Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-05-03
Literary Notices.

The May Wide Awake, closing Volume
XVI, opens with lovely Isle of Wight
frontispiece designed hv Garrett, for Joa-
quin Miller's piquant sketch, Mr.. Tenny-
sons Fairies Next, Mr.. Hayden cele-
brates apple blossom time in delicious
orchard picture, illustrating Miss Will.
kinB' poem; the same author has another
pretty poem, Come into the Garden,
with Mr.. Barnes beautiful Decorative
Plaque. The long short story of the
number is 'Caryrs Plum by Margaret
Sidney, with four illustrations by Mrs.
Jessie Curtis Shepherd; and Rev. F. E.
Clark represents the business men of
Portland in his third and last paper on
Our Business Boys Colonel Hayne fol-
lows this excellent article with old
Geoffrey's Relic long dramatic poem,
illustrated by Barnes. The artistic charm
of the number, however, centers in How.
enden's full-page drawing for Burns
famous lines, A Mans Man for a that.
and in Bodfish's Picture Serial, Through
Spain on Donkey Back which this
month comprises i've pages of fresh
strong drawings direct from Spanish
folk-life. The other serials, The Silver
City, and Old Caravan Days, reach cul.
limitations, each ending Part l., Part II.
of each to be respectively entitled, 'Caci-
que John, and On Indiana Roads Mrs.
Diaz' sixth John Spicer Lecture treats
of Money, in which the seven-year- old
lecturer gives much sage advice. The
comedy, More Than They Bargained
For promises developments of an ex-
citing and amusing nature. Marion Har-
lands Cookery for Beginners tells
What to do with Left Overs.' and the
music is setting by Louis Mas of Chris
tina Rossetti's Nightingale The Chan-
tauqua Readings, as has been well said.
constitute almost an additional magazine.
This month, Anna Maria's Housekeep-
ing is specially valuable, treating of how
TO clean and to keep clean.' Pleasant
Authors takes up Dr. John Brown, and
Professor Sargent writes in his Health
and Strength Papers of Running and
Jumping
Only $3.50 year. D, Lothrop & Co.
Boston; Publishers.
The Art Amateur for May contains
some excellent simple designs for wood
carving from the Cincinnati School of
Design, together with the first of series
of articles on Practical Wood Carving
for Amateurs, by Calista Halsey Patch
in; a seasonable design of dog.tooth vio-
let's for a dessert plate, some attractive
South Kensington embroidery designs, q
page of monograms in 3D. and profus-
ion of designs for jewelers. use. There
are illustrated articles of much interest
on the decorations of the Cornelius Van
derbilt house; on the costumes and Jew
elry worn at the Vanderbilt ball, on
charcoal drawing, on Japanesque china
decoration, and on remarkable EN-.
broidered mitre. The exhibitions of the
National Academy and the Society of
American Artists are reviewed at length
and some of the best pictures in both are
illustrated, the frontispiece being q par
ticulariy charming drawing of Carl l..
Brandt's Portrait Of Lady in the Aca.
denny exhibition. Other articles Of spe-
cial practical value are those on portrait
drapery, flower painting in water colors,
mural decoration, and embroidery in
gold and silver. The May number con-
cludes the fourth year of The Art ANA.
teur. and the index for the last twelve
months gives vivid picture Of the sur
prislng wealth Of designs and instruc.
ton contained in this invaluable maya.
zine. Price, "a; single numbers, S5 cents
Montague Marks. publisher, 90 Unior
Square, New York.