Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1883 — ‘E. A ' ABROAD. [ARTICLE]

‘E. A ' ABROAD.

A brilliant and fascinating Volume of European travel, with the above title, ts ! üblished by W- B. Dibble & Co., Cincinnati. Ohio. The author of this lively book, Mrs Eliza Arcbard Cornier, hat u national reputation as a journalist and is known as “E. A." of the Cincinnati Commercial. Her riends will undoubtedly be pleased to •tnbrrce an early opportunity to pu'a chase her first nook, which in a unique manner gives a vivid description o’ vbat she saw find lieurd while “abroad." There is no book like 1% and we know of none so A pretty young lady, sneaking of E. A.’a letters, says: “l’uay are splendid.” A Doctor says of them: “They are better medicine Tor my patients than any dose I cuji give.” One of the most eminent educators in the United States says: “They are the best foreign letters I ever read. They gi.ve us points abour Europe that othe. wri er skip, which are just the point we want to know." With the practiced eye of a journalist the writer seized at a glance the features which would be new to the readers. The book, therefore, ha* originality. It is written iu a very lively and entertaining style. The lady and her party landed .at Glasgow. made the tour of tno beautiful and romantic region described in the “Lady of the Lake," and visited MeK rose Abby and Abbotsford, the borne of Walter Scott. Thence they went to London; thence eastward apross

the continent of Bnrope to beautifnl Venice. They went southward as far as Naples; climbed the volcanic motthtain Vesuvius, and looked into the fire breathing erat-*r. They took the European cities and famous arUg&lieries that lay in their cours*Thev stood beside th* mighty mins of old Rome; visited tha dungeon where Peter and Paul were imprisoned, and the magnificent church beneath which St Paul is buried. They stood, too, beneath the great dome of St. Peter’s, ‘the soul of the building, ‘Michael Angelo’s cupola. If you wish instruction in a i’oosi agreeable way. here is your book, R*v J, E. Wnl<leu, LL.D. distinguished in religious circles for bis eloquence, learning and zeal iu good work, pay* the volume the compliment or writing an introduction for it Over 36C pages, artistically printed on fine heavy paper, and handsomely bound in'extra cloth, ink and gold. By mail on recept of PRICE, $1,25

¥heLondon Telegraph, in speaking of the dang r of ui covering the head athe grave eh the occasion of a funeral, says: “Many of the distinguish ed and more elderly mourners at the interment of the Duke of York died from bronchitis within a few weeks of the loyal obsequies; the Marquis of Londonderry’s funeral,in Westminster abbe*’ in 1882, was equally disastrous to the aged and delicate among those gathered around his tomb; and the funeral in Pero la Chaise of the celebrated French jnriccrsnlt, M, Rober: de St, Vincent, is sai 3 to have decimated the senior ranks of tire Paris Bar, one of the victims being Brillst Savarin, the author of the Physioiogie du Gout.’” ThsMontlcelloHerald: Excitement ran hi here Monday over the ported discovery of gold on the farm of Hugh Lowe, nine miles north of here, He has a well from which sand is pumped up mixed with shining particles resembling the precious metal. Oar experts here have not taade sufficient examination to satisfy themselves that it is genuine* but are inclined ;o view Mr. Lowe’s well with much interest. Specimens of the sand are to be sent to the State geologist. In the meantime Mr. Lowe will hold on to his farm,