Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875

"Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 90" is a magazine from the 1800s that shares a mixture of essays, stories, and articles, showing how people thought and talked about things back then. It covers lots of different subjects, like going to new places, personal stories from people's lives, art, thoughts on what was happening in society, and books, connecting culture and new discoveries in a time when things were changing a lot. The magazine starts with a story about M. Forgues' travels through Paraguay. He sees tough things, like a family recently killed by local Indians, but also busy, strange everyday scenes. His story shows the contrast between Paraguay's beautiful nature and how hard life is for the people who live there, bringing attention to the social and money problems they deal with. M. Forgues' trip uncovers the complicated society of Paraguay after the war, which is full of poorness, death, and a need for things to be steady when everything's chaotic, giving readers a chance to think about the challenges of a world changing fast.