The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-04-21
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Every Saturday No. II, for April %, contains
pictorial supplement of remarkable attractive
ness and great merit as q work of art. 1t repre-
sonts Edwin Booth as Hamlet, and will be rec
ognized by all who have ever seen the great ira
gedian In his fayorite charRcter, as striking and
admirable likeness. The artistic excellence of
the picture may be inferred from the fact that it
was drawn by Mr.. Hennessy and engraved by
Mr.. Linton. The next number Of Every Sdtur-
day win contain as a supplement companion
picture, representing Mr.. Fechter as Hamlet
This number of Every Saturday has a continu-
alton of Dickensne story, "The Mystery Of
Edwin Drood," which has already excited great
popular interest, Fields, Osgood & Co., Publish
ers, Boston. = '
"PARIs BY SUNLIGHT AND GAsLIGHT." 4 ,cork
descriptive OF the Mysteries and MiSeres, the Tir
t,teS, HIces, SpleRdors, and Grimes of The Cay Of
Puris--By James %. McC cCdbe, m, National I'u6-
lishing Company, Cincinnati
We know Of no book that we have read with
IN
1t abounds in sparkling descriptions Of the gay
Metropolis by night and day, and the pictures of
celebrities in that wicked but fascinating city are
perfect. We wander amidst the time.hallowed
monuments of the past, are dazzled by the mag
nifcence of the present, dine in the glittering
Cafes Of the Palias Royal stroll with the merry
crowds along the Boulevards, and look at the
Jardin Mabille, where the original Cdn-can is
nightly danced to the most voluptuOus OF strains,
Our author seems to have the nice discrimina-
ton Of an artist, and paints only those pictures
for his readers which will be gladly seized upon
and appreciated. There is, however, no point of
any interest that he Sights, and one may read
this book and easily imagine himself beholding
the very thing he reads Of 1t is a forciblc Illus
tration of the old adage, "truth is stranger than
lictiOn," for the author has given us pictures
which, though true to the life, are so strange and
seemingly full Of romance that one can hardly
believe them real But the the book is far from
being an exnggeratlon. Our readers will rccog-
niEe its fairness at once by the moderation Of its
statements, and the absence of superlatives from
Its pages, and all who pcruse 1t will agree with
US that no more remarkable and deeply interes-
ting book has been offered to the public for
many years. How can it be otherwise, when 1t
is faithful picture of the most fascinating city
in the world7 1t is very absorbing, and we are
sure no one who takes II up viii put it down un-
read. 1t is illustrated with l5O fine engravings,
by the best artists of France:--Dore, Dc Bar The
rond and others-and the lctter-press is perfect.
The volume is sold only by subscription.