The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-26

THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. (Century
Co., n. y. 81 year, The June number
fairly dazzles with its pictorial beauties
There is a splendid portrait OF Tcnnysor
as tron,ispecc; the paper of Edmund W
W. Goss on Living EHgllsh Sculptors
has several rare full page pictures with nu
merous smaller ones; there is u fine por
trait of Keats, to say nothing of the nu
merous cuts to illustrate III. HIS conclud-
ing paper on the Franciscan Missions IN
California; and Geo. w. Cables accoun,
of the commercial growth of New Orleans
since 1914. Among the solid articles that
OF Professor Bryce on the relations of
Henry James, jr., makes the most Of the
Correspondence of Carlyle and Emerson"
IN critical essay with that caption. Her.
bert Morse enllghtens Us in regard to "1he
Native Element in American Fiction"
and Albert Stlckney finds it necessary to
defend his recent attack on the jury sys
tem.-Mr lIowells has got to the sixth
part IN his serial, "A Womans Reason"
there Is racy story by Prof Beers of
Yale, called Split Zephyr" and the con.
cluson of Joel lIarris's sketch, AT
league Potcct's," IS admirable. There are
poems by Vance Cheney, Edith NJ. Thomp.
son, Francis Hodgson Burnett, III. G.. Bun
ner and others; Topics of the Times
discusses the Irish Question, the Outlook
for Statesmen IN America, our School
System, &c; the new department, "Open
Letters" promises, by its sparkling begin
ming, to be a great success; while the other
departments are up to the usual grade of
excellence
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY Cd. Ap.
pleton Il Co, New York. 50 year, In
the opening article of the June number
DR.. +. j. Shepard enlivens the subject of
Quack and Quackerles by racy sketches of
few of the more famous historical sDeci-
mems. Mr.. Garrett p. Servits writes with
much interest on Magnetic Storms and
sun Spots. DR.. Burt q. Wilder inveighs
against Bergh's proposed legislation
against vivisection in New York. The
Rev. Mr.. Mello has good deal to say
worth reading about Quartz. DR.. Oswald
continues his interesting series on Rene.
dies IN Nature. Herr Frederick Won Baer.
enbach gives characteristic German view
of Herbert Spencer. John Pratt discusses
the much mooted question of the habita-
bllity of the plants Mr. Mattleu Williams
is luminous on the Chemistry of Cookery
Mr.. Gorden A. Stewart invelghs against
the chaos to which independent state leg
islahon has brought our divorce laws; Mr.
III. II. Boyeson views Evolution from po
ctlcal standpoint; Professor Ball discusses
The Nebular Hypothesis; Prof +. Du
Bois Raymond considers the merits of
Darwin and CopcrnIcus; Mr.. r. f. r. by.
er has paper, rich IN quotations and allu.
slons, on Whistllng; and lastly the editor
puts IN his oar on Science, Literature and
Theology, and on IIeber Newton and the
ilcrosy- Hunters.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. New York.
81 a Year, The June number opens with
IA article by Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Chief of
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, on
American Manufacturing Interests" IN
which is given an historical sketch Of the
rise and progress of manufactures in the
United States, and of the agency of tariff
legislation In promoting diversified indus
tries and encouraging the inventive genius
of the people. Should tins authors advo-
cacy of protective legislation prove dis
tasteful, the reader finds the needed corrcc
tive In an article by the Hon. William NJ. |
Springer, on incidental Taxation" which |
Is an argument for Free Trade. DC. Gil |
man, President of Johns Hopkins Univer.
sity, writes of the present Aspects of Col. |
ege Training" as affected by the increase
If wealth and luxury, the development of
natural science, and the Influence OF a
anger religious liberty. Edward Self pre-
ents some weighty considerations on the
Abuse of Citizenship" IN disregard of the
OF American neutrality. Prof
saac l.. Rice criticises some of Herbert
,penccrs Facts and differences" IN social
md political science, and Christine Nilsson
a Few Words about Pubic
singing" Finally, there Is symposium
N The Moral Influence OF the Drama"
he participants being, on the one side, the
Rev. DR. J. NJ. Buckley, well known as an
pponent OF the stage, and on the other,
ohm Gilbert, the actor; A. NJ. Palmer, the.
trIcal manager; and William Winter,
FANATIC critic.
ST. NICHOLAS. Century Company, New
'ork. $3.50 year, The June 50. Nicholas
crowded with pictures, and spproprl- I
lely ushers in summer with an interesting I