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the current series) is at hand, quit
- heavily freighted with good thing.
as usual (Which is saying much), and
With some peculiarities demanding
special attention. Artistically, it hs'
IN my features of the first excellence.
The first engraving is 1.-The New
oll,'-sdmirahly well done, bu'
ne of those things which seem like q
waste of fine labor, until one knows
hat it is III. portrait OF the daugntei
Of the French writer, Edmond About
W John S. Davis; knowing which,
The picture assumes marked interest.
" Evening, Pigeon Cove, Mass" b.
Nruseman van Eiten, is full-pag
picture. with good feeling and execu-
ton. Two charming smaller pictures
follow-"Th Modern Adam and
Eve" and The Fisherman's Daugh-
ter.," both telling their stories to per
fiction. Then we have another pair
of companion pictures, " Confession"
and u he Stiffness of Death" both
worth "A wurid o, study Tor their true
conception and faithful execution.
Then follow " Happy Hours Of Child
mood" scarcely equal to the high Al
line average and another full-psge
picture by Mr.. Davis, "DewS Of
evening" which may be set down as
one Of the most graceful. things in
irawing, and one Of the most splendid
successes in wood-engraving, anywhere
published within long period. Three
excellent views of Hereford Cathedral
(west IF Engiand) conclude the art
contents of the number.
Litersriiy, the number is tritie less
various, hut no whit less meritorious /;
this number, ike the two preceding,
proving both determination and ability
to make the Aldine q high-class mags-
.ine as well rs rich art repository.
1t is especially rich in poetry-sll the
specimens fine, and one notably so.
Love and Skating" by +. A. Blais-
dell; =" Imprisoned" by Mrs. Eliza
beth Aksrs Allen: "Sorrowful
Work" by Kenton Murray, but the
gem of the number, POLITICALLY, is" A
Spur to Pegasus" by Bertha Wythe,
name new To the literary world, hut
scarcely destined to remain SO, this
being taken - test of power. In
prose, The Aldine has . somewhat
long but a very well managed transla-
ton, 1.-THE Flute-Tortures Of Raphael
Mengs," by A. b. Nelson d" Harry
Wsif," second story from Einna
Siiierne Jarlsen. which gave lis the
Second Lorlei," in the January
number; David Garrick," an inter
esting but discursives and badly grouped
sketch of the great player, by Joseph
W:tson; an exciting continuation Of
he serial, Lost Lillian Bracy,'
Abich apparently draws near to 1t:
nd; papers On the various editorial
lepartments) on Hereford Cathedral,
the Wagner Fever. Wood Engraving,
Late Books, etc.
We have I'D iutimation that with
the coming number, The Aldine in
tends to step TO the front in the inter
ests of the Centennial, by commence
ing the publication of revolutionary
story of rare power and with many
startling revelations, claiming to have
been kept back for the past forty
years, after coming from the lips Of
the actors in that wondrous drsma,-
as also by supplying Illustrations Of
the great events of the conflict, in
the first style of Aldine art. If this
proves true, there is no hazard in say
ing that The Aldine will therein he
opening mine of increased popularity
and prosperity, not easily measured
or calculated, as materials for few
new revolutionary stories can possibly
exist, and who will enter the list,
against this publication, in illustrating
the leading occurrences Of that snfor
gotten hundred years ago?"
The Aldine Company, publishers
Ne. So Maiden Lane, New York City