Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-23
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The Tribune Almanac is the most valuable publication of it's kind, and is especially ap- preciated in newspaper offices. It is edited by Mir. AcPherson, now the clerk of the House of Representatives. The present number, in addition to the late election intel ligence, lists of national and State officers, and of members of Congress, contains some interesting new matter. The census of the United States by counties is the most i'm portant addition but what will interest most people almost as much is MT. Cox's table of 1 the apportionment of representatives among the States.
 Lippincotts Magazine for February opens
 with an illustrated article, the first of two,
 entitled "On the Gold Coast" The writer,
 Mir. Barton D. Jones, was sent by the Secre- l tary of the Interior to examine the govern
 ment IaJ.ds in that region and the informa- tion he g.ves is novel and interesting. Dr. Felix s. Oswald has another article on Ami nal Pets. enliyened with anecdote and charm ingly illustrated. ''The capture of Derne, by Charles Burr Todd, revivss an almost forgotten episode in American hlstorv,-the expedition against Tripoli under General
 William Eaton, whose letters and diaries, as cited in the article, bear testimony to the adventurous spirit in which the, enterprise was conceived and the difficulties amid which it was carried on. ''An Afternoon in Rome" and frontier sketch, "For Life" by Helen Campbell, are highly readable papers. There is good deal of entertaining fiction, and the number as a whole is an excellent one.
 The February number of Harper's Mug asine contains several light descriptive ar tieles: "A Clever Town Built by Quakers," in which George Parsons Lathrop ''does" Philadelphia; 1.-The American Life-Saving Seryice;'' Commercial, Social and Political Mexico" by W. H. Bishop, which shows that there is an industrial if not a political daybreak coming. Other illustrated articles are French Political Leaders" a group of short biographical studies. and Henry Irving at Home," by Joseph Hatton-a pleasant talk with the actor, chiefly about his own career and an incidental description of his home Mir John H. B. Latrobe tells in Personal Recollections of Webster" some anecdotes that are made timely by the ob- servance of the centennial anniversary of Webster's birth. The especial attraction of the number is the beginning of Prudence" & story of ssthetic life in London. The it. lustrations are drawn from London life by Du Maurier.
 The February Atlantic opens with four page poem by Whittier entitled '"The Bay of Seven Islands" The magazine also contains two additional chapters of Mir. Lathrop's story, ''An Echo of Passion," and the open ing chapters of ''The House of a Merchant Prince" serial story by W. H. Bishop. Miss Sarah Orne Jewett contributes another of her delightful New England stories enti- tied ''Tom's Husbane Apropos of the centennial of Daniel -Webster's birthday, Henry Cabot Lodge writes a very just and excellent paper on his career and character. E. P. Whipple contributes critical essay on Richard Grant Whites works. Edith M. Thomas has 8 charming outdoor paper en- titled 'tEmber Days" Herbert Futile des- cribes ''Some Traits of Bismarck" Other articles in the number are MT. Dugdale's pa- per on ''The Origin of Crime in Society ;" an article on "The Refunding Bill of 1881 poems by George Parsons Lathrop, Owen Winter and K. G.; reviews of several impor- tant recent books and the Contributors Club.