The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-04-15
LITERARY.

THE ALdine for April opens with
q marvellous collection of beautiful
illustrations, some of which are the
finest yet seen in The American Art
Journal, while all reflect great credit
upon the enterprising publishers.
American scenery, as heretofore,
forms a striking feature of this num-
Der of the Aldine. 1 d. Woodward
contributes a tender and beautiful
full-page spring-time view, which is
printed in tints, and has all the fine
ness of a steel engraving, the block
coming from the hands of G. Maui
rand, the eminent engraver. Five
great and remarkable pictures Of
Lake George and it's glorious scene
~ embellish this number, in which
the well-known artist, Thomas Mo-
ran, and the engravers, have We'd
with each other to put upon paper
faithful pictures of the most exquis-
tie scenery in the New World. A
full-page picture shows Lake George,
looking from Caldwell and the rear
Of the famous Fort William Henry
Hotel another fine picture is -Four
teen-Mile Island and the rest, all
barge and beautiful, are view from
Fourteen-M Mile Island,' "LOng Is
land" and Cat Mountain" The
moonlight, rainbow, and sunlight eff
fects in these pictures, are particu-
krly pleasing. A. Gault gives a
full-page picture of ''Knickerbocker
Days. which faithfully represents
rural life in New Amsterdam, in the
middle of the seventeeth century,
when New York was but a village.
The most spirited picture which has
been seen on paper for long time,
IS a full-page battle-scene, drawn by
Julian o. Davidson, representing a
conflict at sea between an American
and English ship of war, during the
Revolution. The details of the ships
are admirably drawn. -Four other
large and beautiful pictures repre-
sent scenes in the Old World One
Of these, Marble Mills on the I'm.
tersberg," by r. Puttner, is a pic
turesque view in the woods on the
Alps; another, The Fishwife of
Narken," shows us the interior of
cottage on the "Island of Widows"
in the Zuyder-Zee the third, sin the
Cloister Cellar" by Edward Grutz-
ner, is a picture Of a perplexed alb
bolt contemplating the gross dere-
fiction Of an intoxicated brother who
has fallen in a drunken sleep by the
side of beer cask the last of this
series is called Getting Around
Him." by F. Windmann, a pretty
scene of a man asleep across a path
way in the woods. A striking pic
ture to add to this long list is
scene from Led Astray," by T.
Beech, which gives the portraits of
Rose Eytinge and Mr.. ThOrne. A
fine portrait of Theodore Thomas,
the eminent musician, is given. A
little woodland view, "Watching for
the Flowers completes this re-
markaLle list of illustrations. The
literary contents of the April Aldine
are of high order, warned and in
tsresting. Mrs. Margaret J. Preston
opens tho number with a fine poem
of considerable length, called 1.-THE
Baron's Daughter b. p. Avery
writes intelligently of art in Cali
fOrnia; w. w. Bailey has a timely
essay on Buds :" the editor furnish
es long descriptive article about
''Lake George = John Worthington
has a poem called The Answer :"
Mary A. p. Stansbury tells a thrill
ing tale OF life in New England, un-
der the title of ''Fhe Story of Jock
Williston = this is followed by a
pleasant article on "Knickerbocker
Days :" and graphic description of
Mr.. Davidson's great picture Gan
Old Time Sea-Fight;" NJ. Despard
has peculiar poem, Overture to
Spring. Mary z. Thacher tells In q
touching way the story of ''Correg-
gio's Last Angel !" and there are
valuable and deeply interesting ar
ticles on Romantic Industries of
the Alps : THE Island of Widows -
'In the Cloister Cellar" by II. H.
Stoddard, including a poem; and
1.-The Forest Path" B. j. Taylor
has a fine essay on The Press at
Present. and in the regular depart
ments Of the Aldine there are articles
on ''Church Music and Choirs; . a
sketch of Theodore Thomas an es-
say on Led Astray' the play which
has produced a sensation in New
York; an account of the ARTISTS
Fund Exhibition" and the usual lit
erary notices, the whole forming q
rare collection of good things. Sub
scription price, So, including chlo-
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