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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1875
Page
3
Peterson's Magazine August offers stories, steel engraving, colored fashion plates and craft patterns with $2.00 yearly post free. The August Nursery features delightful stories and pictures including a sea beach image. Published for readers with children by John JL Shorey of Boston.
The August issue of Golden Hours features Nita's Experiment and Fire in the Pro Shell as engaging tales, with Tom Twist presented in verse. Cabals of Fire offers a moral lesson praised by readers, as Hitchcock and Walden in Cincinnati publish the magazine.
The August issue of The Overland presents a diverse table of contents featuring Nature notes by William P. Gibbons, A Fantasy of Roses in three parts by BE A Kinnen, Do by Walt M. Fisher, Shakspeare's Religious Belief by J. O. Irwin, chapters IV and V of In a Californian Eden by Joaquin Miller, poems and essays by Duffield Sill Miller Scott and others, plus works by Jno. P. D. Coolbrith and E P Buffett.
In the July issue of Gardener's Monthly Albert Berg Baysid L. T. presents Grafting Gooseberries with practical guidance. James B. Lippincott reviews Among the Wild Howns of San Diego. Dr Engleman surveys The Coniferne of the Rocky Mountains from a Washington University lecture. The seventeenth volume earns praise as a leading horticultural magazine priced at $2.00 per year.
The Lakeside Library presents Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas with eight illustrations. A vivid voyage of 60 000 miles beneath the ocean in a unique submarine, praised as dramatic and natural. The edition sells for 25 cents by mail postpaid, with Kelly Loyd & Co. of Chicago as publishers.
August issue showcases a broad mix of sea stories, sketches, and poetry by popular authors. Featured pieces include The Parting, The Vampyre Bat, The Fatal Glove, The Fate of the Lady Roswell, The Mad Student, Ruthven's Puzzle Page, and a cast of varied tales and illustrations from Ballou’s magazine. Published by Talbot at 36 Bromfield Street, Boston.
The August issue opens a new serial Deserted Husband and signals broader coverage. The magazine plans to discuss political and religious questions tied to the Roman Catholic Church, the State, schools, and marriage, with illustrative notes alongside the story.
A panoramic discussion in a periodical notes that Americans should view each other first as fellow citizens rather than religious sects. A leading statesman denounces ecclesiastical attempts to isolate Catholics and others, calling it treason to the American idea and urging inclusion in the national family. The piece urges readers to explore the broader content of the magazine including fiction, poetry, and essays.
Scribner announces its August issue featuring Col. Waring's A Farmer's Vacation with Amusing illustrated pieces on Guernsey and Alderney cows, along with Middy in Manila and Along the Seine. Other entries include Madame Delicieuse by Geo. W. Cable, Dr. Holland’s wedding piece, Magoun essays, Ice paper, and a range of poems and topics from The Mysterious Island to The Old Cabinet. Published by Scribner & Co. Broadway, New York.
The August Galaxy highlights include A London June by an anonymous author detailing Hyde Park royal visits Sydenham concerts Tietjens Arditi rose shows opera and Parliament scenes. Dr Coan contributes Zealot and Student contrasting thought and action, with a sharp look at American character. Miss Wager offers a talent sketch.
The August Ladies' Repository features engravings Waldemer and The First Lesson among many literary pieces. Works include The Dutch Amphibious Industry, All about the King of Kings by George Griffith, Elizabeth Carter by Harrison Putman, The Spirits and Simon Butterbury by Erskine Hamstten, The Woman of Ancient Rome by Prof Wm Wells, Confessions of an Artisan, The Cincinnati May Festival and Its Effects by John S Van Clere, Cathedral of the Renaissance by T A Brown, The Mother and Angel, The Prayer of a Dying Sufferer, Mannedorf by Rev Sideon Draper, One Hundred Years Ago by Mary Granger Chase, The Seven Stupers by Gertrud Mortimer, A Harvest Hymn by William D Gallagher, Amage Editor and My Heart, plus The First Lesson with Steel Engraving. Subscriptions are $3.50 a year, Hitchcock & Walden, Cincinnati.
The July issue features an illustrated pigeon article by an expert, plus stories, sea sketch by William Macy, poetry, and several domestic tales. Contents include Doves, The Marten's Song, The Fatal Glove, To Katrina, A Beachcomber's Yarn, charity pieces, puzzles, and notes on the Fourth of July. Published by Thames & Talbot, 86 Broomfield St., Boston.
The August issue of St Nicholas promises lively children’s reading with mountain air and sea breezes themed pieces. It features The Cruise of the Crusoe illustrated in six scenes, A Gunpowder Plot about a hornets nest, a verse controversy by Rose Terry Cooke, stories by Helm C Weeks and Emily Huntington Miller, a piece on sea weeds, A Boarding-School in 1570, The Pine Stick Doll with Jessie Curtis illustrations, Jack-in-the-Pulpit and Hans the Small Esquimaux with an iceberg image.
A lengthy pledge by P T Barnum bragging of the Hippodrome's superiority over all American traveling shows. He claims larger staffs, richer wardrobes, more horses, greater expenditures, and exclusive displays such as the Congress of Nations and a Donnybrook Fair representation. He issues open wagers that the combination cannot be moved or matched in grandeur.
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