Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-20
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is remarkably fresh and entertaining in sub
ject and varied in pictorial attraction.
First. there is the continuation of Noah
Brooks sketch, Personal "reminiscences OF
Lincoln" of which Charles Dudley Warner.
in the HARTFORD COCRANT. last month. sail:
III is a most delightful paper, 0dmirnMe IN
manner, and o. the highest colue as Il he,p to
the ftH comprehension of the man Mrs
Susan Archer Weiss Last days of Edgar \.
Poe Is in the same delightful vein: An
American Colony in a Normandy Manor
House." by Margaret B. Wright, gives the
mad FRANKS of 4 party Of artists. poets. and
Scribblers, who held thigh links" in those
grand halls, one summer not long ago: Z" 4
Trip to Central America" with description of
coffee and cochineal Plantations: An Earth
quake Experience in 1867; a paper on ORES
den China. and the Royal Porcelain Works at
Nielsen: Kenyon College" with portraits of
President Hayes, Bishop and Mrs. Chase. Ed
win Nj. Stanton, David Davis, Henry Winter
Davis, and Stanley Matthews and paper by
Prof. Sumner, of Yale College, What Oar
Boys are Reading" are all notable articles
Besides the serials, there are two shorter
stories, Susan Iawton's Escape" by SAKE
Holm, and Concerning a Certain Prodigal''
well known in printing Offices, by Henry
King, new writer. There are poems by Celia
ThaXter, BoyeSen, and others.
DIR. Holland discusses An Epidemic of Dis
honesty" "FictioG,' and, INTRODUCES 4 new
feature. Editorial COrreSpOndence.'
The illustrations are of the highest order:
two artists new TO the pages of SCRIBNER are
intrOduced-W. j. HenneSSy aud J. Davidson.
The entire number will serve TO deepen the
impression made by the last issue, which the
BUFFALO COURIER declared to be "beyOpd
question the most superb example OF phat can
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has erer appeared in this o. any other COM
try." and the sale of which, with some dealers
was 'd0u5le thdt OF any precious Number"
St. Nicholas for the Girls and Bows.
not content with a programme of surprising
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| ing serial story, Under the Lilacs.' which it
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DRIFTED INTO PORT.
Il Serial STORY FOR BOYS.
This Story opens with scene in English
| school life which has scarcely been surpassed
in the whole range OF modern juvenile litera-
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What New York Clergyman Says.
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public address before New York audience
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