The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-13
LITERATURE.
Periodical.

l. New York. " year, iuc A"''"' "
ber for 1883 contains an extra supplement
10 the shape OF handsome calendar deco
rated with set of tiles, which, being III
, outline, may be easily adapted. Ihe o'he'
illustrations comprise fall page land
scape, by w. Ii. Drake, n rising young At
ust q dainty figure piece, by De Nitis, ano
AN attractive marine subject treated in tho
charming French manner. Etching, no"
becoming so fashionable, receives due AZ
uon in a careful discussion Of Seymour
q Haden and his critic, and Hawthorne's
posthumous novel, doctor Grlmshaw," II
brightly reviewed. Attention Is, perhaps
most attracted by the careful review OF th'
present status of Industrial Art Educator
in this section of the country, the extraor
binary success of MIR. Leland's expert
ment In the Philadelphia public schools
having made this suject prominent In al
well-lnformed educational circles. Arts
ans we'll be interested in the fragments o.
a.. ornaments for the use of cabinet makers
which, with the fresh and interesting Note'
ard Queries Department, complete this
initial number.
THE DIAL. Dansen, McClurg ~ Co.
Chicago. $3.50 a year, The January
Dial opens with finely written spprecia-
tive review OF very interesting volume
recently issued under the auspices OF thu
Chicago Historical Society, written by
George Flower, entitled a"Hlstory of thu
English Settlement in Edwards County, II
LIMOS, Founded IN 1917 and 1918 by Nor
rls Bi-beck and George Flower Other
able reviews follow OF the recently pub
lished Life and Letters of Francis LIE
ber," OF the times of Gustav Adolph," by
Topelius, of symond's 1.-THE Renaissance
IL Italy," and of other late books of I'M
portance; supplemented with the ususI
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full variety Of stories, poems and articles,
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The frontisplece and opening poem
"Babys First Step" will appeal to every.
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