Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-02-05

The 4ldins for February, is quite the equal of
the January in variety, and il has one or two
features of even rare excellence. Artistically,
there are few better drawings, and scarcely ever
any better wood engravings, than keeping the
| Peace" a dog-picture by Peter Moran, quite
worth of Landseer in his best days, with which
the number opens. The late John A. Hows sup
piled, just before his death, the three exquisite
Views of the Conemaugh," which follow.
| Two Pleasant Occupations" and .''The For
| tunate Moment, are companion pieces, after
| RudauX, pleasantly telling the conc 0nof that
rural love-story Of which the Aldine before
given more than one charming limp, by the
! same artist. Hunting the Stag" noble
| ful-pape picture, well conveying that grand
| sport in the costumes and manner of the olden
time and n singularly well-drawn little picture,
| without name, but showing TWO girls rolling
| about Oh the summer grass,-and three views OF
oddly beautiful Reterboi ough Cathedral, one of
| the handsOmest in England,-inake up the art
| contents of the number, really perfect enough,
| well to warrant the secondary name: the ''Art
| Journal of America
The literature of the number, meanwhile.
quite keeps pace with the pictures, in excellence
| and variety.
| The Aldine Company has determined to es-
| tablish an Art Union, similar, to the well-known
| Art Union in England and distribute its works
| OF art, both sculpture and paintings, which are
constantly collecting, among its subscribers.
! Art premiums valued at 50, 500, will be distri-
| buted among each scrices of 5000 subscribers.
Subscription tickets, at Sc each, entitle the hold
! er to the AIdine for year, to the new chrome,
| and to q ticket in the distribution of art pre-
| miumS. The ALDINE COMPANY publishers, No. 5S
| Maiden Lane, n. 7. City.
New PUBLICATIoSs.-Harper's Magazine for
February is filled chuck fnll, from cover to CO.
yer of just that sort of matter which its publish
ers habitually provide for the deectatOu of their
DatrOns and which has Dlncpd their MauaZiup
so high in the estimation of the public. The ta-
bic of contents contains. among other good
things, the following choice bits The Angel of
the Twilght-a poem New Washington, Carl
cature Among the Ancients, The French InsiI-
tute and Academies, Wonders of the Lowlauds,
Professor Fawcett, Christian Missions, Electra.
De Witt Clinton as Politician. In addition to
the articles on the above subjects, which cover
large field and afford variety of entertainment.
there is given to the continuing chapters of the
Rape of the Camp, the fourth paper on the Fist
Century of the Republic; the sixteenth paper on
The Republican Movement in Europe, by Emilio
CASTELAR,, the chapters of new story,
by Miss Angel, by Miss Thackeray, and last
though not least, the editors Literary, Scientific
and Historical Records, the whole fitly ended by
the Editors Drawer, which is filled with choice
bits of fun for those who enjoy good joke.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE and the accompany
ing official documents arc published in full in an
appendix of 35 pages to THE REPUBEIC magazine
for January. The present issue of THE REPUB-
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leading political questions Of the day, under
such titles as "Louisiana-the EFFICIENCY of the
| Hour - "Crime in the Sou;h-lts Cause and the
Remedy - 'Our Internal Commence - ''Prac-
tical Art Education for Mechanics - THE
! Question at Issue - ''Doings in Congress -
s'SherdaE in Louisiana - Executive and De-
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