White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-06-27

THE ALDNE, FOR JCLY-What The Gsaphie is
among English magazines, The AIfiae 10 among
American magasinea. the difference in point Of
artistic excellence Icing generally i8 favor Of
The Aldiae It Il esrtsinly % in the July num-
Der Of ths latter the illustrations Of which sre Of
. uore varied character than any hitherto pub
lishsd. The fall-page' ffontispiece, Patriotic
Edncation," by F. Beard, Is spirited realization
Of Fourth Of july aight. It Itrepresents a buxom
little lady, holding blazing Ronan-csndle, fas-
cinated by, but afraid of its spoating sparks. Her
father stsadies her hand, while her brOthel looks
on admiripgly, with nere fireworks, and waits
his turn to show what he can do. Facing this is
liking Witlafs Drinking Horn," by A. Kappes, a
group Of joyial monks who have evidently morti-
fed the flesh with the hest that their refectory
affords, and whose tLirst appearsto be nnqaencha-
ble. Then come two mountain pictures, "View
in the Surenen Pass, Switzerland aud "The
Lofaer Peak, Tyrol," aud anOeher full page illus
tration, "a Shipwreck on the Coast of Dieppe,-
after T. Weber, From John S. Davis We have
"Blowing Hot and Cold,r charming glimpse of
child-life, to which the engraver has not done
full Justice, and from c. E. Townsend. "Puss
Asleep" likeness Of a cat Is fine in its way as
bis famous dogs head in the March .dldiRe. The
4ldise possesses ons advantage regards its
Literature, which no other magazine can claim.
1t is hampered by no traditions which il must
support, and it has laid out no speciality to which
1t must adhere; consequently it is what its etli-
tor chooses to make it. We can never predict
from one number what another will I've, except
that it will be good With, most Ekel.- s,me new
feature. The feature of the July number is Mr..
W. L. Alden's "After the Comet" Ii claims to
he lecture read bsfare the New York Historical
Society i'm 1892 and to be a veritable record of
great catastrophe that befl the earth sixty years
before. We smile at the notion, of course, but as
We read ON, the verisimitude af this record, and
its circnmstaBtiaty Of Details puzzle and startle
ms. When did al this happen we ask. for surely
it must I've true. The hoax is as clever as any
thing that Poe every wrote. In the shape of fic-
tion there is an agreeable story, g Eu Miniature
a TRANSLATION from the German of Elize Polko, by
Mrs. NJ. A. p. Humphreys; "In the Garden a
chatty little sketch by Betsy Drew; and
"The Scissor Family" by Lolly Dinks's Mother
From Charles hwson Stanley We have pleas
ant paper on Trout Fishing;' from Julian Haw-
thorne a characerist essay on Shadows" and
from Miss Z. b. Leonard womauly plea on "Wo-
man in Art-Rea Bonhenr.' The editorials are
as bright and fresh ~ ever, Patriotism aud Pow
der" being as sensible as it is seasonable, and
"Puss Asleep" and i" December and May" models
of light chatiy writing. Mr. Henry Morfor,l
contributes n striking poem, 1.-TWO Queens in
westminster;r NJ. W. W. Bailey, an airy little
lyric, "Thistle nown," aud Henry Richanls an
unrhymed and apparently faithful version of
1.-Two Gazels Of Hafz." The subscription price
is $500 per annam. which includes superb Oil
Chrome. and the publishers are James Sutton Il
Co., q Liberty Street, n. Y.