Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21
Book Notices.

| tfateD; The Little Dnnbars and theil Charming Chriatmas Pian Bertha's Dream Gllustrated); The Great Sea Serpent. b, P. s. Phelps; Skating Sketches lillustra. ted); Santa Claus; The Doctor and the Black SquirrelG Gllustrated); The Bale Fire Gllustrated); Catching Santa Claus (illus. trated); The Story of the Wise men oi sGotham; orusee Life (illus. }; Two Little Rogues; Our Young Contributors; Christ mas Carol; The Evening Lamp; Our Let. ter Box.
 James R. Osgood < Go, g a year. See Enquirer Clubbing rates.
 AErHUR's LADH's MAeAz1sE contains Sophie Mansfield; Tender and True; 9th. CT Peoples Windows; A Night at the Home of Mary 4. Livermore; The Passion Play at ober- -Anmergau; My Irish Girl Which is the Heiress A Woman's View of Intemperance; The Home Circle; Boys and Girls Treasury; Illustrations, Fash. ions, Music, Poetry. Short Articles, &c. E II. S. Arthur < Son, Phila., g. year. See Enquirer Clubbing rates.
 THE CHnDREN's HouR contains it's usn. al choice selections of reading suitable fol young children.
 T. S. Arthur & Son, Phila ,$1, ,25 year. See Enquirer Clubbing rates. s
 ScR1BNER's MONTHLY contains: The Or. phan's Christmas Tree Gillustrated); The Wonders of the West, No. I. The Bic Trees and the Yosemite, by [ H. Brom- ley, editor of the Hartford Evening Post, Cllustrated Song; A Christmas Carol (llnstrated); Stephen Skarridge's Christ mas Gllus.); A Christmas Symphony (il, lus.) ); The Last Man of Mexican Camp. by Joaquin Miller; The Two Mrs. Scuda- mores, by Mrs. oiphant (concluded) Christmas; Hunting in India, by Gordon Cumming Gnus) The Oak Trees Christ mas Gift; The Great Sea Serpent, by Hans Christian Anderson; A Day of Scottish Games, by T. w. Hgginson; Some Kinds oi Spiritual Quackery; Wilfred Cumbermede, by George Macdonald Assault of Anti nous upon Ulysses, w. 0. Bryant; At His Gates, by Mrs. Oliphant Gllus. I-III; Ed itorial Articles.
 Scribner & Co., New York $4 year. See Enquirer Clubbing rates
 PETERS MUSICAL MONTHLY for January comes to us in new dress. It is printed on thicker paper, and is in every respect superior to it's many predecessors. The selections are evidently made with great care. The publisher offers six back num- bers, each containing much valuable mu. sic, for s1 Vol TX commences with Jan. uary.
 J.L. Peters. 5ss Broadway, N. T., $3 g year, See Enquirer Clubbing rates.
 The New York Times, of Thursday last refers to the case of Orson A. House, the notorious divorce lawyer. It seems that he is still malpracticing at the bar in that city although his expulsion was recon. mended by the committee to whom his case was referred. In the case against him in this county saolle was unavoida- ble, on account of the trick practiced up. on the legislature of 1870, by which 6 change of the statute of perjury was made to leave all perjuries previous to that change, unpunishable. What, in the meantime, has become of the prosecution against him in New Haven?
 In opposing restrictions upon the Chi cago appropriation in the House, Friday MT. Garfield aptly illustrated the folly O attempting to foresee all the future needs of country like ours by reference to [ remarkable vote passed by the Colonia legislature of Massachusetts. They es tablished .shie waie" (so spelled) 12 miles westward from the town of Salem, closing with the sentence, "which is probably as far in the West as road will ever be needed" ga had sl,l5 1sa
 The State Temperance Convention al New Haven on Wednesday organized what they call a 'sUnion Reform Party" and nominated the following ticket for State Officers: Governor, Francis Gillette, ot Hartford; Lieut.. Gouernor, ,AbelS. Boards ley, of Plymouth; Sec cf State, Hiram P Lawrence, of Nor.plk; Treasurer, George Gteenman, of Mystic; Comptroller. Dab ney Carr, of Bridgeport. ,i slsIisa sa sa1tfl1g. u--r----- -----.- h 9t
 tors who opposed in the beginning tn, raising of @ Retrenchment Committee witl powers equal to that of last year, hay, evidently become aware of their blundel and now make haste to welcome investiga tion. A wise change ofpoicy.
 The New York Printing Co.,, although receiving over million and a half iron the Ring is found to have over ;$100,00 protested paper in one of the Ring bank burst up, in New York city, last week. l.q Gov. English will not run again, say the Register. About how many years now, has that announcement been nad' and afterwards retracted l., NOa ' ESi.fas5 .- ,Ig MoRR1s, Deca 18th, 1871.
 u MR, EpITpR We think the little tow 1 .s.-a '.