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THE BOSTON ALMANAC


BY s. n DICKINSON,
| MILL he published about the Ist Of Dec. II
| w will be printed upon new type, and contain
more pages than any previous number Beautiful.
ly bound In cloth, aud gilt.
TWILL CONTAIN
A new aud accurate MAP of the vicinity Of Dos.
ton, embracing distance Of 5 or 20 miles round
the city. Long Pond, and the whole line Of the
Aqueduct are delineaied upon IL. The outside
towns on the Map, are Hull, Cohassei, bingham,
| Weymouth, Braintrec, Canton, Dcdhain, Medford,
Shcrburne, birmingham, Sudbury, Concord, Ac.
ton, Carlisle, Billerica Wilmington, Danvers, Bev.
erly and Martlehcad. All the islands in the har-
Beach, Nahant Bay aud Beach, Nahant, Chelsea
Beach, etc.
An improved set OF CALENDAR PAGES, cal.
cuaied by Prof Pierce, Of Cambridge The calcn-
dar pages arc accompanied BY a short description
OF the appearance Of the Heavens on the 18th Of
each month Opposite to each calendar page there
Is a blank page for memorandum, containing n
blank line and date for every day in the MONTH
These Memoranda Pages arc Of great convenience
to an individual, or for the Of family In max.
ing memorandums from day to day.
The BUSINESS DIRECTORY Of the city Of
Boston, corrected and enlarged This Directory
exhibits all trades, business and professions under
their appropriate heads; that is, under the head
iPota'caries, will he found the names Of all persons
engaged in that business; under the head Of Bakers
the names ana places OF all engaged IN That Dust
ness, and so on to the end Of the alphabet. This
document Is one Of great usefulness TO the citizen
and OF still greater importance to persons in the
country as here they have laid before them the key
TO the whole business population Of the metropolis
1t occupies about go closely printed pages Of the
Almanac.
An interesting historical account Of the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS Of Boston This article has been pre-
pared with great care and much research, by Isaac
i. shepard Esq, Principal Of the OTIS School 1t
embraces the subject from that period Of time when
Public Schools were first thought Of by forcfa.
theirs, and traces II up, in is growth, from that
time to the present It is deeply interesting, aud
occupies sc pages Of the Almanac. An ENGRAV-
ED VIEW ofeach Of the Public Schools is given,
and two views Of Model Primary Schools, which
have been erected within the past year or two
Some account Of A WINTER PASSED IN
FLORIDA, by an invalid in hopes Of being restor-
ed 10 health His experience given, which may be
Of great convenience to those intending to visit that
region for similar purpose. Accompanying this
article, the writer has prepared a set OF Wealth.
Err TABLES, showing the temperature in Jack
sonVile, Fla, and Boston, for one year. To the
curious in such matters, it is thought these tables
will be very interesting.
A Table Of the 772 Streets Places and Alleys in
the city Of Boston, giving the beginning and termi-
Of each street. and the location Of the places and
alleys. With this table the stranger can find any
street in the city.
a iist OF <<f rAIhEooEo tnat leave bottOn
daily, semi.weckly and weekly.
A list Of the RAILROADS diverging from Bos.
ton, and list Of the Branch Roads running from
the Boston Roads.
These are the principal features Of the Boston
Almanac for is+9. But il embraces great yare.
~ Of other matters, useful and entertaining to the
reader.
This Almanac contains TWO HUNDRED and
TWENTY closely printed pages. The quantity
Of matter is greater than tina, found in ordinary
svo. Of 500 pages. The octave volume would sell
for two or three dollars. For the Almanac the
price is only TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per single
copy by wholesale, very liberal discount Is
made
Orders sent to Messrs. n. B. MUSSEY 6 co,
20 Conhill, and to Mr. THOMAS GROOM, SO
State Street, Publishers will meet with immediate
attention.
Boston, Nov. 20, ls4s. IA