Middletown transcript., 1876-04-22
Book Notices,


LIppINcorT's MAGAZINE in Lippincott's
magazine for May, the fifth paper of the Gen.
tennial series, "rhe Century its Fruits and
its Festival" gives an account of the minor
structures of the Exhibition, public and pri-
vate, with pictures Of the most important and
attractive of them, and plan ef the grounds
in which the positions of all the buildings
are distinctly noted The first of two illus
trated papers on Constantinople, by lady
who has not only explored the streets and
bazaars of the Turkish capital, but had ac-
cess to several harems, is written with great
liveiness, and goes into details of domestic
life and manners which will claim especial
attention from female readers. A weightier
article-one that combines vast amount of
solid information with striking and sugges-
tive views-is that on 'tBerin and Vienna"
by Prof j. NJ. Hart. 1t traces the.history and
contrasts the characteristics of these two cap
itals, and indicates the share that each has
had, and may hereafter be expected to have,
in the national development. Some hitherto
unpublished facts respecting Benedict Arnold,
and the beautiful and accomplished wife who
shared his disgrace, though she had no part
in his crime, are communicated in a very
agreeable style by the writer of "An Old
House and its Story"
| ST NICHOLAS FOR MAY-With its May num-
Der, st. Nicholas begins a new serial story,
s'The Cat and the Countess" translated from
the French by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and
| illustrated with silhouettes by Hopkins. The
! first installment introduces the principal char
acters in series of striking incidents, and
contains no less than thirty-six comical sill
honette drawings.
AS for miscellaneous attractions, the large
number of them forbids even the mention of
all bnt among the first are Mrs. Oliphants
second paper on 'Windsor Castle; Susan
! Coolidges ''Talk with Girls on ''Ready for
Europe;" and the two beautiful poems, ''The
Flakes by Mrs. Dodge The stories of
Clough's Top-Knot'' and "The Dotterels'
Luck" are excellent; and the rhyme of 1.-The
King of the Hobbledygoblins," with its fam
tastic picture, is a feature in itself. Mrs. Abby
| Morton Diaz contributes a May-Day play
Marion Harland has another Little House
Keepers Page" with fine illustration and
the department for 'Very Little Folks is oc-
cuped with charming poem, 'The Fate of
Gingerbread Man. with little pictures by
NJ. Woolf.
| "Jack-in-the-Pulpit' is as brilliant as ever.
| "The Little School-ma am awards several
prizes, and sDeacon Green offers several
more. The Letter-Box and Riddle-Box are
| CTOWueu Win ROOO tnlngS.
SCRIBNER FOR MAY-In the May number of
Scribner, Col. Etiing, Of the Committee on
the Restoration of Independence Hall, dis
cusses the 'Portraitnie of William Penn"
The illustrations include the famous Penn
Treaty Picture, by West; Penn in Armor,
at the age of twenty-five from a rare en-
craving on steel); Admiral Penn the father
of Willam), and the newly discovered por-
! trait of William Penn, IL copy of which was
recently added to the National Museum, From
the Forthcoming Bryant History of the United
States. an entertaining passage is published
concerning "The True Pocahontas." The Col
lege Series is continued with paper on Bow
| doin College, containing "reminiscences of
Hawthorne, Longfellow, and other dstin-
guished men; among the pictures is silho-
uette of Longfellow, at about the age of nine
teen. A series of papers, giving an account
of recent American and foreign experiments
in, Incorporation" by Mr.. Charles Barnard,
author Of the paper on Zone Hundred Thou
sand Homes" Among the other papers are
Bret Hartes and Edward Everett's Hale's Sc
rials; an illustrated sketch of John Gutten-
berg, by Theodore L. De Winnie Zone of the
printers of the magazine), a paper which
groups, we believe for the first time in Eng
lish, the result of the latest foreign research,
and 1.-THE Old Cabinet papers. "Bric-a-brac''
contains something about "Col. Randolph
Slaughter, of Virginia J" "Uncle Jim's Bap-
tist Revival Hymn - etc. Mr.. P. T. Quinn s
paper on gardening and the general manage
ment of small places in the country, this
month, gives timely directions about ever
greens, pears, grapes and vegetables.
GENTLEMEN of this town who shave them
selves will never know how painless and Alto
gether comfortable this operation can be made
until they have tried one of the improved
Razors made by Mr.. J. R. Torrey, of New
York. Every man who has used one of the
Torrey Razors is enthusiastic in their praise
as the best in the world Every Razor is
warranted perfect, and every one will give a
clean and easy shave when taken from the
store, hold its edge longer and take rev
edge easier than any Razor yet made. Mr.
S. N. Reynolds keeps full line of these
Razors, and will be pleased to have any snf-
ferer who has difficult beard, put these
statements and the J. R. Torrey's Razors to
the test, at any time.