The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-04-29

srR,BSER FOR MAY.-The three bright faces
that look out from the opening page of the May
number of ScRIBNER's MONTHLY, are only differ
ept views of one girljsh head-the still living
heroine Of a tragedy which will be remembered
as long as the name of Napoleon is lauded among
men. The picture here skillfully reproduced is
Gilbert Siuart's threefold portrait of Madame
terson-Bonaparte, of Baltimore, one of the
most conspicuous victims of the great" Napo-
Icons selfish and unscrupulous ambition. The
accompanying sketch of 'The Baltimore Bona
Psrtes" is authentic history Of this interesting
family, which may yet give France its Emperor.
The New Paris Open House is described, with
pen and picture, in the same number of SCRIB-
NER. Though its architecture is hsgrantly
"French, using the term with its most un-
pleasant Cockney meaning,-it is still marvel
Gus building and in all its arrangements and de-
tails worthy of careful study The present de-
scription is rapid and uneritica, but gives good
idea of the general STYLE and Of the most curious
and striking features of this Temple Of Song"
"Droogmakerij" is the all-Dutch-to-me title OF
Col Warnings carefully prepared account OF the
drainage Of Harlem Lake,-':by much the largest
operation of its kind nndertak en- by man. u
This paper, which includes the entire subject of
draining in Holland, is particularly valuable to
engineers and those interested in low lands along
our coast but she subject is simply treated
that the general reader" will find it Us interest
ing as n romance.
DIR. Wm. Hayes Ward, of the .Indrpsndeni,'
sums up, in an illustrated paper, some of the Gu
rious discoveries that have recently been made
in ancient Assyrian literatuEe.
"Some Recent Woman Poets" is the title Of q
brief, but thoughtful critical paper; some of thes.
new women poets have new poems in the sam'
number of the MONTHLY, by the way. "Yuns
Wing aud His Work" tells about the Chinese Ed
ucational Mission, and its devoted originator.
In the way of fiction have two chapters o
DIR. Hollands Story of Sevenoaks, lin which ther,
is more about Jim Fenton, and new characte
is introduced); more Of that exceedingly 'Myste
rious Island" by Jules Verne; an Eiectro-Me
chanical romance, by Charles Barnard that il
original in several features, and will be especial
ly appreciated by railroad and telegraph people
and another story by the young New Orleans
story writer George W. Cable, who has q field al
to himself, just now, and, what is more to tn,
purpose the genius that enables him to seize it
artistic features. By the way, what a delicious
broken English he puts into the mouths of hi
Crcoles! 1t is more than dialect, it is drama!
"Some Old Letters" uhese are genuine by th'
L., and a later installment will be accompanied
by fac-similies) and Both Sides of the Shield,
by Mrs Davis, are the other prose contributions
In the Editorial pages, DIR. Holland write
about Speaking Disrespectfully of the Equator,
popular Arts" and "The Premium of Produc
tive Culture" The Old Cabinet has something
about English Criticism of American Poetry,
and "The Poets Mind and Mood" A de
partment, entitled "The Worlds Work." take
the place of Mature and Science;" and "Etch
ings" gives way to "Bric-a-brac;" and thu
SCRIBSER enters upon it's tenth volume