The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-30
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scRIBSER FOR JUNE.-The modern quality CT
Scribners Monthly, which has been recently
remarked upon By critic, is fully sustained by
the June issue. which is unhackneyed. up TO
the times, and full OF points The opening
paper on Tue Fine Arts at the Paris Exposition
has been delayed by the late arrival OF some
OF the most interesting OF the illustrations,
which include drawings made specially for the
magazine by Vedder the sculptor ST. Gaudens.
Maitland Armstrong, G. q. Coleman, and f..
Hovenden. Mr.. Vedder's contribution Is a
drawing OF bis own much-praised and much
abused Young Marsyas. Mr.. It. Gaudens
makes u pen-and-ink drawing Of Dubos's
beautiful statue of Faith, and the Charity OF
this eminent sculptor is also engraved. A
contrast to the texture of the plaster Of this IS
shown on the opposite page IN a cut OF Chapu's
bronze, Gratitude. Not to mention others,
these four pictures have permanent value
which will tempt many to cut them out for
framing or for special preservation. The paper
has illustration Of other American and foreign
art-work, with o superior ground-pan and
views Of buildings, the aim being to give an
ineligible description to those who did not
Wait the Exposition. With this object IN view,
the writer (Mr. Russell Sturgis, the archtect)
devotes considerable attention to the landscape
and other architecture. This portion OF his
paper will be read with interest and value In
connection with the pending question OF
location for the New York Worlds Fair The
first Of several papers on Edison and his Iu-
ventons, by Mr.. Edwin NJ. Fox, is devoted 10
tho electro photograph and Its applications.
This s perhaps the most complete account Of
this important invention, which involves the
discovery OF an entirely new property of cleo
triclty, VIZ, that OF destroying friction, and
which has lately been brought to such perfec-
ton In its application to telephone purposes
that transmission Of the human voice is az
accurate and clear az il tho speakers were face
to face. The six-yesrs growth of this remark
able invention is described by Mr.. Fox with
much incidental light on the inventors methods
OF work. The application to ocean cables to
increase the speed and thus to reduce the cost
OF transmission, and the application to detect
feeble pulsstions Of the heart are here treated
for the first time. Future papers will in like
manner include much that is new. since the
writer enjoys peculiar facilities IN Mr.. Edisous
laboratory. timely paper IS Mr.. C. C. Buels
Piercing the American Isthmus, which appears
simultaneously with the assembling in Paris
OK de Lesseps' Congress OF Engineers to select
route FOR the proposed Inter-oceanic Ship
Canal. The writer sketches the romantic his
tory OF lsthmus exploration, and gives the
salient features OF the seven or eight rival
routes which are further illustrated By maps.
A fret installment of Madame Bonaparte's
l.. Didier. These letters were written between
the years 1858; they are connected by the
theme Of Nine. Bonaparte's aspirations for
royal marriage for her son. and give frequent
glmpses OF the Bonaparte family from behind
the scenes. Lawn Planting for City and
Country is the subject of practical paper by
Mr.. Samuel Parsons, Jr., OF Flushing, L. l.,
and contains seasonable and valuable sugges-
tons from an expert nurseryman and land
scape gardener. The Mediterranean OF Amer-
ca is the second OF Mr.. Herbert II. Smiths
papers on Broz. 1t narrates trip from Para
up the lower Amazons, describing it's fascinat-
ing scenery, and giving fresh aud reliable ac-
counts of the rubber, cacao and herding in
dustries, IN the treatment OF which the author
keeps In mind the mercantile interests OF the
United States. With Stonewall Jackson, by
Mr.. A. c. Redwood, is a spirited account OF the
Confederate side OK the second Manassas cam
pagn, in which the writer was participant
Various incidents OF the war, such az the night
march, the going into battle, the forage-raid
etc.. are treated with vIgOr and freshness, to
which are added several picturesque genre
drawings by the writer himself, exhibiting
number Of distinct Southern types. The Uni
versity OF Berlin, by Professor II. II. Boyesen
of Cornell, is illustrated with portraits of some
Of the great men to which the institution owes
Its superiority, including Helmholtz, Mommsen,
Curtius, Lepsiue, GRIMM and Virchow, OF all
OF whom there are also personal sketches. Mr.
Boyesen gives thorough exposition of the
German university system and discusses its
relations to American education. The writer
was student at the university and has recently
visited 1t in order to prepare this paper. Some
Aspects OF Matthew Arnods Poetry are treated
by Mr.. George g. Merriam in a philosophical
spirit, with frequent quotations from his author
to sustain his conclusions. mr.. Arnold's verse
is considered chiefly in its religious bearings
and as repres entatIve Of the intellectual doubts
OF the time. The fiction of this number con-
ssts of Mr.. Neelus Peelei's Conditions, story