Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
The May Century.

.'IIAwthorue'- Philosophy" i, The article
which win tr~t catch the attention Of many
reader, % the MAY C.nt4rnpartly because hi.
personality j. one of lasting interest, and also
for the reason that his .on. vi ho writes the pa
per, ha- M intimate philosophical way Of aI-
prccatin- the elders genius. In the fronti.-
piece portrait after Z da@u,rr,otypr, we hat,
the novelist u h. appeared. with cIcau--h1y,n
face, in ISIS, whil,' hr wa, surveyor in the 81
lem tu-'om-hou>e. With the article appears
aIso, portrait from Photograph taken about
1852. ~ peculiar literary interest besides are
Clarence kinr'~ Yiiaclou. aeraa..: # 3 hunt
in spain ior an old BARRIERS basin, such ii, i
known 20 readers of Ccryaute~ A. Tho Hell
met Of Mambrino" and the third chapter II
"Iw,.bak, Or Notes Of 4 Professional ENic.'
The Rry. T. r. Munger, vito a year ago con-
trihutcd an essay on Immortality AMI Modern
Thought, writes IN lhi> number with equal
N''--c-tiycuc-- ot Evolution and the Fatb.'
special stress J., plarrdon the profu-ry iu--
tratod articles, hich u their ur,l-r are an It,
trlctiyr chapter on American Country Dwell
in1,." IN Mr. ~chu' l,r Van Rensselaer,; The
FIour-M.i'- Of Minneapolis" by Eugene y
meaning the Lick Observatory. by TaHr,fn
Evans and "Thr Breeding " Faury Pigeons"
by r. :. starr. which j. quite remarkable both
for the beauty Of the cngra.iu-- and the spec
tai knowlc-c OF the writer
With the illustrated papers should also b..
mentioned the chapters on the war. which in
cluir General McC Iellan'- lat ma. Izino arti-
cle, With fac-simile il i Supposed. OF the
very lat paragraph written by him for pubIi-
cation. 1t i a matter Of interest that thi> par
agraph j. 4 passionate expression Of comrtdr-
-hip with the survivors Of The Penin>ular m
paiEn \ year before BIZ heath General Me-
lIrllan consented % write a paper on the
Antietan Campaign. Not long before hi> sud-
den illness he began it, preparation, The
consecutive notes which he left, and " hich are
briefly introduced by hi literary executor,
Mr. " lliam a. Prime, cover the period from
thr Withdrawal from The Peninsula to the con-
cenirHttpn for the attack upon Lee at Autie-
tam. In personal interest and vi&or these
notes ar" remarkable, a well l. historically
important. The seventh chapter of Mr..
Gross II "Recollettlon> of Private" deal. with
the period u The rcappcarance Of "McClcIIan
at the Head Of the Grand Army" General
ID. IL. llli describes, with stirring anecdotal
interest. The Battle of south Mountain
which was the severe conflict preliminary to
Antietam IN conclusion General lllil adj
Eance> very interesting reason for the ready
and lasting return to good fellowship between
the sections. General William F. Smith makes
a statement with respect to General Grants
/ structures upon him in the February century.
! In the fourth part Of lloweIls's new story,
The Minister, Charge" Lemuel Barker
/ shows sign, Of development toward sophi>ti-
cation There i, curious short story, called
/ .por,,r,.ot s;ri, =, t pr.,,.Ia. ,,.,tt,,,,...
ah' ~ iu'"' '''''u'rns iu.i-p'Se i'u''f Il,
tioh =! hrs. mar! iaiioeh foo'e' engraved
/ BY timothy toe) George y HIbbard portrays
beautiful heroine from whom had been kept
/ all knowledge Of death.
| In Topics of the Time" there are editorials,
entitled ..Georga Rancroft on the | oral Ten