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Pioneering in Klondike

BY ALEXANDER MACDONALD

THE first portion of a remarkable narration of adventure of exploration on the Klondike is printed in Blackwood's Magazine for May. This dramatic chronicle begins with the start; carries the reader to Finnigan's Point, describes the ascent of the Chilcoot, and the journey from Crater Lake to Linderman; tells how a boat was unexpectedly purchased on the Yukon ; brings the travelers to Bennett Lake and thence northward. A thrilling tale of unexpected experiences graphically told.

OTHER contributions to the May

BLACK WOOD:

THE GURKHA SCOUTS; LIKE TO LIKE, conclusion, by G. S. Street; HIS DAISY, by W. H. H.; A VILLAGE SEMIRAMIS; THE ORIGIN OF "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE;" ADMIRAL SIR W. MENDS, Fifty-five Years of Naval Service; A FORGOTTON PURITAN COLONY; A MASQUERADER, by Christian Burke; AN IRISH BOSWELL; CUTTIN' RUSHES, by Moira O'Neill; THE RECORD OF A LIFE; THE LOOKER-ON; GERMANY'S INFLUENCE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

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A GROUP OF .

REMINISCENCES

Of Lady Byron. Very little has been published concerning the great poet's widow, though a remarkable person. Mrs. Alexander Ross brings together, in a paper in the NINETEENTH CENTURY, for April, a group of interesting incidents concerning Lady Byron.

Of Meissonier. By the celebrated Russian painter Vassili Verestchagin. Some character-talk of one artist to another; an intimate glance at the thought and heart of Meissonier; a charming paper, with some fresh anecdotes of the famous Parisian. FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW for May.

Of Admiral Sir William Robert Mends. The naval officer who moved the French and British armies from Varna to the Crimea in 1854: organizer and director for twenty years of the transport Department of the British Admiralty; a naval life from 1827 to 1883, and its incidents. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for May.

Of Balzac. An estimate and an appreciation; how Rodin alone has completely understood Balzac; the life of Balzac ; its labor; its difficulties; its rewards. A sympathetic estimate of the great writer. G. Arthur Symons. In the FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW for May.