Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-29
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81. Nicho}as for May. There /, fun epop.h
in The " number Of II. Nichola. 10 Keep lbr
children laughing I'LL the next number come,
out-ii children are a jolly we lake them 10
b" fir,t Of all j, Rose Terry's poem OF Poll
laIr"Ir' winch la, very sca,onabe flavor
al this time ~ the mrtamOrphJ>is Of every
thing 10 general and Of t.dpule, IN particular.
Almost any one would laugh Ut the picture Of
ron taken Is he was lying al ease in hi,
puddle MT dreaming that he would soon be-
cutpn discontinued baby-frog."
lAtn there Is a capital picture BIZ Church
iuil VI this artists humor. more graphic ex-
preston OF the comic effect OF a newcomer.
entrance has rarely been penciled. The strnng-
er IS scanned - closely by his fellow-prisoners
Is "a new boy at a boardng-school.
In the poem Poor Puck the hamor even
zoe, over into Fairyland. aud our admiration
OF lucA's audacity In transgessi0n is equa.ed
BY our respect Tor Queen MAIDS tactics and her
clever way Of furnishing the trespasser
And "A. II this were not enough, the VERY |
Little Folks have their share too.-a story |
illustrated with live pictures. which, il the ba-
by see them first, will carry the laugh all
around the circle TO grandpa.
Last but not least, Is Jack-in-the Pulpit who |
is always funny.
But u. Nicholas knows how 10 be serious |
too and no girls story could be sweeter than |
Susan Coolidges delightful May-day narrative |
of"Queen Blossom with its beautiful illus
tratiOn by Fredericks. The three illustrated /
stories By Rebecca Harding Davis, Elsie Cor |
ham, and the author OF "Rutledge" will inter. |
est every body, and the practical articles will |
well repay all who read them, especially the |
two entitled About Heradryn and "The |
Feast Of Flags" the illustrations OF which are
novelties. But We cannot name all the good |
things; we only envy the children the monthly
happines, Of such magazine.
lScribHeF for Nay. The three bright faces
that look out from the opening page of the May /
number Of Scribner's Monthly, are only differ
ent views Of one girlish heap-the still LIVING
heroine OF tragedy which will be remember
ed as long As the name of Napoleon is Landed
and reyied among men The picture here
skillfully reproduced 1. Gilbert Stuart's three
told portrait of Madam Patterson Bonaparte,
OF Baltimore, one Of the most conspicuous VIC
Tins of the great" Napoleon's selfish and I'M
scrupulous ambition. The accompany sketch
of The Baltimore Bonapartes" is an anthem
tic history Of tins interesting family, which
may yet give France its Emperor.
The New Paris 0pera-HOuse is described
with pen aud picture, in the same number OF
scribner. Though its architecture is tiagrantly
''French" using the term with its most I'M
pleasant Cockney meaning it is still mar
veIous building, and 10 all its arrangements
and details Worths OF careful study. The pres
ent description Is rapid and uncrtics, but
gives a good idea of the general style, and Of
The most curious and striking features of this
Temple of Song
,fDroogmakerjr 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 It's kind ever undertaken
by man. This Psper. which includes the en-
tire subject of draining in Holland. is partieu.
arly valuable to engineers and those interest
ed in low lands along our coast; but the sub
ect Is SO simply treated that the general
readero will find It as interesting as romance.
DIR. Wn. Hayes Ward, Of the independent