Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17
ON OUR BOOK TABLE.

The July number of Demorest's has
an appropriate full-pagc colored Pic
ture, "rhe Glorious Fourth" one
fairly envies the enthusiasm Of the
urchin in sailor suit who sits astride
his wooden horse firing a toy pistol,
ana any boy would like to be as well
provided for the anniversary as he Is
with frecrackers. flags and drum The
portrait album contains seven portraits
of men distinguished In the pupil, In
music. statecraft and on the STAGE also
portrait Of Mrs. Stowe. now passed
fcur-score. "A Day in the Iceiields' Is
a description of the process of cutting
and storing ice. which is made more
interesting by the numerous views IL
Illustrative OF the work. A curious
study - that PRESENTED n the pages
devoted to pictures and descriptions
of Some Giants of Prehistoric Amer
lea" Particularly ungainly Is Mosa-
saurus maxlmus the great sea-serpent
of prehistoric waters
Those persons who are so fortunate
as to visit the seashOre this summer
can learn how to make an aquarium.
There are given In this number the
opinions of DIR. Parkhurst, Palmer
Cox. Bill Nye, Anthony Conistock and
George Francis Train as to the kind
of men who make the best husband
opinions which wives will be most
willing to accept Bill Nye crystalizes
a living truth thus; "Why, the one
who Is devoted first TO his wife and
children. second to his work and
everything else" and proves his hon
esty by stating that once while on a
lecture tour he heard that his family
was i'll and he broke contracts to the
amount n N5OOO aud frr.Ffa fa1Ns
to them. The remaining pages are
filled with excellent matter, stories
poems, etc. The July number is
good one; better, IL possible, than
usual.
w j. Demorest, editor, office of pub
licatlon 10 East Fourteenth street, New
York.
Godey's Magazine, June, II. w. Bates
and Albert Hardy. editors. The Godex
company. New York Terms, SO year,
The leading Grticle for June is 1.-THE
Paris Salon Of 1894" by Baroness AL
thea Salvador. This is pleasant read
ing. but all who remember the humor
and pathos of Tom Hood will feel
grateful to Mr.. Cadman for his essay.
1t was OF this versatile writer and gem
ial gentleman that Sir Robert Peel
wrote letter well deserving perpe-
tulty. II was written to Hood when
he was III and In financial need:
II am more than repaid" writes Sir
Robert, by the personal satisfaction
which 1 have had in doing that for
which you return me warm and char
acteristic acknowledgements.
you perhaps think that you are
known to one with such multifarious
occupations as myself merely by gem
eral reputation as an author; but 1
assure you that there can be but little
which you have written and acknowl-
edged which l have not read; and that
there are few who can appreciate and
admire more than myself the good
sense and good feeling which have
taught you to infuse SO much fun and
merrlment into writings correcting
folly and exposing absurditles, and yet
never trespassing beyond those limits
within which wit and Righteousness are
not very often confined. You may
write on with the consciousness of in
dependence, as free and unfettered as
II no communication had ever passed
between US. l am not comforting
private obligation upon you, but am
fulfilling the Intentions of the legis-
lature, which has placed at the dis
posal OF the crown certain sum (nis-
cradle, indeed In amounO to be APP
piled to the recognition OF public
claims upon the bounty Of the crown
If you viii review the names of those
whose claims have been admitted on
account OF their literary or scientific
eminence, you will find an ample con-
firmation Of the truth of my statement.
"One return indeed 1 shall ask of
you: that you will give me the oppor.
tunity OF making your personal ac-
quaintance."
The Literary Digest, June 2. has a
condensation from and article in an
English periodical on &uotatiop r,ho