Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1895 — Fontainebleau Forest. [ARTICLE]

Fontainebleau Forest.

The Century. The grand old forest of Fontainebleau is everywhere very beautiful,, and, far from being/monotonous in character and simply a forest of trees, it has a great variety of other natural beauties. Certain parts contain rocky hills, enriched here and there by thick heath growing on a sandy soil. In places one sees great; heaps of rocks of sandstone formation piled one above the other on the slope of the hills, as if large masses of water had formerly rushed through this country, loosening the immense rocks and heaping them one upon the other. One peculiarity of these rocks is that many of them are formed like great living monsters. When we went into the forest toward nightfall Francois was always deeply moved. It seemed to him as though we were amid a crowd of antediluvian monsters, and he enjoyed pointing out to me the semblance to living forms of these mysterious shapes. * Ibsen, the writer, has brought suit against a Norwegian paper for printing facts about his new work before it w.as published. Ibsen says' he is under contract with his English and German publishers to tell nothing about his books until they have left the printing press. While Mr. Gladstone is reported in a state of rejuvenescence, he does not wish to be pestered by correspondehce, especlallj’ from unknown persons. In a recent letter on the school board question he sayss .‘‘After a contentious life of sixty* two years 1 am naturally anxious to spend ths remainder of my days in freedom from controversy. ,f U 1 >1 *