Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-07
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

magazine ''Babyland" are bound into quar- to volume, and make one of the best collec- tions of pictures and stories ever offered to the little ones at so low price. The stories are told both in prose and poetry. They are bright and funny-iust suited to the capacity of the little ones in the household. The pictures will interest those who cannot read and the stories give perfect mine of enjoy
 ment to the older ones who have learned to read. The funny series of stories about
 ''Little People in Black" will bear reading a great many times, and 'Cat Drawing Les sons" by means of which even those four or five years old can learn to draw the most life-like of kittens with a button and pencil,
 will keep the little ones out of mischief for days together "Babyland" is bound in two
 beautiful styles, of which the one in colors
 with the three baby girls will first catch tie eye of the little folks, The cloth cover is very attractive. D. Lothrop & Co.,, publish era, Boston For sale in this city by H. H. Peck
 ''The Worlds Progress" which was origi- nally compiled by the late George P. Put nam, and of which later revisions have been T now in it's twenty-ffth edition. The work is described as an index to universal history, a cyclopaedia of facts, dates and general infor-
 nation. It has been called s"An Entire Sys-
 tenn of Education,'' and in it's statistical ma
 teria1 covers such varied topics History
 and Biography, Poetry and Art, Philosophy
 and Religion, Science and Criticism, States
 Inv
 It contains chronological and alphabetical
 record of the essential facts in the progress
 of society from the beginning of history to
 the present time. A chart of history quite
 original in design represents the rise, revolu-
 tiens and fall of the principal empires of the
 world. The important historical facts have
 been so successfully grouped that the reader
 can recall the full pictures of the events and
 correctly classify them in the memory. The
 literary chronology is arranged in tables by
 nations The section devoted to the heathen
 deities and the heroes and heroines of anti ouity is in itself condensed classical d1c- tionary. A feature of especial importance is presented in the synchronistical tables or tabular views of universal history, which show in parallel columns the events which have occurred in different parts of the world at any given period from the earliest records of history to the present day. The book is completed by biographical dictionary which serves as an index to the chrenologi- cal tables, and indicates by reference to these tables the chief political events and contem- porary public characters during the life of each person in the list. The volume is quite exceptional in the extraordinary amount ot information which has been compressed into it's eleven hundred pages, and is further ex- ceptional in offering its valuable material at such g moderate price. G. P. Putnam's Sons. publishers. New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ssTen Nights in Bar Room" by T. s. Ar thur, has just been published in new edi- tion from new electrotype plates by Porter 6s Coates, Philadelphia. A few months before his death Mir. T. s. Arthur, anxious that the great work on which his reputation is found ed should be better preserved for posterity
 arranged with Messrs. Porter & Coates fe1 a new electrotype edition. Although the author did not live to see the fulfllment of his wish, for the first time in many years ssTen Nights in a Bar-Room" can now be
 had, printed from new type, on good paper with handsome binding. Porter & Coates
 are the exclusive publishers of the work.
 For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. Marie Oliver has already won an enviable reputation as a writer of the higher and purer class of fiction which her last volume, "But Half Heart" will go far to render permanent. It is the story of girls life, elevated in tone and carrying throughout 8 moral that cannot fail to impress the reader. The principal character of the book is an or phan girl of fifteen years, who makes her living by selling oranges in the street and later by sewing in a tailors shop. She is possessed of a fine voice and by accident be- comes acquainted with German prima don ma who takes her abroad and educates her.
 Her good fortune does not spoil her kind l heart, however, and she returns after several years eager ts greet the humble friends she
 left behind. The ending of the story is un- expected and the reader will turn from the l closing pages with moistened eyes. D. Lo-
 throp & Co.,, publishers, Boston. For sale
 in this city by Judd the bookseller.