Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-18

| HARPER's MAGRzINE FOR JANUARY, 1875, is
! fresh, bright and scasonabe. Peculiarly rich in
| the variety of its contents and the pr0iusion OF
its illustrations, it opens 4 new year under the
| most promising auspices.
! Mrs. BuddlngtOn,s poem, "Ihe Children 5
| Night" which opens the Number, is arHvel con-
| ception, grouping in brilliant galaxy the i'm
! presentations so familiar to children from Mo
| ther G0osc,s Melodies and iairy-lore. 1t Is
| something more than mechanically constructed
| mosaic. The songs are exquisite, and the main
| situations are effectively Illustrated by some OF
| our best artist.
Miss WOOlson concludes her charming sketch
! es Of The Ancient City" st. Augustine.
The third instalImcTt Of The First Century
| Of the Republic continues the review Of Mocha
nical Progress, tracing tn improvements IN iron
working, engineering. and wool working, ana Is
accompanied with twentv-fOur Illustrations
! The papers on Mechanical Progress, of which
there will be two more, are contributed by Ed
ward II. Knight.
Mr. s. s. Conant contributes an interesting il
lustrated paper on Sir Samuel Bakers recent
Expedition in Central Africa, Glropos of the re-
cent publication of the latter's book 'Ismaiia.'
\ spicy biographical sketch of George d. Prem
tice, of the LouisGiHs JouTRGl, by Junius Henri
Browne, accompanied by a faithful portrait, IL
lustrates a memorable chapter of American jour
Ealism.
Ruth Dana contributes characteristic and
touching Christmas story, Two Sketches, which
is beautifully illustrated.
William Black, author of a Princess Of
Thule, contributes a Christmas story Of a hu-
morous character, entitled 'The Man who was
like Shakespeare
In a Modern Lohengriu,' Virginia W. john
son gives Us 4 beautiful story, also appropriate
to the season.
Thomas W. Knox tells the story of 4 Gala
Night in ST. Peters burg, on the occasion of the
marriage of the Grand Duke Vladimir to the
Grand Duchess Marie. His description of the
iluminations and the gala spectacle at the Ope-
ra-house, vivdly present the scenes Of which the
writer was an eyewitness.
Mr.. MasOn's vigorous and beautifully Illus
trated aerial story, Rape Of the Camp is con-
tinued
Emilio CASTELAR,, in his fifteenth pa per on 'Thc
Republican Movement in Europe treats Of the
eclectic rationalism Of the schools Of Jena a..
Tuehingen, in Germany, as represented by Rohr,
Paulus. Wethe, Schleitrmacher, Ncandcr, Harms
and Hengsteuberg.
K. II. Stoddard and Nelly NJ. Hutchinson cen
tribute poems, the former The Rivals and the
latter two exquisite little bits of verse, entitled
y Cry from Shore and Loves Imagination
GoDEY's LADYs' Book. does not grow weak aS
its publication grows older. On the contrary,
each succeeding year seems to add strength 70 its
vitality, and tone to its constitution. The pro
misses for 1873 are very brilliant Indeed, and
Judging from the number before Us, the favO-
rite ladies' magazine will doubtless meet with
increased popularity. 1t furnishes the latest
and most elaborately coiOrcd fashion plates, be-
sides instructions for the making of attire. It's
pages too are filed with most facinating sketch
cs stories, poems, and other matters of interest.
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The Rescue one of which lies before US, and
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