, 1873-12-13

fetrItiou H. tho oSaet poa!t'oh ~ Ws'lon ucalh
ming, rolling ball Of fro nerosa tl,e ktolo1l-
lloor OF llorao in Sa1agnao, Franco; "At. Elmo
Fire over tho spirc Of Notro Dame par's ;;oa M 4
"Anrora borealis Soon Mt 1'aria May ID, lHos;'
lithoYraph; "An Aurora Dorcnlis ovor tho Polar
Hca;" mother. whoflcd it, logaritlnic curves,
seen mt ;spltzboiyon," January, 1922; amd,
lastly, atill moro wonderful effect viHbe III tho
Han,e month mid year ut spit2borgo,,.
Throughout tho whoto work tue lucid explan-
atory text is accompanied by ssatihtEcal tn1les,
many uf which, aro Of great aclcntillc yalue.
From Gso Interesting to o""p efosity sp Ts
ut oartl, inhabited by 1nan:
Fftt.
Tho Duaahiat cloascr Of 1lanlc trhihat)., les32
rho rost-Io,se Of X,tcomarso tpsrnl.. 14.2a,
T1e Town Of <,ala,nnrca tl,ol!yta). 1J,G5l
yneysr Yin 1sMn Of # A''ssa atasI !avi i9, 1SdSs
Tho rown Of PERT tpcrul.. .............. 13,a7i
Tho Town Of Tn paz {Dullvta}. .......... 12,213
nues aor % a" to ill., teSe s"r0e oe Of 'a tso
highest mountains In tho world, ''ropreBort tue
population Of tho worry highest altttttdoa. III
Tho A,aaA tho condor, Il, tho Alps tho engle and
vnturo, hover above The topnoat peaks:.,"', F:,', ,,,
! or. "ln my acrial voyages thin fascinating
| chapter on 9Aoronantical Asconta concludes,
II hnro mot with butterflies at heights to which
tho birds Of our latitude do not nscona, mud at
moro than $500 foot nbovc tho ground. Or. j.
| o. Hooker noticed como at Mount Mo.nay ut n'a
| altitude Of more than 17,70l feot. snch fs tho
scale Of anin,nl life In tlcsc Alpine zonos where
! tho faunn gradually becomes scalccr, finally
| giving wny 10 ao1ittlo md dissolution, Beyond
tho last stage Of vegetnt!on, bcyD11t tho extreme
rosion attained by tic insect md nainifota. nll
becomes silent and sninhabitsa yet TIC air IL
still full Of microscopic nuinlulculcs. whicl, tho
.$.1ut fdlr1tf 11&
mated to an unknown height"
The I'yrcnoes.
4 TOUR THROUGH THE rl1aENEEg. Dy Htp--
English lleruturc." :" Travels in 1taly," etc illus
| &Co.
To possesH tho complete works Of Taino has
become determination with all analytical
Btuflants of Art and almirors or Elilnptnous limo
antl color. Within the past few ycars, no other
writer has lono 30 much to mold artistic thought.
1t is this avis, portraycr md creative critic who
uphuil1s 4 cloar philosophy amid tho richest
imagery, and doflnes ita aoycro outlines against
background OF ep!ondor. Hardly loss onrncAt ia
tho desire to hRvo. na an intimate recourse, aono
| work Of Doro. For, notwithstanding tho woula.bo
annihil0tion of this master by Ruskin, lie huH
1sndled the imagination Of tho uge. 4 book
| that combines two such desirable poRaeRaio1ls M
happily as they aro combined in the " Tour
Through tho Pyre11ees tho toxt Taino tho
illustration. Doro-is trebly welcome. It ts ono
of tho beautiful offerings OF tho season.
Tic volume Is aquuro octave, bound, III. its
CoBtlicBt form, in morocco Dnd In its least cost
". in that stylo which was inaugurascd in tho
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hnea whose brilliant example haA ihaplfea new
school IN illustrations Of storms, or OF iesonda
OF tho supernatural. thofe III TINT informing OF
Nature with tue human expression OF the gro
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