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ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITER.
AZURE, SCIENCE, AND ART September.
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ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITER.
AZURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. September
New York T.. r Pelton, % Bond street. 45
cents. From the publishers
A rich number, wherein the gold is not
grains on the surface, but gold and gold
through the deepest mining. The most
philosophic mind will here discover worthy
subject for best thought, and every reader
be gratihed save the mere glancer NPoetry
Compared with the Other Fine Arts" by +.
I. Falgrave, professor Of poetry in the
University Of Oxford, reveals and enforces
the true rules Of this chief of arts, ever
maintaining the necessity for a union Of
beauty and utility. The author says: sit
is generally agreed that every true work of
art must form q whole, must lead us to q
definite and perceptible end; should, in a
word, have unity. We find
buildings, public and private (as, It must
be confessed, we find poems), so lavishly
clothed with decoration that eye and mind
perplexing profusion. All ornament is lit
tie more satisfactory, little more effective,
whether in poem, picture, or building, than
no ornament.n
This strikes at our faults In most Of our
works. Over recommendation is generally
the ruin Of each effort. In ''poetry,n par
ticularly, the sentiment intended to be con-
veyed, the main purpose to be accom-
plished, is so flourished over with untimely
and inappropriate flowers that the ma
jestic column Of thought might as well be
replaced by lath or wire construction.
Nothing is seen but q confusion OF bloom.
The substantial carved marble vanishes.
Among other expressive articles, "The
Novelists and Their Patrons" "Evolution
in Architecture" "The Drama of the Day."
and the stories, will reward the readers
well.
MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR 1885, showing their
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A business book Of vast importance, that
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This wild and comparatively unknown
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The scenery Of this strange land, its inhab
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relig ion, in fact, all things thereunto ap
pertaining, are of the wonderful order
"The flames Of the aurora borealis,n sa
the Sitka Indians, "are the spirits of deai
warriors dancing over head" "When
chief dies his wives pass to his next heir
and unless these relicts purchase their free
dom with blankets, they are united to thei
| grandsons, or nephews, as matter o
course" The women Of this tribe are In
state Of great subjection to their tyrants
yet we are informed: 'Hen-pecking is TOT
small word to describe the way In whicl
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exist in our own country-especiall th
"hen'pecking."
A VICTORIOUS DEFEAT. A romance. B
| WoLCoIT BALEsTIER. illustrated. Ne,
| From the publishers.
A story with three strings wound to
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They are skillfully intertwined. And frs
one, then another of the threads appears
and each is interesting, though only visibl
for short space. Like the text, the Illus
trations are peculiar. The incidents OF tn
volume are quiet and domestic, love--no
the passionate Romeo and Juliet love-hay
ing much concern among them.
SCIENCE ECONOMIC DISCUSSION. HENR
=, ADAMS, RICHARD Il. ELY, ARTHUR 4
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| The little volume contains papers by min
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| ST. NICHOLAS. FOR YOUNG FOLKs, Cor
Quoted by MARY MAPEs DODGE. September
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A charming number The "Stories O
Art and Artists! English Painters" /" are YER
entertaining and instructive; illustrated a
they are with copies of some of their famou
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novels, especially interesting being "Littl
Lord Fauntleroy,n by Frances Hodgsol
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| now In the most acceptable way, namely, II
his private life when he was plain Virgins
farmer after the revolution. The entir
magazine is paradise for the pets, and wei
worthy the inspection of their parents.
Wecan particularly commend among tn
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| Matter-of-Fact Cinderella" The swee
| girl face OF the latter deserves all honor ant
| careful preservation. oh, TO be a child II
those beautiful picture-book days.
Escaped From the wOrkhouse.
| William Rich and George Smith, both col