The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-23

Harper's Magazine for June begins the Fifty
ninth Volume and the thlrtieth year OF that
periodical. To new generation OF readers 1t
appears in new dress-in larger type, and
with wider page. This is the third change
which has been made in the type OF the Maya
zIne-each being an Improvement.
The contents of the June Number are es
pecially attractive They bring about the rea-
der the atmosphere Of summer days. They
are bright, amusing, and restfuL There could
hardly be more enjoyable reading than Mr..
/ W. Il. ODonovap lone OF our most promising
young sculptors-giyes us in his Rye and round
there, illustrated with Mr.. Abbeys charming
drawings beautifully engraved. This openi2g
article is followed by a graceful full-page pic
ture by Abbey, illustrating Herrck' lines Upon
o Virgin kissing Rose. Then, by way Of con-
lrast, We are taken beyond the Red River OF
the North into that mysterious land OF mag
nitcent distances-the territory OF the hudson
Bay Company--and brought face to face with
the fur traders the half breeds, the trappers,
and their picturesque Lie. Whether portray
ing the exciting scenes OF barter ct trading
post or following the Great Northern Packet,
which carries the mail in ogsledges from
Fort Garry, three thousand miles northward
to the Upper Yukon, Mr.. Ii. NJ. Robinson the
writer OF the article, gives Us striking and
characteristic pictures, which are ably supple
mented by Mr.. Rogerss effective illustrations.
By another leap we are transported-in the
last OF Colonel Warnings Berg und Tbsl series
to the Dolomltes Of South eastern Tyrol. We
ascend the Hottest peak OF Tofsna with the
writer, and make delightful excursions over
the Ire Croce Pass to Mesurina Lake, and over
the Italian border to Cadore-Titans native
country; and here, again, the artists pencil
translates into beautiful pictures the charms
OF valley, lake, and mountain. From Nature
we turn again to pictures and scenes OF greater
human interest in Olive Logans Grand Days
OF Hstrionics, illustrated with portraits OF Nell
Gwynne, Anne Oldfeld. David Garrick, Peg
Wellington, Miss Rich (Hogarth's god-daugh-
teri, John Kembe, Mrs. Jordan -. W. Ellis (
ton, Edmund Kean, and Dowton many of
these beng reproductions of paintings by dis
tinguished artists Another descriptive paper,
finely illustrated, Is by Howard Pyle-the
ing the Maryland counties on the Eastern
Shore. For downright humor, there has been
nothing IN magazine literature since Rose
Terry Cookies Knoware equal to Mr.. James
I. Fields's A Free Lecture Experience, which
Is accompanied by characteristic illustrations.
e. p. Wbippe contributes a noble paper, en-
titled RecollectioDs Of Agassiz and going back
a.rl,y I'm Eako
al interesting sketch Of Alexander Spotswood,
OF Virginia, the old Colonial Governor, who
fought tie Burgesses hanged Blackboard, the
pirate, and established the order Of the Knights
of the Horseshoe. Phebe Earle Gibbons
''chiel" who has been in France "takin' notes.
prints some of them IN a very interesting
paper, entitled The Citizen OF PARIS. In fic-
ton, besides Miss Mulock's delightful novel,
Young Mrs. Jardine, there are two excellent
short stories-Back POINT, by Constance FEM
more Woolson and The Last of the Chang
Macs, by A. A. Hayes, Jr. Two new serial
novels are promised, to begin IN the August
Wings; a Yachting Romance,
by William Black, and Mary Anerley, by r. D.
Blackmore. In order that new subscribers
may have the early chapters Of Miss Mulock's
novel (begun in the February Number), the
Messre Harper offer to send gratuitously to
hose renting to them the price OF yearly
beginning with the June Number,
he four Numbers for February, March, April,
ind May; thus giving sixteen NumbefTr for
"a 90. Colonel Waring contributes brlef bat
practical and very important paper, with six
Illustrations, entitled The Draining of Village.
The editorial summaries satisfactorily cover
heir respective fields, with timely gossip, lit
'rary comment, scientific fact, and lively humor