National Republican., 1888-01-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. From the
publishers. The American Magazine Com
pany, New York.
In the January number Cape Breton Is.
land is described by F. NJ. Endllch. The
island lie OF interest just now on account OF
a projected railroad whereby the ocean trip
to Liverpool may be shortened TO four days.
Col. + H. Ropes discusses the question
OF granting further pensions TO our soldiers.
The debt OF our country to It's defenders is
very plsinly set forth. Alice Wellington
Rollins explains what 10 meant by manual
Training In Schoole,n and demonstrates its
need and value. The number also contains
short stories by Lille Devereux Blake,
Laura i. Hnsdale, Patience Stapleton, and
Mary l.. Brush.
THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE.
From the publishers. The Century Com
pany New YORK,
Tho table OF contents for January pre-
cents great variety Of interesting articles
| Prof. Philip Schaff, d. d., contributes
paper of intense interest upon "The Cats-
| combs OF Rome.n In the article upon
"Pecunlary Economy OF Food" Prof. W.
| Atwater says, "That the rich man becomes
richer by saving and the poor man poorer
/ by waiting his money Is one OF the com
monest facts In oaily experience. IL Is the
poor mans money that is the most un-
economically spent In the market, and the
poor mans food that is worst cooked aud
served at home.n
The secret history OF the formation Of
| Lincoln's Cabinet is given by john G.
| Nicolay and John Hay. The opening para
graph says: "There Is distinguished au
thority for the statement that the work OF
framing the new Cabinet was mainly per.
formed on the evening Of the presidential
L -. L. .N.l1ta al Hu1 an.
| the 9th Of November $50 Mr. Lincoln re.
lated year or two later the superintendent
OF the telegraph at Springfield invited him
| to come and remain In his Office aud read
the dispatches as they should come 10. lie
accepted the offer, and, reporting bin.
self In due time at the telegraph Office,
from " hich all other visitors were excluded
| eventful day. when | finally bade my
friends good night and left that room,' said
| Lincoln, Il had substantially completed the
framework of my Cabinet as 1t now ex-
ists.'"
| MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
| From the Publishers.
The January number begins the nine
teepth volume of this ably conducted Illus
trated historic monthly. No magazine In
this country has achieved higher reputa-
/ llOD Judu luG .idG auCiiSau
| History.
This important publication, more than
| any other extant, Is cultvating the taste
for historic reading and the desire for his
toric readers among all classes of readers.
The monthly numbers, gathered into hand.
somely bound volumes, form a valuable
library In themselves OF the history Of
America.
| ST. NICHOLAS. From tile Century Company.
| New York : Publishers.
Comes to us heavily freighted with at
fractions for the young which cannot fail
to interest and please them. So valuable is
| ii that 1t has now become a necessity in
every household where there are young
people.
| ROBERT EMMEr. Tragedy OF Irish His
tory. By JOSEPH !. G. CLARKE. New York:
| Il. I. Putnam's Sons. For sale by A. 5.
wiiherbee, 1915 Pennsylvania avenue.
The object Of the tragedy Ia to tell in
dramatic form the story of Robert Emmett,
who, in his own century, laid down his life
| for his native land