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One of the most famous pictures of the
world has been engraved by Mr.. Cole for
the frontispiece of the April Century"
the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci.
IN the California series Julius III. Pratt
gives a graphic description of the emf
grafton 10 California by way of Panama
IN 40. The pictures are very striking,
having been drawn by Gilbert Gaul, after
originals made from life by an artist in
1SoO. There is paper of historical value
by the late General j. G. Fremont OIL his
own part III the Conquest OF California"
Life in another war prison, at the North,
is described by Confederate soldier, DIR.
John A. Wyeth, now of New York city.
Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason's papers on the
Women of the French Salons" are sup
plementod in this number by an account
of the Salons of the Revolution and En-
pire." The "Century's', Mountain Climb
ing series is begun, with papers on two
separate expeditions to Mount st. Elias,
one of Lieutenant Schwatka, and the
other of the National Geographical So
ciety and the United States Geological
Survey. "Fetishism in Congo Land'' is
an interesting contribution to a great
subject by +. j. Glave, one of Stanley'S
pioneer officers. ''The Wordsworth and
De Quincy" is the title of very inter
esting paper. In paper on "Washing-
ID. Conway does away with the century
old myth concerning the alleged relations
between the two great commanders. The
fiction of the number is very diversified,
including a new installment of Dr. Eggle-
ston's Faith Doctor:'' story '"There
were Ninety and Nine" by Richard
Harding Davis; the conclusion of Hop
kinson Smiths Colonel Carter of Carter
ville;'' timely and novel story by DR..
Allan McLane Hamilton, entitled Herr
Won Striempfell's Experiment." and "a
Race Romance" by Maurice Thompson,
the last of a series of three short stories,
with purpose" by this well-known
writer. Among the poets of the number
are r. X. Munkittrick, the late Charles
Henry Luders. Frank Dempster Sher-
man, r. w. Glider, Arlo Bates and j. III.
Morse.
The "North American Review for
April is very rich number. Among its
papers are these: Cardinal Gibbons dis
cusseS in mastery article wealth and
Its Obligations" His paperis the first of
series on that subject, to be followed by
contributions from the Right Rev. Bishop
Potter, of New York; Hon. Edward j.
Phelps, late Minister to the Court of St.
James; the Right Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain, NJ, p, and others Sidney Dillon,
President of the Union Pacific Railroad,
on western Railways" in which
he says: Railways are not oppress-
enemies of labor, but potent factors
In the cause Of western civilization"
Under the head of The Best Sign of the
Times" Senior Emilio CASTELAR, considers
the progress of democratic revolution
and evolution i'll Europe. j. NJ. RuSk,
the Secretary of Agriculture, in an ar
ticle-which is the first Of series by
United States Cabinet officers-treats the
political agitation in which the farmers of
the country have so actively engaged,
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the general lowering in price Of agricult-
ural products during recent years. MayO
w. HaZeltine is of the opinion that the
heroine OF the coming novel will not be
the young girl whose wedding ends the
volume, but the woman who has looked
deeper into the mystery OF human pas
sion. Professor Richard Z. Ely presents
his views of "Pauperism in the United
States" The recent centennial ami
versary of the birthday of the great phi
lanthropist, Peter Cooper, gives timely
opportunity for the editor to present some
facts and incidents never before narrated
concerning the life of New York's bene-
factor. Henry W. Lucy, the editor OF the
London Daily NetCS, gives a vivid and
interesting picture of the men who COM
prise the Salisbury Parliament The
startling frequency of suicide in all coun-
tries, and the causes which contribute to
swell the list, are tersely and analytically
shown by William Matthews. "Humors
of the Cookery Book" is the subject OF q
sparkling and witty essay by Agnes Rep
plier
The April ''St Nicholas opens with a
delightful illustrated sketch by Mrs
Foote, THE Gates on Grandfather's
Farm" by the associations with its old
gateways. 1t is full of feeling, and while
not beyond the young readers will be
fully appreciated only by their elders.
Mr.. Wells gives Us further autographs
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complete set OF the Presidents sigma
lures, and charming letter from Thack-
cray, hitherto unpublished. II is en-
tirely characteristic of the great author
and suggestive of his poem, The White
Squali." Frank S. Woodruff describes
some Busy Corners of the Orient" and
shows US the primitive forms of indus
try in Syria. The article is illustrated
by Mr.. George Wharton Edwards There
Is peculiar sort of fancifll story bv
Tudor jerks, amusingly illustrated by L.
u. Bensell, and a story for the little folks
Shadow House," by Matte f. Pettus.
which IS well fitted for reading aloud.
The verse is excellent. Katherine s
Alcorn gives us poetic parallel for the
Hare and Tortoise fable, called '"The Lit
tie Foot-page," for which Birch has
drawn the graceful pictures; Margaret
johnson in 1.-THE Merrythought" is as
cleverly humorous as usual, and poetry
of less purely amusing type is well
represented by Richard L. Burton. Helen
Gray Cone, Katharine Pyle, Valentine
Adams and others. The two serials.
toby Trafford' and THE Boy Set
tiers" are steadily growing in interest.
while 'Elfie's Visit to Cloudland' is con-
cluded by an installment fully illustrated
by amusing drawings. The frontispiece
Is an engraving by Il. Johnson, from
Adriaen Hanneman's beautiful portrait
of a child, and is a fitting introduction to
this beautifully illustrated number.
A notable feature ofthe April "Maoazine
of American History is its timely front
ispiece, picture of unusual interest Mt
the present hour. 1t is a copy of the
famous painting of Columbus at the
Court of Ferdinand and Isabella The
leading article "The Chesapeake and
Lieutenant Ludlow" by Robert ludlow
Fowler, brings to light some exceedingly
interesting unpublished letters about the
naval engagements of the war of 1872
short sketch of the First meeting of Ad-
miral Porter and General Sherman will
attract sympathetic eyes. The critical
essay of Hon. William Writ Henry, "A
Defense of Captain John Smith, takes
the reader into the beginnings of Virginia
life. "A Bundle of Suggestive Relics"
by Hon. Horatio King, presents Curl
Gus exhibit of partisanship in the olden
time. "Phe Power to Grant Patents for
Inventions" by Levin III. Campbell.
gives concisely the proceedings OF the
trainers of the Constitution, i'm 1877. in
that line. President Lincoln and His
English Visitors" is a paper containing
some readable anecdotes 1.-The Fate of =
Pennsylvania Coquette," penned more
than half a century ago by the then
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