The herald., 1895-04-29

desirabiiity OF making civios ali imp"r
tant element in club study. The le' g
paper is upon Jean de Montfort, y Miss
Marcia Pettus.
That Mr.. Bigelow should be Mr.. Ii
den's biographer is the most natur'
thing. He was the statesman's most j.
innate friend for fifty years: and trust G
of the Tllden library fund. Mr.. Bigt'
lows acquaintance with Mr.. Tilden beg II
when they were 10Th law students. For q
time they differed on political questions.
'only about the means. never about the
ends" but at the close of the civil wal
! they found themselves 'once more on
i common ground" When Mr.. Tilden re-
tired from the active leadership of his
party he placed in Mr.. Bigelow's hands
| all of his public papers, and subsequently
gave him access to his private CORE
spondence.
Macmillan & Co. have recently pur-
chased the rights of two text books on
rhetoric and English composition by Pro-
fessor G. X. Carpenter of Columbia col
lege. formerly professor of English at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
One book is adapted to high school use;
the other is designed for college work.
Both books are based on the so-called
Harvard system of teaching composition
which is now coming rapidly into favor
throughout the country, and which the
author had a share in developing while
an instructor at ambridge. Professor
Carpenters varied experience in other in
situations, however. has enabled him to
introduce several important notifications
into the system as used at Harvard.
Laura f. Richards is the daughter of
Julia Ward Howe. Her two latest stories
entitled Jim of Hellas, or In Durance
Vile. and The Troubling OF Bethesda
Pool. have just teen published in
handsome volume. bound in half cloth
and fancy paper with very, attractive
cover designed by her husband 1t is the
fifth volume of the classic Captain Janu-
airy series, of which over 100. 900 copies
have been sold. To those among the
authors readers who are familiar with
the ways of down casters" either
through having been born there or
through having summered on the rocky
New ENGLAND coast. these two quaint
character stories will be especially inter-
esting. h, new volume is published at
80 cents. Like its predecessors, by Estes
g. Lauriat, Boston.
The April number (No. p of the Art
Idols contains six superb reproductions of
famous paintings of the nude. Each plate
is 17x14 inches, and the entire set is
amateur collector. In the last number is
La Guipier, beautiful example of the
well-known characteristics of the. famous
Bouguereau. The canvas is crowded with
cupids following lovely shepherdess, !
AID there are few modern paintings which
are as popular as this one. Coosman's
Cupid as Pilot is redolent with the Ian
guors and lilies of love-" Ballavoin"'s
Les Indiscrets is study in the nude,
which caused general sensation when
shown at the Salon. Lassitude is by the
same artist and quite the opposite. In
the same number is reproduced Carlos
Duran's marvellous painting OF the Wis.
ON and Caucaunier's Noontide Rest, all
of the above being the highest type of the
nude III art reproduced in the most artis-
tic man ner by the most modern process.
Price one dollar. The White City Art
Company, 319 Dearborn street, Chicago,
Illinois.