Literature and Art.
Reading edition
We acknowledge the receipt of a handsome volume entitled “The Trunk Tragedy: A Complete History of the Murder of Preller and the Trial of Maxwell.” The author is none other than Judge E. A. Noonan of St. Louis, a real-estate and house-renting agent, and littérateur of marked ability. The book is strongly written, and a number of stirring illustrations by leading local artists give the work a peculiar value. Bound in paper, with a full-page illustration of the unfortunate victim on the cover, for the reasonable price of twenty cents, this chef-d’œuvre should find its way into every home.
Angelo Ludovico, the famous Chicago sculptor, has just completed a bass-relief bust of William Shakespeare, the immortal bard of Avon. The likeness is a superb one, the artist having made his designs from the only authentic autograph, now in possession of Mr. Gunther, the well-known candy-virtuoso.
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