Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
Books and Periodicals.

neA~AI periodicals and books noticed in
this column can be had at the INQUIRER BOOK
STORE.
The Little Corporal, for September is
on hand. 1t is an original magazine
for boys and girls and old folks, too, who
have young hearts, and is edited by Alfred L.
Sewell and Emily Huntingdon Miller in Chi
cago H. Terms only one dollar yea.
Send for copy.
GoDEY's LADYs Book for September con.
tains besides the usual fine plates and engrav
ings which always adorn its first pages,
True Story, Jennie came to meet me, For
Loves Sake, Pictures in the Fire, Politeness,
The Origin and Progress of Poetry, The Eve
of the Wedding, Mrs, 0. Fogy's Supper.table
Talk, Acting Charade, Memories, Lost, A
Story, Work Department, Editors Table,
Arm Chair.
PAcKARD's MONTHLY, for September, has
an unusually good selection of matter little
less sensational" perhaps, than is usual for
this always startling publication; but full OF
interest and information for thiaking readers,
as the following list of contents will show:
Imperialism in America Concluding pa
per-, Bring the Nations Nearer; Poem, Facts
about Working Women, An Avenger Of
Blood, l am Going to Seek my Fortune;
Poem, Sightseeing Abroad, Beauty and the
Ballot, Fashionable ''Full Dress for Women,
My Experience of Evacuation Day and Week
in Richmond, Whatare we Men to Do2 Poem,
A thrilling Incident at Niagara, How we
Bagged the Bushwhackers, Bohemians, The
Utes and Sioux, with full Editorial Depart
ment, touching briefly upon the topics of the
day.
The unusual success which this magazine
has met in Its brief career has induced the
publisher to contemplate its enlargement and
general Improvement, which he announces as
positively to go into effect at the beginning of
the new year. The price will, from that date,
be fixed at tI0o dollars per annum which will
leave it yet one of the verv cheapest and best
Of all our American monthlies. The progres.
sive people of the country, who believe in
pure literature and outspoken opinions upon
the prevalent evils of the day, should see to it
that this magazine is amply sustained It
has already been the instrument of great
good, and if continued upon its present plan,
has brilliant future before it. Published by
S. S. Packard, 987 Broadway.
Lore and Liberty is the title of new book
on our table, by Alexander Dumas just pub.
lished by 7. B. Peterson & Brothers. We
have not had leisure to give the book a care
ful perusal but find it spoken of by the Phila-
delphia Press as follows: Glove and Liber-
ty," is a translation of Alexander Dumas
latest romance of French history It pro-
fesses to be a narrative by Colonel Rene Bes
son, of Fsrennes, who was a youth when the
great Revolution broke out; who knew
Robespierre, Danton, the Duke diEnghien,
Ney, and the other men of the time who was
concerned in the attempt of Louis XVI and
his family 10 escape, and saw it prevented
and who describes, with thrilling earnestness
and effect, the trial and execution Of Louis
and Marie Antoinette, the Reign of Terror.
and the.downfall of Robespierre. This is a
romance Of truth every incident Of which is
vouched for by history. 1t may be considered
the private memoir of the French Revolu.
tion-curious, because true. It is sold at