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Some may have heard rumors of the exhibition of Turners, to be given in Boston during the last two weeks of April. We understand that the preparations are nearly completed, and in our next number we shall hope to give full particulars as to the place of the collection, its time of opening, and so forth. Turner's name is familiar to many in this country through the books of Mr. Ruskin; but our opportunity of studying his work by the light of Modern Painters has been restricted to a sight of the Slave Ship in New York...
...acknowledge the regular receipt of the Every Saturday, which becomes more entertaining with every number. The editorial department is very spicy...
BESIDES the three serials now being published in Every Saturday, the last number contains a very interesting reminiscence of Agassiz by a former pupil, an article on "Woman's Work Abroad," and an entertaining story translated from the Russian of Pouspkin. "Kyle Griffiths, a Tale of the Welsh Coast" possesses only the merit of brevity; a hackneyed plot, told in the old, stereotyped...
...seven years old, the son of respectable parents, who is an inveterate tobacco-chewer, and has been such for over a year." Verily, if that is the state of affairs there, we cheerfully overlook the grammar, and add a few quarts to the burning tears of the Geyser. The number closes with a very sensible article on "Rich Men's Sons...
...person of the handsome young clergyman, who is, evidently, about to cause a few ripples in the course of true love. "Jack," at present, is dead; but no experienced novel-reader can doubt the ability of that punctual young man to turn up at any moment. The number also contains a review of Mistral's Calendan, an article on the financial system of Texas, before the annexation, and an interesting account of Liszt, by one of his pupils. To say that the Atlantic is "as good as ever" is high praise; and there is certainly no lack of variety...