, 1870-04-11

t',e saue excellent char2ctar which has marked
EvEaT sArunnAr znce tts commencement
AF11E1oa's JOURNAL. fer tbs week ending
the 10th contains, in addition 70 It's three sto-
lies, Ralph, tho Heir "Ihe I.ady of tho
Ice, !" md "1ho Three Rzothers," several a.
nifahle illnstraaonh, among them double
page cartoon Of IA Southern Qarlen," which
is excencntly engraved
A new pactoraal aheet, called Tux Ex1ERpa1aE,
devoted to Advertising purposes, h1a mAds it's
appearance and il creating = genuine furore in
the world Of att, both from ths excellence Of
lts designs and the exquisite beauty OF their
nnieh- The beat designers and eng1avers Of
th' country have been nt work upon ii, and the
illustrations arc in no wiss inferior to those
which have made the London Graphic 10
famous. Ceztainly no pictures which h1re evet
been engraved in this country On wood bafore
hive cqnalled them, willis they ro quite equal
TO the best foreign work. Tbs vEy best paper
has been ussd, and the workmanship through
out showb atilful use Of al the RESOURCES OF
the srt- Tho psper il I credit to American Art,
and in thus sllying art 70 commercial purposes
ahowo = spirit Of enterprise which is well worth
recognizing in tho nams Of the paper itself.
We Are indebted to the Western News Com
pany for the AMERICAN Law REVIEW for April,
containing tho following table Of contents
''conhbutoy Negligence on the Part Of an
Infant !" Doubtful Points under the Bank
rupt Law !" Right Of Landlord to Regain
Possession By Forco i 't Copy before Publica~
ton j" Digest Of the English Law Reports
for November and December, 1859, and JAnu-
Ar7, 1870 :" Selected Digest Of State Re-
porta :" Digest OF Cases in Bankruptcy !"
Book Notices !" !" 1iAr OK New Books Pub
lahed in ENGLAND and America since Janu-
ArE, 1870 y md " Summary Of Events-"
Credit is due to Lyon L Hca'y for the Nc
s1cAL INDEPENDENT for April This excellent
monthly contains the second chapter Of "The
Relations Of Harmony and Melody" by Dudley
Buck "Fnede1nann Bach," Il story from the
Caholtc Ford I. Minute Counting An Indis-
pcnsable Aid in Leaning Fianoforte Music,
by E 8. Hosdiy; fresh inbtAlment Of Woh1-
fahtts "p1Actical And Theoretical School Of
Meditation )" A Word for the Pub
linhars :" "Nature's rlAn OF Organiza-
ton !" "A Word with Organ Commit
tees :" Music Brokers :" Musical Circulat-
ing Library IA Duel with Pianos; well
digested summary OF muaicl news and 6f-
teen pages Of new music. The only amend-
s4e4At NO A4tp ~ OAc4 AV& k&4l0 1Alap8xt A40 l4~
deed ali numbers, u that tho publishers give
un better clasz OF music-
Tint excellent periodical, the RAILROAD Ga
zE11E, has come out in quArto form, and Is \
model Of what = railroad newspaper should BE-.
The opening article is description OF
the proposed Detroit Hirer Tunnel, Illus
t.atod by diagrams. This number also con-
tains large variety Of condensed railway in
telligence, interesting selected articles, two
pages Of editorials, soue excellent coTes-
pondence, and two contributed paper1, one On
the - Del astment OF Railroad Accounts" by
Paul Stark, md the other on "The Telegraph
md its Modern Applications," By George q.
Bliss. Mr. Bliss Is ! skilful practical telegraph.
ist and telegraph manager, who nova Of what
he w1ites, His paper presents an admirable
condemnation Of the modern improvements
ii talegzaphing, and contains, besidas,
rome valuable practical suggestions The
fact that the GAZETTE contains twelve
generous ptges Of advertisements speaks well
for its financial prosperity; as for iis genera
SUCCESS, tho rest Of the paper Epeakl fol
itself.
The CmcAao RAILWAY REVIEW, also, that ole
and well-estahliahed organ OF the rsilsoada
nhows that il is on the high road 10 success, b,
! coming out in an enlarged form, 6lled to over
flowing with matters of interest in its specially
| Judging from the amount Of advertising In TIL
/ REVIEW, it must be blessed thing to own /
: railroad Journal in Chicago