The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-02-03
LITERATURE.


HR ART
lock, New York. 81 u year) lhere are
"a large quarto pages to each number ~
Is issued fortnigh,ly and is the only Amefi'
can art journal that is issued oitener man
once a month. The number Tor JAN lo'l
contains, along with great deal oil nrs''
o,ass reading, the following illustrations
European sketches-IIepry W. Chase; A
Forest Intcrior-Dien; Decorative WORK
IN Brass; Fleur de Lis Embroidery fat
tern; Marine Design for Vase Decoration )
Powdered Designs of Daisies and Forget
me.nots for Painting on Plates.
PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL. tFowler q
Wells New York. $2 u year.. The Feb
raary number has very attractive initial
page, giving excellent likenesses Of six OF
the new governors Of states elected last
fall. to.wit: Grover Cleveland, d. r. But
Ter. /. G. Carlisle, Hugh S. Thompson
John Ireland and Gen. Stoneman-Wi'h
brief sketches of the life of each. FOLLOW
ing IRE other notable articles IN the mum
her: Language Its Origin and Relations;
Studies in Comparative Phrcnology; WIN
dows of Character; In Proportion; Her
Thirty fifth Birthday; To Succeed as an
Inventor; X. A. Willard, with portrait;
Morality aud Health, Making New
Stomach; Massage, or Hand.Trea'ment;
How the Brain Does Rest; Notes on Sci
ence; Editorial Notes, &c.
Our LITTLE ONES. Russell Publish
ing Co., Boston. $50 a year. ms
beautiful publication for the youngest
readers gives u brilliant February NUMBER
in which due prominence Is gwen TO the
Valentine season and its many pleasant 49,
soc,a,ions. The illustrations OF the number
average picture to the page, oil OF that
high excellence attained only by this pub
LEGATION, while the reading Is such as
none of the little ones can fail to be de
lighted with.
OUR YouNu PEOPLE is very pretty
sem,monthly that comes to US from
Springfield, Ohio, where 1t is published by
Mast, Crowell g. Kirkpatrick. While 1t
somewhat resembles IN contents and pro
fuse illustration the publication of the
Harpers bearing the same, 1t gives double
the amount of reading for less money.
The INDUSTRIAL MONITOR Is the name
of a new publication commenced at Cbica'
20 by ii. w. Mcclure, devoted to industrial
interests generally. II is very handsome
18page suar'o, to he issued monthly, ut ~
q year. The editor promises that IN the
conduct Of the paper prominence "shall be
giyen to tho markets of raw materials as
we'll as. Of manufactured products. The
local and general conditions OF trade, and
ali questions of public economy will be
duly recognized. The Moniter will not
aim TO be an oracle, but channel for the
most enlightened thought of the country
upon questions affecting the business in
,erests Of Its patrons and readers. In short
It will be conservative, liberal and candid
aiming to give the latest information con
cerning inventions, improvements In
machinery, methods OF business. and to AZ
ford a medium for the expression Of the
best thought upon questions Of civil and
political economy"
WIDE AWAKE. The February and
March numbers Of the Wide Apake con-
tain brace Of articles which a. the critic
Of Boston Budget we'll remarks, may be
said 10 mark an era In the history Of maya
zines for youth" This reference - TO the
papers, "our business boys" by Rev. +. T.
Clark, which contain the gist Of letters
written him on the subject by eighty-thres
business men OF Portland, Me.
A fine feature Of the Wide Awake this
year 10 the use In each number OF some
strong and choice piece of verse from the
English poets, each illustrated by an artist
OF repute. Hevenden's drawing for K,sgs-
ley's Three Fishers, In the January nun.
Der. attracted much attention; and Sand
bans illustration OF Bfowning's How the
Good News was Brought. In the February
number, is equally fine.