The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-24
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sents an unusually attractive bill of
fare. We give its table of contents:
Thomas Carlyle as a Practical
Guide; Christus Sylve, by +. B.
Plymtou; A Stranded Ship. Part Ill,
by l.. Clarke Davis; The Cholera in
Asia, by j. G. Peters, MD; Early
Spring, by George Cooper; Rhyme,
by George Wakeman; The Empe-
ror's Eye, Ky Ausburn Towner; The
Dream of Life, by VIM r. Alger;
Voyage Of the Esperanto. by Jane g.
Austin; Guglielmo Gajani, by Rev
j. 2. Thompson. ID; To Day,
Chapters XIV.-XVII., by r. y.
-Kimball: Mexico and the United
States; Current Events; Literature,
Science. and Art Abroad, by Bayard
Taylor; Literature at Home, by II. G.
Stedmau; Fine Arts, by s. S. Conant;
Table Talk, by Clarence Cook;
Monthly Bulletin of New Publica-
tions.
THE RIVERSIDE for May, published
by Hurd g. Houghton, contains a
number. Of short, bright articles, and
striking pictures. Hans Andersen
has some characteristic Sunshine Sto-
ries, we'll fitting the month of May;
pretty picture, by M. L. Stone, ac-
companies it. Jacob Abbott explains
the philosophy of the Hoop. Annette
Bishop gives another of her delicate
fairy poems and pictures. The sculp
tor Kuntze describes how Amber is
found in the Baltic. Abby Sage tells
another story from Chaucer. The
Hunting Scenes in Africa, the Ram
bles about Constantinople, Porte
Crayon's Young Firginians, and Mrs.
Weeks's Adventures among the In
dams, are all continued; while sand
wiohed between the different articles
are a number Of pretty poems There
is something for everybody in it.
PAcKARD's MONTHLY, in its new
make up" is more attractive than
ever. We need only copy its table of
contents to show the value Of the
May number:
\ Chapter about Old Maids, By
Alice Cary; Spasmodic Literature, by
Edwin De Leon; Education as it
Should Be. by Horace Greeley: Hack
men the World Over, by Phos. w
Knox; The Song Of the Anvil, (poem,)
by N. g. Shepard; Together, (pOem,)
by j. w. Eddy; Seeing Snakes aud
Getting to Heaven, by j. Austin
Sperry; An Appeal on Behalf of An
imals, by George w. Bupgay; Hos
pital "reminiscences, by Georgjana;
A Fenian Leader, by Richard Yates;
Woman's Beauty, by Marian; Domes-
tic Infelcities and Home Diseom-
forts, by Oliver Dyer; A Bachelors
View of Babies, by Junlus Henri
Browne; Sincerity.
HARPER's MAGAZINE loses none Of
its power or interest on, account of
age. It permits none of its youthful
rivals to supplant it. The contents Of
the May number prove this fact
Christopher Columbus, by John S.
| G. Abbott, with twelve Illustrations;
| Magdalen, by Harriet Prescott Spot
ford; Glass blowing for Little Folks,
by Louise E. Chollet, with nine illus
trations; The Sacred City of the Hin
| dus, by Henry NJ. Alden, with ten
| Illustrations A Sin of Omission, by
Mary N. Prescott; Both Sides, by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Webster,
Clay, Calhoun and jackson; How
they sat for their photographs, BY T.
B. Thorpe; The Plains, as | crossed
them Ten Years Ago, by Horace
Greeley; The Working men of the
Middle Ages, by Eugene Lawrence ;
| The Eve Of St. Bartholomew, with an
! illustration; My Enemy's Daughter,
f.by Justin Mccarthy, with an illustra-
ton; A Brave Lady, by the author. of
John Halifax, Gentleman, with two
Illustrations; Evening Rest. by L.. d.
Nichols; Philly and the Resi-, by
Mary L. Dodge; Deep Sea Sounding,
by Jacob Abbott, with an illustration !;
Editors Easy Chair; Editors Book
Table; Editors Drawer.
ONWARD for May still sustains the
correctness of its title. Its not often
that one man attempts to do all the
writing for monthly publication.
Capt. Mayne Reid seems to do so !,
however, and does it we'll. The fol-
lowing is the list of articles in the
present number:
The Lost Sister, A Fountain of
Fullness, The Vultures of America,
Safe on Board Blockader, Adios,
A Kanaka Police Court, Catlin, The
Three Clerks, The Love of Mother.
Gettvsburg, Street-Cars, The Yellow
Chief Mea Comma, Isidore, Things
Worth Thinking Of, Trifes.