The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-30
Magazines.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Among
the articles In the September number that
| in particular merit the serious eonsilera-
| ton of everyone who Studies the tenden.
| Cies Of our government, the leading one
| is by Bishop j, Lancaster Spalding, who
I insists that the only sure Basis of Popular
! Government is morality, not culture Of
! the intellect, nor universal suffrage, nor
! the development of the material resources 4;
and that if the country is to be saved from
ruin, there must be return to the uncOm-
promising moral code of the founders of
New England. The policy of THE EXclu-
sion of the Chinese" is advocated by John
! II burst, who presents a striking array of
! forcible and original arguments against
| Monaghan immigration. Four diStin-
guished writer's on political economy,
namely, David A. Wells Thomas G. Shear
man, J. b. Sargent and Prof W. G. Sum
ner set forth, from nearly every conceiva-
System; and ii is announced that in the
Reyier for October several writer's of no
less distinction will exhibit the Benefits
Of the Tariff System The other articles
in the current number are The Demand
Of the Industrial Spirit" by Charles bud
ley Warner; "Inspiration and lnfallibility,"
by the Rev. Dr. J. II. Rylance; " The Need
of Liberal Divorce Laws" by Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; and "Our Remote Ancestry"
by Prof Alexander WinChell
HARPER's MAGAZINE. The September
number is quite "A tour to Europe in itself
Mr. Rideing describes "A Run Ashore at
Queenstown" including Blarney Castle and
Killarney, with many illustrations passing
on To London, there Is more of Rev. Tread
well Waldens account of THE Great Hall
of William Rufus with its portraits of
the early kings and queens crossing to
France Miss Humphreys pen, and Mr..
Reinhart's pencil describe the life at the
French seaside resort, Trouyille; and, fin
ally the artist Boughton strolls farther in
| Holland At home, Mr. Ernest lngersoll
describes the Wheat fields Of the Column
bia," with illustrations by Redwood; and a
paper by J G. Pyle, with Illustrative dia-
grams, explains THE Reservoir System :"
now under construction to equalize the
supply of water in the Mississippi. There
are sketches, with fine portraits, of George
Fuller by Frank d. Millet, and of Charles
Reed by Robert Buchanan the frontispiece
of the number being a reproduction of one
of Fullers paintings. Further instalments
of Roe's Natures Serial Story" with Diel-
mans Illustrations; of Blacks judith
Shakespeare; Of William Sharp's Tran
scripts from Nature with Alfred Parsons
Illustrations short stories by " A Working
| Girl" and Rose Terry Cooke; a one-act
comedy, "A Cloud on the Honeymoon" by
| Julian MagnuS and number of poems,
! by viii Carleton and others, fill out with
! the editorial departments, brilliant mum
| Der.
! POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. The front
! ispiece of the September number is fine
portrait of Prof j p. Lesley, Chief Geolo-
gist of Pennsylvania, of whom biograph-
| ical sketch is given. The leading article
of the number is by Professor j. p. Cooke,
of Harvard University, on Scientific Cul-
ture, its Spirit, its Aim, and it, Methods
and is perhaps the ableSt exposition of this
subject which the current educational con
troversy has called forth. Upper Missouri
River System" 10y Lester J. Ward, is an
! illustrated article describing the Missouri
and Yellowstone Rivers in continually cut
ting away CHE side IF their valleys and
building up the other In Where and
how we Remember also illustrated, VI.
Allen Starr, VI. ID, presents the evidence
supporting the view that the various func
tions of the brain have each their definite
location The Astronomy of Primitive
Peoples" and TChinese Coroners' lnquests'
are interesting as showing the vagaries of
minds untutored in science. In National
| Health and Work" Sir James Paget strik-
ingly presents an additional reason for san