Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Atlantic Monthly, February. 1885
The most notable thing in this number
'Endymion,A Mystical Comment on tt
tian's Sacred and PrOfaDe I.Ove'"-b,
James Russell Lowell. The poem nlls fiv,
pages, and 1t is mighty hard reading, bu
mighty fine poetry when studied. 1t Is
poem for poets, a 20 much Of Lowell,
poetry is. There are two or three othel
very good things in Verse, but the pretties
poem is THE Blue Jay" tOlive Thorn,
Miller. written in prose. The three seria
stories running we have already commend
ed, and they are at very readable stages In
this number. Craddock's 1.-The Despot OF
Broomsedge Cove" Is only in the fourth
chapter. but she Is readable wherever you
find her. The essays, sketches, and criti.
cisms are as usual, real literature Boston,
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., 81 q year.
The North american Rerie,r, February,
1858. This number has very large and
varied table OF cOntents-2l topics. There
IL 70 thing that has not occurred here
before for years) pOem-at least an
article jlngled like . poem-by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Rev. Charles A. Hay, ID.
D., tells why am . Lutheran" Henry
Cabot Lodge does ''The Fisheries Ques-
tion" from the standpoint Of New England
statesmanship: Wonders Of Animal Mag
netism' are shown upby the Frenchmen
Tourette and Charcot; Gail HAmilton's
SUNDAY in Cherokee Land" Lawrence
Barretts "Vicissitudes Of the Drama, and
EibridSe T. Gerry's Capital Punishment
by Electricity" are attractive topics handled
admirably; and so are all the others, In
fact The old y. AS literature is always
very new and fresh. New York, IS a year.
The Popular Science Monthly, February.
lsss.-"New Chapters In the Warefare of
Science (Andrew Dickson Whits, Whis,,; :rThe
Economic Out!cek"-tDaSM A. wells).
What American biologists Have Done
for Evolution" Edward 8. Morse), THE
Moon and the Weather John WestwOOd
Oliver, Emotions versus Health In
Women" MARY 7. Bissell, NJ. d., AS
trOnomy with an Opera Glass" Garrett p.
Servissl, and THE Interstate Long and
Short Haul" Henry Wood are the nota-
bic contributions TO this number; but there
is a number of other very interesting arti-
cles. The fresh and vivid pOpularization
Of all the news land olds) in science by
this monthly is worthy of all praise. and
the full price-s5 year, New York.
The Forum, February. 1sss.-The
Books That Have Helped Me" this time,
me Robert C. Pitman) go on: The Gov
and the Telegraph"is is ably written
lin favor Of the conjunction) by Senator
Cullom; ''How Protection Protects" is told
BY the grand old father of protectionism in
he House, Hon. Wm. ID. Kelly: "The
Sky is scientifically and most delightfully."-
'oared into by the world-famous John Tyn-
lall; The Torrid Zone of Our Politics" Is
made red hot by our Murat Halstead:
What Shall the Public Schools Teach?"
$ answered BY Prof. W. T. Harris; ''Ths |
Mechanism of the Singing Voice" is charm-
ngly taken to pieces by the celebrated DR.. |
Austin Flint; Monsignor T. S. Preston.
aging, Il have been asked to give brief |
recount Of the workings of my mind in the |
'everal stages of its progress from Protes-
antism to the Catholic religion" proceeds
'andidiy to present MY Religious Expert
nee" in . welLwritten piece Of fervid
rose; Rev. DR.. C. A. Bartol handles "Bri- |
'ery and Its Near Relatives" without gloves:
|ulian Sturgis states ''The Cause of Irish
from point Of view In which
here is probably more truth than popuiari-
y; and Darius Lyman argues against ''lm-
'ediments to Our Domestic Commerce"
that is the whole tabIe-all solid food.
lew York, IS q year.