Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-30
Miseellaneous.
NEW PUBLICATIONS

The Atlantic Monthly for November has
the following contents Tennyson and The
ocritus; Thanksgiving; The Bedlams of
Stamboul; Kate Beaumont; The Sphinx;
Wayside Pixies; Watch and Ward; Califor-
MIA Saved; The New Light; Their Wedding
Journey; Our Whispering Gallery.
Old and New for the coming month has
The Modern English Novel; What was in
ililda Hyde's Bundle; The Sailor; The Lam
guage Of Brutes; Works and Days; The
Dangers of Discovery The Wears Daugh-
ter; Talk about the Tea Table; Forgiveness
of Sins; Ups and Downs; Morning and Eve
ming Songs.
Blackwood's Magazine for October has
the following articles Fair to See; Amer-
can Books Cornelius ODowd; New Books ;
Trouville and the Calvados Shore; Maid of
| Skeer.
Appleton's Monthly Journal contains all
that was in the weekly numbers from October
to October 2S, inclusive. 1t makes large
volume of entertaining reading, with many
| Illustrations and much matter that may be
valuable. 1t is among the best of the month
lies.
The Maine Farmers Alamanac for 1872,
published by Masters and Livermore at Hal
lowell, is issued from their press at an early
day. 1t pleasant and instructive compan-
ion at all good farmers firesides, giving them
much valuable information and excellent ad-
vice for very small sum of money. To be
found at the bookstores.
The Old Farmers Almanac for 1872. estab-
lished in 1893, is published by Brown and
Thurston of Boston. This is also a favorite
publication with the rural community to
which it is especially adapted
Harper & Brothers have published in a
small quarto volume Shakspeare's Comedy of
the Tempest. 1t is edited with notes by Will
liam j. Rolfe, whose ability in such labor has
already been advantageously shown in other
volumes. This is very neat and convenient
| work. in cheap form Clapp & North have it
for sale.
Thompson, Bigelow & Brown, of Boston,
keepers Friend" by Mrs. Cornelius. This
book has been before the public more than
twenty-five years and steadily grows in pop
ular favor. 1t is household guide to which
thousands of families are indebted for happy
and well regulated homes. Additions have
been made to the present work, making it
more complete than ever before. Clapp &
North have it for sale.
One of the most pleasant and best descrip-
tive books of the season is Charles Kingsley's
"Christmas in the West Indies" The writer
spent seven weeks at the Island of Trinidad,
during which time he gathered the facts that
crowd this volume, and gained the experience
which it relates. Much information is con-
tained in its pages, and the reader will not
weary in coming them. Harpers publish it.
Clapp & North have it at their bookstore
The Harpers publish in paper covers
tAnne Furness." to be added to the Library
of Select Nevels. 1t is by popular author
Clapp & North have it.
A new volume with which children will be
delighted is published by Hurd & Houghton
of the Riverside Press. Its title is ''Little-
Folk Songs" edited by Alexina b. White. 1t
is collection of songs and verse for the
nursery, simple, childlike, fit for the purpose
intended. Clapp and North have it.
The November number of Lippincott's
magazine is received The contents are
Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years
1909; A Branch of Lilac; The Ideals
translation from Schiller; A California Sea-
side The Internationale; Christine Niedever; /;
More about Florida; Corn, Cotton and Cur
rency; Two Soldiers of Jena; Harvest in the
Hill County; That Old Maid European
Vivara.
Harper's Monthly for November contains a
variety of excellent reading. No magazine
holds its place in popular estimation better
than Harper's. Pierce has it.
Another volume of the Handy Volume edi-
ton of Diekens's Works is issued by ID. APP
pleton Co. The present volume is "Mar-
tin Chuzzlewit." 1t requires good eyes to
read it, but is less cumbersome and costly
than the editions in larger type and more ex.
pensve binding. Clapp North have it.
Horace B. Fuller of Boston publishes a
volume with the title ''The Life that now is;
Sermons by Robert Collyer." These produc-
tions of the author will attract readers by the
intelligence which anirnates them, the broad,
hearty sympathy and kindliness towards hui
man nature which they display, and the free
dom of opinion and expression employed.
Even those who do not agree with Mr.. Collyer
in religious sentiment will be interested in ex-
amining the pages of this work Clapp &
North have it for sale.