that he hears the fearful chanting of a chorus of AEschylus.

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A NEW ART called _Metallography_ has been discovered by Nicholas Zack, a
lithographer at Munich, by means of which designs that have hitherto
been engraved on wood can be put directly upon metal, and in such a
manner as to be printed from. The plate is prepared beforehand, and the
artist draws his design upon it with a pencil or a needle. Without any
further labor, by means of the preparation alone, the plate will be
ready for printing. Worn-out plates may be restored with very little
expense.

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A BOOKSELLER of Munich has published Albert Duerer's sketches from the
prayer-book of Emperor Maximilian I., with the original text, colored
initials, and an introduction. Price eight thalers, about $6,00.

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MORITZ RUGENDAS, a German artist, who has lately spent a considerable
time in Mexico and the countries of South America, is now engaged at
Munich, in arranging the pictures for which his journeys in those
countries furnished him the materials. A work of such magnitude has
never before been undertaken by any artist. He intends to treat each
country in a continuous series of views. The Mexican series is now
nearly completed, consisting of about 100 landscapes, in oil. It begins
with Vera Cruz, where the artist landed, and goes through the whole
country to the Pacific. First is the coast seen from the sea; next we
behold the coast with the sea as it appears inland; then we mount to the
plains, noticing the gradual change of the mountain formations, and the
vegetation, with views in every direction from each interesting point;
we pass through the great plateau, ascend the volcanoes and survey their
craters, and admire the beauty of the region about the city of Mexico.
From the city there are sketches of journeys in every direction, and at
last we traverse the palm forest of St. Jago, and stand upon the heights
whence the eye reaches to the Pacific. Every picturesque scene is
finished with the greatest care and with special regard to the natural
features of the landscape. Buildings and human figures are either
avoided altogether or used as merely subordinate. When Mexico is
completed, Rugendas will use in a similar manner the sketches he has
taken in other countries. It is not known whether his pictures will be
engraved or not. They will, we