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...Century for March opens with "The Violoncello of Jufrow Rozenboom," a quaint Dutch story with a happy ending, describing the adventures of an eccentric pair of lovers. The second part of "An Embassy to Provence" by Thomas a Janvier is begun in this number. It is a story of Provencal life and is well illustrated by Castaigne. A very interesting article is "Napoleon's Deportation to Elba" by the officer in charge, Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher of the Royal Navy. It is a detailed description of the voyage and is illustrated with portraits of Napoleon and Sir Thomas Ussher. "Jamaica...
...Story of a New England Parish in the Days of the Province" is however so quaint as to arouse universal interest. The remaining historical article, a "Biographical By-path through Early New England History," is an unpretentious, half-gossipy tale...
...poems, and though these were immature, yet they bespoke the coming poet. In 1833 and again in 1842 further poems were published. A new poet was recognized. The wealth, variety, sentiment, and music in his talent charmed the nation. Some of his poems were graceful, with dainty turns and quaint conceits; some shook off all elaborations, and sprang from the very soul of the poet...
...Mahogany Tree," the third number of which is just issued, is the quaint name of a new magazine started in Boston, having in its corps of editors several Harvard men. It is decidedly a miscellaneous and interesting magazine. A page of editorials or their equivalent, a few stories - generally of a simple and entertaining character, a few poems, one or two short reviews of books, a criticism - and one of good understanding - of the symphony concerts, with a short review of the theatres and a page or two of notes of the times comprise the number. One object...
Another interesting and finely illustrated article is "The Start from Delshaven" by Rev. Daniel Van Pelt. The pictures by J. H. Hatfield and others of the quaint old Dutch town are charming and one wonders how the Puritans could drag themselves away from such a spot...