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This is the March 4, 1854 issue of GLEASON'S PICTORIAL newspaper, which in later years went by the name of Ballou's pictorial. It is much like the more popular newspapers of the time, Harper's Weekly, and Frank Leslie. All of these newspapers were highly illustrated with wood engravings. It is in very good condition, the pages are flat, with only a few minor age spots. As you can see from the list of articles below it gives a good insight into the issues and life of that time, along with some very nice literary articles and poems. Additional pictures are available upon request. Please send your e-mail address.
ARTICLES:
FARM SCENE FOR FEBRUARY – It is a cold, chilly scene; the ground, as far as the eye can reach, covered with snow, and yonder buildings completely thatched with a fleecy covering - but it is a good and truthful New England scene, and the good flesh in which the cattle appear, the easy independent spirit of the farmers, all tell the story of ample competence. An engraving of this February scene is presented on the cover page. (See picture)
THE RUSSIAN GUARDSMAN - A TALE OF THE SEAS AND SHORES OF THE EAST - By Ben Perley Poor
THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM - In a gallery of the Louvre at Paris, on the side of the courtyard opposite the clock, the different Egyptian monuments, formerly scattered through the museum of antique sculpture and other parts of the edifice, have been collected. An engraving of the Egyptian Museum, at Paris is presented. (See picture)
MICHIGAN GREAT CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT - The extensive range of buildings, represented in the engraving that is presented, is a specimen of the vast scale upon which railway depots are constructed in this country.
MORITZ RETZSCH - Moritz Retzsch, the celebrated German artist, a portrait of whom is presented, whose "outlines" was born at Dresden, Dec. 9, 1799, and descended from a family of Protestant Hungarian refugees.
MUSEUM AT NAPLES – At the end of the 16th century, this building was the royal stable. In 1816, the horses were removed, and professors took their place; it then became a University. Latter the University was moved, and the building enlarged to become the Bourbon Royal Museum, at Naples. An engraving of the exterior of the Museum is presented.
THE BALINAENICEPS REX - This bird was recently discovered on the western coast of Africa by Mr. Gould, an English ornithologist. An engraving of the unusual bird is presented.
THE REAPER - A poem by John Carter.
THE MAN-TRAP AT ASHDALE - by T. S. Arthur.
YALE - A poem by Jeanette de Barbe
THE MORE HASTE THE LESS SPEED - by Mrs. M. E. Robinson
THE COLLINS FLEET OF STEAMERS – A two-page engraving of the American mail steamers, which run between America and England is presented in the center page.
HEART AND HAND - A poem by Dr. George Bungay
THE TWO CHOICES - A STORY FOR APPLICATION - by Austin C. Burdick
THE MOONBEAM - A poem by Helen A. Pierce.
A WONDERFUL CLOCK - This is now in the possession of, and manufactured by Mr. Collings, silversmith, of Gloucester, England, a most ingenious piece of mechanism.
REMINISCENCES - A poem by J. C. Peabody.
THE CANTON RIVER - Of all the extraordinary scene which can be witnessed, nothing can be more surprising or astounding to the Europeans than the appearance of the Canton River.
MARSHAL MARMONT, DUKE OF RAGUSA – A biographical article of Augustus Frederick Louis Viesse de Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, and Marshal of France is presented with an engraved portrait.
CHARITY FAIR AT PARIS - Notwithstanding the alleged frivolity of the people of Paris, there is no city in the world where there is so much active benevolence.
DARKNESS - A poem by Rev. H. D. Webster.
STORIES OF GODS AND GODDESSES - by Thomas Bulfinch.
PYGMALION-DRYOPE-VENUS AND ADONIS-APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS
VENUS AND ADONIS
DRYOPE
APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS
THE PEARL FISHERY - Pearl oysters are found in various parts of the world - in Europe, Asia and America. The shells are exported to China, where the “Mother of Pearl” shells are manufactured into a variety of ornamental and fancy articles.
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF STATES - Maine was first called "Marvooshen," but about 1638, took the name it now bears from Maine, a province in the western part of France. The article goes on to describe the origins of the names of other states.
FRENCH TREES - A tree, in the eye of a Frenchman, is a thing to be cultivated, to be trained, to be dressed; and he goes about in a perfect frenzy, until it resembles a barber pole.
FASHION FOR THE MONTH - This series is from Frank Leslie's Ladies' Gazette, of Fashion, New York. Three engravings are presented: “Fashions of Dress for the present month” (See picture), “Fashion of Spring Mantilla”, and “Fashion of a Berthe”.
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