The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-03-30
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BlackwoOd's Magazine for March, lust
republished by The LEONARD SCOTT
PUBLISHING Co., Al Barclay Street, New
York, is largely devoted to reviews Of
books. Martins Horace" is, perhaps,
the most interesting of these notices,
as it gives a Geographic sketch of the
poet. Lord Crawford and the House OF
Mar is more historical in its tone, and
in "the story of Elyne Of Mar and the
Countess Isabel" explains the cause Of
the adjustment of the ancient earldOm.
Besides these we have descriptions Of
four new novels; one by new author,
=. IL. ShorthOuse; the others by our old
friends Henry James, Jr., Gerard, and
and BlackmOre. THE Fixed Period"
has really come to an end, and so haR
the pretty little story begun last month.
western Wanderings" describes some
pretty rough travelling from Deming, to
New Mexico, to New Orleans, and thence
to st. Domingo and the other West In
dia islands.
THE CENTURY FOR APRIL
A remarkable paper in the April
Century, is Nine. RagOzin's Rus
sian Jews and Gentiles." The writer
is Russian lady, now living in
New York, and the paper is written
from Russian point of view." A
reply to Nine. RagOZin is to be contrib
uted to the May CENTURY by Miss Emma
Lazarus, who, in this number, has a
BeacOnsfield a Representative Jew?'
OF the serials: Mrs. Burnett makes a
decided advance with her novel,
Through One Administration" Mr..
HOwelPs Modern Instance" takes his
young married couple to Boston,
touches lightly on the fOibles of young
married people in general, and intro
duces Bartley to Boston journalism.
The third of Mrs. Mitchells papers on
sculpture is devoted to "The Age Of
Praxiteles." "Tunis and its Bey," by
Ernst Won Hesse-Wartegg, is popular
account, drawn from personal expert
ence. Some American Tiles" is the
title of paper, by Frank d. Millet, de-
scriptiye of processes and results of the
Chelsea (Mass.) Tile Works. Mr.. Rich
ard Grant Whites second paper on the
"Opera in New York." is readable one.
The remainder of the body articles
are light, and include a short story of
New Mexico, "Ninita," by Thomas A.
Janvier. "The Blessings of Piracy" by
Edward EgglestOn, a satiTical treat
ment of the question of international
cOpyright; and paper on oddities Of
Southern Life" by Henry Watterson.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
In the North American Review for
April, 30 Lafayette Place, New York,
Gov. Eli H. Murray, of Utah, treats of
the existing crisis in the political for
| tunes of that Territory. An article en-
titled "Why they Come" by Edward
Self, considers the many important
| questions connected with European
immigration to this country. DR.. Henry
A. Martin, replying to a recent article
by Henry Bergh, defends the practice
of vaccination. +. l.. GOdkin has an ar
ticle on "The Civil Service Reform Con-
trOversy;' Senator Riddleberger on
"BOurbOnism in Virginia." and General
Albert OTdway on "a National Militia"
There is paper of extraordinary inter-
est on the exploration of the ruined
cities of Central America. The author,
Mr.. Charnay, has discovered certain
monuments which cOnclusiveIy prove
the comparative recentnesS of those
vast remains of a lost civilization.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
The Popular Science Monthly" for
April, d. Appleton & Co., 1, and 8,
Bond Street, New York, opens with the
Chinese question, by Gerrit L. Lansing,
under the title of "Chinese Immigration
A Sociological Study" "The SchOlas-
tic Prelude to Modern Science" by H. ID.
Macleod, is a graphic sketch of the CON
ditiOn of thought in the middle ages. A
paper edited by !, Professor GOldwin
Smith, entitled "Hks Science yet found
New Basis for Morality?" Fossil
Seeds" by Stanislas Meunier, and
Preece's "Recent Wonders of Electric
fty," are readable papers. Mr.. B. v.
Abbott furnishes a paper on Modern
Explosives" There is an admirable ae-
count of "The Germ Theory" by Pro-
Dean Swift's Disease" by DR.. BuckniII.
Professor Grant Allen diseOurses on
'Hyacinth-Bulbs," and NJ. Oudemana
gives an account of the "Javanese Cal
endar." Chapter ii of "The Mountains
of the Moon" fairly begins the story of
their remarkable Inhabitants. The de-
partments are of the usual fulIness and
| excellence,