The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-29
Literary Notes.

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The Ladies Floral Guide (New York
City, closes it's eleventh year with
the December number just received.
Its new managers have made most de-
cided improvements with each Issue,
closing the year with the best num-
Der We have ever seen. To lovers
Of the popular Gladiolus, Mr.. Aliens
essay will be rare treat; to Rose
growers the article by Mr.. f. Lance,
of Quebec will repay perusal; but
admiration will centre in the fill
page illustration IF new Rose,
the alpha" given on page 232,
with Its accompanying description
numerous other articles of q floral
nature add to its attractiveness,
while in. the literary departments
there Is much to interest all men,
bers of the household. Wives. moth.
ers, sisters and daughters will duly
appreciate the articles on "IIOme
Decorations with illustrations,
Elbow we trimmed the Christmas
Tree" "What we shall wear and
Household Hints.v The two pages
Of music are welcome features of
this number. Any of our readers
are entitled to a sample copy Of the
Floral Cabinet at half price (six cents)
by mentioning our publication when
they send, and any of our readers
who formerly took the Cabinet may
have sample copy free.
The Agricultural Reuie,o for Novem.
Der contains: "a great belt of
countrY.'' by j. H. r. What ad.
vantages does AN American boy pos
sess e. by Hon. Edward Atkinson;
"Free Trade" by Henry j. Phil.pott,
Esq; "Carp Culture by Capt. NJ.
Pearce: "Blue Hill Farm" by II.
NJ. Smith. Esq; English Calf rear.
ing," by T. Bowick, Esq. Bedford.
England; "Short Horn Cattle" by
Lewis f. Allen, Esq; Protection"
by President Hamlin, Middlehury
College, Vermont; 1.-THE Storrs'
Agricultural School," by Hon. 7. s.
Gold, of Connecticut. "The Objects
and interpretations of Soil Analysis"
by f. W. Hilgard, Prof. of Agricul-
tural, University of California; Notes
on Parasitic Fungi" by Il. j. Bur.
rill, Prof. of Botany and Horticulture,
illinois Industrial University "Some
of the Advantages of Dairy Farm.
ing" by John Gould, Aurora. Ohio;
Mineral Constituents in Plant
grOwt," by DR.. G.. a. Goessman,
Mass. Agricultural College.
The January atlantic is one of the
most brilliant numbers of this maya.
zine ever issued. Several of the
names which appeared in the first
number twenty-five years ago, and
which gave the magazine immediate
fame. reappear in this number. From
Mr.. Longtellow is given the first part,
thirty-tive pages of Il dramatic poem
entitled michael Angelo" The re-
manning parts of this poem will be
given in the two succeeding numbers.
The second installment of Haw.
tnorne's English romance, "rhe
ancestral Footstep.'' continues the
m:,,est exc:;ed by the portion given
in the December NUMBER, and ieepens
our regret that this admirable cut
line was not filled in and perfected
us Hawthorne alone could have done
it; but the portions given are in
themselves complete, and have that
wonderful charm which characteriZes
all that Hawthorne wrote. Those
who remember DR. Holmes inimitable
"AutOcrat of the Breakfast Table"
will welcome with peculiar Zest IAN
Break fast Talk" which, by its
freshness, originality, and humOr,
proves that DIR. Holmes is as brilliant
nc NvI hn no INTO
papers in the first number of the
atlantic. "a Summer Pilgrimage
is a delightful poem by Mr.. Whittier,
as characteristic of his peculiar genius
as anything he ever wrote. Mr..
Warner describes "Wagner's Parsi.
fall" not as a musical critic, but with
a keenness and humOr which make
the article delightful. us anything
from Mr.. Warner is sure to be. Miss
Harriet w. Preston gives descrip-
tiOn ut once learned and thoroughly
of IAN Apennine Valley"
ii. IL. contributes Il travel sketch,
Chance Days in Oregon" L. &.
Wyman, who over the initials s. A.
l.. +. Nj. wrote "a Child of the
State" and some other short stories
which have been noted for their
power and pungency, contributes to
this number story of equal excel
lence entitled "a Stranger, yet at
Home. The admirable series of
"Studies in the South" is concluded
in this number. There are poems by
Edith NJ. Thomas and Maurice
reviews of the latest
books, and an interesting variety in
the Contributors Club. concluding Il
very noteworthy number of the At
lantie. HoughtOn, Miffiin & Co., Bos-
ton.