Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
Book Notices.

BOOK NOtlces.
"Mosr PERFECT OF JUVENILE MAGA.
ZINES" is what the Detroit Free Press
calls ST. NICHOLAS. Its growth in Eng
land is keeping pace with its success in
this country, and the English papers
are as unanimous in praise of its beau
ties as the American press. The won.
derful Christmas number" just issued,
the first edition of which is l0j, 900, is a
grandly illustrated Holiday book of one
hundred pages, containing, besides its
capital Christmas and fairy stories, and
original pictures by the best American
artists, the fret chapters of Two splen
did serials-one, a story OF the adyen.
lures, in the ,merican tropics, OF
party engaged in the capture of wild
animals for a menagerie, and humor.
Gus serial by Rossiter Johnson.
The JANUARY NUMBER of ScRiBNER'S $
will contain an account Of the aims and
methods of the new Horological and
Thermometrical Bureau recently estab.
lished by the Winchester Observatory Of
Yale College, from careful personal in
spection on the spot. This is the first
bureau Of the kind established in this
country, and cannot fail to raise the
standard OF excellency in both clocks
watches, and thermometers. The curl
Gus machinery used TO correct watches
to the tenth of n second, together with
some singular facts in the behavior aud
habits of thermometers, make the arti
Gle Of more than usual interest to the
reader. The same number also con tains
some account of Mr.. John La FARCE
and Mr. Louis C.. TifrAny's recent work
in stained glass.
ScRIBNER's MONTHLY is about to do a
thing perhaps without precedent in our
magazines, namely, reprint q serial
story which has already run through
six numbers Of another American mag
azine.
The serial Of Mrs. Burnett, "a Fair
Barbarian" which is announced for the
Midwinter Number" is said to be al.
together the brightest and most anus
ing this popular author has ever written.
1t will occupy two or three numbers
only of ScRIBSERs, the first Instailment
covering about twenty.three pages. II
has been printed already in six numbers
of another magazine, with large circu.
lation, but with an entirely different
circle of readers.
There is OF least one recent Parisian
precedent for such course as ScRIBSER
has adopted. A novel by popular
French writer, written the last year oil
two, appeared in a prominent daily
paper as serial. After this it came
out in book form, and when it had
reached sale of some forty or fifty
thousand, one fine morning this very
novel was announced far and wide a.
the leading serial Of a daily newspaper
lie PETIT Journal which, as every on'
knows who has read its gigantic sigr
on the sides'of the seven.story Pari
houses, boasts the unequaled circulation
OF $4,000 copies daily.
Mrs. Burnett has revised her stor,
for it's temperance in ScRiBNER, bu
has made no material change in it.
We HAVE received q book entities
Southeastern Kansas, written by
member Of the Chicago press. Tn
book is neatly gotten up and we
written, contains full map and give
full and reliable information in regar
to all counties in Southern and Soutl
eastern Kansas, the more fertile po
tions of the State-with map of eac
county. Also valuable information
regard to the great lead and zinc mine
in Southwest Missouri and Southeaster
Kansas. The book is for gratuito'
distribution and may be had free
postage by addressing j. +. LocKwoo
Kansas City, No. IL should be in u
hands Of every person going to Kansa