Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-03-03

Lille or the illustrated Sporting an0
I Dramatic News. But when we come
to popular illustrated monthly mag
azines those of the United States are
superior. There is nothing pub
lished in England which can com
pare for cheapness and beauty o.
illustration with Harper's Monthly
or Scribner's, now the Century
Both of these magazines have {
large circulation here, and are
praised on all sides. The style II
which they are printed. the beautl
full clearness of the type, and the eN
quisite fineness of the engravings
are something to which heretofore
the purchasers of magazines in this
country have been unused. The
variety, toe, Of the letter press and
the amount Of, it in each number are
much appreciated. although there Is
much fault found with the peca-
liarities of American spelling and
idioms. Not long since | was talking
with a gentleman. who in speaking
of Scribner, said he had taken it FOL
many years for the sake of Its Illus
trations, but had finally to give ii
up owing to thenumber of gtamMat-
ical errors and misspelled words III
the letter press. They were toe
shocking, he could not stand it.
Owing to the custom in vogue here
with the book sellers of allowing q
per cent on all books and periodicals
Harper's Monthly can be bought foI
nine pence and Scribner for one
shilling. The ehildrens magazine
| Sc. Nicholas, sells for five pence.
The American publishers must
therefore reap there reward in some
thing besides money, for at those
rates there can not be much money
made. Perhaps there is some glory
in having an English market for
their magazines.
There are many papers and peri
odicals published in England. which
have not their like in any other
country. The society papers which
retail the gossip and scandal of the
higher classes for six pence weekly
are amongst the number. The
World, Truth, Life, Vanity Fair, and
Whitehall Review, are the leading
ones One of the most peculiar pa
pers is the War Cry, published by
the Salvation Army. 1t gives full
particulars of the movements and
progress of this prosperous band,
for it is prosperous Notwithstanding
its numerous battles under the lead.
ership Of Happy Eliza" or Sing
ing Sal" The Matrimonial News is
another curiosity, and is probably
invaluable to 'sall those who wish tc
marry" 1t has a large sale es-
pecially after dark 1t is like Town
Talk in that respect for they are pa
pers people do not like to be seen
buying. Town Talk is the paper
which libelled Mrs. Langtry some
two years ago. Its editor was i'm
prisoned at the time, and it was
only on his release some months
since that the paper came into ex-
istence again. It is quite as out
spoken as ever, and is probably the
most scandalous paper on public
sale in any city Of the world. The
Bazaar and Exchange and Mart is
another oddly in journalism. 1t is
given up entirely to advertisements
of articles for exchange. If a man
has a number of old things he
wants to exchange for something
else, ne advertises in the Bazaar Its
very amusing to read over the wants
of the different people The Anti
Vivisectionist, the Bakers Record,
coming events arrangements for the
week. Fishing Gazette, Hairdres-
ser's Chronicle, Licensed Victual-
ler's Gazette, Perruquier, Spiritu-
alist, Friend and scores of other pa
pers proclaim their object by theil
titles.
Before | leave the interesting sub
ject of newspapers, and end nv let
ter which IS fast reaching its pre-
cribed limit l shall mention anoth.
er American aspirant to English ia
vor. The Detroit Free Press, the
weekly edition, is now printed and
sold in London. 1t is quite sue
cessful, too, and the English seem tc
appreciate Brudder Gardner and
Bijah as they deserve to be appre
ciated. The sporting papers, which
before its coming used to Gull al
their funny bits from the Free Press
have now to fall back on their owr
resources. r. NJ.
The Iowa State Leader says: Mer
who blushed in 1881 when The
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