The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-12
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Aprll numOel II thc ilS' vi W -
combinations of Great Pictures" and is II
Gem of art. II Is from an original engraN
inc of Murilo, known n The Immaculate
Conception" and reproduces II with won
derful fidelity "A Visit TO SardiS,' Is TN
illustrated paper Of considerable a'rhho-
logical value, by Charles Eliot Norton.
Herbert futile sketchs the iiohenloller''
family, with 10 Illustrations. Ernest niger
soll tells about the country from the FRA
yer IN the Columbia" with numerous Illus
,rations. f. ID. r. Blanchard describes Il
visit 10 the tomb of Shakespeare. L. ha@'''i
Paul contributes a biographical ske'ch ol
Edward Bulwer; r. r. Booker gives inter-
esting details of the result OF the EFFORTS Oh
Geo. Peabody and Sir Sydney "a''riow 10
proyide improved homes for the Working
people; Col IIigginson's chapter IN his
American History series relates 10 tiie Al
mipistrution of James Madison. William
Blacks serial, judith Shakespeare ana
E.P. Roe's Natures Serial Story are
continued; Prof. Trow bridge, OF Columb la
College, contributes a valuable paper on
Sanitary Engineering; there are couple
of rood short stories, half IA dozen original
poems, and the Editor's Chdtr, and other
Departments are full, rs usual, OF interest
ing and entertaining matter
The CENTURY. Century Co., n. Y. ~
a vear.) Five profusely illustrated articles
and biographical paper with two portraits
lend unusual pictorial interest TO the April
number. The frontispiece is portrait OF
the late Sidney Lanier TO accompany
sketch of the poet by DIR. William Hayes
Ward. In their order, the illustrated artl
cles ARE; An interesting account, by +. '
Smaley, of the memories which cluster
about "rhe White House," Miss Sarah
Freeman Clarke's concluding paper OF pen
and pencil "Notes on the Exile OF Dante :
description, by Edward 5. Wilde OF the
building and partial impairment OF "Ihe
New York City Hail." the picturesque re
cord of cruise Among the Magdaler
Islands, of the Gulf of 81 Lawrence, by
s. G. w. Benjamin; and an entertaining
paper, by Fred Mather, on Progress in
Fish Culture" i'm which the pisciculturlst'
of the United States have had the largest
share. An interesting travel article, with
out pictures, is Miss Gordon Cumming
description of New Zealand in Blooming
December" and another highly interest
ing unillustrated paper is George ALFRED
Townsend's account of How Wilkes BoHtl
Crossed the Potomac" Between the dis
appearance of Booth in the scrub pines OF
lower Maryland and his appearance in Nir
ginia, where he was shot, there has always
been IA historical gap, which this paper fills
with a very full and, as it is believed, al
authentic narrative John Burroughs re
plies to Matthew Arnolds recent lecture OF
Emerson; Walter B. Hill contemplates thu
present condition of the Southern negro II
paper entitled Uncle Tom Without /
Cabin" and Prof. Hill undertakes to un
ravel "The Destiny of the Universe" The
two serials, "Dr. Sewer" and 1.-THE Average
Man" are continued, there are several lint
original poems, and the Departments main
tain their usual interest.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. Cd. APP
pleton Il Co., n. Y. - year, The
opening paper in the April number is by
Herbert Spencer on subject of great pub
lie moment--the decay of the sentiment Of
personal liberty, and the rapid growth OF
the system of Legislative interference ant
coercion-which he discusses under the
title 1.-THE Coming Slavery" "A Defense
of Modern Thought" by W. ID. lie Sueur
is a vigorous reply to the Bishopof Ontario
on "Agnosticism," and an instructive state
ment of the position of modern thinkers
There is another most excellent and practi
cal chapter of W. Mattieu Williams
"Chemistry of Cookery" in which butte
and other fats and milk are treated ant
DIR. Oswald concludes in this number hi
lively series ON THE Remedies of Nature.
The illustrated articles are, Photographic:
Streak of Lightning" by CASTOR Tissan
der; why the Eyes of Animals Shine il
the Dark" by Swan NJ. Burnett, NJ. ID.
and The Electric Railway" by l.ieutenan
b. A. Fiske, t. :. n A paper on Meth
DDS of Instruction in Mineralogy," by VI
+. Wadsworth, PHI. d., of Harvard Univel
sity, indicates the sort of drill that scientiii
educators wish TO substitute for Greek
Prof. A. w. Hoffman, is the scientist q
whom portrait and sketch are given, tn
latter by +. j. iIallock, Phi. ID. We ca
only mention the other articles: 9TH
Physiological Significance Of Vital Force,
by William G. Stevenson, NJ. d.; "Pre-hi
toric Art in America" by the Marquis d
Nadaillac; THE Morality of Happiness
continued by Thomas Foster; "Biblic;
and Modern Leprosy" by g. II. Fox, y
D.; Recent Geological Changes In Yves
ern Michigan" by c. w Woodbridge y