San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26
Mngsxin es for February.

The American at Work-Among the
Salt.makers, illustrated; Stanley's Voy-
age Down the Congo; Freedom. a po-
em from the Servian rip Van Win
kle"-Talks with Jefferson, the Actor;
Memeutoes of Myconn The Dying
Actor, poem by Edward Fawcett; The
Battles of the Birds, by Maurice
Thompson; From Athens to Corfu /;
Editors Table; Books OF the Day.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
conducted by Il. J., aud W. }. You
mans, d. Appleton 4 Co., publishers,
is full of interesting matter. The fol-
lowing are the titles Of some Of the ar.
ticles:
Evolution of Ceremonial Govern
ment, by Herbert Spencer Geysers.
aud how They are Explained, b. Prot.
LeContej Counting by the Aid OF the
Fingers; Modern Lite and Insanity {;
The Growth Of the Steam Engine The
Chemistry of Fruit Ripeniug; Spon.
taneous Generation, by Prot. Tyndall {;
Cores poudencs Editors Table; Lit
erary Notices and Popular Miscellany.
Scribuer's. 'Midwiuter Number, pre-
seats the following bill Of fare:
Froutispiece - Abraham Lincoln,
portrait from the last photograph ia
ken of him; MoOse-hunting; The
Palmer's Vision, poem by j. i. Hol.
land The College Rank Of Distin'
pushed Men; His Inheritance, contin'
ued A California Mining Camp; The
Poet and his Master Roxy, continued;
Washiugton's Only Sister; A Wedding
under the French Directory; The New
Rud6er Grange; The Humming Bird
Of the California Waterfalls; Twenty
six Hours Day; Personal Reminis-
cences Of Lincoln; Recent Church
Decoration; Topics of the Time The
Old Cabinet; Home aud Society; Gull
ture and Progress; The Worlds Work;
Bric-a. Brac. Many fine illustrations
throughout.
LIpp1Ncorr's MAuAzINE has the
following articless
A Month 10 Sicily; Glimpses Of Swe.
den; For Percival, Novel With the
Russians in Bulgaria; Hunting 10
France; Jack and Mrs. Brown, u Sto'
ry; A "Reminiscences o. the First Iron
Clad Fight; Two Peculiar People; The
Falling Of the Veil Thirty. Years
OF Soundings, by deaf contributor !;
In Aunt Meley's Cabin Our Monthly
Gossip; Literature of the Day. Va
rious illustrations.
ST. NICHOLAS, the paragon of mag.
azlnes for the young folks, published
by Scribner g. Co.. admirably "holdsits
own" in reading matter and illustra'
tons. The following is . portion Of
the contents .....
The Shepherd Boy, poem; The Ra.
veus and the Angels; A Trip to the
Tea Country; Treasure rrove, poem
Under the Lilacs, by Miss Louisa M.
Alcott; Crumbs from Older Reading;
The Old Man aud the Nervous Cow;
The Raid Of the Comanches Solimin,
q Ship of the Desert; The London
Dust Man; How Sir William Phips
found the Treasure 10 the Sea; The
Tower Mountain; For Very Little
Folks Jack the Pulpit, etc.
THE PHRENoLoGICAL JOURNAL and
Science of Health has the following:
Thomas A. Edison, the Electrician,
Development of tie Earth
and of Earth Lite. illustrated Educs
ton and Religion ; My Home Kinder.
garten; Popular Shows and Specia!
IIeniuses A Literary Pair-Mr. aud
Mrs. s. e. Hall, portraits; Brain and
Mind; Fat as Food; Hospital Construc'
lion; The Lemon; Notes on Science
md Agriculture Editorial Comments.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE continues
70 lead the two dollar magazines in
,teel engravings, fashion plates and lit.
,rary contents. 1t is the ladies' ia.
vorite.
BALLoU's MONTHLY has articles
IN "St. Valentines Day" The Pc.
alto Bug" NEW Zealand and its Ma
ives :" Our Anti. Matrimonial Club"
nd many others-among the rest q
'oom by Louisa NJ. Alcott.
The NURSERY. a Magazine for
Youngest Readers. and the MONTHLY
READER, for schools-two capital good
hings.
p0r We wW order any Of the ADORE
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he FREE Press at reduced rates. See
ar clubbing list IN another column.
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ictorial daily paper, designed to con.