New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-01-08

and rs a rare view Of American scenery is
alone worth the price Of the magazine. The
third Of these great pictures is 1.-THE Irish
Schoolmaster," after Nicol, by John 5. Davis,
o very clever and characteristic drawing OF a
race of pedagogues which once flourshed in
Ireland. The fourth whole page picture is
view of Fairfield, Connecticut, by kruse-
man Van Elten-a quiet New England land
scape, with hills. dalcs, river, nesting
village, &c. The other illustrations in this
number are two wonderful drawings of'lsOcky
Mountain scenery, by Thomas Moran, of
Springvile Cation in Utah "a stupcndous and
frightful mountain gorge; and Colburn's
Butte, in Kannarro Caiion-a mass of red
sandstone, two thousand feet high, in the
midst Of unparalleled scenery. Custave DorG
furnishes two wonderfully drawn pictures,
depicting scenes in the Bible; Christ Bless
ing the Children" and "The Descent from
the Cross. The first is full Of beauty and
loveliness; the second is touching in its sor-
row, and grand in It's subinity. "Burying
the Pet Bird is 4 sweet picture, after Miss
NJ. E. Edwards, full OF rare bloom! and sor-
row for the little songster. The German
artist, ROsslcr, has a cosy interior, sugges-
tive Of home and love, called "a Familiar
-" There is still another rct.rc, "Wild
. iowers," which gracefully completes The
long list Of illustrations. The literary con-
tents Of the January -iidiac equals that q! the
Atlant;c Monthly, or Blachpood's-thc best
and most interesting which can be found,
every paragraph being original. Mrs. Eliza
beth .Ahcrs Allen, the popular poet, has
charming song prcttily namaI "a Winter
Rosebuti'' Rev Samuel W DuAiall, of
Michigan, contributes little rem Of song;
William Whitman Bailey publishes q grace
cul and seasonable poem, The SnowFIakc;"
Lima Hayden, new writer, puts Thor
waldsen's has rolicts Day and Night"
into well-cxccutcd poem; Annie j. Frad-
ley sings Of "SCul Days and Mary i. z.
Stansbury, in a poem called "Hollyhoclls,"
congresses whsle love romance, az sweet
and rustic as any in the language. The Ga
partmeDt Of romance is wei. filed. Mrs.
Julia c. r. Dorr has an artistic and enter
tanning story, entitled "Cinderella," which
:,
Douglas is the author Of a wc',-written Swiss
story, entitled, Showing Oh I'ilatus." Clara
BroUghton, sister Ct the editor of Uuper's
Weekly, tells the story Of ~ Ghostly Lodg-
ing" The miscellaneous articles all PIE
pared for the Aidine, consist of an account Of
1.-THE Sianese New Years day" by Mrs.
3. II. Ldonowens, the po.u'sr &uthoress;
paper on 1.-The It,sthutiIa. among BrGtrs."
by Rev. +. r. Gouidug, Of Georgia and
editorial articles by Dr. Fuii<Wall;cr on
THE Irish Sc!iooI-MastcT," pa | tuh Scenery"
Fairfield, Connecticut" DorG's Bible pic
lures, the death OF IN I>!w in i.andscer. T..
| A, and "A Familiar Air. IN Music The
Italian Opera" is written about; in AT a
glance is taken IL the work in progress by
American painters and scuiptors while in
Literature there are reviews OF the poems Of
W. D. Howells, Laura c. Eatl,IeA, and Henry
Morford, notice Of clIi!lren's books, and OF.
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