The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-13
BOOK NOTICES.

GoDET's LADY's Book icr January is
the Prize Story number; containing
'Mademoiselle's Masquerade" pretty
romance from the pen of Mary T. Brad
| ley, who won the Two Hundred Dollar
Prize in the December competition. The
current issue of the Magazine is re-
markably attractive one. Il contains
some very useful desigus for Christmas
lree ornaments, together with instructive
articles concerning their manufacture,
and giving some new Ideas abJNt huil.
day decorations. Those who wish to
beautity their bones duriug the holiday
season, aud every committee that has
! Christmas work on hand, will fiud
| GoDEY's full OF help aud suggestions.
The publishers have also presented
avery subscriber aud buyer of the Jauu.
AIRY number with beautiful Imported
Christmas card, and they offer as a prem
Ium for 1855, fine engraving of "Sleep.
ing Love. Besides the usual attractive
features, the January number contains
The opening chapters OF q new serial
called Under Gray Skies" "Drceiug OF
the Weird" and The Story of an Elope.
ment," both reach in this issue, an ab-
sotbing climax, aui there are more clev-
or short stories than usual. Among
them we notice: Loves After-glow," by
L. o. Fl jacks Plan" by Mary Blaric;
aud miss Flossy," by Emlly Francis
Hazard. Little Forget. me-uop' is Il
pathetic sketch from real life that will
touch many hearts. GoDEY's makes II
better showing than ever this month. 1t
is evidently the determination of the
new publishers to make the Book the
foremost in the field. and they nre rapid
ly succeeding, for the verdict of both
the press and public is, that the Maga-
zine has few competitors and NO EQUALS
The lessons on Dressmakiug and Cook
ing. together with the recipes, and full
size cut paper patterns each month, ar
alone worth the price (S3 00) of this
Magazine. Published by J. II. Haulen
beck & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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The Christmas number of the BnooK
LYN MAGAZINE. the third issue of this
new periodical, comes to us considerably
enlarged and replete with literary matter
appropriate to the season. Mrs. Mtrgar.
ct j. Saugster opens the number with a
charming roem merry Christmas. "
while Marion Harland" contributes a
Christmas story, Singing in the Snow
written in her best vein. Rev. L. De
| Witt Talmage writes an amusing and
spicy article On "Irrej ressioe Music, y
IN which the celebrated divine nsrrates a
laughable story of bis experiences with an
| irrepressible music-bu IN his school-buy
days. Old memories are revived by the
name Of Elizabeth Oakes Smith which
appears in an article IN 'Christmas
Lore, " showing no decline Of the literary
power OF this gifted and timr-houored
lady. Rev. John W. Chadwick writes a
capital paper on the Voice OF the Sea.
while Hope L-dyard. tells in "a trans
formed Chapel" how church may be
made prosperous through sociability.
other articles and poems are by Maud
Prescott. George Birdseye. Mark j. Ben
dali and Cecil Hampden Howard. The
various departments of Literature, Lon.
don Correspondence Religions Breyiiies
Home Interests, Womnu's Kingdom.
Society, Dramatic and Musical ull con-
tain an unusually large variety of inter.
estinG matter, and aid in making this
number doubly worth the popular price
Of 10 cents at which it il sold. THE
Brooklyn MAGAZINE Co, Brooklyn, n Y