The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
LITERATURE.
Books.

Books.
! FOLKLORE OF SHAKESPEARE. BY Rev. 7. +.
! ThstctOn Dyer, VI. 4. DYOn., author of
British Popular Customs, " &c. New York
Harper Il Brothers. Chicago. Jansen, Nc
| Clurg IL Co. Ottawa For sale by llapc-
man x Graham. Price, $50.
Books on Shakespeare are becoming al
most as common, of late, ~ books on the
Bible. Instead of eXegetical essays and
textual criticism, however, they are as,um.
| ing the more instructive and agreeable form
of illustrations of the range of the great
dramatist's inventive genious, as we'll as
stores Of ready knowledge He was not
only master of all the plant lore, folk lore,
weather lore, insect lore, angel and devil
lore of his time, but taking them up in
their crude and grOsser form, purified and
refined them What stupendous mind
the man must have had! No wonder books
have been written to prove that no one hui
man mind could possibly grasp all the
| knowledge that is revealed in the writings
of the man, or aggregation of men, called
| William Shakespeare. Is lUwyer intro
| duced As Il character, he is thorough adept
| in all the kinks aud nceties of the profes-
sion; is priest introduced, the Pope him
the ways and lore of the sacred calling; is
an astrologcr introduced, all the intricaces
and jugglery Of that charatanry is at his fin
gers end And so on through the range of
every profession and pursuit. In the book
before us we are treated with a glimpse Of
Shakespeares wonderful knowledge of all
that was not only known, but thought and
believed among the people, ignorant "a
well as intelligent, in regard to fairies
witches demonology, birds, plants insects,
fishes, sports pastimes &C. DC. Allusons
to one or the other of these are of constant
occurrence, and they are quoted and ex-
planned The work makes no pretensions
to originality, but is "A sort of cyclopedia,
requiring considerable research in its pre-.
paration, and is laboriously accurate in its
information. 1t is "A book the Shakcspear-
can student will find very convenient at all
times to have within reach,
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL Postal GUIDE. Re
viscd and Published Monthly by Authority
of the Post Office Department. Boston:
HOugton. Miltln ~ Co. Price, in cloth
81 50, paper 500 Ottawa: Subscriptions
received at the Post Office.
Of
large pages in fine print, and contains two
complete lists of the post offices in the Uni
ted States, each showing the money-order
offices in full face type, and all necessary
information about the mails, &c, A new
edition, with corrections up to the last day,
is issued on the lst of every month. The
value of such a work to all merchants ship
pers, bankerS-iu short, all men who make
any considerable use of the mails, is too
evident to need pointing out Our busi.
ness men are fortunate in being able to
procure a copy at 50 small an expense
and with no further trouble than to apply
at the Post Office for it.
TEA AND COFFEE Their Physical, lntcllcctu.
nj and Moral Effects on the Human System.
BY DR.. William \. Alcott New York: Fow-
Ter x Wells. Price, - cts,
This must be wicked because ii is 40
nice" said the girl who was enjoying her
self immensely on skates, and So when any
thing is especially appetizing and tooth.
some the same sort of philosophy is sure to
come with proofs that il is unwhOlesome
The little book before us is Il revised edi-
ton, by Nelson Sizer, of DIR, Alcott'S work
on Tea and Coffee, first published many
years ago Part First opens with the his
tory of tea, showing its eXhilarating prop
critics, the amount consumed, and its in
crease II is shown 10 be medicinal sub
stance, and to have the effect of a powerful
drug, also that it is poison and produces a
tendency to disease The origin of the use
of coffee is also given, with its effect both
on the body and the mind. Ii is shown
that some suffer more from the use of it
than others. 1t is the opinion of the author
that even moderate use of these articles
produces diseased conditions; and to such
people as care to "prolong miserable exis-
tence" here by foregoing all apparently in
nocent enjoyments beyond what it may be
by moderate indulgence, will no doubt find
much to fortify them in their stoicism by
the perusal of this little book
Want of Faith.
II Forbes Il Lorriaux, the druggists, do not
succeed il il not for the want of faith They