New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-22
WHAT TO BUY.

bol, :, tt, eoIution of these domestic problems,
wa offer q few hints which subscribers may hnd
useful. nooyc
There is no better present than good boOk'
provided the recipient knows how TO read This year
the dsav of gift books richer than usual for though
fine number OF new illustrated works is not large the
quality il almost uniformly excellent.
HARPER BROTHERS.
Franklin square the heaviest publishing house in the
United States never make much parade at Christmas
time but offer good substantial fare, with few OF tho
deicaces appropriate to the season. In standard
works TO suggest their list is almost to call the roll OF
half our American authors and Of than half the
English whom Americans read Among books mort
Christmas purchasers woT may %aaces indian
Archipelago" Woods Clones without Hands" Wlmott
Dqycgcki exqgS,ey printed sntn %&l hSssns
PSsr, Of r tGs BOOK Of the Tar q s and
Lyman AbbOtts "Old Testament shadows
most of which have lately received Slss of
less expensive tastes, the range OF selection Is no ni
n heartily thank them for than Miss Booths trans
ton of Laboulayes Fairy Book ana those %U n"y
c6ases in so charming a field . by getting Macs
FAIRY Tales" Two capital books for p agS
james GreenwoOd's wild Sports of tho word'n-the
lastnamed being just published For cheap good DOCKS
the Harpers are unrivaled. People wishing to make
presents that will continue fresh every month OF Weeh
OF the year. hardly need 10 be reminded h Iey aso
and Two of the best and most widely circulated weekly
illustrated papers in the country The aHohos "
At the great establishment of
u. APPLETON CO.,
corner of Grand and Greene-sts, people seem to
suppose that the retail trade receives less attention than
of old but this mistake. splendid stock OF standard
and illustrated works is there on exhibition including
not only the wellknOwn publications OF the ir, DuI
many choice importaOns from London For the TASTE
Of lovers of art, we may mention the costly
Goethe Gallery" with fifty steel engraVings
" The Schiller Gallery" similar in style and char
acter; Doyle's In Fairy Land which we nave o
steel Illustrations 'The IAfe OF Man Symhozed;" and
the famous Munich, Vienna, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Byron
| SIratford and Waverey Galleries The liousehOld
Book Of Poetry" best of all collections Of
s5yss rs no favoPe giftbook for all it
be had m all styles, from SIS downward For hOse VINO
mend itself; while any Of DOre's .wOrks-his Dante;
Bible. Tennyson, or Don QulNOte Tor Instance, MTu
make prlnccly gfG The Appletons have an eHceleht
of juvenile books, and cheap standard works
The specially of Mcssrs.
sCIIHNER WEXFORD & co,
No GA broadway is the sale Of fine English books They
have choice editions of all the best authors, aud re-
markabe display of valuable illustrated works. from rare
publications OF which they possess the only copy or sale
issues Of the London press We have only space to men
ton particularly the two rival ILLUSTRATED HSS ,or o.
TO The Song Of the shirt; ,,i nine won.
Kaulbachs Illustrations TO Goethe " The Parks ana
Gardens OF Paris E" George Crulkshanks "OmhlbuS
the line illustrated edition OF Ihaekeay IN seis Or snse
many books which the art OF clromolthogapiy has
the prettest thing in the shop is the charming little Bay
ard Series OF books They are all gems ana any one ni
| them can DC bought for dollar ana quarter Inc
CHARLES scRIBSEE co.
is only the style and title under which the same house
does ITS domestic publishing business The best OF its re-
cent issues are the superby illustrated work on The
| Universe" by Pouchet the Rev. J. g. Woods 4" Bible
| Animals" the illustrated songs Of Llie, and Lady
| of Fleetwood" Buyers viii also remember look at
some Of the standard publications OF this hrm suc as
FrOudcs History Dean stanleys Lectures Nc OF Nh'ch
! cheap editions have lately been prepared
FIELDS. OsGOOD & co.
il at f. F. Dutton's No rs Broadway. There you will
| find the beautiful holiday editions OF Longfellow's
Building Of the Ship" Whituer's " Ballads Of New
England" Miss Phc!ps's Gates Aar aud various other
favorite works There you VIII find choice a. well a.
cheap copies Of The writing OF Emerson Lowell Tenny
c sPn D'" Reade and hosis Of oer familiar
friends LoWclrs new poem AidHchs Bad
/ Bow" Tie Atlantic Monthly Our Young Folks.
and Erery Sa,iriaG which. a, every body knows, Is
! going to bo splendid illustrated paper aicr thi'
| GEORGE T.. PUTNAM & sos,
No G6l Broadway. will sell you Irving IN every style,
Bryauts Letters Of Travel Mrs. Hawthorne's Notes
| Of Travel" the richly illustrated Bryant Homestead
! Book" Father Hyacinhe's Sermons aud Speeches.
and many other good and popular 6ooko besides giving
| you an oppOItuniiyto subscribe 70 F""""S Adga-"e
| MAcNLLAH,
No g Blocker ST. offers several fine giitbook such as
! the Parallels Of Lord" with lis chromos, Mrs.
IIearons Life OF Abrecht Durer, and all the beautiful
excellent works for which the London House Of Mac,
milan co. has long been eminent Among the best OF
| these are the celebrated Golden Treasury Series.
| HURD & HOUGmoN,
No $50 Broome st., the publishers OF many admirable
productions OF the Riverside Press. distinguished for
beautiful type and paper and general elegance OF style
Some of Juvenile and other books noticed
IN our literary columns this morning They also publish
the magazine on and New' edited by the Rev T. r
Hale and The Rirerside Magd=ine and their shop though
IL is not on Broadway Is very pleasant place to visit
| CARLETON,
the north angle OF Broadway and Ffthavc., has
elegant shop aud ue assortment Of popular books in
GLIDING the productions Of good many American humor
| lists, and the novels OF the American Miss Evans
ROUTLEDCE,
the London publisher has agency at No il6 Broome
ST. where for sale gorgeous holiday editions OF Dor6s
TennysOn Woods &" Natural History" Lanes arabian
Nights" Buwers works. Shakespeare In various styles.
and rich folio volume or photographs entitled Beau
tiful Women"
No CAT Broadway, has long been famous a friend OF
children for whom he has OF the most varied assert
ments books found in the city lie has lately put
press editions Of several excellent old companions
a fall supply OF general literature for adults.
LEYPoLDT HoLDT.
No. AL Broone-st, are the publishers OF one of the
successful books Of the season. Professor Pumpeys
Across America and ASIA and agents for the sale Of the
popular Tauchnitz series OF British authors in various
styles Of plain and rich binding. Some Of the favOre
German novels which have had such run lately also
come from their establishment
THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY,
No. 1876 Nassaus keeps large assortment OF American
foreign religious books, and interesting works
OF which Protestans will value much Catholics
Chief among these the superb ohromos OF the
Arundel Observation-Disclosures In the most admirable
style of the famous frescOes Of the old They
are sold separately and at very low rates Until
recently they have been quite unattainabe In the United
place where they be purchased except this shop In
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