The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-22

HARPRRs MAGAZINE FOR MARCH, l615.-Hsr-
per's Aasasiae for March is an exquisitely bean
tiful Number. It opens with Mr.. s. G. W. Ben
jami ms paper ON Contemporary Art in France, y
with thirty-two engraviugs, most of which are
reproductions Of the finest pictures Of French
artists, executed in a style of marked excel
lencs.
"A Summer Cruise among the Atlantic Islands, !
with ten illustrations, treats of the Azores and
Madeira Islands, with especial reference to their
climate and other features interesting to inval.
ids. The Cape Verbs and Csnaries will be treat.
ed in q subsequent paper.
Herbert Tuttle contributes a very interesting
illustrated article on the Prussian Wends-a
Sclavonic people once numerous and powerful
but in the twelfth century conquered by the Ger.
the Spreewald in Prussia.
Another illustrated paper treats Of Litchield
Hill, Connecticut, and its old law school, whore
during the latter portion of last century, Cal
houn, Mason, Clayton, and other eminent law
yers and Statesmen, received their legal ednca-
tion.
s. S. Conant contributes . concise but compre-
hensive review of Wallace's recent book on Geo.
graphical Distribution of Animals, with five
beautiful illustrations.
DR.. John W. Draper contributes the first of an
important series of papers, giving popular e1-
position of some scientific experiments. This
trates the experiments upon which were based
DR.. Diapers remarkable memoir "On tho Pro-
duction of Light by Heat" published in 1s47,
and anticipating by thirteen years the results
deduced by NJ. Kirchoff in memoir that was at
the time ils6O) regarded ~ the origin of spectral
analysis.
This Number contains an illustrated Valentine
story "About Dolly" by Rose Terry Cooke, and
an illustrated poem especially appropriate to the
Valentine season, by C. P. Cranch. The poet is
also artist, sud The illustration is after draw
ing made by him.
Edward Everett Hale contributes one of his
Characteristic stories, entitled "Ideasn In q
more humorous vein is "My Great Aunt's will''
"A story by Elizabeth A. Smith.
The paper on webster and the Constitution, y
by tho Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Georgia, in
the light of current events, is especially timely
and interesting.
The Ninth Part of "A Woman Halter" narrates
more Of the doings of the daring Miss Gale, and
at the close brings together the three most i'm.
portant personages of the story in q very dram
attic tableau.
In "Erema," Mr.. Blackmore's story, we have
this month quaint narrative of Tom Sawyers
love for the heroine, with satisfactory expla-
nation of his broken nose), and of Erema's de-
parture from the city of the Golden Gate for En-
gland.
The poetry of the Number is unusually stri-
king, including some lines not hitherto publish
ed, by BARRY Cornwall" addressed to the lady
who afterward became Mrs. Proctor; beautiful
poem, entitled "Estranged," by Philip Bourke
Marston; and poetical contributions by Anna C.
Brackett, Carl Spencer, Ellis Gray, and Mary n.
Prescott.
The Editorial Departments cover admirably
their respective fields. Especially worthy of
mention is the notice in the Easy Chair of Schlie-
mann's recent discovery Of the tomb of Agamem-
non. The Drawer contains some very amusing
illustrations.