Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-12
Holiday Goods.
pouenmAs, THOMAS 4 cos STOCK.

BoueHMAN, THOMAS 4 cos STOCK.
This firm, which always makes the most elab-
crate preparations for the Holiday trade, has
this year equaled its previous efforts to cater to
the taste Of our citizens for rare and beautiful
articles for holiday presents.
The present seeker must be hard to please,
indeed who cannot here fad something to suit
his or her need. OF ladies' writing desks they
have splendid assortment in Papier Mache.
richly inlaid woods, and leather some of which are
of entirely new designs and the most beautiful
we have seen this season.
or ladies' work boxes they have q varied assort-
ment ranging in style from beautiful ones OF
| Turkish wood and the finest Russia leather down
to plain styles, where utility rather than beauty
| il sought.
There are a large number of musical articles,
| this year, such rs musical work boxes, glove
| boxes, photograph albums, &c, all furnished
| with really excellent musical Instruments, which
| by the opening of a lid or some such contrivance
start off and play tbs most exquisite little airs.
| These are always among the most attractive
novelties and are picked out early
There ia a great variety Of photograph albums
with musical attachments, and fine assortment
of opera glasses among the latter some beauti-
full ivory pairs which came from the Paris Expo
sition.
A speciality this season is sets OF glove and
handkerchief boxes, elegantly finished in RUS
sia, Turkey, and other feathers, and from the
shops of the most celebrated workers in leather
in the world These go in sets and are consid-
cred "just the thing for an elegant Christmas
present.
OF ladies and gentemens dressing cases, tray
cling bags, cabas, &c, and OF small articles,
such as card cases, paper weights, aud the yari-
GUS Scotch good articles, their stock is immense
and their assortment is 30 varied that any at
tempt to hint at, much less enumerate the arti.
cles, would be impossible in an article OF this
kind. The curious must go see for themselves
They have also a fine line Of Berlin and .Vienns
bronzes such as card receivers bouquet holders
jewels cases, dressing mirrors, &c.
OF fine books the assortment is, as usual, ex
cellent. The publishers have used care ant
+, taste, this year, in the production of elegan
i illustrated editions. One OF the larges
= and most expensive gift books is entities
q Lake and Mountain Scenery Of the Swis
Alps,"-it Is illustrated beautifully in photo
graphs ana is a real gem and very valuable
Il work. Similar and equally as fine, although o
i different character. are the Galleries OF Gel
0 ebrated Pictures by Mulready Maclise ant
o others, with elegant steel engrayings and boun
Il in rich Turkey Morocco.
Among many of the beautiful illustrated book
II which we must pass without notice, we ma
= barely mention as worthy OF especial attention
Bryant's "Among the Trees, ID Appleton I
p 20. Longfellow's Hanging of the Crane, =
)f Osgood q Co., just out and an exquisite piec
ii of book-maling Rhymes and Jingles," b
+ Mary Meapes Dodge and others, besides an els
is giant assortment of standard works in half cal
D in sets and single volumes. The stock c
ty Juveniles is larger than ever before, as is als
OF the assortment of chdrens books. We hay
not space to particularize, but cannot pass witt
t. out special mention of "Childhood Songs" /
ed Lucy Larcum "The Merry Elves" sunds
ne Reading for the Young Pussy Tiptoes' Fan
DO ily," "Little Folks Picture Gallery" &c, q
90 really beautiful. or course we had to pass
hundreds of things without MENTION among
n them full line of Rogers celebrated groupes
10, statuary and as fine assortment of gold pens
it, was ever opened in the city, to say nothing
ee their large stock of books good for holida
in and all other days. Go and see them at 4
ID Market street.