Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-03-02
Editors Table.

GoDEY's LADY's Book for March is splen i'd.
Among the pictures, the continuation of that de-
licious pictorial representation Of Miss LOipop's
Party, is the most noticeable. Cinderella is a
very good picture. The usual colored pictorial
fashion plate accompanies this number, together
with a number of plates without color. The
literary work shows evidence Of care and culture
stumbling Blocks" by Marion Hnrland, is per-
haps the most valuable paper. MY Step Nam
ma" is a very readable story. 1t wearies to pick
and discriminate where one Is morally certain of
hndng nothing bad. SO our advice is to buy
and read for yourselves.
March is usually represented as n clustering
time. Not SO with all it brings forth. For in
stance DEMoREsT's YOUNG AMERICA, although
anything but quiet, has no buster. 1t is all
solid, sound, useful aud entertaining Z In its con-
tents, just the thing for indoor amusement for
the season. Get a cory for Ten Cents ut Book
Store, or subscribe for year, for your Boys and
Girls. Only 81, with premium. Published ut
s3S Broadway.
DEMoREsT's MAGAZINE for March comes to us
fresh from the fountain head of fashion. Its
publishers seem TO be never falling In their efforts
to make it the model Magazine of America, aud
have always attained their point. Not with
standing the mauy attractions In the magazine
itself, making it worth double the subscription
price, they are now offering Il e beautiful oil
chrome "lsn't She Pretty" worth SS-Or "Tht
Pets Music Lesson" new and beautiful oil
chrome, also worth so-to every yearly subscri
| Address, w. JENNINGS DEMoREsT, S3S Broad
| way.
The LADYs FRIEND FOR MARcu.-The Stee
| Plate In this number Is charming-a bright
sweet face, THE Tambourne Girl" There is d
| handsome Colored Fashion Plate, and pleasant
| fami group singing "The Evening Hymn
! Musc-"We'd Better Bide Wee" The Illus
| trations of fashions look stylish, and there are
patterns for fancy work in variety. The literar,
matter keeps up the high reputation of this
magazine. There is a very good story by MARY
l.. boles Branch (AugUst Bell, } and one by Mis-.
F. Hodgsou, quietly told, but of relnurkabl,
merit Mrs. Hosmer's mission Work. is salts
! faciorily concluded. "Queen Coquetta" con
tinues to be a facnating ial, aud Mrs. Wood /
novel grows exceedingly Interesting. Price, s2 t
year. -Four copies, So. Eight copies (and on,
gratis), sl2. ''The Lady's Friend" and Satur
day Evening POST" 81. Published by Deacon q
Peterson, Philadelphia. Single copies for sul,
by all News Dealers, and by the Publishers, prc,
~ cents.
HARpER's MAGAZINE for March is a very en-
tertalning and attractive number, prOfnsely illus
| trated-containing nearly iity engruyiugs-
| u great variety OF reading matter.
The leading article, by Colonel Thrope, give
a comprehensive history of the United States
| Treasury Department, illustrated with portraits
views of the old and new Treasury buildings, etc
Some very quaint and curious revelations ar,
! made OF the domestic economy of Cove: nmen
oihcials in our early history, and of the ''cour
| society OF fhladeIphla and Washington.
Lieutenant Commander Allen d. Brown, U. S
N, furnishes a very interesting paper on ''Naya
! Architecture, Past and Present." which will b.
concluded in the April number.
| Mr.. NJ. ID, Conway contributes a paper on Mu
mich, under the title of THE City OF the Littl
Monk" illustrated This will also be conclude,
In the April number. Mr.. Conway's illustrated
papers belong TO the very highest order of Maga
zine literature.
Negro Life in jamaica" with ten inustra
tlons, by G. o. sellhamer, presents novel aut
graphic deineatons of the domestic aud indus
trial life OF the Jamaica Negroes aud Creoles.
Mt. +. Ill. House contributes a very entertain
Ing article, entitled "a japanese Statesman a
Home"
Three short stories are given In this number
"a Case OF vitriheaIlon," by J. w. De Forest
"Gottiried's Success" by Ruth Dana and ''Sta
aud Candle" by Julian H,wthdrne. The tw
serials, "A Good Investment" by William
Flagg, and The Golden Liou of Grandpere, - b
Anthony Troliope, are continued.
The scientific Record' contains over thlrt
articles, besides Summary of Scientific Pre-
gress" covering period of tao months.
The Historical Record" embraces the perio
from December "a TO January "a aud gives
comprehensive summary of Congressional prc
eeedings, aud Of domestic aud foreign intell
gsuce,