Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-07-11
A. II. STERRETT,
Prin cipal,

What The Graphn 10 among the English
magazines, Tnr ALplSE Is among American
magazines, the difference in point Of artis-
tic excellence being generally in favor Of
TUE ALDlxE. It's certainly - il The July
number Of the latter, the illustrations Of
which are Of more vivid character than
any hitherto published. The full Page from
tispiece, Patriotic Education," by F.
Beard, is q spirited realization Of Fourth
Of July night. 1t represents . baxom lit
tie lady, holding blazing Roman-candle,
facina.ed by. but afraid Of, its squirting
sparks. Her father stcadies her hand.
while her brother looks on ati,niringly. with
more Ere works, and waits his turn to
show what he can do. Facing this is
liking Witisfs Drinking Horn" by. A.
A. Kappes, : group Of jovial r,ouks who
have evidently mortified the flesh with the
best their refcctory affords, and whose
thirst appears to be unquenchable. Then
come two mountain pictures. "View in the
Surenen Pass, Switzerland,' and 1.-The
Lofacr Peak. Tyrol. and another full page
illustration, "A Shipwreck on the Coast of
Dieppe, after T. Weber. From John S.
Davis we have "Blowing Hot and Cod
charming glimpse Of child-life. to which
the eugraver has not done full justice; and
from c. 4. Townsend, .Puss Asleep
likeness Of o cat as fine in its way as MS
famous dogs head in the March ALplNE -
Tue ALDlNE posses one advantage as re-
CARDS its Literature, which no other maya
zine can claim. II is hampcred by no tra-
ditions which it must support, and II has
laid out no specially to which It must a1-
here; consequently II II what its editor
chooses to make it. We can never predict
fro m one nun Der what another will be, ex-
cept that il will be good, with, most likely
some new feature. The feature Of the July
number is ". l.. Alden After the CON-
Ct" 1t claims to be lecture read before
The New York Historical Society in 1882,
and 10 be q veritable record Of great cat
astrophe that befel the earth sixty years
before. We smile at the notisn, Of course
bu. rs We read on the verisimilitude Of this
record, and its circum stantiality Of details.
puxsle and startle US. When did all this
happen? We ask, for surely !, must be
true. The hoax is as clever as anything
Poe ever wrote In the shape Of fiction
there is an agreeable story, EN- Miniature,
. translation from the German Of Elixe
Polko. by Mrs. NJ. A. +. Humphreys; "in
the Garden" chatty little ske'ch by Bets
~ Drew and " The Scissor Family" BY
Lo!ly Dink's Mother. From Charles psw
SON We have pleasant paper on Trout
Fishing from Julia Hawthorne charac-
teristic essay on shadow and from Miss
+. Il. Leonard, woa anly plea on "Woman
in Art-Rcsa Bonheur.' The editorials are
as fresh - ever, "Patriotism and Powder"
being as sensible a. il is seasonable, and
..Puss Asleep and "December and May"
models Of light chatty writing. Mr.. Hen
~ Morford contributes striking poem.
!. Tvs Queens in West Minister = Mr.. w.
W. bailey, an airy little lyric. T. Thistle
Down. aud Henry Richards an unrhymed
md apparently faithful version Of 4 Two
Gaxels Of Hatix." The subscription price is
$500 per annun, which includes an
Oil Chrome, and the publishers are James
Sutton & Co, - Lib. rty Street, y, Y,