The Ottawa free trader., 1884-03-01
LITERATURE.
Magazines.

number ~ dloIHcu WIN .
Moltke, the great German S'ra'cS'S'' ~
frou,ispiece, and fine full page portrait oi
Irving the English actor, in the character
=, Hamlet, each accompanying striking
.,ucle. The article in the number which
will attract most attention, however is that
on "rhe Next Presidency" by eN-Attorney
General Wayne McNeagh, IA well known
republican, but who is mcrciless IN ms
ANALYSIS of the abuses which have crcW
into orr administrative system ana when
he claims await the reforming hand Oh IL
strong man in the executive chair. In an
other important paper ID. MEG. Means dis
cusses methods for THE Suppression Oh
Pauperism" The illustrated papers III 'he
number are, in their order: A description
of THE New Washington considered
both i'm its material and social aspects
Richard Grant White writes, with his usual
NTH about "Old Public Buildings in
America" and the pictures explain as well
as embellish The second paper OF Mr.
Beniamin's Cruise of the Alice May
deals with the southwest coast OF the Huil
of st. Lawrence, as far north hs Nape
Gaspe. Miss Sarah Freeman Clarkes frst
half of her "Notes on the Exile of Dante
is illustrated by Harry Fem, after sketches
by the writer John Burroughs describes
in "A delightful way, "A Hunt for the
Nightingale" in England. In fiction, there
Is the 18th part of Robert Grants An Aver
are Man" and the 9TH part OF Mr.. Cables
"Dr. SEWER" and couple of very readable
short stories. In Topics of the Times
the editor discusses "A Chinese Wall for
American Art" "The Christian League OF
Connectcut;" "The Independent Voter" "
and "The American Copyright League" J"
And there are new poems by sidney
Lanier, John Vance Cheney, james Her
bert Morse, Hamilton Aide, Rose liaw,
thorne Lathrop, Helen Gray Cone, Frank
Dempster Sherman, and others.
THE ART INTERCHANGE. (Wm. Whit
lock, N. Y. "a Il year, The February
number is received and contains beauti-
full design in color-"The Butterfly Fairy
II would make beautiful fan mount, or
could be used to advantage on lamp
shade or wall.hanging. Other attractive
illustrations are six designs for Il fish set
both beautiful and unique. A crab apple
design for panel, and another, from the
Royal School of Art Necdlework at South
Kensington, for sketching ON linen, are
both to be commended A charming
woodland scene Is gwen as IA suggestion
for crayon work and another IAN artistic
marinc) as IA study for pen and ink sketch.
A beautiful border design for embroidery
from the Royal School of Art Needlework
at South Kensngton, England, is another
example of good design, In the Notes
and Queries" department. house dccora-
ton, oil, mineral, and water color painting,
brass hammering, and kindred art topics
are intelligently discussed. The open
Questions" best answers to which a
prize of five dollars is given-deal in this
issue with the advsability of opening art
galleries to the public on Sundays.
ART AMATEUR Montague Marks, New
York. "a year, The March number
gives some seasonable designs for Easter
egg decoration, II very pleasing geranium
design for brass plaque in etched and re.
po,lssc work, the last of the series of wild
flower dessert plate designs, a design OF
Virginia creeper in autumn cOlors for fire
place racing of seventeen tiles, and Il
numerous array of monograms, ecclesias
tical embroideries, fancy costumes, and
French and japanese decorative designs
The number is particularly strong in cor
respondence and in notices OF art exhibi
tions. Other noticeable articles are on the
work of American artists in Paris, ul
Chinese porcelains, and on propriety il
needlework decoration. "My Note Book
and the Dramatic Feuilleton are rs vivaci
GUS and entertaining as ever. The ar
4mateur grows more and more indispensa
bic to all who wish to keep pace with the
art movement in this country.
ST NICHOLAS. Century Company, \
Y $3.50 year, A leading feature o
the March number is Louisa NJ Alcott,
third "Spinning- Wheel story painting thu
struggles Of country lad to obtain an edu
cation in the early years of the present cen
fury. The next story-"Girl NohleSse'-
by Mrs. Whitney, is not without "boy in
terest" though about girls and II cleve
study of character as we'll Noah Brook
piyes another of his fine sketches of wilt
western life under the title Among tn,
Mustangs" and G.. f. Holder tells some
wonderful things about how weary bird
get along that are blown ont to Sea
wong Ning's Ideas" are those of II liv'
Chinese boy in San Francisco, expressed il
his own words There are poems, witt
pictures to match by Lucy Larcom, Pal
mer Cox, Emily Huntington Miller, an'
others, and Mnyne Reid's The Land o
Fire" and W o Stoddard'N Winter Fun
are continued.
WIDE AWAKE. ID. Lothrop Il Co. Bo>
ton. S3 II year, the frontispiece is
beautiful picture-"lIer Angelic illu-
trate IA sweet poem by Miss l.. b. IIumph
rev. John Preston True follows with
merry school story, THE Stampede in tn
Second Dormitory" Then comes an in
teresting account by Margaret Sidney, o
"The Indian School AT Carlisle" with 1
engravings from photographs Very vivi
In It's contrast with this instance of moderl