The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-09-14
Magazine Of the Month.

per on Napoleon Bcnsparte OF unusuhi III
terest and importance, being contempora'
ry accounts, by British officers, of the ex-
Emperers exile TO Elba; his voyage to st.
Helena and lite on that Island. Not the
least valuable part of this record consists
OF the conversations here preserved with
Napoleon on some of the most prominent
passages of his career. The Lincoln In
stalment is crowded with absolutely new
material, and has TO do mainly with LIN
coins triumphant reelection. The auth
ors quo,e freely from unpublished MSS. by
Lincoln, and their own letters and diaries
An article appropriate TO the season Is Mr.
Hamilton Gibson's ingenius and original
study of butterfly and plant life, entitled
Winged Botanists." The American art
list, Mr. Wores, whose studies of Japan
ese life and landscape have recently at
tracted so much attention In New YORK
and London, writes appreciatingly and In.
terestingly of Japanese things; and the text
Is Illuminated by reproductions of num-
Der of his oil paintings. Mr.. Paine pre-
sents an illustrated study of the identity of
the" Pharaoh of the Exodus and his Son."
George KEENAN, closes his account OF
The Kara Political Prison., an article de-
voted TO the tragic history of the institu-
ton. Another illustrated article Is En-
met O'Brien's account of "Telegraphy In
Battle during the civil war. In fiction
there is the second installment of Joel
Chandler Harris's 1.-THE Old Bascom
Place." a story by Cable, "Attlie Brouil
ard - and story by Mrs. Eichberg King,
"Jufrow Van Steen' James Jeffrey
Roche has poem on "Albemarle Cush-
Ing" and there are other poems by Char
lotte Fiske Bates, Landon Elwyn Mitchell,
Louise Morgan-Smith, Nathan Haskell
Dole, and Ricard E. Burton. ballot Re
form Progress" and Eight Hours Day
are treated editorially.
.7he Art amateur for September is one
of the most attractive numbers We have
seen of this thoroughly practical art mag
azine. Theodore Child has critical re.
view of Decorative Art at the Paris Expo
sition; and "Montezuma," In his "Note
Book gives some curious facts about the
"Angelus," and other pictures. The col
ored plates are, as usual, excellent "The
Days Work Done," one of these, is sunny
summer landscape. by Veyrassat, showing
hayricks, horses and wagons, and haymak-
ers resting. The other, which will be
much liked by china painters, Is cactus
design for a salad bowl decoration. There
are several other china painting designs In
black and white; an exquisite study OF
, Sweet Peas the second of the beauti-
full series of "The Elements" and set of
designs for fret-saw work which are also
we'll adapted for portiere or curtain needle
work decoration. There is q marsh-mal
: low design for an easel scarf for painting
9 and embroidery; Professor Knaufft con-
tinues his profusely illustrated Pen Draw.
|, ing for Photo Engraving; the Orchid
. plate series; the Crescent" salad plates /;
the practical articles on Flower Painting,
Tapestry Painting, Illumination, Amateur
Photography, are all continued, and there
are lessons In Fret-sawing and Stamped
Leather work, and THE Art Of Making
= Smoke Pictures"
Following the article on the late Miss
9 Laura Bridgman, in the August So. Ntcho-
Q las, the number for September contains a
full and interesting account of "Helen Kel.
e ler," young girl who, also Is deaf, dumb
r and blind The sketch is by Florence
n Howe Hall, daughter of DR.. Howe, and
r contains portraits of the child, of her teach
b or, a fac-simile letter from the little girl
: herself to Mrs. Hall, and other illustra-
: tons Mary Hallock Foote tells the sad
8 story of "The Lamb that couldn't Keep
8 Up" and beautiful drawing illustrating
1 the little story forms the frontispiece of
!. the number. Lieut.. Hamilton gives a
t bright and timely sketch of the modern
1 method of defending coasts or harbors, and
Q shows how necessary such defenses have
= become as a consequence Of the develop
r ment of the worlds navies Eleanor c.
Q Lewis contributes a short illustrated &C.
I count of Dante's Beatrice, illustrated by an
n engraving from the Florentine portrait and
also by two portraits of Dante-Civiletti's
! statute and tracing from Giottos fresco
= 1readwell Walden tells In a brisk style
= some Adirondack adventures In the days
when travelling in that region presented the
alternative Of hunger or success In hunting
and fishing. Fannie w. Marshall contrib
o utes "a Day Among the Blackberries,
3 . David Ker has characteristic story of life
' In India, F. g. Dellenbaugh gives us "An
Artists Glimpse of Northern Arizona, u
o. while F. II. Throop tells THE Story of
: Turk" noble st. Bernard dog, and Tudor
: jerks writes "The Dragons Story" very
, clever, fanciful tale guaranteed strictly
untrue which Herford has strongly illus
y trated.
;, The publishers of st. Nicholas announce
r that that popular children's magazine is to
: be enlarged, beginning with the new vol
;. ume, which opens with November, 1886, and
that new and clearer type will be adopted
Four important serial stories by four we'll
known American authors will be given
> during the coming year.
= Mr.. Frank K. Stockton has written new
8 and characteristic story called 1.-THE Merry
Chanter.' 1t will begin In the November
Century and run through four numbers