, 1881-04-02
LITERATURE ART --SCIEh CT.
Across Patngonin--'rhc Story OF a
Venturcsonlo Woman.
Tile Welded Liuk--Lifo Of Des-
eartes-echillcr and lis
Tinles.
Indi,idua}iym - IIoaSc.Drcoration -I.cnox
Darc-tlaeenfc'x NfiM-i Graduating
System-ameriean ALMANAC.
MagaZines-Hooks Received-Art Pub
lications-Literary, Art, and
> Scientific Notes.
LlTERATURE.


ntt,n7 ~ .>aots Ia
1nete ~ ha'''ing III t!'S necu''nt VI UP
MN, ~ s.e .,l" ospl'an'u las VI lalaso'a ao ~.
h'''1o l'n.s .1'e Mllter ~ M"n!"1'~eN"ent
"'' occ's'ohai references 1o hsr nuspa''a
,'.u uM nutn"Is HMM om l''c .atse-p"ee. ~
l.aos il"'cncu n'a'o lo,'o ''hc u n'"l' ~.
MnAns W. ea' ~ ~, ltoln '''s s"t"'G' n1essea
.the nhMi. 's,lut 'thgn ''l1' "uGlee anlonsn
@ u. p''.'' WIN ~ " u's' .,
a'u "'sp'ayeu !an,s oHitl III "'os'Gtnla' ', ol.o
miles tho sw1ft-foutctl ostrich with the phys
icnl endurance ot n man. and She dill ller
s,,o.o ri nutrhirc .trnvnd ,m,l,. .horcrs
sis!.. .a, u e"tents sa!"sas, ,.,,, panh.notses'
dl!ns her own stce'l, nla rouE''lllg
1t generally In manner even Il
Stout man and experienced traveller
n.inbt envy. SIe was nlIs IL, lin one thiur
n,n,v ,,,r,, runn"t ,,o-sn ro,,t I'D ltrsrri1m @ % im.
tclligcut'y the things that slso saw. and this
slle l.as dOnc. She wtcttts f;,ette pen, and
her ,}rscrimiyc noyer IL IN soma r,s,uets r,.-
mnrlo,lc "a va tnrn ovor t,,n nor,.s IF h"r
book we wander with 'ier across tho barren
pampas, and camp In llpr company upon the
uncxploretl shore Of; the greut inland l'atago-
nian iokc. Or VA t,azo wItl, ],er l,nou tho I'M
~ Ma.,,,,. :" '''t H' a, T.. -, A.. s IL
lestH Goiul1'es"S Mlu s'.1te u. "li llle cNSue'
illcnt of tho mad ostrich hunt Lady Dixie
says TINT one reason why SHE selected
Patagonia for l.er travels was that It was
ou.asn ~ ,t.o na"l u's ~ t.e ,f.. m3. ply
!oufheScu lo'ooo miles III nave llttle variety
AID HOW sensation. DlcSsed With abs1ti-
lant wealth, she was enabled TO
make l.cr explorations Iii comparative
cn,nfor+ onl ~ lin nrtoy,,'n,'t ~
many luxurtes generally denied to cxplor-
ers. Nor ,, was She alons. l1!o the at!ysntur.
iva iva ;ns rntnrs 19 v.iram @ iataai,jan St trmy w.
etrr mi ~. Ensifs,. scrvnit' Viii, /. retim,n
i,cr ,n,,lnnnv I:'' p''e'> '0' ~'~'' ~ '~'
,os ~ I'ntagn,,ia M ,,rvar tefl,rn @ vs,,,l' wi,nt
tf ~ 'rl,a1T t[o,.s ,'tt nf,,,t.Ir T., IN, ,nv
tlinw in lis coulltrY wurtl, srri,s aftrr ypu
Ect ;llcre. Tho interior Ias III, in,lnceiuG,,ts
sccnrry M @ h M nra,,der tjH', 1 cn,, hr foum
within n dav,s in,,rn..v NJ nf th.. 'fnwrr % ~
Ln,Ulon. Tlicre nrn bit fcw ,Iatiye I'ntago-
11iums LIFT to he civilized. and l.ndy Dixie rn-
co,lltcrcd but Il si1Ielo lnsl!a,, triju, nI, thoy
nm rirn,,s - ''''s ''''
The jsny' 1)r. Coan. in his wort, on u 1,ata.
golla.' i lnliei. lnorH thrilling recital by tic
,tS;, Mu ng;l !" gt Sofg tn u afys ssy s,nfy
Of thu Tntayot,Iaus rs too low. tIn tiesgr,ticI
etc,. ia bn tnuritt u,,ytjint.. liz nisn s,lys
ti,s co1Dtry niTtrs I'M in,l,trGnentS tn fradnr4
or orr sestiers i % wieii IL ,,ssestIGh t Soth - AdnraI %
al,is to SUI that lila jusiy'a nalyent,:res ;,ara
ntlricI anyti,ing to tha worl,i's knowriEe ~
tic reglOli Visited INis il utlti0btcdly ltlu II,
Iarge nlc.s,stu 70 TIC fact that eyoll Wien ni!
i,nr;ily be- f,S,tul w0rti. tno ttn,bio ind tnl,,
dny"tc,i tn its ac,,Isjtiuu' ''''''o ''''" t'"'o
As n ntory al travel. "Across Pain
1ut,[cs to ntnrt Mt 1nco for tiln Straits ~
Maseitni, nnI Sariy Flint. Eor cyc,, Iutly
Ulxin's tceu ntlr,,. sDI,itl mt tcnriyn her trin
0f ,iuny nnpieus,nt fgut,lrcs ur prevent lirr
tic "rnuuhjns il u sl,c wn,ttvd. and TN. ,lar.
ycI II thuf slie sEouiti hmyo wmi,;t.l a, ,n,,rh.
Eyp,, mow sic lIus Io!nett tl,o rNnks Of mlli-
tant jnnrl,nlIsn. mid is 4 newspaper eorrc-
nl1scryatinu nro wonderfully uGute, and sly
finsrrve,iIv r,trts hfTI, ~ !, t,nrrrfnr.-os n
skilful cj,r0uiclcr OF ws,nt siu Secs niuiI
SIe IL III Thorough sympathy with Nnt!,re.
jl,s np,cara,,ces Tnke ii,is sss,,ee. for H.
Hlancr. M n rond snIl,nlo of nrr styjs mid
power ns a descriptive writer:
"Of Il fatally tiliirront nslsct was this rcw
f%sty t ~ ' a WS st W 's Ms r Sntg5r t wos trSH
roeks M r. ro ~! ter ray is Sy NJ
Tic np)caru,,co Of rniuel strollsfoitis to
SHINY rlNt1rsa r;lyimtcII by ricil grrn,, grass
0pcnctl oMt i,urH ntui tl,prr, Ns t1ulx1 lI; tl,ny;
ilal been clcafeti at,si f;,silol,cd by tlo hantl
Of milll, wl,iiu II Ioyciy ilttin strau,n. whiri.
,ll,tIu IL n,',H.arnncn frn,n ont nf IN, w"njs
III, mr. rIrt' r,tiMi1ctl iis cnt1rse fm,vnrtis :,
tint,, rnyi;,rs ,vhici W., cn,l1 ,Iisttnr,,IsH IN
r',vr,i IL: tl, ,So,tts 10 "Tt t,i,trr' na a S S,r
sn"rliHt, ;va,,ra ,f n i,,',,,s H., NV ,,itt.i,
VI. iims.d tn o oi,ot tvn ,,,iirs tiistn,r m,,H
imyn,,I nii rt,sn ~ ~, likr ltn fr"wni t,nr. nu.
.I1;a so wy ,,,,G ,.hs " NY Snt'
ill.,. s,Si,;',ss r,,,',t ts,. r'r st
slon conveyed tn atl eyewitness who helieII
utter loneliness nil! tlesn!atlotl."
itETDHY llIHt.ltllh kll0WS WtAlt Il woman