The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-12-23
Holiday Preaenta.

what shall give 40 Christmas and
New Years prosentP" 10 question which
many are asking themselves about these days
bat one for which il Il hard 10 find an anawer
/ Il is generally conceded that book IL a. up,
proprate d gin a. one can make. We Judge
that this IL 10 be- the fashion this year FROM
the fact that We have received In advance
from the publishers some Of the most beau.
uml git booka We have ever seen
From MsSsrs. brown, Tagghrd & Chase
those ever giving, never impoverished Boston
publIshers-we have received beautiful vol,
umc Of Williss Poems, fully illustrated by
more than one hundred fine engrnyings,
printed on tinted paper with gilt. These POI
ems are universal faSoritoa, aud 40 more APP
proprialc and elegant present could be- made
a Christian mother than d copy Of this book
Mcssrs, Clark, Austin & Smith, New York,
are the publishers, and Il is sold Ia 81. Johns
bury by c. c, Chlds.
From the same Boston publishers ~ the
above, We have received the Lad,s Almanac
for 1860 All the ladies will be in Rdget.
Until they get il in hand. And We don't
blame them II they are. Besides the usual
almanac matters, IL contains great variety
oteXcrllcnI reading.sueh ~ every lady should
keep in her memory that shp Titi, SHOW upon
her tongue. II ia printed on tinted paper,
aid is handsomely illustrated. +. VI. How.
ard has supply at his book and jcwclry
store.
II any young gentleman Is "payiug a,ten.
tion" 20 any young lady, with intc6I, &c.
the Ministers Wooing" would be about a,
appropriate az any book for him to give
away. IL has already reached a circulation
Of 10000 copies.
We were very pleasantly introduced TO q
new Go usl Boston publishing house, d day
or two since, by having pot into our hand.
by 7. NJ. Howard a splendid new book by T.
Starr King, entitled THE White Illlsj their
Legends Landscapes and Poetry" This is
almost counterpart TO Wilss Poems, be-.
ing the same size and shape bot nea;er il
possible, in It's print and binding. This vol.
nG9e, also, is cmbcllishcd with. sixty fine en-.
cravings from original designs, among which I.
are olf the principll mountains, together with
the Fluue Echo Lake, Lake Winnepiseogee. T
sc.
At the same time with the above we re- |
reiytd from these publishers some very excl. /
Ting juvenile books There are Prank |
Wildmaus Adventures" the colored plates
IN which are enough TO make ones hair stand I
On end. IL seems that Frank was Of Wild, /
rowing disposition, AMI this book tells how
he got into trouble-how the pirates made
him walk the plauk"--how he wcot hunting
Wild bulls in Java, and how ne was hunted in
he fought the tiger and how the
Tiger fought him--&c., Sc. We know Of one
BOY about here who will be sure to have that
book.
Then there is the "IIolley and Mistletoc,"
pretty volume of little stories for the girls
md "Many little makes a Mckle )" full Of
'olored plates and entertaining reading. The
iame Of this firm which have been so gener-
'us to us, is Crosby, Nichols 6 Co., III
Street, boston. Long may tAoy
wave.
While speaking of gin books for the httir
olls, we must not forget the neat little Ju-
emile called aTl,e King of the Golden Riv.
r." printed on beautiful paper and illustra.
ed. This is from our old friends, Messrs.
Brown, Taggnrd & Chase published by Ma.
lew & Baker, Boston, and for sale by c. c.
'hilds, opposite the Post Office. We have
lso received from the same houses, Juvenile
James, such as Domnoes, and the Fortune !
'eller, and other toys and Knicl- X nucks,
uited to the increasing wants of the very
'ounp America u