, 1876-02-26


Tho atyie il ycrY Erxphic, and every picturo ia
evidently from ilfo, No man who lad nos him
solf sesE them could SO ak.IIful!y hare portrayed
these thrilling and dramatic SCOPES.
1i{o. and thecs wild men. snl foilors thoir for
tuocs WITH uuaarvtnr ,ntereut Ind II Tiil ho n
matter Of surprlse II tho book doos not fastsn
MAGAZINES,
csrrespom..nse y 7ax CHICAGO Tribune.
Erw Yonr. Fob. n4.-H. NiehoInz fnr March
nas aons no" 1cAturoe' "hieh WILL Attract those
Who arc interested in literature for Children.
The scrieB, '.ralke with Girls" by lea1lng AM.
orscan authorH Ito bo followed by "Talks with
Boys ", Is begun with paper by Louisa Alcott
{copy1sgbted). entitled " Helping Along" Tho
.Windsor CAssIe" series, by Mrs. Oliphsut,
starts with Edward Ill, aod promises to take
TIC children down through tue vhols roalm Of
EogMsn @ hls.o,y, ona'nE r'!4 ,st Mee9IA Inofo y
P.ro." ny Marlon 1,srian5 snd a 1Vnunr
Co1tributor'a Department las lust been miro,
duced. on pago Sal Of the March number ia An
tntelestlag account or no. now mote than 400
u,s,a :. ns Tses ~ 49, III @puiena [szo ,
ali parts of thn limited Statns and Canada. ana
also from England and Scotland, for 81. Nicholas
nAs ise readers thcrs a. nel! ~ hero.
Toerou III, - y ,l,s maat;o ,oa tns a..,, .,,
contain ono Of tho moat i,uportaus Of III. Ad-
ans railroad papers the couclusion Of the
etory, - Carnival Or Komo;" papot on the
nn,i .1tin1a ~, :. nr.,n.ns ~ ~ ~, 1T Wopi
esudy Of tho old battlcagId OF i,uotzeu. bv n
Hosmer; an "Esaay 90 Nural Architecture" BY
Wllson FlagE; : sketch Of The Egyptian
i MEsuse ny ma nts WHIT; " .nrss ase ola
noars Nv Inpy.,nt T.v,or Fl,s.hn.h s,n.rt nv
phelpe, William uowist, Edgar FAvcett, Aui
e. 7. Lathrop,
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THE FIRST COMPLETE SHAKESPEARE.
Tar7er ~ H.> coTr<ttordknte Sew York Hrening
Po.t.
There has lately fallen into nv hands eot, ia
snvnn yoinne.. of Howe. f,rat sd;tion a, sb,b..
pehte.
'Tho worka OF AIr. William Shakespeare, In six
volumes, adornsd With cuts. Revised and cor
,Acto5 viii =, .cccrrt ~ tbo Jifo ,n5 1vrg,,,o.
~ ,,,o An,hor nv nnw, ~ ~ a' I,onaoa s
oi Inc nu.nof: ny ~ no"e' I"l. Lohoon
Printea ~ Jioon Ionson, Within ursy' 's'1nh Gate,
near Gray's-Inn Lane. M.D.C.C.LX."
Tho frat collection of Eb,ksponre's ntnva m.
,o,-ad s.vo,, v..-, .t,.r III. doa,h ,.,nt.s ,r.r
psa,s o. ,ts ;ssa p, n4n'su ngm
copies lh MO hands oi t"o OF hss felloH-comedl-
ans, who prepared the preface and dedication
and tho work Was undertaken by copartnorB4ip
AZ pnhl,sI,ers m ono It In assortof- heine will
-. ~ ,..,,n ~. ~, ~ s., -. oe ".
edition came out' snd tho two aro known as
Tho Folio Of 1923 t" aud "The Folio OF 1884,"
resnoctiyely.
n 1s44 .nctbor Tall, -, ,-,n,.a oo,,.ir;.a
s.,,i..s.t .e was i1as1u, .cu. eo"'~"t
aosou "outs'ooat ul4uAs aaa III 1850 1eprias
of thia-thua making four folloa. dasignhted by
their respective years; m unwieldy shape In
which to have the plays. nnye aomo eommon.n.
~ l,,t ~. ,,,. ~. ~ ~. 81 ..,.,...s..
'1At ~. 'He eA'' WV Nn1 'H' IVY so4uiu'' ~
"hien they Hese accessible until the appearance
OF !hse 70. o. Nnwe ~ 4aov.
Elenolas Mo"s: being almssli something Of
ofa1nal'ss, hla h1ao!os 10 quote Df. JOHNSON,
" "iecessat!!y made h!m acquainted With bhAk.
apease, ana aoquatntahce pfooace1 venefatino+'
Accordingly. out OF !oso LOT hla subject and Do
SIRE 20 pt!ng tao immortal playa more within the
reach OF ths punlic, 10 undertook tho preparA-
tion OF ne" ct!tion "fTom which" says tue
Doctor, "he nestlor rocotyed much Era!ho, nor
socmb TO haVo expected 1t Jot 1o hd.la thas any
one woo compares ns Work with those Which
proeede! It will lind that 10 dld more than 10
prohlaoa, aha tnAt "@lthous Tie Pomp OF notes
or boaasa ot erat!csam' many pasaAgas ato lisp.
PLY restored. u ahtd thAs ho rotAsned o1u
errors, coffec1'hg onIy roma OF the "gtoseer
cordea TO hlmC1s 81 having given NOW impulse
10 The etudy of Shakespeare. making tho plays
easy ot access III these handy octave To!umes,
and IN many ways drawing attention 10 his
choaen Subject, 10 That tho steadily increasing
interest which led. aftet f0W years, to etAbor-
ate invoetleation and commentaries on Tho text
and to flvsl editions, ia duo to him. This anu
hla own aeeond edition III l1lt were tho mcaus
Of starting Up both eeltoEs aud publishers.
No"o aiSlooa into acts and scencs those plays
When a. haa aat noen previously divided be N[ose