Description: APPLETONS JOURNAL Jan. 17, 1874 Kittery Point the Mantua Vase; interview with Franz Liszt This is an issue of the illustrated weekly publication, Appletons Journal, which is 150 years old. It measures 8 x 11 inches in size, and is 32 pages long. It came from a bound volume, and has some typical minor disbinding marks at the spine, but is otherwise in excellent condition. It will be sent in a clear plastic report cover, to help preserve it in the future. The front page article in this issue is titled: THE PEPPERELLS OF KITTERY POINT, MAINE It is illustrated with an attractive 5x6-inch wood engraving of, SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELLS HOUSE, KITTERY POINT, MAINE. The accompanying article takes up the rest of the cover page, and almost all of page 2. Written by Samuel Drake, it gives a brief history of the town, the Pepperell family, and their mansion. He begins his piece this way: Very few points on our coast excel in interest the promontory stretching out into the Atlantic between the Piscataqua and Wells Bay, and terminating in Mount Agamenticus. It is one of the headlands of history. I have traversed it afoot, and have often plied the oar almost beneath the shadow of grim old Menticus, as the fishermen along-shore call it. . . . On one side the cape is a good harbor and safe anchorage; on the other side are tremendous cliffs of tawny rock, grinning ledges, and long reaches of sandy beach with salt marshes intersected by the creeks. . . . I doubt if there can be found a more murderous-looking coast than the shores of the fishing-village of Ogunquit. . . . Old York, lying at the extremity of the cape, is one of the oddest places imaginable. It has but lately been rediscovered by those persistent pioneers, the summer tourists. . . . Kittery Point is, like Old York, become a resort during the summer months. It abounds in the picturesque history, which throw around the place a charm rivaling its natural attractions. The seat of the Pepperells is not far from the hotel of mine host Safford, the depositary of all the local traditions. . . . while the solid bastions of Louisburg have almost disappeared, the homely dwelling of the Pepperells still remains, overlooking the sea much as when the flag of France waved above the battlements of Cape Breton. In the neighborhood of the Pepperell mansion are several other houses of scarcely inferior interest. I remember that several years ago, when the Maine Historical Society held one of its anniversaries, it was resolved to have an informal meeting in the old Cutts house, but when the members and invited guests applied for admission on the spot, the door was shut in their faces, and the learned pundits departed with a cold shoulder apiece. Etc. --------------------------- An illustrated article inside is on THE MANTUA OR BRUNSWICK VASE. This extraordinary vessel, carved entirely from a single onyx had been supposed destroyed in a fire set during a riot at the Duke of Brunswicks in 1830. Instead, the treasure had recently turned up in Geneva. The great antique is shown in a finely-detailed 5x7-inch engraving. There is also a story translated from the Vienna Evening Post, titled AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANZ LISZT. This takes up a column and a third, or 100 lines of text, and includes a bunch of direct quotes from Liszt, who seemed in a cheerful mood, with such comments as: Ah, I see, you can turn a compliment splendidly, said the abbe, laughing; but your parallel is faulty. Dont you know that old mens fingers get stiff. And what is a pianist with stiff fingers? *************************************** Background on this publication: Appletons Journal was an illustrated weekly paper published in New York. Its parent company was D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, which at the time was one of Americas leading book publishers. The paper was founded in 1869, and achieved a widespread, but shortlived national popularity during the next six years. It carried some serial fiction, but most of its content was devoted to essays on Americana subjects, plus the arts and sciences. Following several changes in editors, however, it began suffering a decline in circulation. It subsequently switched to monthly publication after 1876, and went out of business in 1881. 252 [gsp6247] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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