The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-07

The american Magazine has an interest
Ing article with illustrations on The Walters
collection of Paintings; another instsllmen
OF Curtis's interesting South American
papers, Ecuador and her Cities" Early
New England Choirs and Singing Schools
a continuance of boy Life on the Prair-
ies' In which meadow memories are the
shamingly topic. "spiritualism and like
Delusiuns" is treated by DR.. Hamilton
There are also short stories, &c, making q
splendid number.
The distinctively Fourth Of July story
of the July 50. Nicholas is Ringing 10 the
Fourth" by Huddah Morgan, a thorough
boys story illustrated by the fron,ispiece
and other strong drawings by W. Ii. Drake
Two Little Confederates, Thomas Pages
serial, increases In interest rs does also
Drill" by John Preston True. Julia
Magruder completes her child sketches
from George Eliot, by the second part of
Tom and Maggie Tulllver' Rodney
Ride" is stirring Revolution ballad. In
dogs of Noted Americans" Gertrude Van
K. Wicham gives charming sketches Of the
dogs owned by John Burroughs, |. b. Aid
rich and Frank X. Stockton. Willis j,
Abbot is able 10 add TO Mr.. Julian Ralph s
story of "A Pig that Nearly Caused War;"
u story of "A Pig that Really Caused a
War, '-(the war of 1871
The July Century has for frontispiece
a portrait of Pasteur and his granddaughter
by the celebrated French painter, Bannat,
This picture is printed in connection with
a timely article on Disease Germs and
How 10 Combat Them" foot note 10
which article gives a brief sketch of Pas
tours interesting career The opening
illustrated article Is In Mr. |. Wilson's
series connected with the International
Sunday School Lessons, and is on "Sinai
and the Wilderness" This article is pro.
fusely illustrated with pictures of the
scenes of Bible events. Appropriate TO the
Gettysburg Reunion are the poems by a
northern and q southern soldier-Colonel
Higginson and Will Il Thompson. To Mr..
Thompson's is tribute by an ex. Confeder
ate TO the bravery Of the union as we'll as of
the Confederate troops. Mr.. Geo. Kilmer
in an article entitled "A Note of Peace"
gives carfully prepared account of the
reunions of the Blue and the Gray" A
curious story by Brander Matthews, entitled
"On the Battle Field" also has relation 10
Gettysburg. A supplementary paper in the
War Series deals with the career Of the
Confederate ram "Albemarle" The two
great illustrated serials of TIE Century, the
Life of Lincoln and Remnants Siberian
Papers, are continued In this number Mr..
KEENAN, describes the Steps of the Irish.
These who suppose that Siberia is land of
ice and desolstion will be surprised at his
description of the tlowery country through
which the route of the expedition lay. In
the installmen, of the Lincoln History the
relations between Lincoln and Mcclellan
are described. Under the head of Euro.
pean Neutrality" ana The Trent Affair"
Mr.. Lincolns part in these matters is fully
set forth. The last installment but one of
Dr. Eggleson's novel, The Graysons," in
which Abraham Lincoln is one of the
principal characters, is given in the matter,
the young Lincoln coming TO the rescue
with novel and defective device.