Smyrna times., 1868-01-01
Magazines.

Harper's Monthb.-The January number
of Harper contains a capital illustrated sketch,
entitled Chattanooga, and how we held it;
rambling description of the various Cafes "
at the Paris Exposition, with IA views "A
Memoir of Babylon, with 8 views-a capital
historical sketch and various other articles OF
interest in prose and poetry. A valuable fea--
ture of this magazine is its Monthly Record
of Current Events" complete and valuable,
if not always impartial, digest of leading topics
at home and abroad. The illustrations in the
present number are well executed, spirited and
interesting. From the same publishers we
have also " Hdrpers Weekly, capital picture
paper, got up with great taste, and one might
say regardless of expense" Harper d Bro
ther, publishers, New York.
Atlantic Monthly for January Among the
contents Contents, are 1.-The Wff BY John Pd.tod G
%bt5oF boeor Mokes F{sPFrs Friends By 's%'f Bg Dr. r"0
Hayes. "The Combat of Diomed and Mars. -
Translated from Homer by w. c. Bryant
Oldport Wharves." BY T. w. Higginson,
"The Late President Wayland." By Prof
J. Lewis Diman "By-Ways of Europe. -
j GA Visit to the Baearic Islands. Part IL
g By Bayard Taylor Aspects of Culture. ;
: By Ralph Waldo Emerson. : In the Twi
) light" BY James Russell Lowell. Mrs
j johnson. Dy w. ~ IlOWelIS. lerIuS--Oll
IF gle Number, 35 cents; Yearly Subscription
> $4,OO. Ticknor & Fields, Publishers, Boston
Our Koung F0l:s for 1868. With the mum
V ber Of January, 1868, Our Young folks" viii
); ); enter upon its fourth year. Mr.. Chas. Dicken
"a "a has written expressly for this Magazine g
Holiday Romance" which will appear in tOu
it parts, each part Illustrated by John Gilbert
n the greatest of English designers. There is
fine steel engraving of Mr. Dickens in the pre-
RS sent number The Author of John Halifax
% as will contribute several articles in prose an
+ verse DIR. Isaac [. Hayes will finish his a
it. ready famous Arctic Story, Cast Away
b. the Cold" Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe wi
continue to write sketches like those which hav
VI. made her so popular with the readers of ''Ou
es Young Folks" Numerous writer's will col
tinue. Music will continue to be a prOmlner
IT. feature. The illustrations will continue to
Op the very best that can be obtained. Terms
SIX OAe copy for twelve months, $500. The A
=, lantic Monthly and Our Young Folks will
w. N. sent together for $500. Ticknor 4 Field
OILS Publishers, Boston.
Hours at H0me-We have received tt
fe- January number. Its circulation has steadi
,of increased from the first, and at no time so ra
idly as during the last few months. We r
'ks ceive assurances from all parts of the count
that this Magazine is fast growing in the es
per %. nation of those who are acquainted with
on, merits What the aim of its conductors W
,m- in the beginning, it is still-to furnish Mont
ly for the family unrivaled in excellence, o
that will instruct, elevate, and educate the S
MI cial, moral, and religious nature of man, VIII
s. 70 at the same time it shall interest and enterta
= "a Monthly of the highest literary ability a
attraction, while yet excluding everything fri
air. olous, characterized by high moral Tone a
and infused with the vital spirit of Christianity
oOls already numbers among its contributors sol
-, two hundred and fifty writer's, many of the
by among the most distinguished in Anerc
literature, aud every month they are enlisti
the new ones. Address Charles Scribner & G
less 654 Broadway, New York.