The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-11

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In Harper's Magazine for April the new
series of papers by s. G. w. Benjamin on
American Art is cont nueG-the subject this
month being Amencsn Sculpture, with wonder
fully fine engIav.nts, representing works by
Powers, Crawford, Randolph Rogers Gould,
Ward Story, Simmons. Rnehsrt, Miss Hosmer,
Palmer, 0 Donovan, Thompson, John Rogers,
snd Hartley. Powers il represented by bis
Eve before the Fa'l; Ward by his most recent
and noblest work, the statue OF Washington
and ODonovan, one Of our youngest scup
tois, by his bust OF Page. Abbey contributes
a beautiful page Illustration of Robert Her
rick's poem, To a Bed Of Tulips Colonel
Wsring, In the second OF ms Tyrol paper z, de-
scrbes the customs of the Tyrolsse, and the
charms Of Ionsb lok and Botzsn, the metro
politan centres respectively Of North and South
Tyrol. The illustrations are novel AID bsauti-
ful Helen 5. Consnt, in N illustra ted paper,
entitled Picturesque Edinburgh, presents In a
fascinating style tue historical and romantic
associations OF the old town. BY way OF con
trast this is followed by Frank II. Taylor's
Street Scenes In Havana, with characteristic
illus tratlons. Nearer home 10 the subject OF
the Philadepbia Zoo, charmingly treated by
Mrs. NJ. Howland, With sixteen illustrations
Olive Logan contributes an exceedingly '1ter-
esting article in a serio comic vein on the An
csstry of Brudder Bones, wiih seventeen pic
lures which in cor lection with the text, con-
yey in a pleasing manner vast amount Of
musical information. The illustrated story for
this Number is beautiful tale, Cor Cordium
by Mrs, J.. w. Champney. There Is also =
somewhat humorous. but significant, short
story, entitled III How Abel MAprl Preached for
MIR. Smith. The principal literary contribution
to ths Number is 4. IL. Stoddard's admir- able
paper ON the late Richard Horny Dana Ia 4
paper entitled The Practical Interrogation OF
Nature, DR.. j. W. Diaper admits The reader TO
his laboratory, and shows by what processes
he reached some OK the important results al
ready set before the public in bis Scientific
Memoirs. Mrs. A. b. Blaks writes intslligently
of Church Music in America, pointing out it's
defects aud suggesting remedies, showing what
resources for good sacred music are accessible
in the works OF English and Continental com
posers. More interesting than all these papers
probably, to Q large class OF country readers,
will be Mr.. +. p. Roes article, A Kitchen Gar
den, imparting practical sugg gestions as to the
most important features or the subject A
collection Of letters written by DR.. Samuel
Latham Mitchill to his wife from Washington
while he was there as Representative and
senator from New York QSO1 1879, and
hitherto unpublished, are full OF interesting
descriptions Of the prominent mon, and OF the
exciting social and public events Of that day
The Editors Easy Char gives an unusual
prominence to musical and theatrical gossip
The Literary Record is full and critical, with
Determinations; the Scientific Record contains
a vast amount OF noval aud interesting matter
IN its teld; and the Drawer, with It's abound
ing good humor, closes Number OF great and
varied interest