The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-30
LITERATURE.


NopTu AMERICAN REVIEW go Laiav-
cite Place, New York, So year. IN ne
July number President Julius II. oeelye
writes Of dynamite MS Factor IN civil
izatlon", taking of the subject the reassuF-
ing view that dynamiIsm being merely
a SYMPTOM OF present discomfort, is neces
sarily transient social phenomenon.
which will quickly disappear as the lnstltu-
,ions of government are brought more into
harmony with the interests and aspirations
of the masses Of the people. In The Last
DAYS of the Rebellion Northumberland
p. H. Sheridan recounts the operations OF
. the cavalry divisions under his command
during the week preceding the surrender
o. Lee, and offers a highly important con.
tribution to the history o! the late war.
William S. Holman, NJ. G., makes strik-
ing exhibit of THE Increase OF Public
Expenditure" and insists upon the neces-
sity for unceasing vigilance on the part OF
the people les. the burdens OF governmental
mocracy and Moral Progress, by O. b.
rockingham. is philosophic forecast of
the probable outcome of government by
the people themselves" L. r. Brockway,
superintendent of the Reformalory at FL
mira, n Y, points out some Needed Re-
forms in Prison Management" Thomas
Sergeant Perry writes of Science and
the Imagination" Geo. +. Warng, Jr., OF
SANITARY Drainage Elbridge T, Gerry
Of Cruelty to ChIldren"; and finally there
Is Symposium on Church Attendance"
the question whether the churches are
growing to be less OF power for good now
than in former umes-the symposiasts be-
ing "a Nom Church Goer," Rev. Dr. VIM
Hayes Ward, Rev. DR.. James NJ. Pullman,
and Rev DR.. j. II, Rylance.
ART AMATEUR. Montague Marks, %
Union Square, N. Y. "a a year. The
number for July contains pleasing designs
Of buttercups and apple blossoms for
china painting, a charming ponc-lily de-
sign tor embroidery, two pages OF jewelry
designs, a page of monographs, and page
of capital borders tor wood carving. The
work 0! American painters in the Paris
Salon is reviewed, and drawings are given
of fifteen of the most attractive and I'm
portant pictures in the exhibition. An ad.
mirable and copiously illustrated article
on THE Theory and Practice of Pen
Drawing Is alone worth the price OF the
number to the many who are interested In
this humble but useinl art. Other valua-
bic practical articles are those on art teach.
.ng for women in Paris, landscape pant
ing In oil, painting heads on china, wood
carving and wood staining, No one inter.
ested Ii art should fail TO examine the July
issue of this excellent magazine.
The WHEELMAN. (Wheelman Com
pany, Boston, 81 a year, The July mum.
Der opens with Par. II. Of &. A. Hazlett's
sprghsly aud splendldly illustrated series
on "Pedalling in the PIsca,aqua." ii. b.
Hart follows with another Iinely illustrat-
ed article on THE Bicycle in Philadel-
phia" Then we have u paper from the
transactions Of the Royal Dublin Society
on THE Energy Expended in Propellng
q Bicycle" followed by Photographic Tri.
cycling; The Canada Tour; Speeches
made at the l.. A. w. Banquet, &c. The
serial, A Shadow Love, is continued, and
there is capital short story, mir. Cubb
and Miss Margery Come Out Strong"
There are several original poems, with
Editorials, Wheel News &c.
HALLS JOURNAL OF HEALTH. The best
article in the last number is an elaborate
one on Pure Air and Pure Blood" Other
valuable article are: Methods Of Building
Up Health Piles; The Family Table;
Fever; How TO be Young at
Eighty; The Efficacy OF Vaccination;
Sleep; Inheritance. Published at No. 2
Clinton Place, N. Y, at 81 year.
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