National Republican., 1886-10-23

Electricity, the grsndest and most hope.
ful subject of the age In the way OF
inventions, Is here amply treated. In
formation OF what is being said and done
therein, the world over, Is fully communl-
Gated. To scientific and all other thought
ful men the Review is invaluable.
THE MUSICAL HERALD, a monthly maga-
| zine devoted to the art universal. october.
| Musical Herald Company, Boston, Franklin
square. 10 cents. From the publishers.
Whatever can interest the musician, the
lover OF music, or, generally, a person of
refinement, will be found in this volume,
entertainiDgly, inttructively, and illustrated.
Several pieces OF sheet music are included.
| We must extract a part Of "Aunt James
| Orchestral Experience In Boston town;n
she goes to hear band aud Is sorry for tt
both the band and that she goes:
They played piece called Opus 10,
Whatever that may mean.
Sech disturbance as they made
| never yet have seen.
| They started in all softly like,
| When-ohl II made mo start
a fellow whRcked n copper drum
guess he thought that smart
The leader shook stick at him,
| AS angry as o)uld be.
The more he shook, the more he struck:
| III break this up thinks he.
And then 1 thought that should die;
For, sure as am born,
FELLOW with long brass tube
swallowed up half his horn.
After recording other awful sights and
| sounds, Aunt Jane thus concludes
You couldn't hear bit of tune
In sech oaterwau
i didn't care to see sech things,
And / lpft the hall-
| As many other unappreclatlve souls have
| done under like circumstances.
| GRAMMAR SCHOOL A Monthly Magazine
of Instructive Reading for Young People.
October Interstate Publishing Company,
Boston, 80 Franklin street. From the pub.
fishers.
There lis pleasant entertainment, and
profitable knowledge, too, In this magazine
| for children, and for those adults who pos
sess the happy faculty Of being young again
at will. The stories are rendered douby
| interesting by their spirited illustrations.
| How quickly and fully we receive an idea
when the pencil helps the pen
A few titles merely can be given, but
| these will excite curiosity. "Children at
Newport" ""A Remarkable Journey" ,""Job
Piestirrup," "Becky's Turkey" "The Pet
Squirrel" "Good Fairy Know How,'"
With the magazine come two small
| pamphlets, issued by the same company,
| both also monthlies, and for October, one
entitled primary" the other "Interme.
diate." The former Is adapted to the wee
wee lads and lasses, and the latter to larger
| little ones.
JUDGE. Oct. l6. New York Judge Publish
ing Company, franklin Square. 10 cents.
From the publishers.
Plenty Of satire, plenty of fun, and serious
truth, with laughter attachment. "Caught
Mapping" is forcible illustration, so is
"Democracy's Dilemma" and all the other
| pictures are delightfully."- suggestive.
The awful consequence is vlvidly de.
scribed Of
A BAD MEMORY.
To have bad memory Is rightly thought
Unfortunate.
Twas this intirmty that lately brought
Brown to his fate.
AT proper time he never could recall
From mind well stored.
One day he took n sail and chanced to fall
Just overheard.
How necessary memory was TO him
Too late he found;
For he forgot that he knew how TO swim,
And so was drowned.
FRANK LEsLIEs ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY
MAGAZINE. journal of refined, useful,
anu lnItIcbtllB lllcTutuTt. OClODeT. ~
cents. Mrs. Frank Leslie, publisher, So
q Park place, New York.
The title Of this periodical well describes
its character. "Leaves from My Life" by
Thomas Powell, makes us intimately &C.
quainted with Robert Browning and Eliza
| beth Barrett, his gifted wife, while incident
| ally other distinguished persons arc intro
| duced. These reminiscential papers please
| and instruct the reader, giving minute
| views Of life, overlooked by the lofty and
heroic eyes Of the historian, yet which
really form the true and complete picture.
"The Late King OF BAVARIA" Ludwig II,
musically and INTELLECTUALLY mad, is por-
trayed with pen and pencil, his castles and
all being represented; "Great Salt Lake and
Phenomena" furnishes curious information;
| an interesting biographical account Is given
Of "The Rt. Rev. Alfred A. Curtis" r. c.
Bishop, OF Delaware, with portrait, by Mr..
Frank Smyth, Of Leslle's; stories, poems,
and a variety Of entertaining and useful
articles, following, generally with engrav-
iDgs.
T. De Witt Talmage, d. D., edits the Sun
day Magazine, and Mrs Leslie could not
elsewhere so happily have chosen a chief.
The ancient and modern popularity of
this periodical is not q matter OF wonder,
for every taste must be gratined by its ex.
cellent contents, and the most angelic mind
can encounter here no subject, no word, to
mar its enjoyment.
| A HOUSE PARTY, DON GESUALDO, and A
RAINY JUNE. By OUIDA, author OF "Oth
mas" &c. Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott
Company. For sale by Brentano Bros. ST.
These stories, the first of English life,
the others Italian, are told with much ef-
feet, and even power, but they contain no
refined sentiment; they are "of the earth,
earthly" Almost compelling pcrusal, be
ing once begun, for such influence has gen.
ius. and here is genius, the final impression
on the mind-tho heart quite ignored:-is
not pleasure, is not satisfaction-is only a
strange admiration MS II one had hnen CON