Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-02-27
LITERARY NOTES.

Baby's Bath" with all that pertains to
it. by Marion Harland, makes one Of
the most interesting and practical SUBJ
jects yet touched upon by this maga-
zine. An important article on False
Group: its Prevention aid Treatment"
is by DR. John H. Ripley, proffes.
sor of the diseases OF children at the
New York Polytechnic. George E
Waring, Jr., the well-known saritAry
engineer, gives many practical sug-
gestions regarding plumbing in Its re-
lation to pure air for nursery inmates.
Harlan H. Ballard. whose labors in the
young peoples Agasslz Association hav
identified him as friend of all lovers
OF nature Contributes a charming paper
on Mature in the Nursery" urging the
desirability of giving full sway to in
quiries by the little ones about their
friends, the flowers, the pebbles, and
he birds" DR. Cyrus Edson, of the
New York Board of Health, writes on
poisonous Candy" in manner calcu-
lated 10 make vast difference in the
purchases of certain kinds of colored
confectionery his advice were needed
The department of"Nursery Problems
queries by readers, with answers by
the editors-is becoming exceedingly
useful, comprising great variety of
topics Of interest 10 all.
cr N-rcr.nr .c rop napcrr
Opens with frontispiece picture of
the inauguration of President Gar
ield," to illustrate this months install
ment OF Among the Lawmakers in
which the boy page tells also of Gener-
al Grants second Inauguration, and
Compares these with the inaugurations
of Presidents George Washington and
Thomas j fferson. This is of special
and timely interest to all patriotic
American boys and girls.
Another attractive series, entitled
"The Children of the Cold" is started
to take the place Of 'Devy and the
Goblin. ;" who make their believing
voyage" in this number. The new
series, while scarcely less wonderful, Is
quite true, and In 1t Lieut. Schwatka,
who has spent several years living
among the Eskimo in their own homes,
relates the many interesting things he
knows about child life in the Artlc
Circle.
E. P. Roe, in the second chapter OF
Driven back to Eden" tells the en-
tertainlng story Of how the little family
of apartment-Iwellers journeyed back
to the garden.land, and of their very
un-Eden-llke reception rendered even
moie graphic by the numerous charac-
terlstic illustrations by Birch and w.
H. Drake while WA Rogers success
fully performs similar office for three
chapters of ]. T. Trowbridg les popular
sdrial, His One Fault
Among the shorter stories are: A
; charming tale by Mrs. Julia Schayer,
called "Liesel," telling of little Ger
man girl who was befriended by the ia
nous and benevolent Prince Poniatow.
ski Little Kline" bright story
sketch, by NJ C. Grlfls, of chlld-lfe IN
Japan, in which there is much that is
new and strange to us who live on the
Other side of the world and a clever
story by Sophie SWEET, with the title,
How Santa Claus found the Poor
house )" and there are other stores,
sketches, and poems by Louise Stock
ton, Gel Thaxter, Malcolm Douglas,
and others.
= HE MARCH CENTuRY.-Recent events
lend special interest to the opening pa
per in the March Century on 1.-The
Land Of the False Prophet y by General
r. E. Colsron, formerly of the Egyp-
tian General Of staff, and leader of two
expeditions IN the Soudan. General
Colston s article was written early in
, Octo Der, yet he seems to have antlcipa
, ted he obstacles with which the Brit.
ish expedition has had to contend. and
the information he conveys show:
much light on subsequent events
Numerous illustrations and careful
maps aid the description; and por.
trait CT General Go! dom from a photo
graph made IN 1867, Is worthy of note
-Four profuSely illustrated articles are
, comprised IN the March contributions
1 to the series on the American Civil
War; and they are remarkable both
! with respect to the pictureS and tc
r their historical importance. Colonel
8 John Tay lor Wood, the senior surviv.
ing officer of the Merrimac, describes
the combat with the Monitor as seen
from within the Merrimac. and entities
his paper "The First Fight of Iron.
Clads.' This is followed by graphic
] account of what took place "ln the
Monitor Tnrret, by the late Comman.
I der S. D. Green, who commanded IN
, the turret. and relieved Admiral Wor.
cen when the latter was disabled IL
the pilot. house General Colston who
during the fight, was Watching The
. Merrimac" from the Confederate works
on Sewall's Point describes the scene
in bret paper with the above title.
: In he third part OF the "Recollectious
of Private" Warren Lee Goss de-
, scribes the march up the Peninsula
with Mcclellan. Several subjects are
treated in Memoranda os the Civil