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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1875
Page
3
The May issue of The Young Folks' Monthly features short stories sketches of eminent persons travel notes housekeeping hints for youths naturalist notes poetry pictures games and puzzles all aimed to amuse and instruct young readers Published by H N F Lewis Chicago priced at 1 50 per year
Golden Hours for June features forty eight pages of Tales Travels Biography Science and Natural History. It is a favorite with young readers and enjoys wide circulation. Hitchcock Walden Chicago price one dollar fifty per year.
The June issue marks the completion of another volume of The Nursery, praised for its charm for very small children. The article questions absorption by an older magazine and defends The Nursery as essential in households, lauding Mr. Shorey for aiding mothers in educating and entertaining the young.
The July number starts a new volume of Peterson's Magazine, inviting subscriptions. Back numbers to January available. The magazine proclaims itself the best and cheapest lady's book, offering 1000 pages yearly, 12 colored patterns, 14 steel engravings, 12 mammoth colored fashions, and 900 wood engravings for two dollars annually. Five original copyrighted novelets to be published in 1875.
Walter Elder pens an excellent article on Progressive Ornamental Gardening. E Manny of Ohio offers timely hints on transplanting evergreens. Geo Ellwanger of Mount Hope Nurseries Rochester NY discusses Dwarf Apples for the Garden and suitable stock. C Sellers Woodstock Ill shares codling moth control experience. Gardener's Monthly notes new plants fruits vegetables and more.
The Leonard Scott Publishing Co announces the republish of the British Quarterly Review for April 1875 at No. 41 Barclay Street New York. Contents include Gaspard de Coligny Higher Pantheism Bjornstjerne Bjornson as a novelist Livingstone's Last Journals Kinglake's History of the Crimean War Ultramontanism and Civil Allegiance Mr Gladstone's Retirement from the Liberal Leadership Internal evidence in a Case of Disputed Authorship.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper June 5 opens with a cartoon on General Sherman memoir controversy and closes with a warning to office holders about a decapitation incident. It features illustrations of Providence’s First Baptist Meetinghouse 1775, New York Museum of Natural History reception, Grand Army of the Republic expo reception, the Assembly Rooms’ Lodge of Sorrow May 18, Chicago fireproof dwellings plans for workers, German Fusiliers parade in Charleston, and ex-judge Porter prosecuting Tilton in Brooklyn court.
The May edition of The Poultry Argus is highlighted as a practical paper for farmers and beginners. It features illustrations of Light Brahmas and Buff Cochins from Argus Poultry Yards, with contributions by breeders from New York, Massachusetts, and Nebraska on topics like Dark Brahmas Breeding and Farming and Nebraska poultry interest. It recommends a dollar for a year’s subscription or ten cents for a specimen copy from Miller & Clinton in Polo, Illinois.
The Living Age for May 15th and 92d contains excerpts from Contemporary Review Living Stones Last Journals British Quarterly Review The Suez Canal Pall Mall Gazette Dreams Lancet and others. A new volume began April 1st offering 52 numbers of 64 large pages priced at $8 with annual subscription options.
The June issue showcases an assortment of stories, poetry, and illustrations, including sea tales, love themes, and personal adventures. Contents feature Lilies, The Fatal Glove, The Cruise of the Ariadne, Love at the Ball, The Face in the Mirror, and more, from Thames and Talbot of Boston.
The June Atlantic features Aldrich and Lowell poems on memorial themes with prose pieces by Robert Dale Owen on secret history Political Results from the Varioloid. It includes Harvard president Eliot on Wise and Unwise Economy in Schools, narrative pieces on The Californian Ranch by Stephen Powers and the Cruise of the Rappahannock in Calais Harbor, Mark Twain’s Old Times on the Mississippi, Henry James Jr.’s Roderick Hudson, stories by Launt Thompson Deming and others, plus poems by Celia Thaxter and Fawcett.
The June St Nicholas magazine opens with a charming frontispiece illustrating a poem by Rachel Pomeroy about a little giant girl. It features adventure stories for boys and engaging reads for girls including Eight Cousins and The Little Girl who Wouldn't say Please. Illustrations by Jessie Curtis are praised for their delicate, graceful execution.
The June number of The Eclectic Magazine features an engraved steel portrait of Thomas Carlyle and a concise editorial sketch of his life. It reviews Gladstone's pamphlet on ultramontanism, Vatican policy, and includes diverse articles on history, economy, home life, and literature plus fiction installments and new stories.
Roe's new tale in the Advance promises readers a fresh chapter starting May 27, with Roe's renowned moral focus and popular status shown by earlier titles. Subscriptions at 3.00 yearly. three months 50 cents. notice urged to spread the offer and secure names. Peterson's Journal of Popular Literature advertises June issue with serial The Mystery at Blackwood Grange and other stories. terms 3.00 yearly, two copies 5.00, single copies 25 cents.
The June closing number of Overland Monthly features Muir on Flood Storm in the Sierra, Sill on Shakspeare's Prose, Hutchins on a specie return, Calif ornia Songsters, and The Aim of Poetry by J Boyce. It includes fiction by Jorgensen, The Croskey Boys, Hutchinson Wemble, In a California Eden, Old Fuller, and part six of Autobiography of a Philosopher, plus poems by Stoddard Coolbrinth Avery Crane and more, with a brief life and reviews.
The Westminster Review issue from April 1875 is announced with sections on The African Slave Trade, Pliny's Letters, The Natural Philosophy of History, Our Position in India, Recent Political Memoirs, Savage Life of the Western Tribes, and Shipping Legislation. Descriptions emphasize abolitionist aims, translations by Blackwood, and explanatory aims of history.
A long notice surveys recent literature on philosophy of history and political memoirs. It compares Spencer on social organism with political writings, discusses Greville Memoirs and Lord Russell, Brougham, and reviews Bancroft Native Races of the Pacific States. Contemporary literary notices cover theology philosophy politics sociology and voyages.
The May issue from Leonard Scott Publishing offers a sensational Anglo Indian love story with graphic scenes. Lord Lytton’s Speeches are praised for rich diction and noble eloquence. Kashmir scenes in Abode of Snow described as enchantment with Dal Lake islands. Also reviews Isaac Casaubon Life, Macready Reminiscences, Untrodden Spain, and others. Sir Hope Grant’s China War account given a full feature. Discussion of English finance with Budget and National Debt closes the issue.
The April reprint from Leonard Scott Publishing Co presents a lengthy review of Macready's Reminiscences with a life sketch and stage connections starting at age sixteen. The second article surveys Indian Missions work, outlining challenges and aims. The piece appears authored from direct observation rather than mere book knowledge.
The article surveys a series of memoir reviews and studies from the eighteenth century to modern times. It discusses the Gréeville and Livingstone notes, education in the United States, and debates involving Gladstone Newman Cardinal Manning and Capel. It explores Memnon’s statue voice, medieval to modern politics, and England Russia in the East.
A New York writer previews Scribner for June noting McKay’s Birdsall of Mapleton shows vivid realism and heart. He highlights James T. McKay, Albert Rhodes, Col Waring, A B Johnson, Clarence Cook, Mr Munger, Sidney and Clifford Lanier, Dr Holland, and The World’s Work department, praising the issue’s range and illustrations.
Rich Brain Workers Clemens has lived publicly for seven years and now earns enough to live on his income. His Hartford property exceeds eighty thousand dollars. Mrs. Stowe leads American women in earnings and may have cleared around one hundred thousand dollars. Marian Harland likely earned about fifteen thousand from twenty years of novels. Mary J Holmes may have similar earnings.
The Duke of Edinburgh, son of a honored Queen and noted sailor and fiddler, is paired with a wife famed for linguistic prowess. At a past reception at the Czar’s court she conversed in each foreign minister’s own language for over an hour and a half, apart from Turkey and one other.
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