The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-10

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The Magazine of American History
for May presents an appetizing table
Of contents. Its frOntispiece Is SUI,
perb picture after the celebrated
painting Of Sir David Wilkie, H.. a. OF
Columbus, explaining his theory or a
New World to the Prior OF the old
Convent where he stopped to ask for
bread for his little son. The hand
sOmely illustrated opening article is
Of special interest, entitled spanish
Pioneer Houses in California" by
Charles Howard Shinn. It's followed
by the Portrait of Philip Living
ston, the Signer," the admirable IL
lustration being new 10 the public,
having been made from a painting in
possession of General S. Van Renssel-
aer Cruger and corrects the error con-
corning the hitherto sup osed por-
trait of the great patriot. Other arti-
eles in the number are "The Consti-
tutional Aspect of Kentucky's Strug-
gle for Autonomy, l7S4-l192," by
Ethelbert ID. Wartleld; "The Old
Town of Green Bay, Wisconsin," by
John Carter Colonel William Gray
son." by Roy Singleton; THE Massa-
chusetts Bay Psalm Book, l640," by
Clement Ferguson: "a Century of
Cabinet Minister'S" by George Nj.
Pavy, a novel and important statisti-
cal contribution to the sum of human
knowledge; Mrs. Lambs description
Of the frOntispiece, giving the ro-
mantle experiences of Columbus at
the old Spanish Convent and his sub
sequent summons to the Court of
Queen Isabella, is truly delightful.
"Chauncy M. Depew on Washington
Irving; "Duel of Button Gwinnett,
the signer," "Glimpses of the Interior
Of Africa" by Professor Henry Drum
mond. The issue also contains a val
liable list, recently prepared, OF the
Historic Societies OF the us"
"Co-operative Home Winning'--by
w. A. Linn, an acknowledged au-
shortly on Building and Loan Assoo-
siation wOrk-presents in Scr7bner s
for May, some of the definite practl-
cal results of this method of home
building as told. for the most part, by
She men themselves who have tried
it. The numerous illustrations are
from actual photographs of the
houses which these men have built,
and they are representative of the
whole country, having been collected
in leading in leading cities from New
York to San Francisco. 1t is hard to
estimate the social and economic i'm
pOrtance of such an article.
81. Nicholas for May begins with one
Of Miss Alice Maude Ewell's charac-
teristic sketches of Nirginian colonial
life "The Passing of General Bacon"
and tells an amusing incident which
occurred during BacOn's Rebellion.
Among the new features is one OF es-
pecial interest to boys and young men.
Walter Camp, author of the papers on
intercollegiate Football" begins a
series of eminently practical articles
on baseball, called bat, Ball, and
Diamond" In them Mr.. Camp gives
the boys all over the country the ben
eft of his long experience and special
skill as a trainOr of successful mines.
The value of the papers is increased
by the careful and attractive drawings
Of Mr.. Ogden. Mr. Glave, the Afri-
can explorer, continues his narrative
of "SiX Years in the Wilds of Central
Africa" Lady Jane" Mrs. G. ".
Jamison's serial of life in New Or
leans, is a beautiful story Of child-life.
Other continued articles are the geo
logical papers, "ThrOugh the Back
Ages" and the Bunny Stories, the
latter being completed in this months
issue.
The Century for May, the month of
Memorial Day, is made notable by
the number and variety of articles it
contains which concern our national
life and history. Mrs. Edith Robert
son Cleveland writes of "Archibald
Robertson, and his Portraits of the
Westinghouse; William Armstrong
and Edmund Law Rogers contribute
two articles on Some New Washing
ton Relics" and these papers are sup
plemented by short one on "Orlgi-
nal Portraits of Washington, by
Charles Henry Hart. All of these
articles in the Washington series are
profusely illustrated. A series of ar.
ticles, varied in style and subject, but
all having reference to Memorial Day,
are short sketch, ga Decoration Day
Revery," by Brander Matthews; The
odore O'Hara," by Robert Burns Will
son, with which is given in full
O'Hara's stirring battle song, THE
BivOuac of the Dead; poem, "Twi-
light Song For Unknown Buried
Soldiers North and South" by Walt
Whitman; and Memorial Day ode,
"The Fallen" by John Vance Cheney;
besides appropriate articles in Topics
and Open letters. There is also the
first installment of Mrs. Amelia Gere
MasOns valuable series on 1.-THE
Women Of the French Saloons" can
drea del Verrocchio," Mr.. JetfersOn's
Autobiography relating his eXperien-
ces in Australia. Articles which have
a wide reading are George Remnants
striking paper on the methods of the
Russian censors, entitled 'Blacked
Out" with which is given a facsimile
of two pages of one of Mr. Remnants
Century, articles on Siberia erased by
the Government censorS; Chickens
for Use and Beauty" by II: 5. Bah
cock, profusely illustrated; Two
Views of Marie Bashkertseff," with
portraits, and pictures by Marie Bash
kertsefr; Professor III. 9. Woods strik-
ing paper on "a Study of Conscious
ness; and Major j. w. POwell's val
liable contribution on constitutions
for the Arid Lands; stories: poems.
The statistics of the consumption
and production of food in the United
States shows that il reuuireS g. ID