Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-20
THE HOLIDAYS.
Preparation for christ Kindle.
CHURCH co.

CHURCH & co.
We spent an hour or 50 yesterday ID
the elegant establishment Of Messrs
Church & CO., No. 3l5 Main street, feast,
Ing u eyes with the beautiful display Of
goods which they have received and
opened for the holidays. These gentle
men have, Indeed, made magnificent
preparations for holiday gifts, embracing
2 stock OF everything elegant In the way
81 books, stationery, AMI, 10 fact, every.
thing pertaining to their line OF business,
The counters are laden with the richest
end rarest books Bibles OF every size from
the diminutivs pocket edition OF the
Holy Writ, up TO ti.9 imperial quartoi
illustrated and embslished with hun
dreds Of eugraFings, ard bound in every
style 81 beautiful wOrE manship. Thers
could he 20 mere fitting present for the
day OF the nativity of cur Savior than
one OF these elegant copies OF His word.
Near by are copies of the volumes OF
those writers VINO, though their pens
may 10. have been dipped in the fire OF
Divine Inspiration, yet have been made
immortal by divine genius-ShakspeaTe,
Milton, Dante, Schiller, Tasso, Byron,
CampbelI, C0Wper, Moora-Ril magaiE-
Gently illustrated in the highest style Of
art. Then the prose writers -Irving's
works, Don Quix0te, Dickens, and hosts
81 others, printed and bound IKE works
Of art, rather than as books to read and
use.
A very large assortment Of chromos,
copies Of the works OF the most celebrs-
ted artists, are arranged around the
shelves aud cases. These are from the
a~JeiieTs of the United States, (Prsniis)
Germany, France and England, and en-
brace the whole range of aTt-lands~ape,
historical, domestic, flowers, etc, etc,
and are from the diminutive gem for an
etd0ere up to the drRwiBg-roOm or parlOr
picture. Pne gsms OF the whOl&estab-
eSzhment are the photographic pictures
r. the wonderful b0ss0 T~egieUoS of the
as0ns, Morning and Evening, by Thor
Naldsen. These alone ara worth a visit
20 Messrs. Church d Co.'S.
O. W~oTk-5Oxes, writing desks, glove,
handkerchief and jeweiry boxes, there is
no end either 20 the variety Of style, fin
ish, material and quantity. Many OF
these cases are really works OF art, and
are finished in s. Rtyle ~surpassiDg any
thing Of the sort ever brought here be-
fore.
The children have not been forgotten.
There ara toy books, illustrated in colOTs
by C~rniRshsnk and other artists-not the
reG-EnG-ysliOw stained daubs that were
used IN our childhOod's days, but elegant
picture bOOks-in great prOfusion, juve.
nile libraries, building blocks, and other
things Of the sort too III nerGu5 to men,
ton. In short, il you wish TO purchase
4 handsome Christmas or New YEARS gift
you can ind il at Msssrs. Church & Co.,
No. SO Main street.
MISSES. GEO. PATrIs0N q co.
Hers another most magnificent dis
play OF books and fancy articles greets
the eyes Of the seeker after the beautiful
aud useful. Indeed, the show made by
Messrs. Pattis0n & Co. far surpasses
anything Of the sort ever brought to this
city. The most eXquisitely illustrated
books ever gotten ~, we suppose, have
been prepared IS gift books for this sea-
and We may add MessTs. PattisOn
secured a full assortment of the
best. Their c-Onsignments reached them
and were opened about midday yester-
day, snd from the time the cases we're
opened until after nightfsll the spacious
store was crowded with an esger aud de-
thrOng OF e0nnOiEseurs who rev.
slieG IN the beauties of literature. To de-
scribe all 8CriGtiHf would be a task be-
yond our undertaking, but the following
will serve as specimen bricks of the
Pantheon -
The frat book that attracted cur eye
a magnificent folio, eighteen by thirty
inches" The Wondering Je,O," illustra-
ted by Gustavs D0re. This wonderful
has taken Up the story OF the Jew
who witnessed the oruCiaxion, and was
condemned TO live and wander over the
earth until his coming, and has Illus
tTated it ia his own weird and peculiar
makinga book ct for q royal gift.
Another book illustrated by D1re is the
." Inferno" Of Dante, TRANSLATED by
Cary royal quart0, b"und in morocco.
. Citing copp8nion to these two are the
q" Female Characters OF Goethe" Illus
by Ksuibach, and the "S6hiller
Gallery,n by the came artist, both
royal quarto, ~splendidiy bound. "FlOral
Is the titis OF an exquis-
lie folio, illustrated in colors by
hand, By Ms. c. NJ, Badger. Each
separate picture here is a painting
3i rare beauty ami merit. The first and
q G. u4d series Of the " great works of
I{lpuEel," and "Tam 0'5hanter,n are
Illustrated by Photographic from the ORR
yinal pictures. Baron ManehauaeE,"
Illustrated by D0re, and "Poets and
Painters illustrated by eminent En-
ylish artistic, are also worthy OF close
volumes there Illustrated 10 suit every
'ye, and bound 10 suit every taste.
The most fsstidi0us cannot fsil to
DC pleased. IN addition 70 books Messrs.
paJUsOn & Co., have q spisnGlq ESCORT
nent CT desks, woTk-boXes, ETC., etc,
and an immense stock OF extra fine sta
-ioRery, al! OF which viii repay q call.
9. c. cLEAvEs d co.
This establishment, No. 2s3 Main street,
g another ornament to our city, and au
honor to the book and stationery trade.
Their assortment is very large, embra-
sing every variety Of subjects, and pub.
ishsd Ia forms in which beauty OF work
nanabip vies with tbs intellect that Gre
ated them. One OF the finest we saw
was the gallery Of Ryron's Beauties, or
IDEAL portraits Of the female characters in
Byr0D's poems. This book is gotten up
10 antique Morocco binding, and is filled
with hne steel engrsvings representing
ths beauties OF this great poets eharac-
tiers, ms painter SseAeu 70 eSuaueS MS
10 conveying the ideal portraits
81 this wayward poets fancy. There is
also a similar work TO this, "Phe STRAIT
ford Gallery which contains the ideal
portraits of the principal female Gharao-
ters in Shs kspearo's plays. Some Of the
portraits are exquisitely beautiful, while
others, such as Lady Macbeth, give her
hard, stern fee and masculine cast of
features an expression well bedtting the
character she played on the stage OF life.
These works, and such AS these, that
the fancy with their life-iike ideals
Of beauty and nature are tine most sc-
ceptsble gifts during the holidays.
Another beautiful work was The
Poet and Painter" containing selections
from poets of every age, with the crea-
tions of the poet illustrated by the painter
in life.like, admirable style. Tho
a Poets' Gallery with q series Of por-
trait illustrations by good artists, Is also
a work that would handsomely sdorn a
table. Their stock Of the works of
all the poets is very large, and embraces
every style Of book ever pub
Iished, from plain cloth to MORE antique
Dir ding, with beautiful Illustrations.
Biblae and prayer books, from their large