The Ottawa free trader., 1883-03-31
nos; The Econ. meal Function Of Wee,

mating The worsrr elements; The Progress
OF the b wk honed Family, pres .n'a'ion
% Tie Iie history Of the yer ebrates, Gun.
o,lt.es Of Superstition, concluding afticl"
uu that topic b, Dr.. Oswald; Percep'lonti
Insanlt,e-, II valuable paper 10y DR.. W. a,
Hammond; Dwarfs and Grants, IN which
Dr. ID Glf curiously compare The pow
er- of ln,rcls with those of the larger ami
mas; Tn- CenSns of the Forests, in which
Mr \ II . Eg lie ,t,n slrveys the devasla-
lion Of our WOO Hands rs revealed 10y the
ccnsu4; The Origin of the Donkey; Specu.
latiuns nu the Nature uf Mater; and The
Lc.al Status of Servants A portrait and
vcry readable sketch are gwen Of the late
Increase Allen L'pbam, OF Wisconsin, !;
nnd the editorials are able and interesting
a. usual.
Sr. NICHOLAS Century Co. New York.
50 30 year) The ApuI number opens
scnspnanly with "a beautiful i'rnntisplece,
'Snow in Spring time" and some charm
ing priup ,Idc verscs, called "lhe Sum
Mons followed by u funny April Fool
S.prv. Then comes dcnghtiuI story call
ed "Tnr SAD Little Prince" and an inter
rsring account of Chinese Lite in CaIlior-
nin. "FhIng Wilton, Wings" describes
how some curious animals Oveic"me the
attraction of gravi alton; and Mr. DE Cost
smith tells the boys how they can make
.hcap and scrvl, cable boat OF paper. Lu-
india u. Hale tells touching true story OF
how an American mo'hcr and her son
we're LIFT alone and without friends IN
Rome, ana T. J. Wheeler describes Boh's
" onderful Bicycle, showing it to have
zen remarkable machine indeed. Frank
r. Stockton's Story of Vi'eau comes 10 n
close, and Mr.. TrowDridge, in his Tnk-
ham Brolheis, gets the boys INTO serious
predicameni. The number is adorned by
one OF Franc's's funny pictures, and has
many other illustrated articles tbat we
have not named.
WIDE AWAKE. Cd. Lothrop II Co,
Boston. So so II year, The most att-ac-
tive article in the April number is the ac-
C cunt Of John Angeles Visit to the Water
Color Exhibition, W III some thnty Illus
trations. Long installmeCts are glveRRl
both The Silver City, and Old Caravan
Diys; Par, of Madame Gla IS more en-
than natural history stories usu
ally are, aud Mrs. Spcer's Lecture Oh
Food is witty and to the point; as is also
Norah Pcrry's story for grown up glrls
The fruntlspiece, "A full page engraving,
Clarice, illustrates Margaret Sldney's Eas-
ter poem. Another iulI page picture Illus.
,Iatrs Mrs Browning's Mother and Poet
aud another is for Lucy Larcom's Jack in
tie Swamp. Edward Everett Hale talks
of The United States OF Europe; Miss
Harris writes of Charles Kingsley; Prof.
Sargent talks to the boys about Running
and Jumping; &c, &c.
IuRENoLoGICAL JOURNAL. (Fowicr x
Wells New York. $500 year, The
April number opens with excellent sketch
es of Wagner and Dore, with portraits.
Then comes finely illustrated Trip on
the St Lawrence; followed by dlsCrimi
mating essay on William Cullen Bryant
aud his poetry. Othernotable articles are
Character of Lady Macbeth, A True Ghost
Story, A Dutch Lady Doctor, and The
Trance State. These, with Kitchen Leaf.
cts Notes on Science and Agriculture,
&c, make up an unusually at.
ractive number
BRAINARp's MUSICAL WORLD. g.
Brainard's Sons, Chicago $3.50 a year,
We have in the March number portraits OF
Mrs. Langry OF Wagner and Paganni,
With sketches Of these noablllues. Besides
which the leading musical events Of the
world, as well as home gossip, are ably
handled in the edi,oria! department by
Prof Karl Merz, whose fine reputation as
teacher and writer are well known. ln
ddition, we have IA pages of sheet music,
lone worth d. uble as much as the number
osts.
NOTES From the new addition OF
tIcssrs Geo. Z. Rowell q Co.'S American
Newspaper Directory, which is now in
,rcss, it appears that the newspapers and
,erlodIcals ot all kinds Issued IN the Unit
d States and Territories now reach the
total of II, 1876. This Is an in
reasC of 5Sj in twelve months. The most
emarkable change has occurred in the
In which the daily papers
ave grown from 43 to 63, and the week.
les from lG9 to 2l3-DakOta being the
hict area of activity.
We are in receipt of a very able address
N Law Reform delivered III January be
ore the State Bar Association, al Spring
eld. It deserves to lie carefully read by
he members Oi our legislature now in
essiOn.
Sibley Il Co, the Rochester, New York,
eeGsmen, send US copy of their hand
omely printed and illustrated Gram and
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