Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-31
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~. Nicholas for January is q real Holiday
number. aud peculiarly attractive one. IL
| opens win beautiful frontispiece called MO
Fart, the Little Musie-king.n followed by Il
short sketch at the great musicians career. Il
I gives u an Abundance Of interesting I hristfnas
stories, such rs Tommy, the soprano" BY
| charles barnard; "Mary's Christmas Tree"
| BY owe Throne; "A Christmas Legend" by
| Florence scanncll leach OF the three with q
beautiful picture by Esinge y and The
| Dwar's Mirror" by +. A. Chapman There
!, also fac-simile OF the original manuscript OF
| the famous ballad Twas the Night before
| CHRISTMAS, which Will attract the attention o
! all tbs boys aud girls
The beginning OF the two serials, The Young
surveyor by j I. Trowbridsc. aud light
cousins. by Louisa VI. Alrott, with line illus
! trailous by W. l.. sheppard and Ad,lic Led
yard, !, an event OF great importance TO the
! r.adcr' of the magazine, aud has no doubt been
| eagerly awaited 6y then. HczcAiah luttcr-
worth contributes set OF lively storie. c.lled
/ The Funny kinS>," which are admirably H.
| luslraicd by Hen l.. stephens. and Thoma.
Damn English has an od-fa-l,ipncd tairy-talc,
| with two striking pictures by T. u. rcn>cll
me unber also cOutain. "A Birds Eye View
of the tltte Of Lite" illustrated by five of
| 'oncAitus cNqu site pictures; Il description of
/ me tinruhi l., with an Illustration by james
| {. Beard; an article gi,i ing directions for max.
ihs - Domino bridge aud interesting
aeco mt by Noah brooks Of the celebrated
| chill iren's Crusade"
;. I"cn. there are poems by Bret Har,c aud
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by Mrs. Jd-ce; and u beautiful Illustrated
/ iprm. entitled ">anti Claus and his Men"
The large number of excelIcnti II ustratons
| bv such artists = sheppard, Eyttnyr A,tIi,.
! L~dyari STEPHENS. Ben,eIl. and others /, nm
Important feature oi the number
Observation-Disclosures" and the "Riddle-Box,
have also caught the Christmas spirit and
there = an additional department Of ..Bonk,
I for Boy, ad girl, - in fact eight extra u,g,.s
have brcn added TO the January st Nicholas.
"a order 10 make room for all The good thing,
/ that have been crowded into it,
Published by scribuvr & Co., New York. al
81 Year.
HlrpeTs Magazine for January /. fresh.
bright aud .cason.bie. Peculiarly rich in the
variety Of i. contents aud the proiu,iun Of il,
'"uslFatioh'' II opeAs new year under the
! most promising ru~ptccs. Mr.. Buddlngtou's
! poem, The LhilLrvn's Night" which oneus
tue number, i a novel conception. grouping in
brilliant galaxy the imI,ersonaiipn 70 familiar
10 children irom Mother Goo>e's Melodies"
AMI fAlr, lore. and the main situation. mn, r.
trctNciv Illustrated bv some OF our l..,t arti.ts
Hiss " ool-"n conclulcs her charming ,Act,.be.
o. Ne Aurl'ut city, II. Augustine. he :
third in-Ianrnt Of The First Century Of hi.
krVubIic' continues the REVIEW Of Mechanical
Progress. and i accompanied with twenty-four
must Atiou@- Mrs. =. :. tonInt contributes
| a. interesting Illustrated paper on SIR samuel
Baker recent ENls,l ton in Central Afri-,
dPFVphs ui the recent publication OF the latter,
book 'ismhIlii spicy biographical sketch
OF George u Prentice OF the Louisville J0urn-
! Al. BY Junius Henri Browne. accompanied bv A
faithful portrait. illustrates a memorable chan
ter OF American Journalism. Ruth Dana rrn
tributes chATIctcTtstlc aud touching tbri,ima,
s"rE- Two e>etches, which Is beautifully
| Illustrated "illiamBlack, hri,tmas story Of
humorous cha actcr, entitled The Man who
| was Ike Shakespeare" In "A Mod IN Ioh.n.
! grim, Virginia ". johnson give, rs n beauti-
iu short stors, also appropriate 10 the season
Nol Only IN the opening piece Of this number
are the chllIrn remember red, but there i also
fpr little FOLKS. q reproduction, with character-
| -iic Illustrations OF Robert Southey's STORY
~ lhr Ihr'c Bears" Thoma, W Knox tell,
! the story "ia Gala Night IN y. Petersburg on
thr occasion OF the marriage OF the t,rand Duke
Vladimir 10 the Grand Duchess Marie MIR
hA-ous vigorous AMI beautifully ii u,tra,rd
/ rial story. Rape OF tac Camp. rs continued
/ Emil Castelar,, ia hi, fifteenth paper on Fine
] Republican Movement in Europe" treat. OF III.
1 eclectic rAtiuhAlism 81 the school. of Jena and
! IuoinScn, Ia Germany. X. II Stoddard and
4 Nrli- VI. Hutchinson contribute poem, MIR
Curti- in the t..,y Chair. presents a lucid state.
meat II thu Engtsh question concerning ri,ual-
l-nl. gives u tl-tc OF MIR. SordhOn'. new
ami important worS on Co nmuni.tic Societir.
auI pays graceful tribute. "a the late Dr. wv
mAn And 10 william Cullen BRYANT The Eli
tor Literary X cord dcsutrs much space. >,
np'icts OF recent holiday books. The Scientific
Record tn only complete monthly record OF
Scientific Progress, published Ia Ihi, country
Is Nrry ful AMI Interesting; and the other cdi-
ionAi departments maintain their usual excel
cnrc. the Drawer for This month being espec-
lIlIy lively and amusing
Published By Harper & Bros, New York, a,
~ = Year aiII sold bs all periodical dealers
Eclectic NGgG<ine.-The January number Is
/ eIDcllt>hcd with two be iutiful steel eu.r.y-
tng,, one a chit d-pic ure entitled Blind Man,,
| Bud" aud the other "NanJyke Parting from
KuDeu.." and these engrly ing, are alone worth
| The price Of the January number
The following lit Of the contents OF the Jam
| uaFy numOe. viii Indicate how wide III. con-
sti,ucucy = 10 which the Eclectic appeals;
NJ. Il nj.
|. Dresden Enyirous, by Julian Hawthorne
| The Ancient Classics: Ca the Ivpothesi, thai
| Animals are Autonata, By Professor Huxley:
Frudll China: In Memory OF Barcy Cornwall,
! by Aigernon Charles Swinburae: Far from The,
! MaddIng Crowd. by Thomas Hardy; The CIas-
>iica,iun OF Comets, by Richard A. Proctor, Il
! A., r. X. 5; Odd Labels" Nv Grandmoth-
/ er; The Oldest FAIRY Tale in the World; AR.
/ Mill, Religious Confession; FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
/ Aerial Transit; Mr Rusain on Mr. Ru,kin:
/ The British Association, ls,4: Literary No
tees Foreign Literary Notes; Science and Art;
I and Varieties.
/ Published by E. X. Peltou, los Fulton Street
J NV York Terms, - year: two copies.
| 50: Single number, - cents. Postage prcpaid
/ at these rates.
! 4 TaludJie Ndgazine- The Republic. n
| Political Science ionthy, published at WASH
/ lhstn, ID. {. at 81 per year, free of postage.
! TN, publication for December Is full OF yaluu-
| be Information, containing among many others |
| the following articles The Late Elections,
nv VI TIC arm, Orelgn Inter-
course. Canadian Reciprocity. The Public |
| Domain, Equalization of Soldiers Boun,ies. |
Departmental Intelligence, Comparative Vote |
Of 1872 and 1874, RawU Postal Service, Free |
Tea anu Coffee Report Of the Secretary Of the |
Treasury, The Chattanooga Convention, and |
other articles of interest. Subscribe or send |
for sample cipy at once.
Ptck's Floral GUIDE. The number for Jann-
airy. 1870. /. issued in elegant style and is about
equally divided between the useful and the orn
ainpntal. 1t contains over 100 pages. 800 en-
cravings, descriptions of more than 800 OF our
best Flowers and Vegetables, with Directions
Tor culture, Color.d Plate. etc. 1t is issued
a. arterl. at only % cents for the year Wick
Is not only eminent. 1--WE might with truth, per-
haps, say. unriyalledl a florist but he L n
warm hearted Christian phianthropist, who is
Miueiy shown Tor MS active benevolence. Last
year he furnished seeds to hosts of western
farmers at half price; but this year, feeling
tlat their need Is more urgent i'm CONSEQUENCE |
Oh the grasshopper plague, he offers to send all
put with their money five hundred dollars of
his own. Address James Wick, Rochester, y.
T., if you want choice flower seeds
"Ihe Gaiary" for January opens a new
volume, the .lneteenIh. with all the sprightly
youth budding into maturity. It's list of con.
iflbutors this month Is uncommony proms.
ing; including among others Mrs. Annie Ed.
W.I.' Mr.. Rose Terry Cooke. RichIrd
Henri Browne and Albert Rhodes. The last
named writer. contributes an article upon the
Theatre Francis" the great TEN ole of the
elias Sic drama in Paris Richard Grant Wbits
has anothea article in which he laws about
him without mercy in reply to the critics who
nave ventured 10 object 10 his bold, an ,ytical
criticisms Of Wagner and Liszi m recent num-
bers OF The Galaxy" Junius Henri Browne
expends volume Of anahemas upon Thomas
Carlyle. whom he calls the IVA lock of Wind
bags" and finally Richard B. Kimball come.
and pours out the vizls OF his wrath upon the
head OF Professor Bonamy Price, who dared
= instruct the fnanciers of New York in the
subject Of finance Th,rc are two CAPITAL
ghort stories in the number, one OF which nv
Roe Ferry Cooke, is quite remarkable far
The WI hess will which II portrays \ certain
.ias, 0i society snown the New England