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| Peterson's Journal of Popular Literature.
| December number.
A Few candidate for popular favor has ap-
peared in Philadelphia, in the shape of
Peterson's Journal of Popular Literature
a new monthly magazine. The initial num-
Der is full OF promise, and if the periodical
sustains itself as it has begun, it will soon
win its way into popular favor. A conf
mendable feature is the announcement that
there will be no continued articles, gratify-
ing announcement to those who like to make
but one bite of their literary cherries. The
current number contains twelve first-class
stories, all published complete, many of them
written by authors of high ability and repu-
tation. A Dangerous Marriage, by Nora
Perry, Mrs. Gathrights Story, by Florence
Percy Allen, Stronger Than Death, by
Eleanor c. Donneliy, By the Sad Sea Waves,
Told at Nightfall, A Story of Vinaigrette,
etc., are all unusually excellent. We NAV
specify also story, called King Solomon's
Opal, by Henry Peterson, a critical paper
upon Bryant's Thanatopsis, two interesting
articles, one upon Camp Life at the Dela-
] ware Water Gap, the other upon The Pleas
ure Grounds and Drives at Washington. and
a good poem.
The tale by Miss Florence P. Allen will
will be read with avidity by the many Port.
land friends of that talented young author.
1t evinces that dramatic power, exquisite
sense of pathos, and brilliant word-paintine
which characterizes all her sketches,
The publishers, formerly connected for
many years with the Saturday Evening Post
and The Lady's Friend, will, in the manage
ment OF this new periodical, have the benefit
OF long and varied experience. The me.
chanical getting up of the magazine is un-
exceptionable; the paper being excellent, and
the cover decidedly handsome and novel in
appearance. Terms: $500 year in advance.
An extra copy will be supplied free for one
year to any person sending club of five sub
scribers, at $500 each. The postage will be
prepaid by the publishers, without extra
charge, in accordance with the new law.
Specimen copies, 25 cents. Fl. Peterson &
Co. 92O Walnut street, Philadelphia.
The contents of the October number of
Black,cood, just issued by the Leonard Scott
Publishing Co., Al Barclay Street, New York,
may be summarized as follows:
|. Alice Lorraine. Part VIII.
Ii. The Abode of Snow. Part II.-Simla
and its Celebrities. Simla is the point from
which the Himalayan traveller is to start on
his trip through the mountains, and as it is
the place to which the Governor General re-
tires 10 escape the intense heat of Calcutta.
many notable people are to be met with there
in the hot season, although the climate
seems TO be far from attractive. The prepara-
tions for the journey are described at some
length, and we expect to be fairly on the road
to the abode of snow in the next number.
Ill. Sir Banastre Tarleton. An unvar-
nished sketch of the most brilliant and, we
must add, ruthless cavalry soldier, who
fought for the King in the Revolutionary
War.
~. International Vanities. No. VII
Alien Laws. We had supposed this subject
to be entirely exhausted, aud are not only
surprised at finding ourselves mistaken, but
startled at the new aspect in which vanity is
here prasnntod to Hsre It suddenly be-
comes all wrath and murder Need we add.
that as il becomes more sensational. it is
more interesting?
V. Army Control. This article is not one
OF great interest to the general American
reader. We recommend it more particularly
to soldiers and Britons.
vi. The story of Valentine and his Bro.
ther. Part. TX.
VII. School Board Religion.
WILL Horatian Lyrics. A free version of
three well-known odes, respectively entitled
by the translator, The Golden Mean, A
Christmas Carol and To Mildred.
TX. The Founders of Modern Liberalism.
The criticism and review of recent publica-
ton entitled, Wilkes, Sheridan and Fox; the
opposition under George III. BY w. F. Rae.
A very entertaining article.
The BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW for
October (republished by The Leonard Scott
Publishing Co., Al Barclly Street, New York;
offers great attractions to the general reader,
several OF the articles being of unusual inter-
est. Foremost among them we may mention
The Lesser Light, which is an account OF
what is known and coDjectured concerning
our satellite, given with charming freedom
from dryness and statistics and The Mys-
tics OF the Fourteenth Century, who ''were,
for the most part, men who had felt, more
than others, the WEAKNESS and sorrow of hu-
man life." Sketches of the lives of four or five
OF the most noted of them are briefly set
forth, together with explanation and compar-
ison of their several doctrines.
Motley's writings are so well known and
liked, that one turns with pleasant anticipa-
tons to any thing that comes from his pen.
There are many extracts from his ''New His
torical Work. in the present review.
The article on Landseer is not bographi-
cal, but is description and criticism of his
style and works.
we lind two controversial articles ON &C.
clesiastical topics, The Abolition of Patron
age aud the Scotch Churches, referring to
the Church Laws of Scotland, some of which
have recently been altered and amended,
and The Established Church and its De-
tenders, on the much discussed question of
Church and State in England.
Onr Naval Requirements set forth the ad-
vantage or desirabty of having a large naval
reserve always ready for the protection of YES
sels engaged in commerce, and to be ready
for action in case of war;
Eighty pages of this Review are devoted to
notices of new books under the heading Con-
temporary Literature. Works on all sub.
jects are mentioned, and they are so class;-
fled that either student or novel reader can
see at a glance what new treats the literary
world has in store for him.
Our readers will do well to provide them.
selves for the coming year with one or all of
the periodicals reprinted by The Leonard
Scott Publishing Co. They are as follows:
The London Quarterly, Edinburgh, West
minister, aud British Quarterly Reviews, and
Magazine. Price 81 year for
any one, r'only SIS for all.
LitteNs Lifting Age. The last weekly
numbers of The Living Age have been full OF
noteworthy articles, among which are the
following: Contrasts of Ancient and Modern
History, by Francis w. Newman; The Con