More September Magazines

The Eclectic has a rery fine steel portrait of Peter Cooper, accompanied by a biographical sketch. The more noticeable papers are: The Depths of the Soa, Mr. Ruskin' Recent Writings, Latent Thoughts, Slavery and the Slaye Trade (by Sir Samuel White Baker), Bothwell, The Komance oí the Japanese Revolution, John Bunyan (by Dean Stanley), Fiji- by a recent Resident, A Defense of Modern Spiritualism (by Alfred Russell Wallace), and Addison. There re also three more chapters of Thoa. Hardy's serial, Far from the Madding Crowd, and notes, oopioua and readable, on literature, science and art. E. R. Peltox & Co., 108 Fulton treet, New York. - The Catholie World has the following : Matter, Antar and Zara, The Veil Withdrawn, Pius VI., Assunta Howard, Church Music, A Week in Wordsworth's Haunts, Ou the Wing, A Discussion with an Infidel, Hymn oí the Flowers, Kathleen Waring, with reviews of eeveral new publications. Tho number completes the XIX. volume of a magazine thoroughly scholarly and as thoroughly controversial. Catholic Publication House, 9 Warren street, New York. - The Aldine is a model number, both in its art and literary departments, and still keeps up the wonder how so much can be served up for 80 httle. There aro eleven íllustrations, amoug them : Little Roso, drawn by John S. Davis and engrayed by C. Mauraud, a beautiful picture ; A Storm in Utah, by Thos. Moran ; Coming f rom tho Forge, by John S. Davis, bold and pirited ; Kingston, New York, by Kruseman Yan Elten, a charming landscape ; and Passing the Palisades, by J. D. Woodward. The conients include story and sketch and verse from tHe pens oí weil known authors. The Aldine Company announce an Art Union in connection with the Aldine, similar to the well known Art Tnion of England. Art premiums to the Talue of $2,500 are to be distributed among each 5,000 subscriben. The list for the first class is an atractive one. Subscription tickets f6, each enitling the holder to the Aldine one year, postage paid, to the new chromo, and to a ticket in he distribution of art premiums. The Aldine Company, 58 Maiden Lañe, New York. - The Nursery is beautiful in print and picure as ever, and ]ust as full of good things, in irose and verse, aa lts covers will hold. It has no rival for or in the affections of the four-yeam old, boys or girls. John L. Shorey, Boston.