The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-09

deeply occultism is taking root in the
most cultured minds of our time. DR..
Smiths second paper will appear in the
May Arena.
The Art Amateur for April appears in
the form of a special Blue and White
Easter Number new design, incorporat-
ed with the old, gives to the cover, which
is printed in a range of Delft Blues, a re-
markedly effective and handsome appear
ance. The Supplements and the adver-
tisements are also printed in blue. The
contents are appropriate to the season of
Easter; a beautiful head of The Christ
forming the frontispiece, and the supple
ments containing designs for an Easter
Stole, an Aims Dish Mat, and for the
decoration of Easter Eggs. The entire
plumber is furthermore permeated with
spring motives in every department of
decoration; flower painting in water
colors, drawing for landscape painting, and
sHOw to Draw the Bicycle in one sec
ton, and 1.-THE Blue Flowers of EARLY
| SPRING and ''Catkins in Decoration in
/ the china painting department being all in
harmony with the spring of the year.
1.-THE Stroliing Critic resumes his pen
and gives valuable notes and sketches
concerning interior decoration; good ex-
amples for wood carvels and workers in
bent iron, with full descriptive treatments
abound. The color supplements, one by
Mrs. f. V. Redmond brilliant lesson in
still Life will be popular with students
/ Of water-cUl0T, and the other blue and
white picture I'm the Scheldt; by c.
Nolkmar viii be welcomed by china paint
els and others, fully sustain the reputa-
ton enjoyed by The Art Amateur in this
department. Altogether the April num-
Der is particularly olive and "up to
date and shows that now is the time to
avail of the special s.. 90 offer which the
proprietor is making to six months sub
scrihels. Montague Marks, % Union
Square, New York. Price 50 cents, or
$500 per apnum.)
THE Century plays two of it's best
cards in the April number, namely, Cole
and Castaigne, the frontispiece being a
beautiful engraving by Coleatter George De
Forest Brush's painting entitled "Moth-
Ell and Child, - and Nh Castaigne furnish
ing the illustrations for a timely article by
Prof. Allan Marquand of Princeton on
1.-The Old Olympic Games apropos of
the revival OF the Olympic festival at
Athens. MI. Castaigne's reproductions,
carefully studied from authentic artistic
sources, have all the vigor of drawings
from the life, and will increase his popu-
lar reputation as creator of intellectual
and beautiful art. Prof. Marquand's ar
tlcle is an entertaining popular account of
the games, and viii be oi special interest
at the present time. Prof. Sloane's Ma
poleon is particularly rich in illustrations
He treats OF Napoleon as the assailant of
nationality, of the Spanish campaign, and
n nj oc Cayt No -
Prussia A notable article by Victor
Louis Mason, an attache of the War De-
partment, is entitled -Four Lincoln Con-
spiracies," and makes record of the three
attempts to murder and one to kidnap,
and includes new particulars of the flight
and capture of the assassin. The illus
trations are chiefly from archives of the
War Department flor the most part un-
publlshed), and comprise photographs of
the conspirators in irons, documents in
Booth handwriting, scenes along the
route OF his escape, etc. An amusing
article on subject Of current interest is
Mr.. d, 7. B. Copkling' S article on 'Japa-
nese War Posters,'' with four illustra-
tons. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,.
author of "Englsh CatheCrals." contrib
utes paper on 1.-The Churches of Peri
gueux and Angouleme," with illustra-
lions by Joseph Pencil, and the series of
stories and sketches by the painter Vibert
comes to a conclusion with three divert
ing examples, including a one-act comedy.
There is a liberal instalment of 'sSr
George Tressady,' Mrs. Humphry Ward
novel, which carries the story into very
interesting fields, including an English
house party, with delightful glimpses of
country life.
The bright boys and girls who read ST.
Nicholas Will find pleasant task set for
them in the April number. Tudor jerks
tells all About Flying Machines,' and
in his article are diagrams of a num-
Der OF simple flying toys that clever
children can make for themselves Mr.
jerks shows what the great inventors
like Maxim and Langley have done to-
wards solving the problem of flying
through the air. The forthcoming revival
of the Olympian games at Athens, at
which the athletes of all the world will
be represented, gives particular interest
and timeliness to an article by G. T.
Ferris, describing these great contests of
ancient Greece. A little story of war
time adventure, "Lieutenant Harry" is
told by Thomas Edwin Turner. The
hero is thirteen year old boy, who is put
III command OF a scouting party IN Mis-
souri, by his father, a Federal officer
Charles Frederick Holder, the naturalist,
had the rare luck to catch a snap shot
photograph of a huge whale as it was
leaping out of the sea. The picture is
reproduced and Mr.. Holder describes his
experience in a article entitled GLOW the
Whale Looked Pleasant Stories for
girls are generally hard to find, and yet
there are two of them in this number.
"Mardie's Experience. by Kate Dickin-
son Sweetser, the account of gifted
New England lass who wanted to be
writer but could not see the wealth of
literary material that was about her in her
quiet home village. The other is "a
Dare" by Antoinette Golay, quaint
story, the keynote of which is given by
the title. Thomas Holmes contributes
railroad story of the far west, ''Stalled at
Bear Run - in which the passengers in
owburied train are rescued through
the agency of Norwegian lad and his
skees. ''Teddy and Carrots the serial
story by James Otis of two brave little
street merchants to New York city, whose
adventures have been followed with in
terest by the readers of the magazine,
is brought to an end in this number.
There are many poems and verses by
favorite writer's, and the usual number of
attractive pictures.