The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-30

society novel" II porlrays lie ds IL Is IN
the purer and better upper strata OF society
IN Paris and Rome, with VIVID glimpses OF
the Paris salon in It's best aspects and the
haunia of the dlettantc IN the Eternal CITY
Her style is simple and pleasing. There
are no long disQuisltions or moral lectures
that one is tempted to skip, her strcng
point being sprightly dialogue and plenty
OF It, Few novels OF the day will b" read
with more pleasure.
Magazines.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. d. APP
pleton & Co, New York. IS year, Inc
January number offers goodly collection
of articles worthy Of attention from their
interesting character and practical adapta
bilty. Prot. Young, Of Princeton, DIS
cusses "Thc Great Comet OF 1882 from
scientific point of view and shows his ca
pablity of answering questions the pubic
have looked elsewhere in vain to be an
swered. NJ. Foulllee, Frenchman, under
the head OF Scientific Philanthropy, dis
cusses the question OF public charity IN
the light OF the Darwinian school OF phi
losophcrs DR.. G. c. Abbott's Traces Of a
Pre-. Indian People is scientific discus
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est is awake by an author most competent
to treat IT. DR.. Robertss BODILY Deiormi-
ties in Grhood" commenGs itself to pa p
rents and teachers W. a subject OF the llrst
Importance. MI Engle's "rime Keeping
in London" Prof Brooks's speculative
Zoology" and Dr. Mills's Scientific Farm
ing at Rothamsted" are concluded. And
then we have articles under the following
heads. A Mastodon in an Old Beaver
Meadow; Curioslties of Superstition; Her
bert Spencer's Aftcr.Dinner Speech; The
Influence of Education on Observation
Playas and Playa Lakes; Recent Advances
in Photography; Editorials, &c.
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some striking charcoal and pencil sketche
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double page of Salmagundi Exhibitor
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:, year, The December number present
h the following attractive list of contents;
4 Alson's Autobiography; The Ladi'
o Lipdores-Part IX.; Jole; -Four Montl
IN Morocco; Goethe's West Eastern DivaI
A Singular Case; Urbs Roma Vale!-co
n clusion; Notes of I'D Egyptian Campaign
o err; Inscription for Statue of Chelse'
The True State OF the Opposition; Index
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v Boston. SO year, The number for ID
v cember 90 contains:
# Superstition in Already, Nineteenth &c
= fury Girls Lapln, All the Year Roun'
a The Norway Fiords, Longman's; JEWS
II Tales and Jewish Reform, Blackwood'
G Resemblance in Literature, Blackwood'
d The Unpopularity OF Clough, Spectacle
The Wee of Promiscuous Charity, puce
New STANDARDIZATION White,
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