Ellsworth's death at Alexandria--"the first conspicuous victim of the
war"--although he was only twenty-four, was the dramatic end of a most
romantic and picturesque career; and no one knows its details so well
as Colonel Hay. Ellsworth "was one of the dearest of the friends of my
youth," says Colonel Hay. Moreover, he was a particular favorite
and _protégé_ of President Lincoln's when Colonel Hay was Lincoln's
private secretary. Colonel Hay's paper, therefore, is one of quite
extraordinary interest. There will be published with it some very
interesting pictures.
"THE SABINE WOMEN"--A CORRECTION.
Changes made in Mr. Low's article in the January number at the
very moment of going to press, occasioned a mistake which should be
corrected, though, no doubt, most of our readers have detected it for
themselves. In the note to David's picture of "The Sabine Women," the
picture was described as portraying the seizure of the Sabine women
by the Romans, whereas it portrays the interposition of the women in a
battle following the seizure.