Ellsworth American., 1878-04-25

81. Nicholas tor Nay opens with graphic
story Of the isher-folk life OF the Hudson River,
with fine frontispiece illustrating it,-both
by Mary Hallock foote, and executed with
her best pen and pencil. The story tells "How
Mandy went Rowing with the 'Cap'n. and
what haprened to her bAby-chArge in her alb
sencc.
The inimitsble "Peterkin,'' OF Lucretia p.
Hale re-appear. this time In the perple kites Of
"moving, "A household trouble that brings
out very amusingly their curious ap,iiudcs for
Mr.. Irwin Russell tells shout .sSam.- q
darkey boy. and his funny doings on his birth
day with chum, the story being characters
tically illustrated by Sol Eytinsc.
'.Old soup IL q tale about wise old elephant
of India. and has striking. full-page picture
by j. +. Kelly: and The Charcoal burners
Fire: or. Easter Eve among the Cossacks,' l. a
narrative Of RussiSn life, sy David Ker.
The number il rfch In poems. and contains
lovely picture; wild Geese by CeliA ThAx-
ter, some sweet verses. entitled. 'waii.' by
Dora Read GoodAle. q little girl ten years old ;
and two pieces OF humorous rhyme, with cap
itsi pictures by Church and Hopkins.
Then there 10 = literally illustrated article,
entitled. Where Money 10 Made describ Ing
the Government Mint At PhiladelphIs; a payer
about school children In Paris. with several
pictures; and The story OF May-day' and some
OF it, curious customs In various parts Of the
world, By Olive Thorne, with = drawing by
Howard Pyle, giving an idea OF an old-timc
May-day in 'Merrie England
Besides these. there arc several other lively
and interesting papers and engraving the
very iittle folks have n pretty picture. and a
story In large type; and the department. are
well up 10 the standard.
The whole number Is full OF diversion. and
will be great rcfrcshment to the oung folk,
Ia the middle Of their long school term.
.Scribaer for M1y |. the medium Of inlroduc-
Ing TO lis readers eight new draught.men. from
the ranks OF the painters. viz: 7. r. Church,
= X Clifford. II. W. Robbins. l. Defore.i,
Will II. Low, Frederick DielmAn. j. Alden
Weir. and Walter Francis Brown, most OF
whom have contributions in the present Ma
tiopai Academy. drawings arc also given by
Walter shirlaw, Kelley, Moran. Boles. Rein
hart. Nsndcrhoof, RlordAn. scheil. Turner.
Davidson. and others. Among the ensravines
Of this number are too by Marsh, and two By
Cole. with blocks by many others Of the leading
American enxrsvers.
The opening paper, Merry Days with Bow
and CULVER Is by Maurice Thompson, the
areher-poet. whose paper on Archery last year
In this magazine brought him nearly dse hun
dred letters OF inquiry. The present paper.
which Is the outgrowth OF the Increasing inter-
est In this sport, IL made up Of fresh material.
including an account OF An unique shooting.
match between Gen. Lew waIlace's rife team
and Mr.. Thompson's srchers, In which the lat
ter came od victorious. Another illustrated
paper Is by Edward Exgleston on The New
York Post-Ofce.' where the writer find,
model system OF civil service. and many other
equally rare and curious things. Among the
numerous cuts is . large portrait OF Postmaster
James, drawn by J. Alden Weir, and engr aved
by Cole.
Under the title Of Bohemian Dare Margaret
b. W right give glimpses OF the light aud shade
OF aristotle near Paris, with the aid OF some
lively sketches by Walter Francis Brown. In
view Of the coming bench-how In New York
City, William N. Tleston writes Of non-spori-
ing dogs, with cuts Of some Of the puresi-bred
81. Bernards, Yorkshire terriers, Dandy-Din-
mots, pugs, etc. Camps and Tramps about
ktshdn' is = paper descriptive Of the wood-life
Of painters, with suggestions to campers-out In
general, who may also see the humorous side
OF the thing In Camping -out at Rudder Grange
"a droll sketch by Frank X. Stockton. Anoth-
early number Of Scribne. preparatory 10 the
publicaiion Of the series In book form. The
first OF DR.. Brewers papers on the curiosities
OF Bird Architecture Is given In this number.
and treats Of the Bower-Birds. and OF the won.
derful Garden and Csbin-buildinx Bird discov-
cred by DR.. Beccsri, this being the trst full &C.
count OF the bird In Eoglish. Two engrasings
by Henry Marsh accompany this paper. The
serials. NJ. Egslest0n's Roxy and Miss Trait
tons His Inheritance also have drawings.
Ofthe until0strated material. there Is An
lmpo-sible Sory!' BY Baysrd Taylor, in which
certain desirable reforms are achieved; 'Lissy,'
short story by Margaret II. Eckerson; Little
Rose and the House ofethe Snowy Range
Colorado bit Of travel, BY ~. H.. and light
essay, Concerning the Use Of Fsgots at Gene
va by Leonard w. Bacoa.
In Topics Of the rims,' DR.. Holland dis
cusses Recent Financial legislation The De-
feat OF the Turk and The Talk about Retribu-
tion.' In Communications there is an account
OF the marriage Of Princess Mercedes. by an
eyewitness. The Old Cabinet Is chiefly about
Smooth Psinting.' The Society Of American
Artists.' Nationality in our Art Frauds and
Good Men, and The Sonnet Home and So
ciety' gives experience in cooperative garden.
tains anecdotes in 'rijgin Eogiish,' Fables
Ia Mode, and verse and drawings Of humor.
Gus character. The Worlds Work describes
. Singing Telephone for SchOols' with cuts,)
and treats Of other practical matters.