Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-12-05
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| UKANDPAS fiOOSE. by Helen I. cekS
author of "Ainslee." ETC., with illustration.
by George G. White. l vol. l6mo. Price
Sl.50. Published by Hurd & Houghton,
New York. Mrs Weeks is known to many
of our readers by her stories of "Aihslet
and SHINY published in The Rirersidt
| Magazine. The same characteristic:
which have made her stories in the Maya.
zire so delightful will be found in this
book, which presents in the most graphic
manner pictures of New England country
life. The truihfulneSs, sprightllness, and
fidelity to Nature shown in the story, place
the author in the first rank of writers for
children, while older readers will be sur
prised at discovering how much real liter
airy power is displayed in this simple mar;
raiiye Of children's life.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE. BY John W
Forney, Secretary of the [. S. Senate, pro-
prletor of the PHILADELPHIA Press. &c,
with y portrait of the author. Published
by I. b. Peterson & Bros, Philadelphia.
These letters, now collected and carefully
rewritten and revised, were written literally
:" on the wing" while their author was
making rapid four months tour in
Europe Colonel Forney trusted largely
guide books and hand books of travel, and
put his impressions upon paper as they
arose. Hence came that freshness of
thought and ease of expression, which,
nearly as much as the large amount of in
formation which they communicate, has
won popularity for these letters, which,
we believe, will be increased and made
permanent by their appearance in book
10 IN of 10 .o1-
follows: From New York to Liverpool,
Mr.. George Peabody being fellow-voya-
ger; some days at Liverpool, thence
through the manufacturing districts of the
north OF England to SIR Francis Crossley's
great carpet factory at Halifax, Yorkshire;
some weeks residence in London, during
which he visited and has graphically des-
cribed the House of Parliament, the var
ious places Of public amusement, the Pea
body buildings, Mr.. Surgeons chapel and
preaching, the Langham Hotel, the Crys-
tai Palace, Westminster Abbey, ST. Paul's
Cathedral, the Tower of London, and the
Thames Tunnel. In England, he also des-
cribes Windsor Castle, Oxford University,
the old city Of Chester, and Eaton Hall.
the provincial palace of the Marquis of
Westminster, the wealthiest man in
Europe. Besides these, he gives passing
and incidental sketches of eminent public
men. He carried the same searching OBJ
seryation into Paris, Switzerland, Germany,
Belgium, and Holland. The result is a
readable and reliable book of over four
hundred pages, printed on good paper, and
we'll bound in cloth. Price Two Dollars a
copy.
THE LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. By
Frank III. Alfriend. Richmond, Va, late
editor of The Southern Literary Mes-
scngcr, and well known from his editorial
connection-both during and since the war
with the Richmond press. lobe issued
In handsome octave volume, of from 500
to 600 pages, embellished with portrait
on steel, engraved in pure line and stipple,
by Buttre, from recent photograph from
lifo- Price, bound in the best English
morocco cloth, $3.50; bound in half calf
antique, $500. Published by the Caxton
Publishing House, SO West Fourth street,
Cincinnati Ohio.
The above work is now far advanced in
its preparation. and will be published at an
early date 1t will be sold exclusively by
subscription, and bound prospectus is
now ready for agents.
In the collection of Materials the author
has had the cooperation and assistance of
prominent officials of very high position in
the late Confederacy, and has enjoyed ia
cilities unsurpassed by any writer upon the
subject of the war, for obtaining informa-
ton from original sources.
The work will form full, complete, and
authentic biography of Mr.. Davis. embra-
cling the whole period of his life, and will
shed much needed light upon many i'm
portant subjects connected with the late
war, which have been understood--or, at
best but imperfectly so-because the facts
necessary to their calculation have re
NAMED inaccessible to all previous writers.
That such work will be looked for
with eager interest, and that it is certain to
prove one of the most rapidly selling books
ever published must be evident TO all.
Agents are wanted in every county, to
whom will be granted exclusive territory
and liberal terms.