The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-21
l Interesting to children. For sale by j. T.
Ellyson, 1ll2 Main street.

Interesting to children. For sale by j. T.
Ellyson, lila Main street.
LITTLE BoBrAIL; or The Wreck of the Penot-
scot. by Oliver Optic, Author of Young
America Abroad, !" Tae Army and Navy Sto-
ries" etc etc, with illustrations Boston:
Lee and Shepard. New York Lee, Shepard
and Dillingham;, 1872.
This is the first volume of new series
commenced by this admirable story-teller,
called the Yacht Club Series" The
story seems to baye been, suggested by
actual incidents falling under the eye of the
writer, and is told with all the cleyerness
heretofore characteriz ng the pen Of OH
yer Optic" The scenes are located among
the picturesque islands and beautiful shores
that lie off the mouth of the Penobscot, and
their description, with the illustrations,
will greatly amuse the young folks about
Christmas time. For sale by J. 7. Ely
son, No. 1ll2 Main street, Richmond.
The GALAXY for January is received
with its usual promptness, and contains
splendid variety of reading matter. JUS
tico Mccarthy contributes the leading pa
per ON ''Earl Russell I" J. w. De Forest
gives US two additional chapters of "The
Witherel Affair." "The Eustace Dia.
monds," by Anthony Trollope, is COM
pleted. Under the head of Scientific
Miscellany" we have fine table of con-
tents, with subjects admirably treated,
"Current Literature" "The Galaxy Club
Room" and "Nebulae," arc departments
ofthe magazine that are finely managed in
the holiday number of this brilliant
monthly. ha
Sosos OF NATURE New York. scrIpner Arm.
strong & co. Richmond: T. Eliyson, lll2
Nam street E1.g
"The Songs of Nature" is beautifully
printed and bound volume, designed for a
holiday gift, containing many rare selec-
tons of song, with illustrations from oiigi-
nal designs, by such pencils as Moran's,
Church's, Kensett's, Bolles', etc. This,
with many others from the same publish
ers, will be found at Ellyson's, whose
counters are loaded with the choicest of
Christmas and New Years. gifts.
| SCRIBNER's HOLIDAY NUMBER con-
tains the third installment Of DR.. Hollands
new novel, "Arthur Bonnicastle," accom-.
panied by very beautiful design from the
pencil of Miss Hallock. The same nun.
Der is rich in short stories and sketches,
tie most striking of the former beng Sake
Holm's Zone. Legged Dancers" The list
Of names in the table Of contents is alto
getner the most Interesting and distin.
gulshed yet given. William Morris,
George Macdonald, Bret Harte, Phillip
Gilbert Hamerton lauthor of Thoughts on
Art" ''The Unknown Rlver,n etc.)
Charles Dudley Warner, Edward Eggles.
ton Christina Rossetti, Edmund G. Sted-
man, G. s. Calyerley (author of "Fly.
Leaves'D, Edward Kirg, and William G.
Bryant contribute characteristic poems,
stories, sketches and essays.
A splend dly illustrated article on vir-
ginla is given in the January number, and
will be read with special interest.
In "Topics of the Time" DR.. Holland
discusses the Popular Capacity for Scam
dial, the Free Church Problem and
other topics of interest. The Etchings are
particularly good this month. They are
by Hoppin, and are entitled, IA Matri-
montal Stock Operation"
LITTELL's LIVING AGE for the week
ending December 81. contains the following
noteworthy articles: Terrestrial Magnet
ism, Edinburgh Reeiec A Memorable
Pope, Temple Bar; Dutch Art, Pail
Mall Gazette /; Mantalembert, Blackoood's
Magasine A Remarkable Man. by J. G..
Whittier Prussia and Germany, Saturday
RepieU an instalment of Off the Skilligs,
by Jean Ingelow, and charming Christ
mas Story, translated for The Living Age
from the Platt-Deutsch of Fritz Reuter- !;
together with poetry and miscellancy. This
is one Of the very best publications issued
in the United States, and the most profitable
to the general scholar. Little & Gay,
Boston, publishers.
The January number Of Demoys$t's H.
llstrated Monthly has been greatly en-
larged, with portrait of Emily Faithful,
new music, and other splendid attractions.
1t also offers the most extraordinary pre-
MUM to each subscriber, being two beau
tiful chromos, companion pictures, Niagara
Falls and Yosemite Falls, all for only So.
Address W.. Jennings Demorest, s3s
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