF fe'ppr-
-ibilty OF the in>sn". i one that IN it>rlt
possesses An Irresistible attraction Tor cy-
rrv generous mind The wreck aud ruin
nf Intellect sppellS At oncr L" our highest
>ymp,ihirs. and Ia whntrv'r Is n'hl u 10
human curiosity. The au - selected
for the discussion ni this >ub tct are Dr.
Beard and Srguin. of NV lhik, Dr. e.
well, Of Clr,clanI. DR. jewell, "f Chicago,
and Dr. Folsom nf Boston. The other ar
tici-s In IN" January number o. the Rrr,''r
are ~ follows. The NV Political Ne
rhiur." by VIM Martin Dickson: shall
WOMEN Practice N"dirin" Z" toy Or Mary
Putsam jacob; " The Geneva Award AMI
the Insurance Comptnir>, by q Il. Cole;
and a Chapter OF CoufcdaI'ie History,
by +. G.. Ruiiln The auuounr' meut Is
made that the Frhrutr, NUMBER ni thu
R,rie,r, 10 h. i>sue'l jimmy ljtn. viii
contain Part III nf the "Chri-tru RrlIg
ion" series of srticl : and that II = u be- a
very able defence OF the Christian faith.
The ID cemb r At'GRiic % itlns the
closing chapter. Of Mr. I"w'lis'- and Mr.
James, stories, which for mouths have
been such notabl. features Of this maya
zine. An article Of peculiar interest Just
now, In view of the trial 81 Guit"au j. that
upon British State Assas>in> and the De-
Tense of Insanity by James w. Clarke.
Miss Harri,t ". Preston, que of the most
delightful OF American e>sdyi>tS, contrib
utrs a charming article entitled AT Can
terhury." Mr.. Richard l. Dugalc cOntin.
urs his psprrS on Social Science with one
on the Origin of Crime 10 Society not =
very pleasant subject. hut one which good
citizens may very probably consider. so
ciaistS in a German University, by Will
| lard Brown, is Il paper that Will be- read
with no little interest, giving valuable IN
| formation ia regard To the prrva-n e and
diffusion OF socialist sentiments ia the
seats OF German culture. Mrs. katc Gtu-
nett Wells writes an interesting and in-
structiye article on Caste in American
Society" one of the Iudnfic's excellent
short stories is Testers Dover" 10y ).
Al. T.. VI. Other interesting articles are
upon - Shakespeare and B-rloz," by The
odore Child; upon 1.-THE liabitant of Low
er Canads, by Edward FirTer: and poem
by Edith NJ Thomas. The number con
talG.s ttlc u>ull DDbh TthlfNs, anu TIC 1pl-
tributors Club is OF OF more than ordinary
interest, one little essay on "Ol Pcwt-r'
showing the skillful touch and the sim
plicity which characterizes Miss Jewrtts
New England sketches. The atlantic
promises for this year serial stories by
Thomas Hardy, author Of Far from the
Madding Crowd" The Return Of the Ma.
tive" perhaps the first OF living noyeli~ts :;
by Mr. Bishop, the author of - Detmold";
Mr. Laihrop. author Of A Study of Haw
thorne"; and by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
The other departments of the Atlantic
essays, short stories, poetry, aud articles
on timely topics-wiil he OF the same high
order as heretofore; and though the mag
zine does not off-r its readers the special
attraction OF Illustrations. its literary con.
tents are so excellent aud 30 varied that II
commend- itself To- the hearty favor or all
who like and can appreciate the best liter
AZURE. Houehton, Miffin & Co, Boston.