The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-24


TIarpcl's Magazine Tor .;unc isfbcaiifu'
nu nbcr; 4: d for The unifornic xcriisncc u
It's Illustrations and. iie variety IN int,
est Of its reading-matlcrs it deserves co,a.-
mcnt rs being a stepin Vance of amy
thing hitherto undertaken. ssiiz n
Tie rs..lvrs of thc NJ 4 ,1iae viii .fall
AIr Be1jll. ) PIP ron C,nten, 10 ~ ART
In Germany ercn mere newell and interest
Ing than Is previous tontfil,at ions on
E,glisi. anil FrcncI, Art lie gives A con
else but satisfactory account q Die +sri
Schools. Of Munich. Vienna, and Berlin;
and tho text is iIIustrated with reprjlag-
tions Of the best pictures BY German ar-
lists, and with Portraits of Kaulbaeh, n
Lofty, Lcubach, Max, Defregger, Mcksrt
and knaas. The illustrations represent
the best work Of leading American en-.
gravrrs.
No borough description ila ever i IT,
crto been published Of the Androscoggin
Lakes. md Mr.. Edward Abbolt's paper On
this subject. will, its picturesque illustra-
lions, will show that the region has unu-
sual attractions for the Artist as. well us
the sportsman.
Since the performances at B.yreuth Of
Richard Wagner's Niebelungen Ring iri
logey, there Ii Is been unus isl POP III h.
terist in the story Of the Me belungen Lay
In this Number, Miss Lesla NJ. Sclloon-
maker, a cultivated German writer, gives
a very graphic outline Of the story ard its
principal characters, which are also rend
cred by the mastery pencil Of MIR. Fred.r-
icks in eight effective Illustrations.
Mr.. William A. Rideing contributes a
paper-also finely llustratcd-uh the
wheeler Survey in Nevada" He de-
scribcs the work OF the survey, and the
wonders Of Lake Tahoe and Virginia
City.
Gibraltar history, its natural fea-
lures, and its modern political and mill.
tary significance--is the subject of u pa
per as interesting rs ROMANO e, by George
NJ. Towle. The illustrations arc drawn
by Samuel Coleman, The artist, who
has done himself and the subject ample
justice.
These who have read with SO much in
terest Mrs. Treats papers on "Our TAMIL
iar Biris" willheartily welcome Mr.. IL,
D. Minot's attractive and excellency illus
tratcd paper on birds Nests"
Lovers of downright humor will be de-
lighted with Marc. E. Cooks story INC.
scs Clymer's Business"-illustrated by
Abbey so graphically presented that it
seems more like reality than the fiction
that, of course, it is. aa M
DR.. John w. Draper continues his inn
portant series of illustrated papers Pop
ular Exposition on Some Scientific Ex2er-
iments.p treating in this Number the
methods of bringing phantom impressions
into view, and the pliosphorescence of
diamonds and other bodies.
Fiction has as usual, its generous ailot
ment of space. Charles Reade's remarka-
BILE novcl"A Wonan-hatef" and Black
mores "Ereina" are continued. Mrs.
Frank MCarthy's short story, . The prof
fessor's Victim,'i is well told, and is as
novel as tits dramatic. A large INSTALL
ment of Julian Hawthornc's Garth
full of dramatic situations concludes
this very onginalnovel.
Mrs. Mace. the author Of ''Israfl, con-
tributes poem, entitled "A Dream land
City" Miss Fannie Il, Robinson's IAN
Order from Cameo is a poem of
thoughtful meaning. William Gibson,
in his poem Ia Festa dello Statute"
enters fully into the spirit of the fest:-
val
The Editorial Departments furnish, as
usual. a well-organized body of enter
tanning and instructive matter