The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-02
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the point, writes EnzaDetn Robinson
Scoyil in a helpful article on "The A rt of
Letter Writing" in the May Ladies Home
Journal In ordering articles state as
nearly as possible exactly what is wanted,
If the price IS known mention it, and
write the amount required clearly. 1t is
trying to receive gross when one intend
ed to purchase single thing, or vice
versa. Friendly letters should be full of
details, telling all the interesting little
facts one friend would ask another if they
could sit down, side by side, to talk Bits
of news that seem very trivial to the
sender are often welcomed with Joy by
the recipient Do not grudge little time
and pains to keep those nearest and dear
est to you in touch with your daily life,
even though you are widely separated.
Fairies, Covenanters, wolves, ghosts
and dancing puddings figure one after an
other, each rivaling its predecessor in
lively interest, in the pages of Romance
for May. The special feature of this num-
Der is stories of Scotland and Ireland,
and the most characteristic writers of
those countries have been drawn upon
for contributions. Among them are the
Countess of Munster, Allan Cunningham,
7. c. Spaulding, Alexander Leighton,
Rosa Mulholland and William Carleton,
while one of our own best-known writers,
Elizabeth w. Champney, furnishes an
Irish story, bubbling over with humor.
A thrilling account of Russian wolf
hunt, some charming French love stories,
and an exciting tale of old Indian war
fare in New England. fill out most en-
pertaining number. This magazine is is
sued by Romance Publishing Company,
Clinton Hall, Astor Place. New York, at
% cents number; $3.50 year.
The exhibition number of Scribner's
Ma0azine is the contribution which the
conductors of the periodical make to the
great Exposition at Chicago. They have
planned to make it as fine an example of
an American magazine as can be pro-
duced 1t is put forth as a representative
number to show the literary, artistic and
mechanical resources that are employed
In such publication, and is fully repre-
sentative of the individual writers who
have made the existence of great maya
zine possible. This issue contains nearly
one-third more matter than the regular
numbers of Scribner's, and the illustra-
lions are of extraordinary abundance and
richness, including twenty-five full pages
two of them in colors, the frontispiece
being reproduction of pastel by Robert
nent Frenchmen, Albert Lynch, Boutet
de Monvel, and Marchetti : the English
men. Alfred Parsons and VIM. Hatherell
and a striking list of American artists, in
Guiding J. Alden Weir, w. I. Smedley,
Howard Pyle, George Fl. Boughton, +. s.
Church, Irving R. Wiles, Reinhart, Now
bray, Blashfield, G. d. Gibson, and Met
calf. Artist engravers are represented by
Frank French, Elbridge Kingsley, and w.
B. Closson. Fourteen of the full pages
have no relation to the text, but are re-
productions of pictures made specially by
the artists for this number as most repre-
sentative of their work. These are paint
ed with great care, with no type backing
them.
A New York daily paper, taking up the
idea conveyed in Flammarion's exciting
novel, omega: The Last Days of the
World" has interviewed number of the
leading men in all professions as to what
they would do if science were to predict
tomorrow that the end of the world would
arrive within the next thirty days. The
answers are various and curious, and
heighten the interest which is felt in the
second part of Flammarion's great novel,
which appears in the May COSMOPOLITAN.
1t is question which everyone will find
interesting to ask of himself: What
would yon do if within six weeks the end
of the world were certain2 Probably no
novel which has ever appeared in an
American magazine has been more elab-
orately illustrated by more distinguished
artists. Laurens, Saunier, Vogel, Meaulle,
Rochegroose, Geladin and Chovln all con-
tribute to the explanation of the text.
A clever story of another kind is that
of the new English novelist. Gilbert Par
ker, in the same number. American So
ciety in Paris" is an article of another
kind, but one which will interest all who
have had occasion to make even short
residence in the French capital. The Cos
MoPoLITAN scores a success in producing
in its May number, almost simultaneously
with the daily papers, an elaborate de-
scription of Professor Gray's marvellous
invention, the Telautograph, which repro
duces the handwriting, or the work of the
artist simultaneously, thousands of miles
distant from the place where the writer or
artist is sitting. Mr.. Howells' purpose in
"The Traveller from Altruria" is, month
by month, becoming more evident. and
is now receiving wide attention at the
hands of the critics all over the world.
THE Century Company will show in
their 6AQlDlL al Tie OOluuDldu I1A pOolbkOn
a great number of interesting original
manuscripts and drawings for important
illustrations in The Century and 81. Niclt-
oIas. Manuscript poems by Tennyson,
Longfellow, Whittier, and Bryant will APP
pear in the 81. Nicholas exhibit, with the
manuscript of the first chapter of Little
Lord Fauntleroy," by Mrs. Burnett, and
original stories by other well-known
writers. The originals of famous letters
and documents quoted in Messrs Nicolay
and Hays Life of Lincoln" will be
shown, including a certificate of road
survey made by Lincoln in 1884, with bill
for his services at $500 day. the letter
of the committee apprising Mr.. Lincoln
of his first nomination for the presidency
and his reply, the corrected copy of the
inaugural address from which he read,
March 4, 1861, the original draft of his
proclamation calling for rs, 900 men, drafts
of important messages to Congress, as
submitted to the cabinet, Mr.. Lincoln's
written speech on presenting Grant his
commission as lieutenant-general, and the
autograph copy, in pencil, of General
Grants reply. Letters from General
Grant to the editors of The Century regard
ing his papers for the War Series-the
last from Mt. McGregor-will be exhib-
tied, with original manuscripts by General
Mcclellan, Joseph +. johnson, and others.
The Century Company will show also
how an illustration is prepared for the
magazine from the artists drawing to the
printed page, by wood-engraving, and by
various photo-engraving processes; how
the Century Dictionary" was made, with
copies of the earliest English dictionaries,
and manuscripts and proofs of the "Cen-
fury Dictionary" in various stages. This
exhibit, with that of other publishers.
will be found in the north gallery of the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
If Barytes and other
adulterants of White
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