Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-26

1. BREMER. Life. Letters aud Posthumous Works
Of Fredrka Bremen. Edited by her sister, Charlotte
Brcmcr. Translated from the Swedish by Freda Mi
low. In one vOl crown Svo Cloth, 81.
I'VE have quoted so much from this charming volume
that have room for further quotations, but il Is
book to be read. ~ EraDtirer. LOndOH
THE double biography is delightful chiefly because
II shows Fr'dka IN the bo-om o her family. from ear
crt chidhool aud may be said to trace the history of
her mind -HHrteiyhia Hyeas
2. THE OPEN POLAR SEA. Popular edition. by
Isaac l. Hayes NJ. d. With nine Illustrations on
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Hayes sketches three full page Charts twcntycight
ygnette-, and fine portrait Of the author, engraved
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81 morocco, 81.
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should be willing to recommend 80 unreservcdly'
4. OLD ENGLAND Its Scenery, Art and People
by, james NJ lIopp!n, Professor in Yale College.
vol, 1Gmo. Price 81,
phatically pointing out mlny comparatively neglected
objects OF Interest end sources of information and plea
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traveller 10 put IN his pocket to refresh his memory and
make suggestive his tour BOSTON iran cyipt.
| 8. ITALIAN JOURNEYS By within D. IIowclTs
author of venetian Life. vOl crown $40. Price S2
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sincere, enjoyable and profitable. ''-bTooklyH Union
at Is not much what Mr. Howell aH what be
ignores that gives h readers The when they have
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charming narrarc.'- liOStoH I0t.
| Mann.
Historical aud Artistic Notice of the Place. by vii.
liam d. towels. vol, crown Svo. nice, extra
cloth, 81
"It ia Venice directly presented to the imagination
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| lrYng's 'Alhambra', ,'-Adryord Fress.
| by Andrew T. Peabody. u. d., l.. l.. d., Preacher to
Harvard University. Price 81 50.
"On art. architecture laws. and society his
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D. ESSAYS OF ART by Francis Turner Palgrayc
| late Fellow of Exeter College. oxford vol, kmo,
| red cloth, gilt tops, Price 81 T5.
"Mr, Palgmyos canons of art nrc ominonIy catholic
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HE example, are ceusSsd chioy the current
tiOns OF British cultufc Ms motives are genera his
reasoning broad and his style of expression Is sueh
carry the weight of authority, '-B6stOs TOst.
10. THE ART IDEA sculpture Painting and Ar.
| chit 'Cnrc In AmeIlca " James Jackson JaNes,
vol. fGmo, clo,h, Price 81 75.
"lhc volume deserves the careful study of intelligent
amateurs oi art and whatever differences of opinion
II mIy call forth its details will be found of rare inter
est aud full of instructive suggestions"
lyl032 Neip York Tribune.