Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-10-21

HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR NOVEM-
BER, 1S75.-The November Number,
oucluding the Fifty-first Volume o!
Hdrper'S Magazine, is in itself a volume
Of rare pictorial and literary excellence
The Number opens with a magniti-
Gently illustrated article on the Living
Glaciers of California, by John Muir.
The authors explorations during five
summers among the remote and al
most inaccessible Sierra Glaciers, in
which he never met a human being
not even an Indian or hunter-are as
romantic as they are instructive. From
literary point of view, the most in
teresting paper i'll this Number is
James T. Fields contribution, entitled
Barry Cornwall ard Some of his
| Friends james Parton discusses re-
cent French Caricature, going over 3
period OF halt century, and present
iDg an admirably selected group of pic
lures. w. E. Webb, in Air Towns
and their Inhabitants" gives graph
| ic portraiture of the mushroom towns
Of Western civilization. The Ameri-
can Dairy industry-is the subject of
an admirable and fully illustrated pa
per by Edward }. Wickson. Readers
Interested in agricultural matters will
also peruse with pleasure Mrs. How
lands humorous description of a recent
English experiment in gentleman
farming on the cooperative plan.
In the First Century" Series-the
most remarkable enterprise ever un-
Iertaken in periodical literature-there
is this month an able and comprehen-
Sive review of the progress of popular
education in this county, by Eugene
Lawrence. The Hon. $. S. Cox con-
tinues his papers on Legislative Hum.
ers, giving in this Number especial at
! Itentionsto the more boisterOus maniteS-
t"tions of the British Parliament and
of our Congress. This installment i.
.um of anecdotes, and Mr.. CoX'5 descrip-
ton of call of the House is character
iStic and amusing. Edward Everett
Hale contributes to this Number q
short story, 1.-The Modern Psyche"
written in his happiest style. The pc.
etry of the Number is contributed by
r. H. Stoddard, T. B. Aldrich, Eliza.
beth Stuart Phelps, Celia Thaxter, and
Mary \. Prescott. The Editorial De-
psrtments fully sustain the high stand.
ard of excellence which has made them
PETERsON's MAGAZINE, that Queen
of the Lady's Books, is on our table
for November. The principal steel en-
craving, "AIamma's Flower Girl" is
very beautiful. So, also, is the mann.
moth colored steel fashion plate. But
as cotempOrary says, the stories, the
fashions, the patterns, in short, every
thing in "PetersOn" is the best of it,
kind. For 1876 great improvement,
will be made. Among these will be 8
series of illustrated articles, describing
the Centennial Exhibition, which viii
alone be worth the subscription price
But, in addition to this, every subscrib
er will be presented, as II Centennial
Gift, with Il superb steel engraving
1arge-sized for framing) OF TrunDuil''
great picture, The Signing of the
Declaration of Independence" These
very extraordinary inducements vii
make this magazine for 1876 more de
5irable than ever. Yet the price viii
remain the same, viz: Two DOLLARs
, A YEAR, the postage prepaid by th'
publisher. The prices to clubs are as
tonishingly low, postage also pre- paid,
f viz: three copies for $3.50, with ,
, superb Mezzotint (21 inches by 26
Christmas Morning." the finest an,
costlie>t ever offered, to the person
getting up the club; or five copies fo
, $3.50, postage Prepaid and both a;
extra copy and the premium engravin:
to the person getting up the club. Fo
: large clubs the prices are even lower
Specimens of the Magazine are sent
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J. Peterson, 3O6 Chestnut Street, Phila
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