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Day
28
Month
October
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Magazine Xoticcs. Llpplncott's Magazine fur November opens wlth a fltiely Ulugtrated paper by Charles Burr Todd, deccrlbtng "A Walk over Montituk." 'A Varled Entertainment," also lltiiBtrated, Is the ' tl. Ie of a humerous sketch deptcllng some recent frollca of American art iidents In Paris. I The elfcht cliapter of Dr. Oswald's "Zoologlcal Curlosltles" isdevotedto "Animal Renegades." and Is not lens entprtalulng (ir lnslrmtlve than those that liuve preceded It. Mr. Jamen I,. Ferrlere lia.s furntslied au artlcle of great value and of tlmely lnterst, conslsllng chieflyofextracU from a manuscript dlary of the Prlnce Broglle, grandfather of the present duc de Brog He, who arrlved In America Just after the surrenderof Cornwallis. An article on John S. Clarke, the comedian, by Wllllam Stuart, sketches the career of that eminent actor. "The Order of tbe Carmine Countenance" and an account of "Süroton Knlr,"are Uvely travelling sketches of a kind familiar to the readersol Llpplncott's. Flction occuples a large portion ofthls number. The new instalment of Sherwodö Bonner's brlghtand readable serial, 'The Valcours," Is of unusual lcugih. "Pollcy 1396," by Sarah Winter Kellogg, has tbe Intense Interest and reallsm cbaracteristic of thls lady's storles, whlle "Almost a Calastrophe" Is a llvely love-story of a more ordlnary kind. The poetry Is by H. H. Boyesen, Charlotte F. Bates, and Francés Hace, and the "Oosslp" and book notlces wlll repay perusal. Peterson's Magazine Is on our table for November, and better than ever.It leads off wlth acharmlng steel engravlng, after Meyer Von Bremen, "Half Afrald." Thls Is followed by one of those double-slzed, steel fashlon-plales. Then comes another ennravlng, 'Lacy Hall," lllustratlng an exqulsltlvelyl told love-story; and then some wood-cats of dresses, patterns In embroldery, etc. There Is also a super b colored slipper-pattern. The principal artlcle Is "A Day At C'anterbnry," which Is profusely 11lustrated. Wlth this number, appears the prospectus for ]fSi, when slx orlgtnal Noveltles will :be glven, and, In addltlon, a handred shorter storles. A serles of brllllantly lllustrated storles, and artlcles llke "Canterbury," wlll also appear. Also a Paper Pattern fora dress. every monlh. The prlce of "Peterson' Is but Two Dollars a year, postage free. There was a time, and tlial not loog ago, wheu the publlsbers ut that wonderful magazine for youiiK follts, St. Nloholas, were able to to put luto one lat volume thelr monthly Issue for one year. It speaks well for the enterprise of the publlshers that two weil-fllled volumes are now needed to bind In permanent form the twelve nuinbers of the magazine Issued during the year. The parta for the year endlng November, 1SM, are now recelved, and a verltable treasure-box of uscful and beautlful thlngs Is thls two-volumed book. Turning over 1U seductlve pages, a mature persou siglis to thlnk how he was defrauded in hls youth by the poverty of the ltterature provlded then for the boys and glrls of America. It Is impossible to speak in too high termsofeulogy of BUNicholas. It Is confessedly unapproached and unapproachable In IU peculiar fleld. It Is a marvel of perfectlon, both aa regards lts lltorary excellence, lts artlstlc merlt, and lts singular adaptabllity to the requlrementa of an eager and alert generatlon of young readers. The volumes for 1880-1, now before us, malntaln the high standard set for the guldance of those who have dèvoted thelr best talents to the production of 8t. Nlcholas. The Index contalns the names of some of the foreraost wrlters of the land, and araonu Ut serial Btorles are two or three whlch are llkelyto become cias(cs wlth the glrls and boys of the United States. Here we nnd the breezy and wholesome story of "Phaeton Rogers," by Kosslter Johnson, who has struck au entlruly new vela In story-wrltlng for boys. Wllliam O. Htoddard's 'Saltillo Boys" Is another capital serles of sketches and plctures for young folks ; and the papers ntltled "In Nature's Wonderland," by Félix L. Oswald, are almust as good as anythlng In that iamous book of adventures on whlch so many boysofa past age were brought up, "TheSwlss Family Roblson." Perhaps.afterall, however, the youthful readers of st. Nlcholas will reprove us for dwelllng chlefly on the contlnued storles of the magazine, when It Is true that one of the charras of the animal volumes Is found In the dellclous bita that are scattered so rlchly through lts varled pages. Mr. Frank Stock ton 's Irresl8tlbly funny lalry tales, Mrs. Dodge's "Jingles," and the clever sketches oontrlbuted by Emlly Huntlngton Mlller, Lucretla P. Hile, Busan Coolidge, and others, areenough to mflke the reputatlon of any magazine for young people. The phenomlnal Buccess of St. Nlcholas Is due, probably, to the wisdom of lts editorial management and the liberallty of lts publUhers. It may be reckoned among the curlosltlesof modern llterature thatso many eminent persons have been pressed lnto the service of wrltlng for young people. It Is llkely that, lf thls magazine had not been lnvented, we never should have heard of Longfellow, Bryant, Whittler, Bret Harte, Charle Dudley Warner, Mrs Oliphant, and Bayard Taylor as belng engaged In Juvenlle llterature. It may be trnly sald that the boys and glrls of the EnglUh-speaklng race have now presented to them. In the annual volumes of st. Nioholas, the best work by the best wrlters for young people. It wlll be a happy day for our country when such wholesome, attracllve, and enrlchlng llterature as thls shall displace the wretched stuff wlth whlch the land Is flooded.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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