Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-27

made up OF letters written "After the Battle OF
the Wilderness" from Washington hospital,
which wildly recalls the horrors of our late
war. Charles Hale's "reminiscences of life 10
Egypt and OF The Kbediye ard his Court
Is paper of considerable interest; and HeLe-
kiah Butterworth assemblies in THE Madness
OF George III" number of iaiere sting details
connected with that topic. "Medcal Fashions"
hy Edward Spencer. Is diatribe against the
various follcs If ph, sicians. Dudu Firt.her
contributes short story entitled For the
Last Time" Tho poetical contents include
Pour o'Clocks." poem Of much simple pa
thos. by Miss ~. +. Sanford. and The An
ti"tsm Statue bv Rose Terry Cooke; and the
editors discuss recent literature. art and mu-
SIC
81. Nicholas for May. With is MAY num-
brr. It. Nicholas begins new scrinl story,
''rhe Cat and the Counties. translated from
the French hy Thomas Bailey Aldrich, aud IL
Illustrated with slhouettes by hopkins. The
fir-t in>tallment introduces the principal char
actcr- in series OF striking Incidents. and con
tans no less than thirty-six comical silhouette
drawings Indeed the Illustrations 10 this story
are novel sud stirring feature for s.. Nicho-
la, and can hardly fail to make a sensation
among the boys and guls.
A. for miscellaneous attractions, the large
number Of them tOrhlds even the mention Of
Al: but among the nj - are Mr.. ohphant,
second paper on Windsor Castle; susan
/ Coolidge Talk with Girls on Ready for t.u-
rope; and the two beautiful poems The Pal
,r, Of Gopdotorus' hy II. ~ and STOW
Flak,s' by Mrs. Dodgc. The stories II
'Clough- Top-knoi' and The Dotterels' Luck
are excellent: and the thyte Of The 'Ning Of
The H"bblcdy COLLINS with it. nj astic ricl-
! urr. i y lecture in it>clt Mrs. hbhv Morton
} Diaz contributes a May-Day PLAY; Marion liar
, land hs> another 'Ii'tlc House-kceper's Page. :
/ with fine illustration; and the department,
/ for Very Little Fotk-' is occupied with a
/ charming poem, The Fate Of a CIR ger Bread
/ Man auth little pictures by VI. Woof.
! 'Jack-in-the-Pulpit il n brilliant ~ ever,
! The Little SchoOlma' an awards several
/ prizes. and Deacon Green offers several more
/ The Lettcr-BoX and Riddle Box crowded
! with good things
: The Gai1yy contains another Of Gen. Gus
I ter, War Memoirs, in which he discusses the
! question, 'Wa@ihe Battle of Bull Run \ Ma
4 unnal Dtsasicrr John ThornDury contribute
I an interesting budget oftheatricaI remini>ccn
u cc>. entitled PLAYERS and Play Gocrs Twenty
] I've Years Ago;f March,, \. Casey puts FORWARD
Z \ Flea for Parrot. meaning Thomas Paine
4 there Is an article on Aztec Mythology. based
J on Nr. bancrof.'s work: Albert Rhodes gos-
X sips and philosophizes on The Pursuit Of tn,
Z Dollar; Junius Henri Browne writes concern
Y ins n" Phenomena Of sleep; and Rirhart
z Grant y hie de>cTibss hi experiences aek in-
2 Lost Art which. on investigation. proves :,
4 ~ the art OF vanishing yiolins. Jane. Jeffrey
Roche writes Of Beach Combers and what tC
/ DO with Them; Mr. Blacks serial Il continue
there are short stories by Theo. GIT. :. T..
and tdyar ftwccti poems are contributed BY
v W. Elan Edgar Fawceit aud Fanny Barrow
h and the editorial and miscellaneous depart
me ut contain the customary entertaining ans
readable features. She don & Co, publishers
I From A. ttsm- & CO.
.>-ribEer for May In the Mav number o
, ocribncr. col. Et,irg % thu Committee on th'
Restoration Of Independence Hall. di.cus~e
I the 'Portrauurc II y ii.iam Penn The Illus
trs,ion. include the famous Penn Treaty Fitt
urr, by West; Fem IN Armor, a. Tie age -
B twrnty-twn from = rare cngras On sttcll
! Admiral Penn lthc father Of " tIliaml and tut
newly discovered portrait Of William Penn.
copy u wich was recently added to the Nation
u Museum. FROM the forthcoming BTy IN
History II the United State. m eniertaiuin.
passage /, published concerning The Trg
. Forthon'as' The College series Is continue,
with paper on Bow loiu College, containIu.
rcmiu,c' res OF llaw horne. Longfrlow. an,
other distinguished men: among the riCtuf,
l. silhouette Of Longfrliow at about the *
OF nineteen. and other entertaining matter.