VOLUME 55. 1 
Number 325. J 
Harper’s Magazine. 
NEW YORK, 
June, 1877. 
CONTEMPORARY ART IN GERMANY 1 
Ii.T.iiSTE.vrioNs.— “ Seni discovering Wallenstein dead.”— Wilhelm von Kaulbach. — “ Hockheimer.” 
— ^ U i . * K,< l (;r von Piloty. — “Bush-Rangers.” — “Luther before Cardinal Cajetan.” — Franz Lenbach. 
—Gabriel Max — “The Lion’s Bride.”— Franz Defregger.— “ The Cossacks greeting the Steppes.”— 
Calves returning Home.”— “ Peasants’ Ball.”— Hans Makart.— “ Fellah Women at the. Fountain.” 
In a Thousand Anxieties.” — Ludwig Kuaus. — “Reverie.” — Statue of Frederick William III. — 
“The Last Supper.” 
A DREAM-LAND CITY.— A POEM 22 
THE ANDROSCOGGIN LAKES 23 
It.it ^rations. — First Glimpse of the Oquossoc, Kimball’s.— Source of the Androscoggin River. — 
Rangeley Trophies.— Oquossoc. or Rangeley Lake, looking toward Bald Mountain.— Sandy River 
Falls, near Madrid.— Saddleback Mountain, looking east. — Map of the Androscoggin Lake Region. 
— Kennebago Falls. — A Six-Pounder. — Camp on the Kennebago. — Mountain View House.— Around 
the Camp Fire.— Cottage, Cupsuptic Lake. — Camp in the Woods.— Boat-Landing, Foot of Mooseluc- 
maguntic, Upper Dam.— Lake Mooselucmaguntic.— Dead-wood Forest, above the Upper Dam. — 
South Arm of the Welokenuebacook. — Aziscohos and Observatory Mountains, Lake Mollychunke- 
munk. 
THE NIEBELIJN GEN LAY 38 
Illustrations.— Siegfried dividing the Treasure between Shilbung and Niebelnng.— Siegfried and 
the Dragon.— Siegfried capturing the Magic Cloak of the Niebelungen.— Brunhild’s Punishment of 
her Lord. — Death of Siegfried.— Krimhild lamenting over Siegfried’s Body. — Hagan and the Swan- 
Maidens.— Gunther’s Head brought to Hagan. 
EREMA; OR, MY FATHER’S SIN 51 
Charter XXX. Cocks and Coxcombs. 
Chapter XXXI. Adrift. 
Chapter XXXII. At Home. 
Chapter XXXIII. Lord CaStlewood. 
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LA FESTA DELLO STATUTO.— A POEM 64 
THE WHEELER SURVEY IN NEVADA : 65 
Illustr ations. — The Cascade near Emerald Bay.— The Great Seal of the State of Nevada. — A Street 
Corner in Carson. — The Odometer Carriage.— Wheeler’s Exploring Party in the Mountains of Nevada. 
— Lake Tahoe. — The pebbly Beach and Rocks at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe. — Cave Rock, Lake Ta- 
hoe.— Longitudinal Section of Comstock Lode and the principal Mines.— Profile of Sutro Tunnel — 
Entrance to Sutro Tunnel. 
GIBRALTAR 
Illustrations. — Gibraltar.— The Summit. — Street Scene. 
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MOSES CLYMER’S BUSINESS 84 
Illustrations. — “ Villiam.” — “Dere vas too much of Cooleridge and Vadsvorth in ’em.” 
AN ORDER FOR A CAMEO.— A POEM 90 
BIRDS’ NESTS . . > 90 
Illustrations. — Golden-crowned Wren’s Nest. — Black-throated Green Warbler’s Nest. — Yellow 
Warbler’s Nest — White-eyed Vireo’s Nest. — Humming-Bird’s Nest. 
THE PROFESSOR’S VICTIM.— A STORY 97 
POPULAR EXPOSITION OF SOME SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.— Part IV 102 
With six Illustrations. 
A WOMAN-HATER.— Part XII Ill 
A FEAR.— A POEM 122 
GARTH. — A NOVEL. — ( Concluded.) 123 
EDITOR’S EASY CHAIR 142 
On the municipal Frontier.— The “ Chicl amang ye fakin’ Notes.”— The Man who “ runs a Village.” 
—Security of Hotels against Fire.— The late George W. Jewett 
EDITOR’S LITERARY RECORD 146 
Wallace’s Russia.— Cameron’s Across Africa.— Dufferin’s Letters from High Latitudes.— Gray’s 
Land and the Life.— Stillman’s Seeking the Golden Fleece.— Van Laun’s History of French Litera- 
ture.— 1 Tyng’s He Will Come.— Miller’s Questions Awakened by the Bible.— The Apologies of Justin 
Martyr.— Holbrook’s Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Headache.— Harper’s Half-hour Series : Tales from 
Shakspeare ; Trollope’s Christmas at Thompson Hall ; When the Ship comes Home ; Freeman's The 
Turks in Europe. — Rolfe’s Macbeth. — Miss Corson’s Cooking Manual.— The Sun-Maid.— Auerbach’s 
Lorley and Reinhard.— Twain’s Scrap-Book. 
EDITOR’S SCIENTIFIC RECORD 150 
Astronomy.— Meteorology.— Physics.— Chemistry.— Microscopy.— Anthropology.— Zoology.— Bot- 
any. 
EDITOR’S HISTORICAL RECORD •••••••.••. 155 
Withdrawal of Troops supporting State Governments in South Carolina and Louisiana.— German 
Affairs. — Russian Declaration of War against Turkey. — Disasters. Obituaiy. 
EDITOR’S DRAWER •••••••. 
Clerical Embarrassment— A Turkish Doctor.— Boarding and Living.— How Deacon Brown con- 
verted the Editor of the Waterloo “ Avalanche.”— “ One, two, three” (Illustrated ).— Popular Novels 
(Illustrated). “Whistling in Heaven.” — A knighted Barber.— A Bowery Sketch from Natuie (Illus- 
trated). A short Sermon. — A comical Compliment (Illustrated). 
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