Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-08

BOOKS AND Stationery.

BOOkS AN ID 81 1 " Z
I VNHE CORNER CUPBOARD, OR FACTS FOR
! J. EVERYBODY, embracing facts about: lst.
I Things not generally known: ID. Things that
ought to be- known; ID. Things worth knowing
! The food We consume, the clothes We wear, the
house We live in and facts FROM the arts and sci
cnces as well as from literature, manufacture,
merce, anatomy physiology the garden and the
field, illustrated with over 900 engravings, the
whole formnga complete encyclopedia OF useful
knowledge The Corner Cupboard has, for many
centuries. been an object cherished IN the homes OF
the people. 1t has been the receptacle Of the most
treasured objects. Old people have kept the keys
of the Corner Cupboard with degree of pride. and
have felt themselves 10 be the conservators of the
domestic wealth by holding sacred the contents of
the family treasury" Ina word the Corner Cup
board will lie found 10 contain treasures of know
ledge upon every conceivable subject, having ref
erencc 10 the health. happiness or amusement of
the domestic circle and il will become household
phrase, when member Of the family needs the aid
Of knowledge upon any subjcct'-"lou will find
i in the Corner Cupboard One handsome limo.
volume, cloth, 81.
Parlor Theatricals, or Winter Evenings Enter
tainment. containing Acting Proverbs, Dramatic
Charades. Acting Charadcs, or Drawing room
Pantomilncs Musical Burlesques, Tableaux Vi
wants. etc. etc. illustrated with descriptive engrav
ings and diagrams l2mn., cloth. zoe. For sale by
JAS. ENTWISLE 4 son,
nov . No. % King street.
IMMERSION BENEFITS NEW BOOK JUST
II OUT, received and i"r sale at FRENCH'S
Book and Perjojicui D,p"t-A rare and capital
Book.
Wild scenes on the Frontiers, or Heroes of the
West, by Emerson Bennett author of CLARA More
land" "prarie Flower" Artist Bride &C., &C.,
vol. l2mo.. Sl,2J.
A Good Fight and other Tales by Charles Rode.
author Of "Lnye Ne Little, Love Me Long, Chris
tie Johnston. &c, Ac 81
Parlor Theatrcals or Wis,er Evenings Enter
tainment containing Acting Proverbs, TahlcauX,
Puutomiues, Musical Burlesqucs, Dramatic Char
acterS, &C., dc, I5c
The Corner Cupboard or facts for everybody,
embracing facts about ls. Things not generally
known; ID. Things that ought To lie known; Sd.
Things worth knuwing-ilustratcd with over 1000
engravngs-by the author Of Inquire Within,
The Reason Why" &C., 81.
lie Bon Ton Journal DeS Modes. and Monthly
Report Of Paris Fashions for November, u splen-
did number, zoe.
The Eclectic Magazine for November, is a mag
nitcent number, contains Il splendid engraving of
Rufus Choate, by Sartain, soc.
knickerbockcr for November, fine number, Zoe.
The Life Raft by NJ. J. Errym, 25c
Brownson's Quarterly Review for October. sc.
of 'pickwick," etc., ooc.
The liorticuturist and Journal of Rural Taste
and Rural Art Tor October, 25c.
Blackw"odS Magazine for October, 2jc.
Comic Monthly for December, o..
New York Ledger Leslie Harper. Waverly Mag
azine, Flag Pictorial. Wilkes Spirit, Porters Spirit.
Irish News, Irish American. Albion, London News,
Mercury, Weekly, Pilot, and everything else in
my line. nov
NEW BOOKS. MAGAZINES, ASp PAPERS
N at GEORGE SIGGERS Book ard P"rio-
dic" Store, -, Prince street, "pposiis the Ga+e'te
office
The Pie Me Papers, by Charles Dickens, price
jNc.
The Life Raft by NJ. j. Errym. author of the
Sepoys, Ben Radcliffe. etc, etc., 2jc.
The Arneror of Tyre, n the Oracle and its
Priest, an Eastern Romance, by Sylvanus Cobb,
Jr. lie.
Comic Monthly for December, DC.
Yankee Notions for November, Zoe.
Nick Max for November, Zoe.
Frank Leslie, Budget of Fun for November, 6c.
Harpcr's Magazine for November, 2jc.
Godeys Laiy's Book for November. 2jc.
Frank LeslieS Family Magazine, 25c.
Pcterson's Magazine, lSic.
Arthur's Home Magazine, lS2c.
Ladies' American Magazine, lS4c.
Frank Lcslc's Illustrated Paper for this week.
contains more engravingS oil the llarper' Ferry
Insurrcction &c.
New York Ledger. Mercury Weekly, Flag Wa
verify, True Flag Iarpers Weekly, Line of Battle
Ship, Pictorial, Family Journal, New York Clip
per, Portcrs Spirit, Irish News, Boston Pilot.
Weekly Herald. Daily Herald, Baltimore Clipper,
and everything else iii my line. nov
DOCK KEEPlNG.-Fulton i Eastmans Sys-
ID TEN of Book keeping by single and double
entry. containing forms and exercises. adapted 10
the use OF the farmer mechanic, merchant and pro-
fessiUnui man.
Paysun, Dunton & Scribners single and double
entry Book Keeping for Schools and Academies.
Smith Martins do. dc. simpliiicd for the use
of Common SCHOOLS,
Crittenden'- lntroductiNe aud Practical treatise
on Book Keeping, designed for commercial inst-
tutes private students and practical accountants,
received and for sale by
nov 4 JOHN II. PARROTT