Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-11-19
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

HISTORY OF WosLAN.-HoWe's SubscIip-
ton Book Concern OF Cincinnati, have just
published, 20 sell through Agents, a small
ings, by Or. j. P. Brockett, author of aVVo-
mans Work in the Civil War" It is en-
titled, woman, her Rights, Wrongs, Priv
ileges and responsibilities, being a HistO-
ry of her Condition in all ages and cOun-
tries, from her Creation and Fail in Eden to
The author describes wOman's condition,
wrongs ndsuGerings a. does net appear
thatshe had any rights from the Creation,
down to the Christian era the gradual Inn
provement under Christianity : the laws
relating TO Woman her education, em-
pl9ymentl wages her capacity for various
callings of life, public and privates and the
1nexpedieney or " oman Suffrage! TIE
Work contains historical facts and data
which will be OF great value to the public
especially In consideration of the incFeas-
ing interest on the : woman Question"
Iustrate women engaged in various
branches NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. public and
private Life, some OF which are novel, show
right by advocates of Woman Suffrage.
The frontispiece is an honest steel plate,
showing Woman as Queen of the Family.
Then We have her plOughIng with an ass
standing at the door of her tent directing
the work of four husbands-in the streets Cf
vienna going up the ladder shouIdering
hod OF mOrtar-On the stump out West en-
gagged In screaming Oratory-in Salmon p.
ChaSe'S Chair in the Supreme Court, ETC.
Some of the illustrations are quite hunor-
Gus, eVincing a touch of benevOIonce on the
AInuEe. while
work itself is calm, instructive volume,
by a writer whose work on the heroism Of
of our noble, self-sacrificing women dur
ing the late war has given him a pleasing
The publisher. in his advertisement for
Agents, says the work commends itself to
that somewhat numerous class of our fell
mothers
A"Subscriber" to the Western Rural says:
Ihe Western heetTGt has the prettiest
gives the best family reading OF any weekly
paper ever held before my eyes"
And a Postmaster writes:
The Western Rural is the best paper that
ever eanVasSed for, and is looked after
with more interest than any other paper
The success of this great Western Agricul-
bElral ana Family Weelzly is remarkable
Since its enlargement last Winter, its cir
culau0n has been greatly increased, and Its
price is now reduced to 50 per year, uniform-
", singly or in clubs. New subscribers for
1917 viii receive the remaining numbers of
TINS year JTee. So any one wishing the
Western Rural for next year, should send g
at once. or write for specimen numbers and
pafueularS ABOUT premtums. About one
thousand families in the West are now
uS1ng sewing machines secured by forming
clubs for the Western Rural ThOusan1s of
watches, bells, and musical instruments,
also SilTer-plated ware, books, choice lew
elry, etc, have been given for clubs. Ad-
III. GAZETTE and Western RGfraI for S3 75.
GoDEY's LADY's BooK.-Godey presents to
his subscribers a real gem for December.
The embellishments excel in attractive
ness any before given. Although the last
number of the volume, to many 1t appears
better than the first. NameIess and Friend
less is the title of the first steel plate then
comes a handsome title-page, with tableau
pictures, also engraved on steel q tinted
picture, representing children engaged in
Christmas sports; colOred fashiOn-plate {;
Cushion in bead-wOrk, handsomely printed
in cOlorS Extension Sheet Skating Co.'S
tunes; Fancy Costumes for Children q
page containing fifteen designs of bonnets,
mats, and headdresSes. great variety of
other useful and ornamental designs are
erary department a grand array of literary
celebrities in the magazine world contrib
ute rich feastf "a humber Of Christmas
games will be found in the Armchair de-
partment. Now is the time to gut up clubs.
Published by i. A. GoDEY, PHILADELPHIA at
50 per year. The GAZETTE and this ne fjEiLS
sttfrd of ladies' magazines Will be furnished
one year for 81 so.