The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-08-05
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

favor both with the eXCcllcnCe Oh us iIIuslia'
tons and the interest and Thickness Of its
text. The irontispiccc Is splendid portrait
:. of Richard Wagner, by Cole, accompanying
an interesting paper by John X, q. HaSsard,
"IIow Wagner Makes Operas" "The Personal
History of Garbaldi" is succinctly told by
Mrs. Blanchard; S. G. w. Benjamin contrib,
utes finely illustrated article on steam
1 Yachting IN Americas" Mr.. Il. V. Smalley has
An entertaining article on the New Northwest,
treating of the region west of Fargo along the
Northern Pacific Railroad especially up the
valley of the Yellowstone; and Robert r.
Grant has an amusing brochure, "The Lambs, "
metrlcal satire on Wall Street, In addition
to these there are four fully illustrated papers;
"Thc Borders Of Surrey" by Miss Alice Fem ;
"Thc American Museum Of Natural History"
! Central Park, by DR.. Holder; Some English
Artists and Studios" by Cosmo MonkhOuse;
and can Aboriginal Pilgrimage" by Sylvester
Baxter Then for light reading there are the
short serials, "The Phantom Sailor" by Noah
Brooks; "A Snow Storm" by JohnBuroughs !;
MIR. IIowells serial and Through One Admi-
nistration," by Mrs. Burnett. Besides which
there are poems and the usual departments.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. (New York.
s. year, In the August number Henry
Ward Becchcr writes on Progress in Re!igl-
Gus Thought" pointing out the many iniluen-
ces, social educational and scientific, which
| by degrees are transforming the whole struc-
ture of dOgmatlc belief and teaching L. V.
Powderly, the Official head of the knights Of
Labor, the strongest union of workmen in the
United States, contributes a temperate article
on "The Organization of Labor" The well
known British military correspondent, Archi.
bald Forbes, writes OF "Ihe United States Ar.
N.Y. dwelling more particularly on those
features of our army management which ap-
pear to him to be more worthy of limitation by
the governments of Europe. "Woman's Work
and Woman's Wages" by Charles W. Elliott
is forclble statement OF one Of the most urg-
ent problems Of our time. The author sees no
advantage to be derived from the employment
OF woman in mans work, whether Of brain or
of hand; such employment, he insists, only
reduces mans wages and does not really add
to the total resources OF the whole class Of wor-
kers. In highly interesting essay on The
Ethics of Gambling O. b. rockingham ana
lyzes the passion tor play with rare ingenuity.
"The Remuneration of Public Servants" by
| Frank ID. Carpenter, gives matter for serious
consideration, both to the civil service reform.
ers and their opponents. Finally, there in
paper on "Artesian Wells upon the Great
Plains" by Dr. c. A. White, of the Smithson.
ian Institution.
BLACKwooD's MAGAZINE. UeOnard Scott
Publishing Co., N. Y. So year, The July
number contains The Great African Mystery
"a sem-humorous but pungent overhaullng
of the management of South African affairs by
the Gladstone ministry; Carlyle's Lite and
"Reminiscences rather slashing critlque OF
Froude's I'd volume; The Ladies Llndores-
continuation of the serial of that name; A
Hanson Amateur-a very pleasant short sto-
~; Autobiographies-L Hutchinson and
Alice Thornton Our Food Supply in War
Times The Lights of Maya" Polemc Lam
guage and its Results.
PENN MONTHLY. Penn Monthly Associa-
ton, Philadelphia. $3 year, The leading
articles of the July number are: Result OF
Industrial Art Education IN schools, by Chas.
G. Leland; Gregorlan Plain Song, by Burde,t
Mason History of the First United States
Bank-II, by A. S. Bolles; Basilisks and
Cockatrices, by Henry Phillips, jr There are
besides the usual University contributions,
Brief Mentions, New Books, &c.
PnRENoLoGICALJ JOURNAL CFowler &Wells,
N " sea year. The August number opens
with portrait and sketch ofWiltord Hall, au-
thor of "The Problem OF Human Life" and
has also a fine portrait and sketch Of Garlbal-
Iii, AS well as of Alexander II stephens. Other
articles worthy Of note are: is Conscience In
nate? silk Culture and the Silk Worm: His
torical Problems; Errors IN the Government
of Children; The Pulse and It's Significance;
Kitchen Leaflets. BESIDES which are Poetry,
Editorials, Literary Notes, Mirth, &c,
ST. NICHOLAS. Century Company, n. Y.
r So year, August being the great travelling
month, St Nicholas for the month is made a
! great travel number. lis stories and articles
deal of persons and things all over the world
5 And the stay at home folk dsn pick out a cool
5 corner, when they can find one and 60 from
j. Norway to Turkey, from Egypt to Lake
George, without any OF the worry and incon'
r vcnlence OF boats and trains of stages, sledgcs
y or camels. lIjalmar Hjortii Boycsen tells how
, Burt went whalc.hInting in Norway; Miss
t Lucreta p. Hale of Mrs. Petcrkin in Egypt;
; David kcr contributes nsWatermelUn,
}. Turkish tale; and James Baldwin continues
/ the Stories from the Northern Myths" with
an accoun: of Siegfried Returned to lsensteln
=, accompanied 10y powerful tull page picture
by Blum.
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