The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

HAEpKE's MAGAZINE. CHarper Il Bros,
New York. 81 u year The February
number opens with a frontispiece engrav-
ing from Boug hton's Royal Academy pic.
turo The Frozen Fountain" Mr.. Writ
Skies, our consul nj Cardiff, in profusely
illustrated article, describes the wild
Welsh Coast" In the second part of his
Artist Strolls in Holland" George II
Boughton is full OF quaint and interesting
pictures Of Dutch life and manners as seen
in the windmilly Zasndam and the Isle OF
Narken. Professor Herbert Tuttle, under
the title of German Political Leaders,"
contributes u valuable article on the Ger
man Reichs,ag or Diet, with sketches Of
the party leaders. The article is finely
illustrated by Remnant. Geo. n. White
gives many interesting "reminiscences Of
W hitter in his Local Association Of
Whittier's Poems" The serials, "Shapdon
Bells" and FOR the Major" are contin
ued, aud there are couple of very good
thort stories. There Is the usual install.
ment Of poems, and George William
Curtis, In tho Easy Chair describes the gay
winter season In New York; discusses
Tennyson's new play; notices the recently
published lite and letters of Lydia Maria
Child; and rays graceful tribute to the
late Anthony Trollope. The Literary
Rsoord and other departments, including
an admirable Draeer, are full, as usual, of
timely and interesting matter.
TIE CENTURY MAGAZINE. New York.
81 q year, The frcntispiece Of the Feb
ruary number is q portrait of George
William Curtis, to accompany biograph.
zeal sketch Of the celebrated essayist and
CIVIL service reiormer contributed by S. l..
Consnt Miss Emma Lazarus discusses
THE Jewish Problem" Mr.. +. w. Small
ley throws high, on some more important
Features of the New North vest" Ed.
ward r. Peters explains The Evils of our
Public Land Policy" and the Rev. G.
Van Santwood describes a CHARACTERISTIC
scene IN the White House life of Abraham
Lincoln Two articlcs-"Amerlcan E,ch'
ers," by Mrs. Van Rensselaer,, and "Ar.
lists Models in New York" by Miss
Charlotte Adams--are especially notice
able for the number and excellence Of their
pictures. Mr.. Howell begins new
story in this number, "A Woman's Rea-
son." the scene being manly LAID in Bos-
ton The fourth part of the LED Horse
Claim" by Mary Hsllock Foote, IA eightens
the dramatic interest of that story, which
is TO end in the March number. The short
story of the number IL a ianciful tale by
Frank X. Stockton, entitled the Spectral
Mortgage" The poetry of the number is
unusually excellent. In Topics Of the
Times" the evil ways oI many of the
money kings are discussed under the title,
Thieves and Robbers" also, the sensitive.
LESS Of RnglIshmen 10 American criticism,
and the movement 10 have works of art
placed on the tree list of the customs tariff.
Literature, Home and Society, and The
Worlds Work, treat variety of topics.
looks and useful inventions.
PorrL.r SCIENCE MONTHLY. ID. Ap.
pleton Il Co., n. \. 81 year,. The
African IN the United States" by Prof.
Gillian, i'd the frs, and IN many respects
the most important article in the February
number. Tho burden of II IL that the
black population is gaining on that Of the
whites, and that the blacks are, and must
continue TO be, distinct and alien people.
When the blacks have 40 far gained on the