The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
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Magazines.
The September HARpER's is probably
the strongest and most attractive number of
that standard magazine ever issued. 1t
contains dozen more pages than usual,
and its illustrations are copious and
throughout of the highest excellence. The
"strong card of the number, however, is
Horace Porter's "reminiscences of Gen.
Grant" The writer was member of Gen.
Grants staff, and gives many personal and
characteristic anecdotes hitherto unpub-
lished, presenting picture of the great
warrior singularly life-like and attractive.
The paper is accompanied with an eXcep-
tionally good portrait The number opens
with an effectively illustrated article on
Labrador, by c. II. Farnham; and an illus
trated paper follows on the great English
publishing house of Murray, full of matter
about Byron, Scott, &C. of especial interest
to literary people. Alfred Matthews, in
the next paper with ample pictorial illus
tration, tells the story, apropos of the cur
rent old settlers gatherings in the west, of
the settlement of Marietta, Ohio, a hun
dred years ago. The art paper of the num-
Der is devoted to an exceedingly interesting
sketch of Antoine Louis Bayre, the most
celebrated of animal sculptors; X. f. Zog-
baum, the artist, gives racy sketch, with
striking illustrations, of march Across
the Country with Cavalry Column" j.
S Billings, M. d., contributes an article of
vital and timely interest on "Sewape Dis.
posal in Cities" and Charles Dudley War.
ner has most important contribution Civ.
ing his Impressions of the South" in
which he finds a most encouraging devel.
opment of national feeling and renewed
attachment to the Union. In fiction there
are liberal instalments of the serials East
Angels and Indian Summer" and there
are two admirable short stories. Poems are
contributed by A. f. and Louisa Chandler
Moulton, and the editorial departments are
well sustained.
THE CATHOLIC WORLD for September
opens with "A Medieval Study of the
Temperance Question" atfording n noted
illustration of the saying that there is
nothing new under the sum-" by showing
that all there Is staple In the arguments of
modern temperance advocates and prohibi.
tionists Is but a sorry rehash Of what was
much better said in the thirteenth century
by the renowned scholar, st. Thomas Aqui-
mas. "Delectable Saville is an article ap.
preciatively descriptive of "The Pearl of
Andalusia." "A Day Dream" is a pretty
little poem by Rev. James Keegan Chas
de Kay treats the largely forgotten subject
of The Welsh Conquest of Ireland" K.
NJ. johnson discourses on PreAmerican
Philosophy" II. Yardley Eastlake details
his experiences In "A Japanese Town"
and +. ]. NJ, introduces us to "A French
Lover of Nature" The serials "A Solta-
nv Island" "A Protestant Hero" and
Katharine are continued, and a dozen of
pages are devoted to we'll written notices
of new books.
Grants Memorial: wnat shall II be Y"
is discussed In the NORTH AMERICAN RE
VIEW, by Launt Thompson, Karl Gerhardt,
o. L. Warner, and Wilson Mcdonald,
sculptors; w. II. Beard, painter; Calvert
Vaux and Henry Van Brunt, architects;
and Clarence Cook, art critic. This SYM
postum Is sure to attract wide attention at
this time, when the desire is so general to
erect monument to Grant, that shall be
worthy of the man, the nation, and Ameri.
can art. The same number of the Recie,o
contains consideration of the question,
shall our National Banking System be
Abolished? 2" by George S. Boutwell,, F. J.
Scott, S. Dana Horton, and Edward Ii. G.
Clark. "Ouida" contributes an essay on
"The tendencies of English Fiction" and
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps writes on "The
Great Psychical Opportunity" But the
most readable article In the number Is ex
Sergeant tat Arms French's "Reminiscences
of Famous Americans" which is series !
of delightful anecdotes about the famous
war senators. Mr.. French is writing a
book of these "reminiscences. If it equals
this forestallment In the Rerie,c, 1t will
be one OF the famous works of modern lit
erature.
The August WIDE AWAKE is somewhat
slow in coming to hand, but is a very
choice number II opens with fanciful
entitled In the Sweet O. the
Year." by Lugren, who also contributes
full page drawing of Burns I" Highland
Mary" 10 his series of "Heroines Of the
Poets.o There are several remarkably |