The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-31

THE tLbiNt
kor April " gu our table promptly, and
opens within marvellous collection of
beautiful Illustrations, some Of which
nre the finest yet seen In the American
Art journal, while all reflect great
credit upon the cnterprlslng publish.
ors, American scenery, ~ heretofore,
forms II striking feature Of this number
Of the Aldlne,H j. ID. woodward con-
tributes q tender and beautiful full
| page sprMgtme yiew,1 whlqll Is
printed IN Units, and has all the llnc-
ness Of u steel engraving, the block
coming from the hands of q, Maurand,
the eminent ehgraver, Fivegreat aud
remarkable pictures Of Lake George
and lis glorious scenery embelllsh this
number, In which the well-known ar
list, Thomas Moran, and the ongrav-
orr, have We'd with each other 10 put
upon paper faithful pictures, Of the
most exquisite scenery In the New
World A tull-page picture shows
Lake George, looking from Caldwell
and the rear Of the famous Fort Will
liam Henry Hotel; another fine pic
ture Is "Fourteen-Mile Island,n and
the rest, all large and beautiful are
"Vlew from F0urteen-Mlle lsland,n
"Long lslnnd," and "Cat Mountain
! rbe moonlight, Rainbow, and sunlight
! effects IN tleseilre particularly pleas
ing. A, Guult gives II iull-page pic
ture of "Knickcrbocker Days. which
faithfully represents rural life In New
ii Amsterdam, IN the middle ofthc seven
leenth century, when New York was
but u village. The most spirited pie
1ture Which has been seen Oh paper for
h long time, Is full-page battle-scene,
drawn by Julian q. Davidson, repre-
sentmga conflict at sea between an
American and English ship of war,
g during the Revolution. The details of
! Tie ships are admirably drawn. Four
. other large and beautiful pictures rep
resent scenes in the Old World, One
of these, 'Mprble Mills on the Unters-
berg" BY r, Puttner, is u picturesque
view in the woods on the Alps; an
other, t'phc Fishwife Of Markon,"
shows us the interior of cottage on the
Island of Widows" in the Zuyder-
Zee; the third, ain the Cloistcr Cellar
by Edward Grutzner, is II picture of n
perpleXed abbott contemplating the
gross dereliction Of an intoxicated
brotherwhoAhas fallen in drunken
sleep 10y the side of n beer casli; the last
of this series Is called "ietting Around
Him." 10y f. Widnmann, pretty
scene of n lnan asleep across II path
way in the woods. a striking picture
TO add to this long list is II scene from
"Led Astpy," by ~, Beech, which
gives the portraits of Rose Etynge and
MIR. Thorne, A fine portrait of Theo-
dore Thomas, the eminent musician,
Is given, n "A little woodland view,
"Watching for the Flowers" completes
this remarkable list Of Illustrations.
The literary, contents of sthe April
Aldine, are Of II high order, Varied and
interesting Mrs. Margaret J. Preston
J opens the number with fine poem of
considerable length, called "rhe Bar
d on,s iDaughter;pI b. y. Avery writes
y intelligently of ""Art in California;" W.
W. Bailey has a timely essay on "Buds"
tho editor furnishes long descriptive
article about 'IIake George" John
Worthington has q poem called "The
Answer" Mrs. A. Stansbury tells a
, thrilling tale of life in New England,
under the title of "The Story OF
Jock Williston;h thisis followed by q
pleasant article on "Knickerbocker
Days" and graphic description of
Mr., Davidson's great picture "An Old
Time Sea.Fight;" Nj. Despard has a. Pc
culiar poem, "Overture TO Spring."
i Mary J. Thatcher tells in u touching
z way the story sof vCorreggio's Last
fAugel;o and there are valuable and
deeply interesting articles on "Roman-
tic Industries of, the Alps;n ..rhe Is
land of WidowsYS"In the Clolster
Cellar,n by II. III. Stoddard, including a
poem aud~'rhe Forest Path.ps j. J.
\ Taylor has a fine essay on The Press
at Present." and in the regular depart
mcnts of the Aldine, there are articles
on "Church Music and Choirs;' a
sketch of Theodore Thomas; an essay
on s1ed Astray,,n the play which has
\ produced such such asensation in New
4 York; an account ofthe "Artists Fund
Exhibition" and the usual literary no
tees, the whole forming a rare collec-
tom Of good things. Subscription price.
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"The West" James Sutton ~ Co.,
publishers, SO Maiden Lane, New York
City.sAst4 IS.sHE