The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-23
serIbner for May.

The three bright faces that look out
from the opening page Of the May nnm-
ber Of Scribner's Monthly, are only
different views Of one girlish head-the
still living heroine of tragedy which
will be remembered az long ~ the name
of Napoleon ia lauded and reviled
among men. The picture here skilful-
ly reproduced s Gilbert Stuart's three
fold portrait of Madame Patterson. Bon
aparte, of Baltimore, one Of the most
conspicuous victims Of the "grent" Ma
poleon's selfish and interruptions ambi-
tion. The accompanying sketch Of "The
Baltimore Bonapartes" is an authentic
history of this interesting family, which
may yet give France its Emperor.
The New Paris Opera House is de-
scribed, with pen and picture, in the
same number Of Scribner Though its
architecture is fsgrantly "Freneh, p
using the term with its most unpleasant
Cockney meaning,-it il still marve-
lous building, and in all its arrange
ments and details worthy Of careful
study. The present description is rapid
and uncritical, but gives good idea Of
the general style, and Of the most Curl
ous and striking features Of this "Tem-
pie of Song"
"Droogmakerij" is the all Dutch-to.
me title of Col Warnings carefully pre-
pared account Of the drainage Of Haar-
lem Lake,-"'by much the largest oper-
alton of it's kind ever undertaken by
man." This paper, which includes the
entire subject Of draining in Holland Is
particularly valuable 10 engineers and
those interested in low lands along our
coast; but the subject is 80 simply treat
ed that the general reader" will find 10
as interesting az romance
DIR. VIM. Hayes Ward, Of The "Inde-
pendent" sums up, in an illustrated pa
per, some Of the curious discoveries thar
have recently been made in ancient
Assyrian literature.
''Some Recent women Poets" is the
title of brief, but thoughtful critical
paper; some Of these very women poets
have new poems in the same number Of
the Monthly, by the way.
"Yung Wing and His Work" tells
about the Chinese Educational Mission,
and its devoted originator.
In the way Of fiction we have two
chapters Of Or. HolIand'A Story Of Sew
enoaks lin which there is more about
jim Fenton, and a new ch tracter L. in
iroduced); more Of that exceedingly
Mysterious Island" BY Jules Verne;
IN Electro Mechanical romance, BY
Charles Barnard, thar is original 10 sew
sral features, and will be especially ap-
preciated by rnilrond aud telegraph
people; and another story BY the young
New Orleans story-writer George W.
Cable, who has field all to himself,
Just now, and, what il more 90 the pur-
pose, the genius that enables him 20
aeize its artistic features By the way,
what delicious broken Enalish he pats
into the mouths Of his Creolesl Il Is
more than dialect, Il is dramai
"Some Old Letters" (these are genu-
inc by the by, and later installment
will be accompanied by fac-smiles), and
"B0th Sides of the Shield" by Mrs.
Davis, are the other prose contributions.
In the Editorial pages, DIR. Holland
writes about Speaking Disrespectfuily
Of the Equator" Popular Arts" and
"The Premium on Productive Culture" /"
The Old Cabinet has something bout
English Criticism Of American Poetry,
and @The Poets Mind and Mood I" a
new department, entitled "Tho Worlds
Work." takes the place Of Mature and
Science;" and "Etchings" gives way 10
"Bric- a brac;" and thus Scribnor cnfnrs
upon its tenth volume.