The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
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IlAhfEh oNlAtiLlNE 10 tACcpJlOudIIy
interesting. Julian Ralph contributed
his customary two articles, one on Lake
Superior, "Brother to the Sea-" thd
other a study of sociology, Western
Modes of City Government" Wall
Whitman has poem, deaths Vail
ley," and accompanying it are two ex|
tremely successful and happy portrait
of the old poet by j. w. Alexander, al
we'll as an engraving of George Inness|
Valley of the Shadow of Death" MD
Howell's new novel is continued, and
Mr.. Millet relieves Poultney Bigelow il
describing their canoe voyage down TIL
Danube. Andrew Lang and Edwi}
Abbey illustrate Shakespeare's "Tem|
pest " with pen and pencil, always in
terestingly, if not always convincinglI
Signor Guido Biagi describes, witt
many new documents and illus ration
the death of Shelley, and the rathd
theatrical incarceration of the poet
body.
THE ARENA is rich in able, though
full papers. Its table of contents is
varied as it is inviting, as will be note
from the following: "Vital Statistic
of the Negro" by Frederick L. Hof
John Davis, NC. "Volapuk, tt
World Language" by Alfred Pos
THE Speaker in England and America
by Henry George, Jr. " Rational View
of Heaven and He'll" by Rev. Georg
St. Clair. THE Farmers Alliance an
its Leaders," by Annie L. Diggs. "Po
tifex Maximus," by w. d McCracka
"a Remarkable Psychical Experience
by Louise Chandler Moulton. "Ho
Uncle Nottoway Squashed the Indid
ment," Southern character sketch,
Will Allen Dromgoole. Part w.
ga Spoil of Office" by Hamlin Ga
land. "Two Hours in the Social Cd
Day." Reviews by Rabbi Solom
SCHNEIDER, Henry Austin and the edito
THE frontispice of the Magazine
Art is an etching by Chauvel fro
Troyon's " The Watering.place, viii
is among the happiest and most admir-
of this famous painters composition
The opening of the number on ct
Old Masters at the Royal Academy"
richly illustrated with reproductio
from Rembrandt, Sir Joshua, and ca
stable. A most interesting article
the first part in series of two
"The Art Treasures of the Coined
Franchise" by Theodore Child, viii
is profusely illustrated with views
the interior of La MaiSon de Mohel
Lewis F. Day, who is an authority
such subjects, writes, in series on a
tistic Homes, about 1.-THE Choice
Wall Paper" illustrating his artid
with a number of tasteful patter
There is short paper on architectu
4" "A Profession or an Art" an ill
trated paper on "The Royal Acader
Students Competition, note bo
full of timely illustrations, and lar
batch of home and foreign art notes.
Mrs. GLADSTONE, the wife of
famous British statesman, in the first
her articles, Hints from a Mothe
Life" gives much valuable advice
the Ladies' home Journal, which con
promptly to its hundreds of thousar
of readers in dainty Easter cover
pink. The magazine opens with Fl
page illustration by w. Hamilton G
son of an exquisite poem by Eugd
Field, entitled 1.-THE Singing in God
Acre" The poem only serves to
J tensify interest in John Ballantyn
delightful sketch, with photograph
the poets wife, in the series of
known Wives of Well-Known Me
Ethel Mackenzie McKenna contribu
sketch, with portrait, of Miss He
Gladstone, and Miss Bradley the seed
of her interesting papers on ~
Queens of Westminster Abbey" Fl
erick Dolman writes of a visit to FaI
Kemble, the woman who more tina
half century ago was known the wd
over as poet, actress, dramatist
critic, and who now in her Eng
home is spending her declining d
almost by the world forgotten. Gil
Greenwood writes of "When l Wa
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