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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1879
Page
6
Fragmented poetic prose expresses affection and nostalgia as speaker imagines a beloved as a blossom in a garden. The text blends romantic imagery with biblical allusion to Eve and Adam, exploring growth, scent, and presence from morning to night.
A June St Nicholas issue presents a frontispiece and a selection of short tales and serials. It features works by Sarah Winter Peg, Isa M. Alcott, Walter Shirlaw, Frank R. Stockton, and Susan Coolidge. Readings include Two Little Travel Stories, The Royal Bonbon, and Eye by Susan Coolidge, along with various illustrated pieces and playful rhymes for young readers.
A long review praises the June Atlantic issue for its rich mix of fiction criticism and essays. It highlights Howells Warner and White contributions, sketches on factory life in New England, art notes by J inton, and pieces by Aldrich Beard and Porter. The magazine is called the best issue yet with lively portraits of society, Paris and Texas pieces, and a Canadian Ottawa section.
The piece surveys a graphic picture of domestic fe in the Southwest before and after the war. It highlights Miss Porter's Village Life in the South continuation, an American Fiction article by M. G. Van Rensselaer, and a Sir William Johnson paper. It notes two short stories A Strange Story from the Coast by Rebecca Harding Davis and Played Out by the Clifton Pict ure author, plus ongoing serial Women’s Husbands and other popular novels. Monthly Gossip offers sprightly notes such as An English Husband and The American Snob.
The Wide Awake issue highlights Mrs L C Whiton poetry Little Marys Secret and Emma E Browns Boston Papers The Nursery content features Walter Shirlaw Bloomsbury studio study and Oliver Goldsmith note with Beech Wood Boys and Grace poem The June Eclectic includes Spencer F Baird portrait and a varied table of contents with essays travel biography and fiction The Appletons Journal June presents Shakespearean Myth Victorian Literature and Freud Caesar summaries and Castelar Las Casas translation plus Chinese Fans and Seamy Side continuation
The Phrenological Journal closes its sixty eighth volume with new fiction by Besant and Rice and a short story by W. M. Baker. It reviews literature Imitation in Art and Realism in Literature and includes reminiscences by General Maury. The June number features sketches, therapeutics, juvenile tales, and articles on women’s work. Subscriptions to R Wells & Co. at 737 Broadway New York are offered at 2.00 annual, 1.00 six months, or 0.20 per issue.
The June Scribner's Monthly sustains high quality with plates by Vedder and St Gaudens and other notable illustrations. Articles cover Paris Exposition fine arts, Isthmus exploration, Edison inventions, lawn planting by Samuel Parsons Jr., Brazil’s Mediterranean region, a Manassas campaign account, and portraits of the University of Berlin. Fiction includes Peeler, de Kay, Tafton, and Burnett pieces. poetry features Roberts and de Kay.
The Committee on Music finds that out of 3,848 city pupils only 78 cannot join in musical exercises. It notes many children start with little musical perception but, through training, develop an excellent ear for singing.
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