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...ANGLING is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so," said Izaak Walton; and Bliss Perry's three essays on fishing seem abundant proof of this statement. Only a born angler could write with such gusto, or make the subject seem so alive to the reader. Three essays--"Fishing with a Worm," "Fishing with a Fly," and "Revisiting a River"--make up this book; all appeared in the Atlantic Monthly...
...long thin threads of personal narrative, are the chapters devoted to Jenny Lind and General Tom Thumb. The reviewer wonders how many readers shared his own ignorance of the fact that Barnum brought Jenny Lind to this country. The Swedish Nightingale was given to the American public as a proof that the sponsor of Joice Heth, the Fejee Mermaid, and the Model of Niagara could also produce some legitimate and more high-hat entertainment. Except for a few financial statements, the story of Jenny Lind is well worth reading...
Young birds will be captured, banded, and then released. Formerly bird bands were made of aluminum but the ones used by the Austin party will be made of rust proof monel...
...people are talking about the return of respectability. Here* is proof that they may be right. A young lady, once frisky as you please, writes a book about Romance being all very well but not half so dependable as the sterling oldtime conventions?emphasis on family, worldly goods, comfort and the like...
...Mexican Government informed newsgatherers, late in the week, that it possessed proof of the ordering of the atrocity by the Mexican Episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church. Next day the Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Reverend Jose Mora y del Rio, one other archbishop and four bishops, were escorted by police to a train which left for the U. S. border. The Mexican Government then added a finishing touch to this deportation by issuing a statement...