Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.
REVIEW OF THE CURRENT NUMBERS
OF PROMINENT PERIODICALS.

Harper's New Books and Interesting things
in the Ma gazine Lippencett's, Century,
St. Nicholas, New England Magazine. Art
Amateur, Co mopolitan and many others,
all filed with Good Things.
The February number of The Art
Amateur is particularly interesting one.
For fronts piece there is fine repro
duction of spirited study of head by
Alphonse Legros, late Slade Professor at
University College, London, which is an
admirable example of the artists pencil
work. "Greta's'' Boston letter deals
with the threatened extinction of the
Art Commission, Mr. Sargent's painting
for the Library building, the memorial
exhibition of Foxcroft Coles work, and
the Chanler Scholarship. There is a
concise and pithily written account of
the New York Water-Color Club Exhibi-
ton, and also that at the Century Club
of Pre- Raphaelite pictures. Next comes
the first paper of an illustrated article on
the Vanderbilt prints, which has beau
tiful little reproduction of Rembrandt's
etching Of himself. The article on Prud
hon and Mile. Mayer is profusely illus
trated with fine reproductions of the
masters work, including his charming
pastel portrait of Mile. Mayer. A mos,
practical article, which is the first of the
series, on 'sPortraiture in Crayon," by
j. A. Barhydt, one of the most accom-
plished crayon-draughtsmen, is followed
by equally welI-wrtten paper by Mrs
Emma Haywood, which contains lucid
instructions for the Milking Of Colors
for Tapestry Painting" Some excellent
hints on "Pen-Drawing," by Mr.. E. j.
Meeker, which are illustrated with ex-
amples of the work, are given in plain
and understandable language. Miss B.
M Smith contributes some more of her
EASY Lessons in Flower Painting" and
Landscape Painting in Oil Colors,"
both of which are first rate. "The Mon
arch of the Forest" beautiful pencil
drawing by Armand Cassagne, brings
the "Gallery and Studio" to close.
There is also an excellent paper of in
struction in China Painting, by Miss E
II. Haines. An article which deserves
to be popular with all, is one showing
how to furnish house artistically and
at the same time lnexpensively f; it is pro-
fusely illustrated with workable designs.
A notice of the exhibition of Irish laces
and embroideries, held recently in New
York, and one of the Agricultural
League Exhibition, completes this stump
tuous and useful number of The Art
Amateur, which also contains three
splendid colored Observation-Disclosures
Puppies" by Helen Mcguire; study Of
black "Grap g." by H. G.. Hewes, and a
red chalk drawing of head after Ru-
bens, with beautiful supplement OF
practical designs for wood-carving,
china painting and embroidery. Price,
IS cents. Montague Marks, Publisher
23 Union Square, New York.
The complete novel in the March
number Of Lippinoott's Magazine, "War.
ing's PERIL" is by Captain Charles King
the laureate of our little army. No liv.
ing author is more sure of an eager au.
dience, or more certain to hold and de
light his readers. No.one knows more
thoroughly the matters of which HI
writes, and no one else can describe
them with such graceful and natural art
His stories always have a plot; hi.
characters are living men and women
he m tkes the barracks, the march, the
battlefield, as near to us as il we had
been there; and he clothes them in some
thing Of ''the light that never was OF
sea or land, for he is poet, whose
poetry insinuates itself through practi-
cal and most readable prose. The Jour.
nalist Series is carried on by Eliz .beth
G. Jordan, who tells "The Newspaper
WOman's Story" Charles Robinson
furnishes an interesting account OF
'.Some Queer Trades" carried on in New
York, Philadelphia, London, and Paris
Robert Edgarton writes brief of Mari,
Burroughs the actress, whose portrait is
given. c. H. Crandall objects to 1.-THE
Selfishness of Mourning and proposes
the abolition of black garments as ''s
relic Of barbarism." Louise Stockton
puts Our Side of the Question:" which
Is the novelist's side. NJ. Crofton, il
''Men of the Day." talks of Thomas Har
dy, Alma Tadema, Chief-Justice Fuller
and Russell Sage. The poetry of the
number is by Edith NJ Thomas, Florence
Earle Coates, and Herbert Ditchett
there are two short stories, both illus
trated: "Hope Deferred" by Lillian A
North, and "A Rose of the Mire,' by