The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-31
LITERATURE.
Magazines,

HE IENll III "h'HH'%'' 49,
begins the thirty first volume OF that puoil.
cation The number is unusually strong
in fiction, containing three admirable shoi'
stories as we'll AS liberal installments OF the
two serials "The BOstonians. and vine
ed Horse Claim" The finest illustrated
article In the number is "a Photographer S
Visit to Petra" by Edward l.. Wilson Be
sides its splendid pictures, the article gives
An exciting history of the writer's daring
tourney To the famous decayed city and his
adventures with the Arabs. Edmund Goss
contributes second paper on Living Eng
fish Sculptors," the first having appeared In
the June number. Another article on ny
peal Dogs" is given, this time devoted to
Settlers, with some fine illustrations. The
war articles of the number include Gen
Grants paper describing the battle OF Chat
tanooga, and discussion by Gen William
+. Smith Of the question, "Was Chattgnoo
GA Fought as Planned!" Rev. DR.. Charles
NJ. Shields opens the discussion of the in
teresting question of the possible unllica-
ton of all the American churches, dealing
especially with their existing agreement in
doctrine polity and worship, Rev. ID. Ly-
man, under the title Of Danger Ahead,
contributes a striking essay on Socialism
and Edward Everett Hale describes the
work of the Chautauqua Library and Sci
entlic Circle. There are half dozen new
poems, and Topics Of the Times" "Open
Letters" NC, present their usual interest
ing variety.
The November ST NICHOLAS begins "A
new volume, and opens with the first
chapters of new serial by Frances lIOdg-
son Burnett, entitlen Little Lord Fountle-
roy" relating the experiences of New
York lad who suddenly finds himself the
heir to large estates and titles in England.
| There is also the beginning of new serial
| by Helen Jackson, New Bits of Talks Tor
| Young Folks" Other stories in the mum
Der are 1.-TWO Middies in Ephesus,' "The
Candy Country and "Our joe all nicely
illustrated. There Is also bright story by
susan Coolidge, called "Uncle and Aunt,
the Brownies" make their first appear.
ance on the bicycle, and c. F. Holder re
lates some marvellous things about " Giant
Turtles" There is good paper on Home
made Christmas Gifts" and there are con
tributions, literary and pictorial, by Frank
Stockton, Malcolm Douglas, Dora Read
GoodaIe, Helen Gray Cone, W. II. Overend,
A. f. Sterner and others
HARPER's MAGAZINE for November con
cludes the seventy. first volume. The from
tispiece of the number is mastery engra
wing by Bernstrom of "The Otter Hunt,
one of Landseer's great paintings. The
number opens with "An Indian Journey"
the article and illustrations reproducing the
features of a New England autumn in the
early days of conflicts with the savage. An
other superbly illustrated article Is that on
the New York Stock Exchange, one of the
most remarkable institutions Of the great
American metropolis. Next In Importance
is fully illustrated article, by Henry p,
Wells, on the Defense of our Sea-ports.'
Mr. Edward llowlands paper on "Familis
tere ut Guise," in France, gives interesting
details of experiments in associated labor
o. j. Victor has timely illustrated article
on Guatemala W. b. Closson devotes II
paper to Gan Art Study" of Murillos cele-
brated painting Elizabeth Of Hungary
In fiction East Angels" and "lndian Sum
mer" are continued there are two excellent
short stories, by f. Anstey and al. II. and
there is final installment of f. A. Abbey's
unique illustrations of Goldsmith's "She
Stops to Conquer There are some ut W
poems in the number above the usual grade,
George William Curtis, in his Easy Chair,
writes sensibly about the Grant Monument
and other things, Charles Dudley Warner
finds some good things in his Drawer, and
the publishers promise for December Il
brilliant and attractive Christmas number.
WIDE AWAKE for November begins
White Mountain romance entitled "A Girl
and a Jewel" 10 run six months as a serial
Mrs Harriet Pinkney Huse gives some in
teresting school girl "reminiscences of Coo
per, the greatnovellst. The second Pop
sey Story" by Mrs. Helen Jackson Child
gives some amusing features of the great
overland journey forty years ago
Old Deacon Dobson boosted that he was
always prepared foI the worst, and so he
was, for he always kept DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup IN the house, regarding 1t the only
sure remedy for coughs and colds,
1t is fashionable, we know, with cold.
blooded materialists to sheer at faith
cures" but the papers give so many well
authenticated cases of the kind that they
can no longer be "whistled down the
wind" Here is case from Hot Springs,
Ark. Dr. Withers, an able and highly re-
spected minister of the Methodist church,
no wise given to fanaticism, had boy SO
low with typhoid fever that all the physi-
clans had given HIM up to die. But the