The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-27
Magazines.

for frontlsplece charming drawing Dy
Abbey, illustrating William Blacks Ju.
dith Shakespeare. Gibson and Delman
furnish richer illustrations than usual for
Mr.. Roes popular novel Natures Serial
Story there are number of novel and
impressive historic pictures in the third
part of The Great Hall of William Ru-
fus;" and the seventh part of Boughton's
Artist Suolls in Holland is enriched not
only by the authors quaint sketches but by
some effective pictures by J, E. Rogers.
There is also finely illustrated sketch, by
Frank r. Brown, of Monterey, in northern
Mexico; a sketch of the English camp at
Aldershot, with fine drawings; an illus
trated article on Kings College; and an
interesting paper on Copenhagen as asso-
ciated with Hans Christen Anderson, with
illustrations Among the unillustrated pa
perS are Ny Life as Slave" an autobio,
graphy of very notable character; Rem
iniScences of Charles Darwin, with Portrait
by Jas. d. Hague, and an important paper
on Municipal Finance by William Nj.
Wins. There are three good short stories,
several poems, and the editorial depart
ments, as usual are well sustained.
The October CENTURY, preliminary to its
series on Battles and Leaders Of the Civil
War" opens with paper on Lights and
Shadows of Army Life" by George F.,
Williams, the well known war correspon-
dent. Henry Bacon, of the art colony in
Paris, writes interestingly of Rosa Bonheur,
giving views of her studio and dwelling
and one of her wellknown paintings.
Brander Matthews writes friendly criti-
cism of Austin Dobson; DR.. Eggleston
treats of Social Conditions in the Colon
les" with profuse illustrations; Prof. Lang
lev has second paper on The New AS
tronomy," illustrated with numerous dia-
grams; and w. j. Silliman concludes the
account of his journey "On the Track of
Ulysses" for which Harry Fem has made
such charming illustrations. The fiction of
the number embraces story, "BraXton's
New Art" by w. H. Bishop; "The Price
| Paid for Set of Ruskin," by Grace
DEMO Litchtield; and the closing chapters
of " Dr. Sewer" and of Boyesen's novelette,,
A Problematical Character" Eugene V.
Smalley writes up the Occur d'Alene STAN
pede, the latest mining craze; and Wash
ington GLADDEN. shows how the wealth of
the world has been increased by Christi
anity. And there are the usual we'll filled
departments"
THE North AMERICAN REVIEW for Oc-
tober leads off with an article on "Moral
Character in Politics." by President j. H.
Seelye, which the supporters of each of the
presidential candidates in the field say is a
terrible wipe lat the other fellow" but
which really seems to be aimed at Blaine.
Then comes symposium on the bene-
fits of the tariff system by such disinter
ested patriots as John Roach, Prof. H. f.
Thompson, and Nelson Dingley. Other
articles in the number are: "Why Wish
to Visit America" by Rev. Augustus Jes-
sop; "The Philosophy of Conversion" by
o. B. rockingham; THE Origin of Vel
low Fever" by DR.. C. Creighton; "Shall
the Jury System be Abolished 2" by Judge
Robert Y. Hayne; "The Genesis of Ten
nyson's Maud" by Richard Herne Shep-
herd; and "The Development of Machine
Guns" by Lieut.. c, Sleeman.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. In the
opening paper of the October number, Dr.
F. J. Shepherd attempts to clear up certain
alterations of structure in the human sys-
TEN which for centuries were the puzzle of
anatomists by the doctrine of descent and
evolution. Francis Gallon has sugges-
tive paper on Measurement of CharaCter;"
Lord Rayleigh's recent presidential address
before the Montreal meeting of the British
Association, on "The Recent Progress of
Physical Science" Is given in full. Diet
tor the Gouty," in Professor Williams
series on The Chemistry Of Cookery"
" Wages, Capital, and Rich Men," THE
Physiological Aspect of Mesmerism,"
The Morality of Happiness" Conclusion,
"Protection against Lightning, 1.-THE Chol-
era Germ," and "The Origin of Cultivated
Plants" are all fresh, readable and meaty
papers. Professor j. p. Cooke contributes
Further Remarks on the Greek Question"
and the editor keeps up his lively fight
with the classicists for more room and
higher consideration for science in eduCa-
ton
ST NICHOLAS for October opens with
paper historical, critical and practical on
Slang, by Lucia Gilbert Runkles, valuable
to children and parents alike; Miss Lizzie
w. Champney contributes a pleasant &C
count of the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa,
with numerous illustrations; Noah Brooks
has an appreciative sketch of the celebrated
Lotos Club Cat, Dick, with portrait; and
there are several bright stories like Lost
on the Plains" by joaquin Miller; The
Romance of a Menagerie," byJ r. Coryell;
"Lanty O'Hoolahan," an amusing Irish
story, &c. Louisa NJ Alcott tells the last
of her popular Spinning Wheel Stories,
and f. S. Brooks, with Louis of Bourbon"
furnishes his Historic Boys Series; and
there are contributions literary and artistic,
by Mary Hallock Foote, Margaret Vande-
grist, Geo. F. Barnes, Amanda b. Harms
and many others.
THE OCTOBER WIDE AWAKE opens with
a delightful poem by Mrs Mary E. Brad
ley, for which F. II. Lungren has drawn a
charming frontispiece. Other full page
drawings illustrating poems are by St John
Harper and W. L. Taylor, The illustrated
papers of the number are "Old School
Days, ILL.," by Amanda B. Harris, and
" About Other Dwarfs," by Isabel Smith