Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-27


Forrest. who Is u niece of John Cal
houn. survives her aged husband.
The funeral took place on Thurs
day.
SCRiBNER'S FOR JULY.
Those who believe that America n
writers and artists must 20 abroad 70
picturesque local color will find their
ideas upset by Julian l.alph's article
OH Coney Island. In Scribner's Magazine
for July. Mr.. Ralph has always had
his eyes open to what Is unusual in li.s
native city and !,s interesting surround.
ings. Concy Island Is unique and pcc,i.
LARRY New York product. Mr.. Ralph
calls 1t "our sun.bath and icc-box COM
hinrd. our extra lung. our private. ri.
gantic fan" lie sketches its develop.
mcnt from the curly seventies down to
It's present complex ana impressive
Ciarrns-a resort which eight million
people have visited IN One year. The
Illustrations by Henry McCaricr reveal
what a man with genius for seeing
the picturesque finds In such u glaring
mixture of the bright AMI ugly IA It
exists ut Concy Island.
Einnder Matthew's also shows Il pie.
turrsIuc American element for the use
of the literary man In the discuss on
ION the Poetry Of Pace Names" lie
quotes the criticism of Matthew Arnold
on the uglincss of our place names. and
the entirely opposite opinion expressed
Ivy Robert Louis Stevenson that ",herr
Is no part of the world where hcMcn.
clnture IL 80 rloh. poCtical. humorous.
and picturesque rs the United States of
America"
There have been many articles writ
ten on the climbing OF single peaks. hut
Sir william Martin Conway has writ
ton an article Of unusual adventure. Oh.
titled ~ Thousand Miles Through thc
Alps" For twenty-five years H. ilns
been an enthusiastic mouil;uinrer. AMI
IN this article he outlines a route taking
In the whole range Of the Alps. the
descent from Csich peak. ending at The
starting point for the next. This IL I'M.
usually complicated. because the Alps
are not II range. hut series Of parallel
ridges. The graphic account OF the tril
which carried out this plan II iliusti ted
with some new and striking illustrn.
lions by Edwin Lord Weeks. who l.
h.1nself noted mOuntain.cl climber
Nest Of his drawings are from nature
1t IL u novel form Of adventure. even
for veteran Ountain.cllmhers.
Turner. the English artist. had n
great objection to having his portrait
painted. ana although much interested
In photography In the last years Of hIs
life was never photographed himself
For a good many years CosmO Monk
house has made study OF tho existing
portraits Of Turner and presents a
short essay on them In this issue. with
engraved reproductions Of eleven nu
thentic pictures. the earliest showing
Turner at the age Of III. the latest q
few months before his death. ~.
Nine. Blanc. the French critic. whose
articles have long been published I'M
der tho name Th. Benton. contribute,
a paper on ~ French Friend of Brown
iMg--,IOseph Milsand." He was u dis
tlnguisled scholar. rssayist. and poet
who died about ten years ago. and witt
him Browning maintained q clos,
friendship for many years. In thi,
paper are given u number Of the mos
entertaining letters which they TX
changed. revealing u remarkable liter
AIRY friendship rs we'll us II beau;ifu
personality.
The well.knOwn animal painter. j
Carter Beard. contributes u short IA
per entitled "A New Art" In which III
advances the claim Of mXl,lcriny q,
practiced by W. T.. HOrnday TO bc con
sldercd an art. Tho most modern proc
ess Of modelling ana mOuntin. Is dc
scribed. and the Illustrations show |
number of remarkable examples Of tn
mt.
In fiction this number Ia made nOtn
ble by ono Of tho last short stories q
the late II. II. BOyesen. entitled III
Collision with Fate" 1t Is the charm
ing love story Of an ocean voyage
There Ia also u short story Of TIL
American Revolution by Clinton Ross
entitled "rhe Confession Of COloue
sylvester" Mr.. Ross has made a stud,
of this period for purposes Of fiction.
T.. Il. sullivan. the author Of "ph.
ana Night Stories" contributes II flnel.
wrought tale Of an old French sculpto
ana his young friend. IN American III
tlst. 1t Is artlstically illustrated b.
Walter Gay ana Albert Sterncr.
The number contains poems by W
u. Ellwanger dllustrated). Mrs. DOr
Charles Edwin Markham AMI Others
with the departments fully Illustrated.
This instalmentO of sentimental Ton
my" reveals the gang of young con
splrators In n new haunt, with Tomm
In NEST original character.