The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-12-01
.IIE HOME JOURNAL for 1866.
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NEW V0LUME-NEW ATTRACTIONS.
Established in 1916. THE HOWE JOURNAL, (On the
sixth of January next) for the t7"e2ltisth year,
grcets its old friends and subscribers.
II is still conducted by n. P. WILLIS, assisted
by efficient corps Of able editors, talented con-
tributors and spicy correspondents
Mr.. WILLIS, while maintaining his allowed very
able topic Tie ChroRicie Of GayetY afd Fashion,
thinks he has succeeded in establishing separate
best authority for all that concerns the lvelier pro-
gTess of women.
is tie toice Of this new want of society, the
Home Journal claims to be the HaJSYeHSnble first
ueed 0f bte kqdies One Of the features Of the new
series will be the publication Of new and beaut-
full story, by ALPHOSsE De LAMARTINE, entitled
FLOR D'ALIZA an Iayii Of Haitaa Life,
which is pronounced by eminent European critics,
s'the Paul and Virginia of the nineteenth eentu-
~, " and which is being translated for our columns
by GEORGE PERRY. This will run through about
ten numbers. In the first number of the coming
volume will be commenced an entire NEW SERIES
Of articles, entitled MATRIMONIAL lNFELICI-
TIES, by the well-knOwn and popular humorous
writer, BARRY GRAY, author Of Married Life, y
etc, etc. As part Of our plan to keep our read
ers fur of the living literature Of the world,
and serve up for their cosmopolitan taste choice
condensations from living writers Of every country
we have enlisted the service Of some able writers
to translate BRIEF RoNANCES from the French. Ger
man and Russian current literature.
But romance will be only a SHbOYdiRate depart
ume will be Original and Sparkling Sketches Of
character persons and places.
The author Of ''Ashes from the Pipe of an Old
Smoker" Daisy Howard ;" "The Dreamer, and
other favorite essaysts will figure under this head
In FoyetgH Correspondence the coming volume
will be especially brilliant. Among other writers
MRs EsTELLE ANNA LEWIS, the poetess, and
HARRY HARDWOOD LEECH, the essayist, (both
now residing abroad, will act as special c0rrespon-
dents jottng down for our readers everything that
j. new and interesting in the world OF letters art
fashion and society The AMUSEMENT DEPART
ugNT is uuder the charge of H. A. DELILLIE, an
accomplished critic who will keep our readers well
informed of all that is interesting on both sides OF
the Atlantic, in matters Musical and Dramatic.
In Beles-Lettres, Poetry, Art-Criticism, Book
Reviews orgnaI essays social, fashion and foreign
gossip, spicy letters, short sketches, plthy para
graphs, personal items, early extracts from unpub
lisbed works choice selections from English, French
and other foreign periodicals. and all, in fact that
tends to make an instructive and entertaining news
paper the Home Journal will still retain It's repu-
tation as the fayorite of the bellies letres press
1t need hardly be mentioned that the editors are
proud of the position assigned to the paper of be-
ing the unexceptiOnably cultivated reference OF
polite people its high moral tone will always be
observed and nothing will be admitted into It's col
umns that would not be compatible with paper
intended for the moral and refined home of the
best classes.
We take this opportunity Of thanking our many
Southern subscribers for return Of their patron
age and can assure them that the editors will stl
keep the columns of the Home Journal free from
political and religious discussions, and will conhne
| themselves rather to their motto, to Encourage
the memorable, the progressive and the beautiful
| TERMS For one copy, one year, 50 Tor three
copies 81 3d. or copy for three years, 81 % al
ways in advance. Subscriptions, orders, remittan,
ees and all other communications to be addressed
to the publishers,
Mp. WILLIS & MORRIS PHILLIPS,
l07 Fulton street, New York,