The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-23

| largest instruments In the United
States, and telling what advances
American organ builders have made in
their art. Another illustrated article
is very readable account of " Domes.
tic Animals in India" by John Lock.
wood Kipling. Carroll d. Wright con-
tributes an instructive paper on " So
cia Statistics of Cities" in his Lessons
from the Census" There is very
spirited " Autobiographical Sketch OF
Justus Won Ii big" which contains
valuable observations on methods of
teaching science. An account of a" The
Cotton Industry in Brazil" and its
prospects is given by John G. Branner.
There is an able and popular discourse
on the natural history of babies, by DR..
Louis r Robinson, under the title d" Oar
winism in the Nursery" This author
has found in infants from an hour to
fortnight old a remarkable power of
sustaining their own weight by the
grasp of the hands.
DEMoREST's FAMILY MAGAZINE
has a splendid paper, Through the
Coal Country with Camera" and af-
ter you have read it and studied the
twenty-odd fine pictures which illus
trate it, every piece of coal you see will
be invested with new interest; and
when you read about "strikes" among
the miners, you will better appreciate
their true significance. "German with
out a Master" by Professor A. de
Rougemont of Chautauqua University,
will be of incalculable value to those
who wish to study that useful language;
"The Home of Specialist furnishes
excellent ideas about economizing
space, and achieving artistic results
without great expenditure of money;
and "How to Ivorize Plaster Casts"
tells how to make those pretty orna-
ments look like ivory. Next Sum-
mer's Garden" is in good season, so
that the garden may be planted prop
erly, and profusion of flowers ensured
all through the summer draining a
Husband will amuse everybody and
there are other splendid stories, and al
the excellent departments for which
this magazine is noted are replete with
seasonable things. The subscription
price to this magazine is only 50 year.
Published by w. Jennings DemOrest,
10 East Fourteenth street, New York.
LIPPINCoTT's MAGAZINE has the
complete novel, A Soldiers Secret"
by Captain Charles King, who alone,
among living Americans, has the secret
of the military tale. What he does not
know about army life in the West is
not worth knowing, and what he knows
he can impart with unsurpassed and un-
failing charm. The post, the bivouac,
the battle. whatever goes on at
these he makes to live again before us;
for he has been part of it all, and his
heart is with the cavalry still. His last
story has very recent theme" The
Sioux War of 1890 "-and will be found
equal to any of his previous works. I'm
der the heading, Zone Hundred Miles
an Hour" Mr.. Charles r. Deacon of
the Reading railroad discusses the facts
and possibilities of railway speed, and
rejects the popular notion that faster
rate necessarily means increased dam
ger. Mr.. G. H. HEREFORD, an English
scholar who has given special attention
to the Sdgas and their reproduction in
modern literature, gives an account of
" Ibsen's Earlier Work." and especially
his "grand and lurid drama,'' 1.-THE
Vikings in Helytland.'
he HlAOALlNE VI Ahl HAS COZ
ored fronlispiece-a decorative panel,
" Autumn Twilight" by Albert Lynch,
an artist whose work, through the me-
dunn of the press, has achieved an
equal popularity with the art-public in
France, America and England. The
opening article relates TO " The Orua.
mentation of Early Firearms" and is
profusely illustrated. From this we
come to suggestive paper, "The Art
list his own Color maker" Current
Art" is discussed by r. Jope-Slade,
and is well-ilustrated with reproduc-
tons of some of the more striking of re-
cent pictures. The paper on /" Artistic
Homes " is full of useful hints to those
who propose building fine houses.
There is valuable paper on John Lin
nell, giving examples of his work both
in portrailure and landscape. Cassell
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