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Show I SCttlBNWS MONTHLY ' For February !iai i-ccn received - from Uwyer. It is brilliarit, Vfriitdc . aut!..,,teriainii;i. T .c -c pap r ? on .V.-W York in t-'-' Kwoiut.'it lliliutratcd with several nf the ancient hu.i'din- known as the h.-nJrU:: '-Li Unral Wa.hh..". l' Jturo Of tl:-: n-.t Pr'" l' j'iu: Jf'iils Bu.-tol Miiem, by t'lar-riM-e CVkjI;, has s uiu curio1.'.' information informa-tion in ref.-n.'iK'C to the portraits of thid great Kngliihinau. Char" Hiruard in tlie arficle cnt:!l-' A Hundred 1 iious.uul Home--, gives the details uf the oper.ai.nw ut the huild-in huild-in and loan a.-.,ociaiioiirf of 1'niladel-pliia, 1'niladel-pliia, which by a i"au ot cooperation have made that city emphatically One of honu for the jujurer clawed of pwple. in this article the theory of these associations is very lucidly cx-untuned, cx-untuned, Clarence Cook's articlcson tl:e furniture- and apartments of the dwelling house make very useful ami plea-ani reading. 'J'nis one pertains te he living room and deals with book shelves, curtains, the hanging of pictures, etc. There is given a hitherto unpublished letter from Gen. .Robert E. Lee, written to Jelll-rson Davis August S!fi, earnestly desiring to bo relieved from the command ot the confederate armies, simply on tho ground that he felt his powers to be waniDg and feared that he could not meet tho public expectations, or accomplish what some new commander com-mander might. The letter is a delightful one, and will add a new lustre to the profuse wreath with which tho worid bus crowned the brow of the noble Lee, of whom a fine portrait is given. Other illustrated papers are The Univer&ity of Michigan Michi-gan and Fernando Norouha. There are ako the stories, poems and lighter article.! by Kate Putnam Osgood, Bret Harte, John G. Saxe and others, and the second chapter of Revolutionary Letters, in which a number ot the later epistles of John Adams are presented, with tho usual editorial departments. |