Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-28

for Christmas piece the yindicaton OF the
divine worth aud beauty Of childhood, and
the scathing exposure of its cruel desecra-
tion. The authot's beautiful work has been
very worthily supplemented by characteristics
and effective Illustrations. This piece Is
preceded by an old Christmas carol, trans
lated from German by S. 5. Conant, and
elegantly framed in AN illustrated border.
We can not dismiss the Christmas matter Of
this Number without drawing the reader's
attention TO THE Christmas ON a sweet
and clever bit of poetry, by Mrs. M. d. Brine.
Apart from the specially seasonabe matter
there is the usual variety Of miscellaneous
illustrated articles, poems and stories.
The number opens with an entertaining
and prousclt illustrated PAPER by $. 5.
Conant, ON 'Locomotion, Past and Present.
In m undertaking ms difficult "A II is novel
that Of gathering together In = single pano-
ramic view all the various modes Of travel,
ancient and modern, the author has been
slgnally successful. and the twcnty-six Illus
tratlons which emhellish his work bring
vividly before the eye every variety OF loco
motion eyer in use
Mt Benson J. Tossing concludes "The
. 'fAN AANlN|NlIH ~ NANNNNH 40 p HffNNN NNNtN
| with twenty.oue illustrations). describing
ihc iewelry. head arossea and costume Of the
old Roman ladies'; old Roman fops; old
Roman weddings. funerals and amusemenis
and the way the old Romans treated their
babies
The SNiar's Snug Harhor." another H.
Illustrated rspcr ny Louis BaFger gives us
some very graphic views Of that very henef-
cent institution on Staten Island-the home
for old and dccrenit sailors.
Last months Harper contained an illus
trated article on onr Congressional Library.
| In this Number there atty follows a very ex.
/ heustiyc. and. at the same time. very spicy
| Illustrated contribution. describing the Brit
ish Museum and It's Reading Room, from the
| pen Of George NJ. Towle.
Besides the three memorable serials by
! Charles Reade. Wilkie Collins and Miss
Thackeray this Number contains two excel
| lent short stories" No. $50 a Vision, by
Mrs Frank mccarthy. aud THE Walking
| Boy, by Clara +. Guernsey.
Paul II. Vayne contributes an exquisite
sonnet, and Miss Nelly NJ Hutchinson q
| poem, entitled Pfiscilla''-a bright, quaint
aud dainty little picture OF a Presbyterian
| beauty" "Oufcast' is sldder picture il
verse. by the late Mr. Lewis Kingsley.
The Old Stager continues his Eccollectios'
In a series OF anecdotes Of ducling IN Wash
ington-Coueressio and otherwise
The Editorial Departments are all Of un
usual interest. The Easy chair discusse'
the Boston fire; gives us glimpse OF th'
| Sassairas club. and its views ON Indian
summer, apropns Of MI Flags recent work
Woods and BY Ways Of New England
and reviews The situation on the Irish CUES
uon of Mr. Froude sud Father Burke. The
Literary Record pays particular attention It
the recent holiday literature. The Scienti
tie Record Is ull of novel scientific iui0rma
tion, The Historical Record. besides beihl
% iull chronicle OF current events, Is also
valuable psychological summary. Aud th'
drawer with it, London scrap Book, numer
Gus anecdotes. and humorous poetry, is up Il
It's best standard.
IL. uy-Thc Christmas Number of To-day
The popular illustrated weekly, OF which Dl
bio Lcwisis the editor, is one Of the mos
brilliant and effective periodicals ever put
lishod Coz this country. II contains twice tn
usual number of pages; and these are file
vs. iih choice stories. interesting sketches, dc
li-htim humor, spicy material from ID
Lewis. Christmas music and poetry, and ui
usually attractive general reading suitabl
10 the festival season. Several authors q
reputation are represented among then
Z dmund Yates. a. :. Arthur Christia
Reid, lem Ingrlov, John u. stockton. Ma
Adclcr. and others.
The number il rich in exquisite illustrl