The Portland daily press., 1869-12-23

who laugh grow fat, we reckon the candidates
| ior Tor the Fat Mems Club will increase as soon as
I ,AAs book gets into circulation 1t beats Mark
-. - and the jest book. We advise all who
m"n' " spend Merry Christmas or have a
i"pp, -'." 1ear to buy copy. We do not
n"o" 'Do pi'',' u" that is Of 10 consequence.
'us' iooA ]" o'o' and you will buy at any
price.
THE FAMILY Doom; OR, THE SIN OF CoUs-
TESS, is the name of Mrs. d. L. N. soutb-
worth's new novel. 1t will command very
large sale as it is fully equal, if not superior to
The Changed Brides" "The Brides Fate"
Fair Play" "And How He Won Her.
which have proved to be four of the best nov
els ever published, and which are having un-
preceuented sales, for Mrs. Southworth, as q
hoVeiist' stands at the head of che sensational
school. Her conceptions are marked by origi-
mainly, aud there Is purity and sweetness
about her language which give a peculiar
charm to her writings. Many of her charac-
ters are powerfully and touchngly drawn, and
we learn to love them because ,Ihey are more
natural than affected. "The Family Doom is
issued in large duodecimo volume, and sold
at the low price of $1.75. Published by T. b.
Peterson & Brothers and for sale by Bailey &
Noyes.
The Riverside Magazine for Young People
being No. of Vol " is lying upon our table
and is, if possible more attractive and readable
than usual The publishers of this magazine
have aimed high, but their execution has all
ways equalled their promise. Boys and girls
brought up on the Riverside will imbibe all
that ia good in morals, and a generous enthus-
iasm in behalf of truth, gentleness and purity,
and cannot fail to be almost insensibly per-
suaded that virtue and goodness are more de-
sirable than wealth or fame. Very many
fathers whose business denies them the pleas
ure of properly instructing their children can
safely rely upon the Riverside as good sub
stitute for personal attention.
No. Monthly part, Appleton's Journal is
for sale by Bailey & Noyes and is one of the
best and cheapest publications in America.
The engravings are of high order and the
reading matter furnished by first class writer's
The Journal is growing in public favor as it
deserves.
MARCUS WARLAND; OR THE LONG Moss
SPRING. By Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz. This
Is the fourth volume issued of Peterson's new
and beautiful edition of the complete works of
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, to be issued COM
p'ete in twelve large duodecino volumes.
Two volumes will be published each month
until the series is complete, one volume on the
first, and another on the fifteenth of the
month. They will be printed on the finest pa
per and bound in the most beautiful style. in
fine morocco cloth, with a new full gilt back.
and sold at the low price of 81 rs each, in Mo-
rocco cloth; or in paper cover, at 81 so each.
Tho first volume issueI was "Linda; or the
Young Pilot of the Belle Creole" and it con-
tains full and complete Biography of the
late Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, which has new
er before been published The second volume
Issued was "Robert Graham" "Sequel to
Linda; or the Young Pilot of the Belle Gre.
OLE" The third volume issued was "Rena; or
the Snow Bird" The fourth volume issued is
Marcus Warland; or the Long Moss Spring.
These will be followed, Ione on the first and
one on the fifteenth of each month, by ear
nest Linwood; or tho Inner Life of the Au-
thor "The Planters Northern Bride; or
Scenes in Mrs. Hentzs Childhood, i" "Helen
and Arthur; or Miss Thusas Spinning Wheel"
'Courtship and Marriage; or the Joys and,
Sorrows of American Life,'' "Eolne; or Mag
nolia Vale; or the Heiress of Glenmore," The
Lost Daughter, and other Stories" "The Ban
ished Son, and other Stories of the Heart
Love after Marriage, and other Stories"
This series will no doubt prove to be the most
popular series of novels ever issued in this
country. They are for sale by Bailey & Noyes