River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-27
The Midsummer holiday caniuru,

The first midsummer holiday number OF
THE CENTUR MAGAzTNg-the first under the
new name-makes strong appeal to popu-
lar favor, both with the excellence OF its IL
Illustrations and the interest and timeliness Of
Richard Wagner, engraved in a most charm
ing and delicate style, by Mr. Cole, of whom
the public has come to expect only the best
Of work. An interesting paper, by MIR. John
r. g. Hassard, the well-known musical crit
ic OF the New York Tribune" tells "How
Wagner Makes Operas" an exposition which
comes appropriately before the approaching
Wagner festival at Beyreuth. "The person
al history of Garibaldi'' is succinctly told by
Mrs Blanchard, and there is q portrait Of
him in his vigor, which tallies with the bold.
ness of his exploits. The sporting article is
"Steam- yachting in America" by s. G. w
BENJAMIN, author OF "The Evolution OF the
American Yacht" in the last number.
large portion Of both text and cuts is devot-
ed to detailed description of Mr.. J. G.. Ben
nett's new yacht Namouna, of which there
are some excellent drawings. Another time
ly feature, in view of the expected rush to
Montana next year, ON the completion OF the
Northern Pacific, is Mr.. Z. V. Smalley's ell
tertaining paper on "The New Northwest, "
the first of series which is to treat OF the
region along the railway from Fargo to the
Cascades of the Columbia. The ground COW
cred in the first paper is the Dakota wheat
belt, the (so-called) Bad Lands and the yell
lowstone country. Mr.. Smalley writes
graphically and mainly from the invester's
point OF view, giving account of natural re-
sources, society, topography, climate, etc.
An amusing brochure is "The Lambs" a
metrical satire on Wall street swindles Ton
the model OF a Greek tragedy, written by
Robert Grant, author OF "The Little Tin Gods
on Wheels" with choral songs by "bulls, p"
"bears,' and "shorn lambs"
There are, in addition, four illustrated pa
pers: The ''Borderlands OF Surrey" by
Miss Alice Fem, with striking picturesque
drawings by her father, Harry Fem, includ-
ing Tennyson's house, 'Freshwater,"
"Brookbank," where George Eliot wrote
Middlemarch, Gilbert Whites house at Sell
borne, etc.; "The American Museum OF Nat
ural History Central Park)," by DIR. Holder,
with beautiful engravings OF birds, animals,
and fossils; ''Some English Artists and their
Studios, 'by Cosmo Monkhouse, the English
art-critic, with faithful drawings by Wander
hoof, OF the workrooms OF Leighton, Millias,
Petite, Bou5hton. Alma Tadema, and others,
and lastly, San Aboriginal Pilgrimage" by
Sylvester Baxter, an account of the Eastern
trip of the Zunis, with groups and excellent
portraits and autographs of the Indians, and
portrait of Mr.. Frank II Gushing, to whose
forthcoming account in THE CENTURY OF his
life and adventures in Zuni as member OF
the tribe, this paper is preliminary.
Light reading is further supplied by the
two serials. by a short sea-coast story, by
Noah Brooks, with the piquant title 'tThe
Phantom Sailor" by an agreeably unseason-
able and poetic sketch OF "a Snowstorm,n
by John Burroughs, aud by some reminis-
cences OF George Eliot's aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
Evans, which conclusively identify hsr with
the character of Dinah Morris liz Mr.. How
ellis story, Kinney the logger reappears, and
BARLEY discusses delicate question of news
paper ethics with brother journalist, and
the plot thickens. In Mrs. Bnnlett's
Through One Administration, Bertha tells
her story to Agnes Sylvestre. Some Of the
strongest scenes of this story. it is stated +,
are yet to come.
Besides Robert Grant, the poets of the
number are T. w. Parsons, ''H. H." Edith
NJ Thomas, Austin Dobson, II. c. Bunner,
and John Vance Cheney.
The chief feature OF the departments is an
editorial article of nearly ten pages length
ON "The Metropolitan Museum and its Di-
rector, = in which is reviewed the cont rover
sy over alleged reservations in the Cesnola
Collection OF Cypriote Antiquities. The 9TH
err departments are shorter than usual. In
the "Bric-a- Brac' is "Ballade of a CO.
quette," by Frank d. Sherma n, whose light
verse OF this kind has recently attracted at
tenti0n.