Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-12-19
BOOK NDEIIIES

DICKENs's CHRISTMAS STORY ~ EvERY SsTUED,y -
Mugby Junction" Dckens's Christmas Story for
1856 il published complete in the 5Gth number oi
Every saturday" A. Mr.. DickeHs'S contribution ~
the story tins year contains larger portion Of the
volume than usual It l. safe to predict that Mugly
| Junction will prove even more popnar than any Of
ITS predecessors: Noone can read 1t without strength
! enlnE ms belief IN human goodness This story an
pears In Every Saturday" seven DAYS before its 81 n
| pearance in England. The publishers evidently in.
tend ny such enterprise to give the readers of Eve
from any other source the best and mostatracrive nf
| the good things in European periodicals.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE opens the New Year with a
heantiul steel engraving. entitled The Lulla)y,'
winch rs followed by splendid colored Fashion Plate
an another engravn entitled Au RevoIr" sides
! variety OF patterns for needewOrk &c. The read
my matter IL of tirStrate qualify and altogether il is
AN excellent number. THIS being the opening mum
Der OF new year. and the first of new volume it Of
eTS favorable time TO subscribe. Terms, 81 year.
3h1ress Charles j. Peterson, 800 Chestnut Street,
| Philadelphia.
GooEY's LADY's Book for January hasa ep
craving entitled The First Party" beautIfnIIv <
ecuted then there is another steel plate containing
several handsome pictures highly-fnlshed Colored
SkatIng Scene on the Wissahlckon. and spending
PENNY an engraving for the juveniles The reading
ing matter Is very interesting, and is Of high moral
tone rms BOOK opens well for anew year. and is in
al respects Just such magazine as the ladies
qnte' ,Si Now ~ me tune to subScribe Terms; 81 a
and Chestnut Streets. Phlade phia.
BEADLE'S MONTHLY for 1867 commences the new wear
VII an excellent table Cf contents. among which are
He: Chapters VII. Wis Language; The Master of
Carbon story; Chat About Carotta; A Period
without Parallel; Stills Of Gold, Humorous Poem,
Illustrated; Our New House, aStory; Rome ofTo-Day;
GreenblOw IN Gotham, Chapters l., II; Mrs. Rounda-
bouts Trip lndferently Honest; Notes, Notices and
G"sslp. BeadIeS Monthly Is published at 50 per
num- i deserved vorite with the public its stories
and sketches Of travel and adventure ranking ano Z
the best put IN print. Address Beadle Co, lis VIII
liam St. New York.
THE OLD FRANKLIN ALSAxAc.-This almanac for 1867
has been published by A. Winch. sos Chestnut Street
Philadelphia 1t contains exclusive of the act nal
chronological tables, and useful matter never before
Introduced into work Of this kind and viii be "A
liable acquisition 10 every household store counting
room mandatory. office, and place of business
Yearly the old Franklin" gains more and more in
popular favor as useful and reliable Almanac.
TaE ATLANTIC FOR JANUARY The Atlantic Monthly
enters on Its nineteenth volume with array of dis
tingnished names and sterling articles that promise
well for the coming year. The January number con-
tans the first nstanent of DR.. Holiness story THE
Guardian Angel in which will he found the same old
charm that fascinated the readers Of the Autocrat
the Professor, and Elsie TeTHer humorous story in
verse, by James Russell Lowell; graphic sketch Of
Henry Ward Beecher'S church with some pertinent
renecuons upon modern church gong by jas. Parton:
a legend in verse. told only Whittier tell it; a
Doem entitled Terminus" ION growing old) by R W.
Emerson; spirited and faithful translation of the
! contest between Achilles and Agamemnon, from the
First Book of the HAD. by W C. Bryant. Mr.. Higgin-
contributes Plea for Culture; Mr.. Trowbritlue
furnishes another of his stories under the
title. The Man who stole Meeting House; Bayard
TAYLOR tells u characteristic story Of The STRANGE
Friend; Mr.. Shanly gives humorous sketch of Capil-
AIRY Freaks; +. C. Stedman offers poem on Pan in
Wall street. and Walter Mitchell describes the King
dom OF Infancy. The story Of Katharine Morne, by
the author of Herman i continued. Topics of cur
rent political interest thoroughly treated,-the
Causes ior which President can be Impeached are
lLcIdly set forth, and Frederick Douglass makes
powerful Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage.
The number closes with notices of several popular
new publications.
TnE GALAXY continues to hold high place among
the literary periodicals. In the number for Decem-
her Is. Mr.. j. " Wall gives much information about
The Enyirons of Berlin" Mr.. H. II. Dele sketches
the personal appearance, habits, and character Of
Napoleon Ill. Then we have The Currency of the
United Sates;'' AN Old story The Captains Story"
&c. The story Waiting for the Verdict will be
begun in Jsnuary. 1t Is issued twice a month. Ad-
dress W. c. & F. z. Church. SO Park Row. N Y.