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december Magazines.
AprHUR's HOME MAGAzINE.-This
nonnlar monthly has been received
and closes the volume. The proprie-
TORS have issued a prospectus for 1870
that is full Of attractions. Among
the original papers to be given W.
notice. Marvels of the Insect
World" accompanied by ten splendid
full illustrations; Gardening
for the Ladies'" "A New American
Society Novel A Series Of Power
fully Written Stories and Domestic
NoVelets :" A Series of Temperance
Tales for the Times;""A Series of
Strongly Written Articles on
Woman's Work and Woman's
Wages A New Cookery Book"
etc., etc., etc. In the departments of
Fashion and Illustration, the Home
its superior artistic excellence and
beauty. The publishers offer rare
inducements in the way of premiums
for subscribers, such as silver ware,
sewing machines, cabinet organs,
books, etc. Terms: 81 a year. with
a large reduction for clubs. SpecI-
men number, 10 cents. Address j..
s.. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.
WELLS Psychological journal for
December contains lnterestingSketch-
es and D~elineations, with Portraits OF
Liebeg, the eminent Chemist; Hugh
| Allan, the Canadian merchant; the
| Earl Of Derby; Charles II. of Eng
land: besides illustrated articles on
the Temperaments; Education; Inv
ing Ghosts; Salem Witchcraft; Jep-
thah's Daughter; Valedictory; Our
Experiences; the Holidays and what
they Suggest; Serious Fun The Har-
Dor of Shanghai and its Shipping;
Ramie. the new Staple; Music, etc.
Price 30 cents; by the year 50. The
5Oth volume, in a new form, begins
with the January number. Subscribe
now. Address S. r. Wells, No. 389
Broadway, New York.
THE December RE rside, in clos
ing the volume, brings forward some
of its old and favorite contributors
Mr.. Herrick gives the frontispiece,
"Wood Hauling" a picturesque
scene familiar to country eyes; Hans
Andersen tells a Danish story; the
Editor completes his account of book
making by a description of binding,
illustrated by eight sketches, and also
tells a Christmas story. Miss Thomas
has a thrilling account Of some chill
dren who once were caught on a Mis-
sissippi foe of ice. The Yo- Semitic
Fall has a picture, and Mother Goose
has four pretty vignettes. Hunting
in South Africa is described by an
old hunter; Sophie May, OF Prqdy
fame, tells of her Higgins Fright
and an anonymous writer describe:
old-fashioned times in New England
barley, the artist, illustrates some
scenes from Scott; and Harry Boiling.
broke describes q mimic encounter III
a duck pond. Finally, q Christina;
Carol from the French, with an Eng
lish translation, holds the last page.
so that music is heard as Volume Ill
disappears, and all young eyes arc
turned to Volume ", of which an
ample programme is given. Publish
ed by Hurd & Houghton, New York
Subscription 81 80.
THE GALAxY.-By many this mag
azine is the greatest faVorite of all,
This is not surprising, so long as it is
able to present its readers with as In
teresting a table of contents as the
following:
Susan Fielding, by Mrs. Edwards,
with an Illustration; y On the Red
Desert, by Albert S. Evans; The Old
Gate, by a.. H.; The Breath of Life,
by John @. Draper, NJ D.: Put Your.
self in His Place, by Charles Reade,
Chapters XIII, XIV, XIV,
XVI and XVII, with an Illus
tration;) The Cardinal D'Andrea, by
the Secretary of the late Cardinal
D'Andrea; Latter Spring. by Rose
Terry; A Marriage and q Theory, by
Edgar Faweett; A November After
noon, by Rebecca Harding Davis:
Mrs. Strongitharm's Report, by Jane
Strongitharm; An Editors Tales.
No. II, Josephine de. Montmorenci
by Anthony Trollope; The Morals
and Manners of journalism, FRS
article, by Richard Grant White; The
Galaxy Miscellany, Wrecks of Words
by George Wakeman; Drift Wood
by Phillip Quilibet, 1. The Art o.
Holding Office, 2. Native Talent, 3
The Great Moral Drama: Literature
and Art. /. Some New Books, by II
g. w, 2. National Academy of De,
signs, by s. s. O., 3. Literary and Ar.
Notes; Nebulse, by the Enitor.
PUTNAM.-This sterling magazine
still holds a leading position among
its numerous competitors. The fol
lowing articles constitute the Decem.
Der number:
Sovereignty Of the Seas, A. A. Low
To-day:aromance, (~coucluded), r. B
Kimball; Keene Delights, Lucy
Fountain; Leaves from q Publisher.
Letter Book, III, G.. 2. Putnam
Cinella, (concluded), EdwardSpencer
Contemporary French Literature, icon.
cluded), Ellie Reclus; The Unestab.
lished Church; Crimson, Blue, and
Gold. G.. w. Bungay; The Foci O.
the Social Ellipse, or the Relative
Position of Men and Women, Prof
Jno. Bascom; Memory is Immortal
Elizabeth Stoddard; Dumb Guides Il
the Pole, Prot. 7. B. Maury: Sketches
in Color; R~ecollections Of Childhood
Father Hyacinthe; Recollections Of
Childhood, Englished by Lucy Foun.
tain.
TABLE-TALK:-Magazine Themes
J The Byron Story, Arthur Hugh
Glough, Astronomical Progress
: Earthquakes and other Phenomena
Prof. Tyudal on Comets, Fair of tn
American Institute, Labor Question
Strikes. &c.; Political Service and il
Rewards, Social Science Congress
Suez Canal Celebration, Young Men
Christian Association, BRYANT am
Emerson, Putnam's Magazine. II
: past and its future; Father Hya
cinthe, Institute Of Architects, 4
Metrop. Gallery. Literature at HON
Margins Mysteries of the Ocean
!. De Vere's Wonders of the Deep, Ii
hraru of Wonders. Christonher Ken