National Republican., 1877-11-21
NEH PUBLICATIONS.

ST. NICHOLAS. SCRlBNER's ILLUSTRATED
MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. We are
in receipt of the bound volume of this work, for
1871, from the publishers, Scribncr & Co, New
York.
1t is n beautiful book, perfect in its mechani
cal construction, from the type to the binding
not excepting the inimitable illustrations. 1t
is work that would not only be considered
ornamental in the family library. but which
is calculated to inspire and bcget more
real instructive amusement to the young
people than any other that we know Of
The book is prcfaccd with comulcte index of
the year, making it easy to refer to any given
article or subject The volume would prove
a treasure as a holiday present to any young
miss in her teens, and would be sure to be
greatly admired. We are glad to add that this
enterprise is so profitable that the publishers
are contemplating rare improvements in the
numbers for the coming year, which begins
with the present month. The holiday
number, though, is to be the
grand chef de azure of the whole Scribner
force. Mary Mapcs Dodgr y i'll even enlarge
her great heart on this occasion. and have
something for all the children. Miss Alcott's
Under the Liacs will bo The story of the
number; then there will be poems by Long
fellow and Bryant, two o,d men about reach
ing the period called second childhood, when
the thoughts and emotions are in the fullest
sympathy with grandchildren and great-grand
children, and the authors are preparing for
n second birth and advancement into that
spirit-land which comes to us ALL
There will bo in addition to the foregoing
"A Sketch of Boy Life" by the late Theodore
Winthrop, and numerous other sketches, The
Peterkins Charades," and something also from
DIR. J. G. Holland This holiday number bids
fair to he worth tho price of years subscrip-
ton alone by itself. Now is a good time to
subscribe to the st. Nicholas" for next year,
and you should try and make the little ones
happy by so doing
THE AMOrRS OF PHILIPPE" by Octave
| Fueillet. From the press of 7. Is; Peterson 4
| Brothers, BIG Chestnut street, Philadelphia
This is one of those charming romances of
French life for which the author has become
famous. He writes for the world, and not
simply for Paris. This is his latest work, and
has been translated with great fidelity by Mrs.
Mary Neal Sherwood 1t is very neatly gotten
up, and bound in paper like THAT Girl of
Mine" for fifty cents. 1t will have an i'm
mCnsC sale, no doubt
AT TIE COURT OF KING EDWIN" A drama
| by William Leighton, ir. l2mO. J. u. LippmcOtt
| & Co., Philadelphia For sale by L. NJ. Whitaker
4 Co.
The author POUNDS his poem upon the court
| of King Edwin twelve centuries back. 1t
seems to be the story of n single day at the
Kings palace at York. Its versifcation is
smooth and free fluent, and in excellent meas
ure. The plot is one in which Pagan loves a
Christian princess and forswcars his religion to
gain her; but just US he prcsumes to strike
down the Pagan god Odin, with an axe, to
show its imbecility, his king, Penda, smites
him to death with the sword and takes the
princess to his own throne and bosom without
forswearing his faith. The book is well calcu-
| lated to amuse and instruct during leisure
| hour.
WHAT A BOY" by Julia A. willis. J. b. Lppincott
| 4 Co, Philadelphia For sale by L. NJ. Whitaker
| Co.
This is one Of the fifty-cent series In paper
cover, same style of "My Mother-in-Iaw and
is devoted to the solution Of these three ques-
tions "What shall we do with him ?" "What
will he do with hmselfY" and "Who is to be
blamed for the consequences" 1t is inscribed to
the nephew, who we take to have been the What
a Boy" and the brother who may have been
that boys parent, The story takes that boy
at his earliest infancy, and pilots him through
childhood, youth, aud Original sin" to the
gates of manhood, where some of his scverest
trials ere depicted before he is finally happily
married and settled. Get it and read it. 1t
will make you better.