The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-05-22
PERIODICALS 4.

NEW 1OTk. we nave not room 10
print the description of this great -es-
tablishment, entire, but the following
paragraph will give an idea of its di-
mensiOns:
Kent Avenue, wide thorOughfare,
up and down which the cars run be-
tween the two divisions of present
Brooklyn, fronts the pile. 1t is "a good
~ facade-the western one. It's gener-
al appearance is castellated. There are
great toWer-like structures at each end,
connected by a less elevated range and
midway of the latter a mighty double
gate OF Oak and iron, at which one looks
to see a Warder standing This front
is 200 feet. On Penn street, to the
south, the building is one story high,
and extends 1913 feet on HeWes street,
north it is four stories high, and 252
feet. When the contemplated addi-
| tions are made, the Appletons will oc-
cupy Il strongly-fOrtified quadrilateral,
where they can hold out for an unlimi-
ted period against the severest siege of
the bOok-buyers. The entire area then
enclosed will be 80, 100 square feet, or
| one and quarter acres. OF this the
buildings, with all the projected inn
prOvements, will not occupy more than
tWO-thirds-th leaving in the centre
an ample space for the sunlight to rest
and the winds Of heaven to play in.
Over million cubic feet of space are
included in the buildings, as they now
stand. So says the architect, and peo-
pie generally will take his word for it,
| in preference to measuring for them
selves.
The building is complete in all its ap-
! pOintments. On each floor is fire
! plug ready for attachment, and the
machinery is propelled by an eighty
horse engine. In all respects this is
probably the most complete printing
/ house in the world.
! THE LADY's FRIEND FOR June
/ Whatever the Ladies' Magazines may
! have been in times past, some of those
Of the present day, both in respect to
| engravings and as to their literary con-
tents, are of very high character.
The steel engravings are executed in
! the best style of art-the fashions are
! refined, judiciOuS and elegant-While
their literary contents often surpass in
their peculiar line the efforts Of the
masculine mOnthlies. To blame these
magazines for not being more solid and
heavy, is as sensible as to blame young
girl for not being an old manor a
rose for not being a potato. We take
! the magazine before uS-one of the
| best of its class-and what do we find {?
! 4 we'll executed and suggestive steel
engraving, called "The Prisoner of
State" A handsome and picturesque
colorei steel fashion plate of Fancy
( Costumes. interesting wood on
! craving Of the First Church in Eng
! land ;" and number of other engrav-
I ings illustrative of the present modes
| for women and children's dresses.
And, in addition to all this, nOveletS
and stories by such writer's as Harriet
Prescott Spofford, Elizabeth Prescott,
Amanda VI. Douglass, August Bell,
Miss Muzzey, &c. Now when in addi-
ton toSuch writers, we give the names
of Mrs. Henry Wood (the English now
elist), Louise Chandler MOuIton, Flor
ence Percy, Margaret Hosmer, and
| others who contribute to the LADY's
! FRIEND, our readers will see that this
magazine must necessarily take as high
a rank in literature, as it evidently
does in fashion. The truth is that, so
costly are the adornments Of these la
dies magazines, it takes a very large
edition even to pay their expenses.
The "Lady'S Friend" is published by
Deacon & Peterson, 319 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, at $3.50 year (which
also includes large steel engraving.) J
Sample copies, 10 cents.
D&MoREsT's ILLUSTRATED MONTH
LY.-This periodical has risen from be-
inc a mere Gazette of Fashion, to the
position of the popular parlor maga-
zine. Ladies who take it think 1.-The
world of it," as their phrase is, and are
quite sure they could not get along
without it. COnfessing our ignorance
Of those points which would enable us
to do entire justice to its merits, we
may freely admit that it is most care
| fully and cOnscientiously conducted
that its literary tone is far superior to
the general run of parlor periodicals,
that its range of topics includes nearly
all interesting to women, that its in
formation upon household subjects is
complete and reliable, and its authOri-
ty indisputable. Moreover, its pat
terms alone are worth double the cost
of the magazine. A large and unusu-
ally interesting amount Of reading
matter is promised for July, for coun-
try enjoyment. Three dollars yearly.
Published by w. J. DEMoREsT, 473
Broadway, n. Y.
THE GALAXY.-We have before us
the June number of the best of the
literary monthIies. The Galaxy" is
able, sensible and just; able as a liter
airy work, sensible as to its editorials
and just in it's criticism. "Steven
! Lawrence YeOman.D is concluded in