Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-09
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

THE. MILLION EDITIoN.-We learn that
there is now in press an edition of Belden !:
The White Chief, TO he called the Million
Edition, and TO be sold at $3.50 per copy,
which should insure for the work a place
in every family, especially as the cheap edi-
ton viii contain all the matter and Illus
tratIons of the S3-50 style. This work is
made from the manuscripts aud diaries of
George P. Belden, an edited by Gen. Jam es
s. Brisbin, u. s. A. Belden formerly lived
in New Philadelphia, TuScaraWas County.
Ohio, but impelled, by restless and 1nsati-
able desire for wild and exciting life, he
Joined the Indians and lived with them for
several years. He was no mere visitor or
guest-he entered absolutely into their very
life and spirit. He Joined in their camping,
their hunting. their fighting He became
one Of their chiefs, and his narrative,
founded upon his actual experience, is the
most conn plete pOrtraiGure of Indian life
and customs which has ever been given to
sorbing interest, and promises to have an
immense sale. 1t is published by G. F.
Vent, New York and C1ncinnti, and sold
only by subscription.
THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, for December,
(San Francisco J. II. Carmany & Co.. con-
tains The Last of the SibylS, a sketch of
Madame L-nOrmand, the famous Partisan
Tom and his Wife, a californian story
Pansies poetry Cray's Peak, 10 1t and
Up It; a Frontier Post and Country; A
Naturalist's Rambles in Northern Mexico 4;
Mother Hockey; Aspasie poetry; Walkers
Story ; Manitoba; The Red River Country
A Canoe Cruise in the Coral Sea; His An
! SWGf 10 her leJJCfy poem DY Bret Harte,
and Notices of Current Literature.
THE TECHNoLOGIsT, for December. con
tains Hy draulic Stone Breaker, Gliustra-
ted) Notes on Iron and Steel Native
PhOSphates, by Prof. Chas. p. Williams
SaIphurIc Acid from Gypsum; Ericsson Is
Solar Engine; (illustrated) On the Deteri-
grafton Of Coal by Atmospheric Influences
Cements, Ancient and Modern Condensed
Living; The Brooklyn Tabernacle (full
page illustration); Mirror; The Destruction
of StFasbuTg; Windows and their Adjust
ment; Ornate Cottage (iIlustrated): Zinc as
Roofing material; Fair of the American
Institute +; Invention by Accident; I'm prov
ed Frog-plate for the Microscopes &c. &c.
Published at l76, broadway, N. Y. 81 0U.
ssCRIBNEH's MONTHLY, for December, well
preserves the aJtractiveneSS of the initial
nunIf 7er.- IT. has three Handsomely iIlustra-
ted articles viz: The Street-V Venders of ew
York, by 2. E. Stearns Jail-Birds and their
Flights, by j. R. Thompson, and The
HoOsac Tunnel, by Washington Glad
den. The number also contains: Natas-
qua. by Rebecca Harding Davis; "On to
Berlin - by William Wells; Lifted by Mary
E. Dodge; A Day with the BroWnings at
PratolinO, by Elizabeth G. Kinney The
Last Letter, by Mary L. Ritter; Huldah, the
Help--A Thanksgiving Love Story, by Ed
ward Eggleston; Wilfred Cumbermede-
An AntObiOgraphical Story, by George
Macdonald.
This magazine is printed on large read
able type and the number before US has q
very Deat and attractive appearance. It is
edited by J. g. Holland and published by
Seribner & CO., 654 Broadway, NJ Y. $500.