The daily gazette., 1882-08-19
LlTERATURE.

The Musical Herald for August contains
the usual variety of literary matter, princi-
pally on topics relating TO music and well
known performers and composers. Besides
the most excellent assortment of selected
matter several pieces of new music are
given. The subscription price of the Herald
is but 81. so year. Address the Musical
Herald Co., Boston, Mass.
The current number of The Mechanical
| Ne,cs, published at 10 Liberty street, New
York, by James Leffel u Co., gives full
page of engravings illustrating gold mining
| in Georgia, and an Interesting article on the
same subject Two pages are devoted to
| illustrating a number of new devices recently
patented, besides a large quantity of edi-
torial matter and carefully prepared mechani-
cal and scientific notes. The paper has for
its field manufactures, engineering, milling
and mining, and is published twice month
at 81 year.
The September Century numbers among
its special features fine portrait of Mark
Twain, engraved by Cole, and printed as a
frontispieee, to accompany charming pa
per (by Mr.. w. d. Howells), on the humor-
ist and his American rivals ; a vigorously
critical review of the war in Egypt, by gen
eral George b. Mcclellan, with forecast OF
its probable results an important paper by
Austin Dobson, the poet, on Bewick, the
great wood-engraver, with many illustra-
tions, including reprints of the most notable
of his birds, quadrupeds, and tail-pieees-
which thus receive the benefit of the best
wood cut printing biographical sketch OF
the late Dante Gabriel Rosetti, by his friend,
Edmund w. Gosse, with a portrait hui
morous short story, I" The Col. Bill VIII
liams Nine" by Joaquin Miller a seasona-
| Bile sketch of the development of ocean
steamships, illustrated e. V. Small
ley's second paper on The New
Northwest" giving account of a recent
trip along the proposed line of the Northern
Pacific railroad, acrosst the Montana Rockies,
and written in an entertaining way, from
the prospecter's point of view, and accom-
panied by map; beautiful portrait, en-
graved by Cole of the American lady who
was the original of Rebecca in Ivanhoe,
with sketch of her life, and her relation
to the novel; an illustrated travel article on
| "Ningpo and the Buddhist Temples" by
| Constance Gordon Cumming a sketch OF
| 'The Academic Career of ex-President
Woolsey," by George p. Fisher, with por-
traits engraved by Cole and Shussler, of the
bust, by st. Gaudens and the statute by
Weir, and a reproduction of the gold medal
recently presented to DR.. Woolsey by the
professors of Yale; an illustrated paper on
a Maine coast town, by Noah Brooks /;
practical hints on "Going Abroad for an
| Edueaton;" editorials on "Darwin's Atti-
| mde Toward Religion; ''The Courtesies OF
| Travel, y and Herbert Spencer in America"
serial novels, poetry, book notices, vers dc
societe, dialect humor, new inventions, etc
81. Nicholas for September is bright
sketehy number, filled with short stories
clever verses, and beautiful pictures. Girl
will be interested in''The Doll that Couldn'
Spell Her Name," and boys will reat
with pleasure the story of"The Marlborough
Sands ;" and both boys and girls will enjoy
everything else in the magazine. There i,
an instructive and amusing article on ele
| plants, entitled "0ur Largest Friends
, "Jiro-A japanese Boy" is a sketch OF boy
life in that curious country where every
ones birthday comes on the same day an
Maurice Thompson, the celebrated archer
contributes "The Story of the Arbalist' o
, "Crossbow. !" "The Stories from the Norther
Myths" end in this issue and Mrs Clement
paper on the cart and Artists" of til
Renaissance is especially bright and anecdc
! tai. Mrs. Dodge has long and very intel
esting installment of her serial, "Donal
o and Dorothy" There are the usual depar
a ments, and an entertaining story, for tt
! little folks, of pig that went sailing in
= horse-trough.