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Day
22
Month
March
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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There are many good times ín the world not less enjoyablebecauselhe "high world" would disdain to mix in them. Of SHch are the evenings of amusement indulged in by the poor of London in the theaters where their tastes are catered to exclusively- wbere pointsa.e not too fine, but where vioe is punished awfully and virtue rewarded lavishly. All this is described in a charming way in Hsrper's Magazine for April in an article entitled "The Humors of a Minor Theater," written by F. Anstey, and illastrated with inimitable sketches by Frederick Barnard, whose pencil always works so deftly on subjects of thia kind. The initial picture ot the contribution is droll beyond description, and representa the heavy villain of the play waiting to be prompted. It mint be seen to be appreoiated. The Magazine of Art for April has u :u frontispiece a photcgravure after s painting by Luke Fildes, called "The Veniti&ns," which Bhows that this talented painter is as much at home with the variou-i types of Venitian character, as he is with those of England. The opening paper on the "Language of Line," by Walter Crane, takes "Outline" as iw special subject, and is one that no student of drawing can afford to pass by without a careful reading. "The National Art, and the National Gallery," by JameB D. Lmton, is another sugRestive paper. - Caesell & Company, New York. Before the March wind have done blowing, the April Quiver lies before ug, and so full of good things that it may pafely be called a red-letter number. There are two arliclea that will attract the particular attention of American readers. One is on the Rev. WiUism Morley Punshon, LL. D., who ia so well knowtt in this country by his printed sermona, and the other is on the rise of special missions ia the church of England, being in the forna of an interview with the Kev. W. Hay M. H. Aitken. All who have followed the history of the line of mission woik in this country will remember the notable work done by this revivalist ia New York some two or three years ago. Accompanying the article ib a picture showing the interior of Mr. Aitken's study, and another, a portrait frem an excellent photograph. Still another shows us the revivalist as he appears on the platform of Guüdhall- Cassell & Co., New York. Mr. Kennaa's Siberian papers, illustrated by Mr. GK A. Froat, who accompanied Mr. Kennan on his trip through Asiatic Rui. sia, will begin in the Iay Century. Their appearance has been deferred on account of the author's desire to group in prtlioainary papers - the last of which will be in the April century - an account of the conditions and events ia Eussi directly related to the ezile system. This system it now to be minutely described and elaborately pictured ; and by way of preface to the first illutrated paper Mr. Kennan will, in a brief statement, answer the question ai to how he carne to enter apon his arduous and somewhat perilous investigations, and why he and his companion were accorded 8uch extraordinary facilities by the Russian Government itself. In the April Century Mr. Kennan will write of "The Russian Penal Code."

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