The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-01
LITERATURE,
Magazines,

bey and brings f. = Roe's Natures Serlal
Story" with Dielmun's and Gihson> Illus.
trations, within one instalment 81 the con
clusion Mr. Wulden'N picturesque studies
of "The Great Hall ot William Rufus -
also completed in this number, aud the il
lustrations are especially rich, including
three full page plates One Of them Is me
frontispiece of the number Some me art
work is shown in Remnants illustrations OF
"Normap Fishertulk and in Alfred Par
sons study of plant life in A Day with
Sir Joseph Hooker al Kew, the English
botanical gardens, and Gibson's OF "ChryS
antbemums." A paper on Columbia Col
lege, richly illustrated continues Its history
from the reorganization of Hinge College
20 its present remarkable development, An
drew Lang, who is the editor of the English
edition of the magazine, has An illustrated
paper on Sydney Smith Abbey contributes
3 full page Illustration OF Burns'o poem,
ITO u Haggis," F. d, Milet writes on the
recent art competitions, In which he was
one Of the judges and the historian Francis
Parhman on The Acadian Tragedy" in
which was involved the episope of Longfel
lows Evangeine There are two short
stories, and the editorial departments are
unusually well tllled.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. In the No
vember number Edw Everett Hale makes
plea for "Half Time in Schools" which
Is likely to attract serious attention. The
old question, Where are we, and whittier
drifting" is forcibly suggested by another
article in the same number, In which Prof
Gillian discusses THE African Problem
The facts that he gives as 10 the increase Of
the negroes in the United States, their Pc
culiar situation and disposition, and prob
lem they will force upon us in the near fu
ture, call for the grayest consideration The
other articles in This number are: Woman
as Political Factor by Judge Robert c. |
Pitnan; Progress in Naval Armament, by |
Hobart Pasha Friendship in Ancient Pc
etry, by Principal J. G. Sharp; Herbert
Spencers Lates, Critic, by Prof f. L. You.
mans; Over. Illustration, by CharlesT Cong |
don; and Restriction of the Suffrage, by
William L. Scruggs.
THE CENTURY for November begins the |
fifteenth year of the magazine the fourth
under its present nance and also begins the
most extensive enterprise yet undertaken
by its conductors-the recently announced
series of papers on the civil war, by Gene
rails Grant Mcclellan, Rosecrans and 9th
ers in high rank The first paper, on The
Battle of Bull Run" is contributed by Gen.
Beauregard who adds to his description of
the engagement postscript on the subse.
quent conduct OF the war on the COnfeder-
ate side, and his own relations with Jeffer, |
son Davis The illustrations some twenty.
five in number, are largely from photo
graphs made during the war or from recent
sketches of the battlefield, and are by Fem,
Taber, Thurlstrup, Redwood and others
The first part Of The "RecoleCtiOns of a Pri- |
vate" begins with the enlistment of the sol. |
dier, and continues the description of his |
life down 70 and including Bull Run, thus
supplementing Gen BeaureEard'S account
of that battle. The frontispiece is one of
Vedder's illustrations of the Rubaiyat of
Omar khayyauI, the Persian poet, five 9th |
ers of which are reproduced, with text by |
Horace f. SCudder. The Chinese Thea !
ire" by Henry Burden Mcdowell is an en-.
teltaining paper, with striking drawings by |
T. Wores and Kenyon Cox, the latter OF
whom writes and illustrates paper on the
"Sculptors OF HE Renaissance, and Austin |
DObsOn contributes poem, The Old Sc. |
dun Chair which has illustrations by Re |
ginald Birch Mr. Howels begins new
novel, dealing with the life Of an American
business man, and called "TAr Rise of Slas
Iapham - Frank R,Stockton writes "A Tale |
OF Negative Gravity" and Bishop Potter
discusses "A Phase Of Social Science" And |
these are but part Of the attractions of this |
excellent number.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY The lead.
ing place in the Novem Der number is occu.
pied with topic of great and ever increas
ing interest, The Relations Between the
Mind and the Nervous System" In this
article DR. W A. Hammond ,.efines mind
as q force developed by gray nerve. tissue,
and maintains that this force is generated
wherever in the living organism gray
uerve-tissue Is found, citing many striking
cases in support of this view. He denies
that either the absolute or tie proportion
ate weight Of the brain indicates definite
rank in intelligence This number con
tains also Herbert Spencer's replies TO re.
cent statements made by Frederick HarTi
son "a, tnt.. 5.E Of tie Sympathetic
rhilosopl, T"o thoughtful addresses
delivered a. me recent meeting Of the
American Association are given in full
Bending Problems Of Astronomy" by
Predecessor 4 a Nnlng and be Aho, l.. El.c