The Yale expositor., 1895-01-18
Points About Periodicals.

To those who are interested in good
farming and stock-raising, The Cana
dian Live Stock and Farm Journal is
becoming quite a boon. The cutting
uown of prices and bad times generally
make it necessary for our agriculturists
to exercise the greatest care in order to
secure the proper returns for their
labor, and The Canadian Live Stock
and Farm Journal contains Just the
kind of information necessary to assist
them in the work. The subscription
price is one dollar per year, and an in
yestment of this kind is one that
should prove profitable. The Journals
address is 20 Bay Street, Toronto, Can
ada.
Something everybody wants, some
thing all can get by securing a copy of
Vick's Floral Guide for 1895, a work
of art, printed in IL different tinted
inks, with beautiful colored plates,
Full list, with description and prices
of everything one could wish for veg
etable, fruit or flower garden. Many
pages of new novelties, encascd in q
chaste cover of silver or gold. Tn
usual and astonishing offers, such al
Sweet Peas for 40 cents pound, $500,
900 for name for New Double
Sweet Pea, etc. If at all interested in
seeds or plants send 10 cents at once
for a copy of Vick's Floral Guide
which amount may be deducted from
first order, to James Vick's Sons
Rochester, y. V, and learn the many
bargains this firm is offering.
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Unlike too many periodicals. which
seem to exhaust themselves with theil
| Christmas issue, The Art Amateur
maintaining its steady level of excel
lence, opens the new year with every
indication that during 1895 the artist
art student, and art lover will find a.
| useful teacher as ever in this always
practical magazine. One of the color
| plates for January is an exquisitely
delicate reproduction of the profile OF
a beautiful woman by Albert Lynch
and there is a sunny landscape called
"The Old Sugar House in the Woods
| by ID. +. Hasbrouck. Eight pages OF
practical and not too difficult Working
Designs as usual are given for Wood
Carving, Embroidery, China and Glass
Painting, Typography, etc, and there
are many more working designs scat
tered through the profusely illustrated
pages of the text. Among the practi
cal articles are Drawing for Reproduc
tion," "Drapery upon the Human
Figure, ""Pen Work for Photo Engrav
ing" "Flower Drawing in Pen-and,
| Ink, "Figure Painting" "Deslgnine
for Lithographers," 1.-THE Abuse OF
Color" "Glass Painting in Vitrifablt
Colors," numerous articles on China
Painting, painting on Tapestry Can
| yas," "Hints for Amateur Metal
Workers" "The Care and Framing oil
Pictures" GA Mothers Bedroom,
"Notes and Hints for Art Workers, >
"a Useful Book Case" and Talks or
Embroidery" Nearly all these arti
Giles are practically illustrated. The
special artist for the month is William
Adolphe Bouguereau, numerous ex
amples of whose work are shown, in
| GLIDING very fine double page wood
engraving of the famous "Voice Of
Spring" There is the first chapter oil
can Art Students Year in Paris,
which will make an American girl Ions
to Join her, and the editor in his "Nott
Book as usual gives some very valua
bic points to art connoisseurs as we'll al
some timely cautions to those who
would like to become connoisseurs
Price 80 cents. Montague Marks, Pub
Usher, % Union Square, New York.