The Ottawa free trader., 1886-01-09
The Magazines.


Georgia. Lost Mountain Is a neisho"r u
tho Eenesaw mountain of Sherman's Al
lapts campaign; and that is people are
curiously individual, with bent ioI
bumor and dramatic action, i most ar'lS
tically revealed by Mr.. Harris and also by
Mr.. Kemble. who supplies the character
o,o,chas in the war series is General
Joh, pone's pungent and personal descrip'
tion of "The Second Battle OF Bun Kun,
which In its lighting, its depressing results
and It's controversies, was one oi the most
remarkable events of the war. Few oi the
war articles have been so fully illustrated
with map and picture1; and the "Recoiiec'
lions OF a Private" describing "T~o Days
of the Second Battle of Bull Rum Is re
plete with incident and attractively Illus
trsted. A portrait of Verdi is the froniis-
niece. and il accompanied by an anecdotal
naper Ex. Minister benjamin concludes
his papers on "The City of Teheran," Illus
trated. Other illustrated articles are some
European Republicans Typical Dog"
&c, making, with other matter, splendid
number.
The January ST. NiatoioS is smother
Christmas number, but Christmas is so de
lipbtful & season that one cannot we'll have
too much of II, certainly no one among the
little folks. w. ID. IIowells leads off with
charming story "Chrstmas Every Day"
Sophie May tells of Santa Claus on Snow
Shoes" Hezekiah Butterworth tells how
his "Grandmother's Grandmother's Can.
die" repelled an Indian invasion in colonial
days. Mrs. Frances liodgson Burnett fol
lows with another installment OF her
charming serial, Little Lord Fauntleroy; :
Horace f. Scudder, ehe author OF the
favorite "Bodley' books, contributes the
opening and very interesting chapters Of
his story of the life of George Washington,
which will be illustrated from many
sources; there Is n short "Bit Of Talk for
Young Folks" by Helen Jackson III. HE;
and H. II. Boyesen writes one of his inter
tanning tales of two continents, called big
Hans and Little Hans" for which w A.
Rogers has done two illustrations; and
there are many other good things.
The Popular Science Hontiy tor Janua-
ry opens with NJ. Pasteurs communication
to the French Academy OF Science, an
nounolng his discovery and successful ap
plication Of "lnoculation against Hydro
ph0hia." In "The Origin OF Primitive
Money" Mr. Horatlo Hale, an accom-
piished student of aboriginal history and
customs, describes wsmpum and its uses, +,
and traces the existence OF similar cnrren-
cies In other parts of the world and even,
10 the most ANCIENT times, In China. In
.'progress In Tornado Prediction" MIR.
William A. Eddy shows that something
real has been accomplished In that direc-
ton. and that II Is now possible to render
cases where tornado may overtake set
tied neighborhood unawares of rare occur
renee. In Communal Societies. Mr
Charles Morris compares the social orSani
bees, ants, etc. with the primitive social
examinations of men ln"The Flower or the
Leaf" and "The Study of the Relations
of Things" DR. Mary Putnam jacob and
Miss Eliza A. Youmans discuss, from their
respective points OF view. ostensibly how
the study Of botany should be begun but
really Fundamental principles OF primary
instruction Nr George +. Kunz has An
interesting paper, beautifully illustrated,
on the "Agatized and Jasperized Wood OF
Arizona" a remarkable phenomenoh, dis
tinguishing a whole park" Other papers
of interest are Professor Flowers The
Varieties of the Human Species" Grant
Aliens "Fish Out Of Water" Herbert
Spencer's social science study Of "Noncon.
formity," the Rev Henry kendall's start.
ling speculation on Natural Heirship; or,
all the World Akin" DR., William Odling's
Science in Its Useful Applications" in
which the author snimadverts upon the
modern cant about the superiority of pure
science. and on the idea that there Is s0me
thing derogstory In making science practi-
cally profitable; Dr. Elli,'s Physiology Of
the Feet" and review ef Bancroft's His
toy OF the Pacific States which is new
in its eighteenth volume. The biograph-
ical sketch, accompanied by the usual por-
trait, Is that of Frank auckland, one of the
most interesting characters in the history
of science. The editor rejoiCes over The
Decline Of the Ghost"
That admirable monthly Journal of cur.
rent literature, The Dial Jansen, McClurg
& Coz contains its usual brilliant array Of
good things for book buyers. There are
reviews Of The Art of Phidias." Ropes's
Napoleon" "A Natural in the Tropics"
Popular Astronomy" &c, while the
.'Bulp on New Books" H. usual. covers
large number of new books The Notes
are full of interest, anL the lit Of new
publications is very complete"