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lUvlng Completed the alteration* to their etor# } invite
special attentiotfto their Stock of BUv«*rarejVrhlchls
now nnurmally large, affording a Variety of patten and
design, annrpMaed by any house In the TJnlted States,
WNBR (HJAUTY THAR'AHT MANCFAtITOBBD
FOB TABLB7CB* IS AST PART
Of THI WORLD,
Oar standard of BUrer in...... ,985-1000 part. par.
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Tin Americanand French U........ 000-1000 11
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the. AmerlMn and French coin, end 10 puts - Oner the*
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ear forttndit bting smuncud uith Me njhting ifeparl-
WUHI of tkiVnUtd Statu Hiitl for wV«r»l jews, we
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GIFTS 1 ..
LADIES* AND MISSES*
GIiOiKS,
THE I.ABOEBT BTOOK
3ST XB -W. .CLOAKS
riNM LYONS VELVET CLOAKS
PINS BSOUIMAUX AND MOSCOW
DRniADALFHXii
’ ' BROWN MIXED AND OBAT MIXED
BNGLIBH BEAVER CLOAKS,
” '' ditt
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S OLOAHfI,
PARIS MADE CLOAKS,
SEDUCTION OP TWENTY-PITS PBB OENT.,
PARIS MANTILLA AND OLOAK EMPORIUM,
BALE OP THESE GOODS,
’ .MAT AT ALL TIMES BE POUND
THE LARGEST BTOOK IN THE OUT
J. W.. PROCTOR & :0 0.,
1 70 S CHESTNUT STREET.
uMat ■
gpHREE WEEKS OP GOOD BARGAINS
• FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS.
ETREALANDELL,
POUJtTH AND ABOH,
Have reduced the prices of some floe Goods Is order to
promote the laudable practice of making
VALUABL* CHRISTMAS GIFTS l
Fashionable Silks and Bobee.
. GpodPlain Style Silks.
, Extra Stoat Glossy Black Silks.
Rich Black figured Bayadere 811k*.
,/' Choice Colors and good Black Voire Antiques.
, • *. Irish Poplins, Blues,-Brawns and Blaoks.
7 , a PUId poplins and Valencias.
.Delaine Robts and Poplin Robes.
- 1 TAII-wool Gay Style Be Baines.
/, Long Broche Bbawls,all grades
, . 1.000 Woollen Long and-Square Shawls.
, . Need W-work Sleeves and Collars.
,-, Rlbbbh-bound Pine Blankets
. , Extra-fine Dehble Damask Cloths.
,: Plano Cover* and T»bie Corers
. PlneascertmentofStapleGoods.-
1,000 "yards Scarlet and Black Plaid Cashmeres, re
duced, for OhristoiM; toao cents.
1,600 yards Jftight Style Christmas Ds Laines, for
ISjreente,. r ;•> - -< ;
:SOOO yards Fast Colors, good. Style Ohlntaes, at 12%
cents/ f , d!8
j\TK i W CLOAKS.
: a opening jbydbt day
- PABIB HAN7ZLLA A OLOAK BMPOJUDKy
PINE BJSAVEB CLOAKS.
RIOHVBLVBTOLOAKB.
- MOURNING CLOAKS,
t " r- -MISSBS* CLOAKS.
OPBBA CLOAKS.
~ v, v , ;muc»d bbavkr cloaks,
The largest Asaorimeot In the city.-
• “ XT. tHB
J PARIS HANTILLAyAOT cItOAK BMPQBIPM. „
l V vWjCHBSTNPT STREET.
<*.; w. ftaootoe & do*,
aw-tr _. .•
<pl SB At. SALE OF BEOCHE SHAWLS
\JT • AND ODOAKS !! I
’Bargains! ..
', % .We’ve had a perfect rush!.
' We’re Belling an immensity of Goods I
Oar trade’s increasing!
-. Oar Modeot,doing trafllneummstoraset with gene
ral approval!! Namely—
•- «To Have Bat One Price.”
-A > To sell Ohesp for Cash.”
“NeYertonlsrepreeentGoodsinorder
TO BMBCT.SAXBB,”
' <* To deal fairly and justly< and wait upon aU custo
mer* with attention and politeness.”
<< Thai to g&ln their confidence, and keep It by eon
tinaing to do right.”
• THORNLBY & OHIBM.
We bare now on hand '-’" b 1 •
Excellent Long Brocho Shawls for $B.
' Bmibetter|aality forslo,$11,512,$13,$14,$10,
’SquareßrocheFltawe from $5 np to $l2.
•* Long and Square Blanket Shawls in every variety.
Children’*. Misses, and Gentian en’s Shawls, Ao.
, GooJßlackOloth.oloaksfbrs3. ,
' Every other quality and Style for $8 np to $lB.
A JOB LOT OF OLOAKBIROM LAST BBABQK AT
- , 1 V " HALF PBIOE!.
. i Best Black Silks for 600. to $1.60 per yard.
Rich Fancy SUhs really beautiful.
Every variety of DRESS GOODS.
CLOTHS 1 OASSIMBBSB1! BATTINETTB, Ao. 111
Heavy Black Beaver Cloths, fine French do., Ac., Ac.
’ Blankets, Flannels, Linens, and Muslins.
lo fact no better stock of general Dry Gocdseanbe
found than at
- TfIOKNLEY A CHJBM l S t
Northeast Corner EIGHTH A SPRING GARDEN.
nolB-tf -_ ; .
WNTER STOCK REDUCED.
Ladies’Beaver Cloths.
Fine Black Cloths.
Boys’ Wear—Ctrsiineres.
Satinetta, and Vestings.
AU at WHOLESALE BATES.
* DRE3B GOODS.
Heavy Valencias, 18# to46oenta.
' 28 «Bot Delaines at 17 cents.
* ; Merrimack Prints at 11 cents.
■ Merlnoes— Colors—Fine Bines and Blacks.
' c ; CLOAK ROOM.
Elegant Beaver Cloaks and Raglans. Very handsome
Garments at much less than usual prices-for ssme
quality. $lO, $l3, and $l5 Olo&ksare UNSURPASSED.
' BROOHB SHAWLS.
A Tory large stock also of Woollen Shawls.
' REDUCTION
Will commence on thelBth DECEMBER.
N.B.—No deviation from price.
COOPER A CONARD,
dlB a. E. comer NINTH A MARKET Sts.
Great reduction in prices op
DRY GOODS,
At No. 7 North SECOND Street, above Market.
FINE FRENCH MBRINOEB. at 705., worth $l.
BIOH CABHMEBEB, at 22 and 25c.
DELAINES, 18X, usual price 35c.
Just received, a lot of beantlfnl style
• MADDER PRINTS, at Be.
LONG AND BQUARB BLANKET SHAWLS.
Greatly reduced In price.
MARSEILLES GUILTS
-0-4,10-1,11-4.' 12-4, 18-4, of the most beautiful de
signs. and in various qualities, lqwbr than sybr de
ronic orrsßßD. . .
The balance of our doth Cloaks to be olcsed out, with
out BBOABD TO COST.
SHFETIaG AND SQIRTING MUBLINS.
Constantly on hand a fnU assortment of the best
makes. SAMUEL S. HESS,
dl7-0t No. 7 N. SECOND St. above Market.
Heavy reduction for the
HOT ID ITS.
MORAN’S UNEQUALLED SKIRTS,
AT S 3 00,
Price elsewhere, $2 50.
J. & MA'XWBIiLt SON
ZEPHYK AND TRIUUINQS SrOBB AND
FACTORY
420- Ot B. E. bar. KLKVBNTH .nd OHBBTNUT.
f"1 HEAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS.—
vV- 0, V. B. HUNTER
Eu REMOVED from No. 80 to No. 40 Sooth BRCOND
Street, where he Is now prepared to furnish the Ladies
with afresh and well-selected stock of
DRESS.GOODS,
To which he invites their attention, being determined
to mU at exceedingly LOW PRICES.
N, B—A large assortment of Br&che, Stella, and
French Blanket Shawls. Also, a variety of Silk and
Oloth Circulars Constantly on hand, at the
“ OLOAK EMPORIUM,”
007-3 m No. 40 Sduth SECOND Street-
HJBW GUN SIORB.'
PHILIP WILSON & 00.,
490 ORUIHOT STREET, BELOW FIFTH,
win om
, MONDAY, NOVBMBBB 23,
An »«ortmeiit of
FINE Q U N S
•/ OF THBIB OWN MANIJFAOTDBJ,
--im
THOB* OF THI MOST OBLBBBATFD MAKRBS
" j IN EtJBOPE.
TA« attention of
. ' - : SFORTOMJIN
Ia .niinMtel to tfcetr gtoolt, irlilol tt«y m pr
SHALL HOT BH BDRPASSID
' By.nny In the United St*t«i.
lUFLBS,
• .. • PISTOLS,
" FLASKS,
; . towdbb,
//: “ ‘ . SHOT, to.
ouN FCRnmmi in all vabibty.
AT BBDUOED PRICES
“IN THB CITY.
- OPBHIHG BTBRT-DiT,
90 THE OLOSK OP THB SEASON.
at isnooab pbiors.
BBAVER CLOAKS,
At b*j>9o*,d *aio*s.
FINBPRENOH
9ABTOR BBJLVBR CLOAK#,
AS BBO9OBD PBIOIB,
AT BBDUOBD 9BIOSS,
AIBSDOOBD.PBIOIB,
All imported Cloaks,
OKa-rouaia from former prtCM.
SPfICIALLP DEVOTED
JISD WBBBB
OLOTH OLOAKS.
®nns, IJlttols, #t.
STem HJublitations.
ASPLEETDID BOOK
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A j THE HOLIDAYS.
A ’wonderful History of Man on the Oco&n, with' his
thrilling achievements.—Presbyterian.
GOODRICH'S
, U*JPON THE SEJi;
A HISTORY
. op
MARITIME -ADPENTURB
AHD
1 . . , DISCOVERY.
Prom the earliest period to the present time; giving
detailed accounts of remarkable Voyages of fix
aloration in all agee ot the world. ,
BY FRANK B. GOODRICH.
Autbor ’of the “ Court of Napoleon, n Ac.
Illustrated with 160 Engravings.
One Vo}., Byoi ‘ln'various stylos of Binding.
. The subjeot of. the volume is one of the most inter
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Very interesting, comprising the achievements of all
the great navigators and discoverers.—N. 0. Delta.
- A book <Jf utmsaal Interest and value —Nashville
Patriot.
Truly interesting and instructive.—Norfolk Argus
We know of no work more satisfactory to the reader
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The pub’ioation of this work is aaubstantial addition
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A very elegant and valuable book.—Boston Courier.
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
. ron
JANUARY, 1859.
NOW READY.
- CONTENTS:
Olympus and Asgard.
Juanita.
Left Behted.
Coffee and Tea.
Men of the Sea.
Chicadee.
The Utastrions Obscure.
“ The New Life ” of Dante.
At Sea.
Bulls and Bears.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table.
The Minister’s Wooing.
- Whitt’s fchakspeare.
Reviews and Literary Notices.
Prescqtt’s Philip Xl—Longfellow’s MUes Standish—
Furness’s Thoughts on the Life and Character of
' Jeius—Vernon Grove—Arabian Days’ Entertainment*
—The Btratford Gallery—Ernest Carroll—Hymns of
the Ages.
The general approbation of the intelligent reading
public; and the increasing circulation of this Magazine,
furnish tho conductors with ample proof that ite aims
are appreciated, and that it has met an acknowledged
.want, j The general features which have given Thi
AfLsfiTio its popularlty hitherto will be carefully pre
served, and new attr&otio&B will be added from time to
time. f
The-Publishers take pleasure In annoonolng that
*« The Minister’s Wooing,” a serial story by
] MRS. HARRIET BEEOHBR STOWE,
(begun in the December number.) will be continued
through the present volume.' It Is not necessary to be
speak the .public attention for an author ao universally
knownandappreeiated. The scene of the novel is laid
in Ne* England, at the period Immediately following
the Revolution, in which the author will have full op
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Q.ALLEEY OF FAMOUS POETS*
A MAGNITICBNT TOLUMB
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Professor of English Literature In the University of
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Saturday, December ilth
MEAT EATERS, with some account of their haunts
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Twenty beautiful engravings. 12mo. cloth.
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THE IOST KEY. By the author of the »Little
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Edition., Btrlee, Price*. &o. 0.11 or B.nd for It. '‘Get
lUebe.t.” T. H. BTBCKTON,
d22-Bt' B W. BBOAD end CHESTNUT.
The valley star is the very
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in Cumberland
county, Bneineia men, eonsuit your interest..
AditeH J. MrMILLBR, HmlUe, St.. J2B-6t*
PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1858.
3f«w ipablications. V,
Christmas combs but. onq^.a
YEAR —Now is the time t 6 buy presents te your
friends and relations. A handsomeßOOK is ' Uu» most
acceptable present Lto make'to & cherished frieofr. and
eill be beat appreciated The largest stock of Hooka
In the United State % and cheapest prices, is to be'found
at EVANS’ GIFT *OOK BTORBfe. ’
No. 439 Chestnut sfeet./ -
Besides the Book,' every purchaser rooeives a valua
ble GIFT. worth,from, 60 cents to $lOO, thus getting
two valuable presents for the price of one. .
ANNUALS AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FORrTHE
HOLIDAYS. •
LOOK AT THE LIST. «* J .
Book of Beauty , . Oriental Annual
Homo Memories Heroines. Shakspe&rS-.
Ladies Souvenir’ Souvenir Gallery ■ i: ;
Poets or 19th Oentury World-Noted Women (V « - * ■
Christian Souvenir Women of Beauty
Keepsake Republican Court •,
Leaflets of Memory ’ Oocrt of Napoleon'
Diadem -■ • - Stratford Gallery !
Winter Wreath Berlin Gallery .
Atlantic Souvenir Dresden Gallery
JoeephineUallory Munich Gallery' 1 > “
Book .of the- Boudoir Gallery of Famous Poetd
Floral Keepsake , Amaranth ~ . A-'
AmerlC&n Scenery Lady’s Wreath y
Lady’s Book of Flowers Keepsake of Friendship ‘
Poetry nf Flowers Floral Wreath >± -
Casket • Lady’s Wreath r v-,
Forget Me Not Moss Bose .
Friendship’s Offering Philopoeoa
Friendship’s Token Freemason’s Annual
Friendship’s Gift Magoolla 1 ■
Gift of Affection , Passion Flower \ ••
Lady’s wreath Token > .
Lady’s Bcrap Book Emblem
Memory’s Gift Gori&nd ' " ’
Geni Annual < Christian Keepsake C
Snow Flake • tteligious Souvenir , r (W*
Coronet „ Token of Friendship ;
THE ANCIENT AND MODERN POETS. IN OAUfe,
ANTJ YJ
LALLA BOOKH ’ H=
LQUB. 1
MILTON
LADY OF THE LAKE
BYRON
80OTT
MOORE
daydbn
POPE
BURNS
LEIGH HUNT
MRS.SIGOURNEY
ROGERS
SOUTHEY
lI..HIRK WHIM
TASSO
MRS. JAMIESON
ALICE OARKY
KEATS
EDGAR A. POE
We have the above in all styles of binding, from
cloth to the finest Oalf and Antique, to tut? all daises
of purchasers. We sell these cheaper than an/othtfr
bonSe in the city, besides the additional advantage'Of &
gift. . iV*
Worts by the most popular authors, living aoddesdV
in all styles; from the most recherche and c:stly to (he
pt&in and Substantial, at astonishingly low prices. " 1
Bayard. Taylor's Travels Works of ThoS. JefTaraoV'
Works of; J. Fennitnore “ Ohai Dickens : - i'-
Cooper “ Mrs. Scuthworth >,
Works of J. T. Headley lt Mrs. Heats •'
***' Ifrank Forrester “ Mrs. Bedgwlck :
' “ Rugh Miller Works of "Virginia Town*’
“ Oapt. Mayne Bold send vv
“ Charlotte Bronte Works of 8. M. Bmuckar ..5
Works of Washington Irv* “ T. 3. Arthur ~ .
lug u J. A Ward. * ’
Works of Grace Aguilar A. B.Boe
“ Rev. C. H. Bpurgeon “ D. P. Thompson ;
“ Oapt. Maryatt u Bamßllck
u Pefer Parley “ Jane Austin .
tv Mrs. Moodle Matlon H&rl&nd'' 1
“ Bmol'ot
“ Fielding
tawrence Btorne
Waveriy Novels
Works of Benj Franklin
HISTORY AND BIOGRAP
SEATED A
” Mary Hewitt - ‘
u ObaS. Lamb - * c*:
<( Edward Everett. \,-
ft Lorenzo Dots v
“ Lordßaooa 7: ,
■IIY BY THE MOST CELE-
AOXHOHB.
Hume Bancroft --
Macaulay . Russell
Prescott Jferguson
Gibbon Rolun - *
Robertson Lewi j ’■
Headley Spark* - ,
And a host of others.. ,V S
Call and examine and satisfy yourself, Ibat EVANS
has ft greater variety of -Books, and will sell cheaper
than any other house In the city. Do not forget that,
a valuable Gift, which will make a weloomo Christum*
Box, Is presented toyou.free’o charge, at
besides getting your Books cheaper than you oan get
them elsewhere. > •
. ALBUMS YOB THE LADIES. .{/>
Albums of all sizes and all styles of binding t» silt
all tastes. Profusely illustrated with magnificent Bteel
Engravings.
Pet Album
Message Bird Album
Sunbeam Album
Gem Album
Rosebud A’bum
Gift Album'
Album of Love
Album of Remembrance
Leaves of Prlendshlp |
' And others too nut
BIBLES. PRAYER I
, BOOKS
Leaves bf Affectloh ■>
- Philopoeaa Albdm '■ *“
Token of Love < f •’*
Album of the Heart <
Landscape Album • • ■
Forget-me-not Album, * ;
Album cf Memory -
Souvenir Album
Friendship Album r* '
nerous to mention, ■ i
lOOKS, AND HYMN ,
Methodist Hymn Books [Episcopal Prayer Booty >,,
Baptist Hypo Books lOatholio Prayer
Lutheran Hymn Books | Presbyterian Hymn 66oks-
Of all sites, and bound in au styles, Arabesque,'
Turkey MOroo&dj AhtiquCjYelvetj&o.',
out clasps. - '■ .
FAMILY BIBLES*—A large assortment of PapUy
Blbles, or all .descriptions ami all priees, from s£; JO
$5O, illustrated with flue engravings, printed with jugtf
type, on good piper, and in variant . aiylea of bindipS’i
from the simplest to the most ornamental. Also. Pulpit
Bibles, inrarloos styles. ■"~ v V'?r
A Tory large assortment or JUVENILE BOOK&tif
suite ajl ages and tastes. We have a larger variefr,**
OhUdron’s Books, at lower ratee than' any
in the city, besides the additional advantage of ft gift,
gratia, for the llUle ones. .. -V
, what the eye sees the heart
whn wuiroH urekamioe ror himself is Invited to call at
BVANS’B and Verify the,above statement. We are con
fident that he will go away satisfied that
EVANS has the moat variety,
EVANS’S is the cheapest place,
EVANS gives more for the money than any other.
Oar gifts consist of gold and silver Watches, 1 gold
Vest, Fob, Chatelaine and Guard Ohains, gold Brace
lets ; Cameo, Mosaic, Coral, Garnet, aqd Engraved and
Plain Bands, Gold Miniature Lockets, Gold Pencils and
Pens, Ladies’ Seta of Coral, Lava, Cameo, Garnet, Mo
saic, and Jet Ear-drops, with Breastpins to match,
Gold Rings with Stone Settings, Gold Bosom Studs ana
Sleeve Buttons, Pocket Knives, Portemonnftles, Gift
Book*, Silver Plated Cake Baskets, Water Pitchers,
Napkin Blogs, Sets of Teaspoons, Butter Knives, and
a great variety of useful, ornamental, and handsome
gifts of intrinsic value, suitable for Holiday Presents,
will be distributed among purchasers of Books, at the
GIFT BOOK STORE EMPORIUM, 430 CHESTNUT
Street. G. G. EVANS.
N, B. Persons who are dissatisfied with their Gifts,
can have them exchanged for others of the same value.
Classified Catalogues free to all. -* dm fit
rjILEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
H-d —Just Imported and for sale by J. 0. PRICE A
00., No. 83 South SIXTH Street, above Ohestnut.
GRkY’S POETICAL WORKS Illustrated with En
i Taviogs by Birket Poster and Harry Rogers. Equare
2mo, aotique cloth.
THE HAMLET. Au Ode written in the Whychewood
Forest. By Thomas Warton, With H Etchings by
Birket Foster, gqu Le BVe. half morocco.
THE HKhOIO DAYS OF ENGLAND Sketches of
the Olden Time'. Illustrated with 20 superb Wood En
gravings, and elegantly printed and bound in .antique
style. Small 4to cloth, gilt.
, FAVORITE ENGLISH POEMS of the last Two Cen
turies. With Biographical Illustrations, and over 2QO
Illustrations |q the highest style of Wood Eogravlog,
by Cope, Creswtch, Birket Foster, Ac Bvo., cloth and
morocco
TUB UPPER RHINE. With 20 boautifol Engravings
on st«el, by liirkol Foster. Small 4t0., cloth gilt.
THE KIRK AND THE MANSE. Sixty beautiful
views of the most Interesting and rom&utic Parish Kirka
and Manses in Scotland, with histoitcal notices. Im
perial ito. doth, extra.
GOLDSMITH’S POETICAL WORKS. Illustrated
by Birket Foster. Beautifully colored plates. Square
Bto, cloth and morocco.
BLAIR’S GRAVE. Illustrated with Wood Cats by
Birket Poster. Bva oloth gilt.
TENNYSON’S POEMS. Elegantly Illustrated with
Wood Engravings, after Millais, Birket Foster, Cope,
Ac Square Svo morocco extra.
WOItDSWDRTH’S POETICAL WORKS- With ele
gant Illustrations on Wood, after Birket Foster, Harri
son Weir, Ac. 1 toI , equare 8 vo., cloth gUt and mo
rocco.
THE COURSE OP TIME By Robert Pollock. Illus
trated with designs on wood, by the first artists. Small
4to. oloth and morocco.
SUMMER TIME IN THE COUNTRY. Illustrated by
upward ot 40 original engravings, by Birket Foster, U.
Wler, James Godwin, Ac. Small oloth, gilt.
ODES AND SONNETS. Selected from the most emi
nent authors. Illustrated with wood engravings, printed
in colors. Square Bvo, cloth.
BURNS’ POEMS AND SONGS. An entirely now edi
tion . Illustrated throughout by the most emineut artists.
One elegant volume. Small 4to, cloth
POEMS AND PICTURES FROM THOMAS MOORE.
Illustrated with wood engravings by Birket Foster, &c.,
Ao. Beautifully printed on tinted paper. Ivol. square
Bvo, cloth.
SHAKSPEARE. Knight’s Original Pictorial Edi
tion Fine impressions of the Plates. (Very scarce.)
8 vols , Bvo., half morocco.
HOUR AFFECTIONS (THE). Portrayed by tho
Poets. Edited by Charles Mackey. With upwards of
100 Illustrations on Wood, by Millais, PiekerflgUl,
Tenniel, Gilbert, Ao. Square Bvo , cloth gilt and mo
rocco.
ITALY. Classical, Historical, and Picturesque. Il
lustrated with 60 beautifully eegr&ved steel Plates,
and descriptive Letter Press I vol , folio, morocoo.
ROYAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART. Comprising
48 Urge and superb Bteel Engravings, by the best ar
tists, after paintings by the most eminent English mas
ters, with letter press in English and French. Folio,
morocco extra.
CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND. Architectural and
Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of
England and Wales. 180 plates, bautifully engraved
on steel, by Winkles, with historical and descriptive
aocounta. 8 vols. royal Bvo., half morocco, gilt edges.
ART TREASURES OP THE UNITSD KINGDOM
Consisting of examples selected from the Manchester
Art Treasures* Exhibition in 1857. With descriptive
Essays by Owen Jones, M. Dlgby, Wyatt, Ao. 100 plates
in gold and colors.
A Christmas Catalogue of Elegant Books, suitable for
the present season, with prices attached,ls now ready,
and may be had gratis on application. <122- St
UfANUPAOTURKHS, MERCHANTS, and
ITX all BnslaeßS Persons who may desiro n list of the
Retail Storekeeper in Philadelphia, (in order to ad
dreps Circulars, Ao ,) will find theaamo arranged, both
by streets and classification of goods, in the LADIES’
PHILADELPHIA BnOPPIVG GUIDE F©R 1553.
Price26oeuta. For sale by Parry A McMillan, Ifa-
Mrd Bros., Wra. S. A A Mertlen, Wm. B Zlober, at
the Stand in the Girard House, and at the Pont Offlco.
dlB-12f
A MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY GIFT
ROOK.
Ufisori, JAMES GUALLBN A SON, No. 26 South
SIXTH Btreot, publish this day—
PALESTINE PAST AND PRESENT. By Bov.
Henry S. Osborn. Buperblv Illustrated Ry Steel En
gravings, Ohronograpbio Illuminations Oolors,
and the most exquisite wood engravings. Tt is without
exception the moßt elegant work on Palestine evor
Issued. Edition in oloth nowready. 1 $8.60.
Also, new editions for the Holidays, of
The City of tho Groat King, uniform with above,
oloth, $8 60. For gilt $6. Turaey Antique $5,60.
Hadgiin Syria, Turkey $2; cloth giltsl; cloth 76c.
In and Around Constantinople $1 25.
ChaUen’s Juvenile Library. 30 vols. 250 porvoi.,or
$0 por sett.
Cave of Maohpelab, cloth, full gilt, $1; oloth 75c.
FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.
d!5-12t
I ML AY & BIOKNELL'S
BANK NOTH REPORTER,
PHILADELPHIA.
Tho oldest and ablest on the Continent. The cheap
est and roost reliable in the World. Per annum $2,
weekly; $1.25 semi-monthly s 76 cents monthly. Single
copies 6 cents, and always ready. Subscriptions may be
sent Office No. 113 .South THIRD Street, Bulletin
Buildings, #ol8*8»
%\t linas.
Hooks for Holidays and for all Hays.
More than onco, more than a dozen times during
tho last fortnight, we have been consulted, in view
of Christmas-boxes, as to what the gifts ought to be.'
Thorp oanbe but little doubt that for children of
ton years and under, the most acceptable presents
n're toyß. Above that age, the host gifts, beyond
doubt; am bookß, whioh havo permanent value,
and boar porusal and re-perusal while their loaves
hang together.' A book equally Interests young
people and old. Young ladies (and their mothers,
sometimes} may rojoioo over brooohes, ear-rings,
flagor rings, nocklacoa, braoolots, watches, ohains,
and so -on—to say. nothing of bonnets, cloaks,
shawls, dresses, dozens 'Of gloves, perfumery, and
other “fixlns”—but sensible peoplo had bettor
give them .the same value in books, masio, and
things which'will'lmprove their mind. Roman
oan.deslrehis'wlfe to be a blue-Btooking, (which
is wprso, than having her unlettered,) butapru*
dent man, If he desire his wife to be truly “a
help medf unto him” will ■ not marry unless the
lady possess a little library of her own, with the
content* of whicJt she is familiar.'. A lover,' who
desires to showhiß respoot for a damsel whpm he
, llketi, will at'once display'bis taste
bylnaklng her- a present of books. ',* ", V ;
pearly forty years ago, Rudolph Aokermatra, a
’German print-publisher in. London, Issued a small
; gaily.boiinddo green and gold, whioh ho
called -“The FdrgefcMe-Net.”- It contained a
engravings, and someinußtratiyepoems and
prose tales. This was the .first of the family of
Annuals.” Tho idea Was 'taken from the Ger
mans, and greatly improved upon in- England.
The ! Porget-Me*Not was issued, Frederick Shoberl
being Us, editor all through, for over fivo-and
twenty, years in, succession. Numerous rivals
arose, on its success, many of which eclipsed the
original. The 1 Literary Souvonir, edited for se*.
ver.al years by Alarlo Ai'Watta; was, perhaps, the
best,,of thwe. ; The'lading writers In Eogland
contributed to it; the works of the ablost painters
wore engraved for it'by the best artists. Ab much
:as$l,l)00 was paid for engraving a plate after a
design by Martin, the size of the plate being four
inches by three. Each volume contained an ave
rage of a dozen plates. As muohas $350,000 were
paid, for the paper, printing, pictures, engravings,
silk-binding, and advertising of one year’s Lite
rary As the sale reaohed 200,000 oopies
in one year, at $3 a volume, the outlay yielded
large profits. '
SPENSER •
CHAUCER ■ . v yA
MBS. HEi£ANB ,i£
MRS NORTON 7,
LONGFELLOW
TENNYSON
OOWPEU
WHITTIER "
'PANTS
E. W. ELLSWORTHS
HOOD v.?
TAPPER \y.
GOLDBMITH
WOBDBWORTH
SHELLEY 1 ! Ul
MONTGOMERY *
.BRYANT ,\n
Annuals were popular in England "while their
literary and artistlcal r zherits were great, and
until their number beoame Legion. Great com*
petition, .reducing the sales of eaob, led to a more
cheaply-produced and less valuable article. Th©
•great authors, vrritten-out, or ashamed of the
younglings in letters who now orowded into the
.'.Annuals, either ceased to contribute or merely
threw in the sweepings of their study. Gradually,
the Annuals died away, save Books of Beauty,
and Blowers of Loveliness, and Suoh Vanity-Bair
publications, mainly supported by vain women
paying for their portraits being ongraved—possl.
bly, with the view of faoiiitating matrimonial
jpeculations. At last, the Annuals died out,
and none mourned them. Yet, in their prime,
these were oharming books.
, lathis country, of course, fcho Annuals also
have flourished. We reoelloot a few—such as the
Token, the Atlantic Souvenir, the Opal—whioh
were really exoellent hooks. Here, too, excessive
competition broke down the good Annuals, by in*
troduoiug cheap literature and imported and
almost tffira-out plates. Sometimes, the Htera*
tare itself was stolen from the English Annuals.
W« do not think that a really good Amorioan
Annual has appeared Sot years. At any rate, we
have not seen one, and we got a sight, at least, of
nearly every new hook published.
Though the Annuals in England, the
taste for handsomely printed and riohly illustra
ted books Increased.' During the last ton years
IfliU taste has been.woll catered for, and the num*
of books,which the best artistioal talent seems
delighted to make beautiful, is augmented every
•season. Cblefly,these volumesooneist of popular
poetry, gloriously, illustrated with some of the
.finest steel and wool engravings. ever executed.
'ln this country, too, this description of literal
-taro haf'troroe
have only English engravings adapted to American
one half of our own Ulus*
tratedworks of the present season are Axderioah
all-through. I
It Is our purpose now to point out. ng fully a e
our brief spaoo permits, what American publlca.
tions of tho present season are best adapted for
gift-books. AVe shall not name any book whioh
we bayo not soon and examined. Nor shall we
confine our notice to illustrated books alone. There
are many well worthy of presentation, by 'the
band of friendship or affeotion, whioh contain few
or no engravings. Their established literary
merit entitles them to tho highest rank.
Commencing with Philadelphia publishers, we
first meet with ono of tho most beautiful, popular,
and rlohly-lllostrated books of the year. This is
a superb volume, imperial Bvo in size, entitlod a
11 Gallery of Famous English and Ameriaan Poets,”
published by E. H. Butler & Co., with an Intro
ductory Essay, by Professor Coppde, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. This volume, containing
seleotions from noarly fifty poets—American and
English—is illustrated with over ono hundrod first
class engravings on steel, placed on the page with
the printed letter-pfoss. The paper Is oream-col
ored, the type is new and clear, the binding Is
superb, without being too gorgoous. In short, this
is one of the.most beautiful books ever published,
and wo aro glad to learn that its merit, as a gift
book, is appreciated largely out of Philadelphia
as well os la It. Messrs. Butler also have pub
lished quite a library of riobly-illustrated works—
Burns, Heber, Goldsmith. Thompson, Keble,
Campbell, Kirk White, Keats, Moore, a beautiful
“ Sabbath 801 l Series,” and several others, inclu
ding Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Borne, with ono
hundred illustrations, original and from the an
tique, drawn by Soharf, and engraved on wood by
Gihon and Dovereux.
Tho extensive list of works published by J. B.
Lipplnoott & Company allows great scopo for
ohoice. Wo would partioularlymontion their fine
library illustrated editions of the Standard Poets,
a set of which would plaoo a world of thought and
beauty upon a single book-sbolf. Threo editions
of the AYavorly Novels, more or less illustr&tod,
oocordlng to prioe, are worthy of notlco. John
Cassia’s Mammalogy and Ornithology of the Uni*
ted States Exploring Expedition under Commodore
Wilkes, comprising a folio atlas of ovor fifty stoel
ongravings, carefully colored by hand, appears
to us a book whioh every man who has a library
ought to present to himself. Its oompanion is Gi
rard's Herpetology of tho same Expedition, with
thirty folio ongravings, also colored from life.
Oassin’s Amorioan Ornithology, Frank Goodrioh’s
Man upon the Sea, all the publications of W. and
R. Chambers, of Edinburgh, with Bibles and
Prayer Books, of all varieties of editions and
binding, may also be particularly noticed. In the
juvonilo department, Mossrs. Lippincott are also
very strong. Arthur’s ohildren’sbooks are indeed
presontable ; so is the Pictorial Treasury, a quar
to, with soven hundred engravings. Lastly, we
would notice Cabinet Histories of the States, of
whioh the first Berios In twelve volumes, edited by
AY. H. Oarponter andT. S. Arthur, is now com
plete, containing the history of Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Now York, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Illinois, and Vermont. AYe have found this series
reliable and full, without being tedious, and, as
hlstorioal summaries, they may be read, with ad
vantage, by adults as well as children.
Ithough they have not exactly laid themselvos
out For Gift-Books, our frionds Childs & Petorson
have some publications of established value, in a
literary as well as an artistlcal point of view. First
among thoso are the Narratives of tho lamented
Dr. Kano’s Arotio Explorations—books most ad
mirably enriobed with stool and wood en
gravings, and possessing tho interest of romance
With tho reality of truth. Another appropriate
girt-book is “ Brazil and tho Brazilians,” also
handsomely printed and boautifutly illustrated.
Miss Bouvior’s Familiar Astronomy, a Roientiflo
book, which is already a standard work, may also
bo a suitable presont. Allibone’s groat Biblio
graphical, Biographical, and Crltioal Dictionary
of Ameriaan and English authors, isnotyotroady,
though It will be in subscribers’ hands in a fow
days Tho new teu-volumo edition of Franklin’s
Life and AYorks, lately announced by Childs &
Peterson, is in tho pross; but Fremont’s Explo
rations, with numerous original engravings, will
not bo ready for somo time.
A beautifully illustrated and highly interesting
volume, whioh we notioed very fully a few days
ago, is Professor Osborn’s a Palestine, Past and
Prosont,” rich in ohromographs, wood-cuts, and
other illustrations. It is published by Jamos
Challen & Son, and is the only one of their illus
trated books whioh wo have seen.
Passing by a number of publishers, whose works
we cither have not seen or do not think sufficiently
important for particular notioo here, we have only
to say that all tho rotail publishers have been
doing immenso bUßinossthis week. As compared
with the sales of last Christmas, tboro is at least a
doubling of receipts. Tho faot is, tho public were
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1858.
out of oash a year ago; but times have bright
ened, and larger purchases of books—those men
tal necessaries of life—are the result. Judging by
what we have seen and heard, we believe that the
greatest retail business, in the book line, now doing
in Philadelphia, is done by Peterson & Brothers,
Chestnut street. Every' hook we have already
mentioned here, every hook we shall mention,
every book (almost), that oan be named, tho Pe
tersons either have upon their sholvos or ean ob-
tain for tho purchaser, at* five minutes’ notiofi.
They are orowded with buyers from morning until
night, this season. At every well-appointed din*
nor-table a wise host takes care to have one solid
dish—what tho French oall a piece de resistance.
Petersons have suoh a dish,' in the shape of
Diokens’s works, of whioh they publish twenty
nino editions, from Diokens in five ootavo volumes,
for $5, to Dickens'in twenty-five 12me.voIs.,'.with
engravings counted by the hundred and rich bind
ings, up to $6O for the set, whioh is about a third
of the English prioe for the same works. -We look
upon Diokens ,as & sort of necessity in a house—as
indispensable as a side*board in a dining-room or
a sofa or lounge in a drawing-room. Petersons
havo another fine work, now in course of publi
cation, viz : their illustrated Library of American
Wit and Humor, whioh We have rdpoatedly had
oooaaion to commend. Lastly, we would notice
one of Petersons’ moat reoent publications, Fraoa
telli’s great Cookery’, Book. Tho writer of this
ootavo, whioh is profusely Illustrated and most
richly covered, was a pupil of Careme, the great
FrenchcKLsmtdr, apdlpbtef cook to Queen Victoria.
The- book has ran into nameramfbemions in ilng.
land. 'We bad 'two probfV Within a few days, of
■tho‘practical' merit, 6£, tbla Work* .The. City of
Washington. steamer,' whioh arrived ot Now York
from Liverpool last week, brought, over two hares
shot ntKnowlely r tbe-Qountry seat of tLord Dor
by. Both found their way to Philadelphia. We—
the writer of this remlnlsoenee-r** assisted” at the
final disposition of both. One hare, twenty-one
days after it left England, was oooked at the Or
leans, House, Chestnut street, under direction of
the popular Mr. Curtis, “mine host” thereof, ac
cording to Fr&o&telli’s receipt, No. 1070, entitled
“ CiVet of Hare with mushrooms.” A dish so sa
vory would havo made an anohorite break his vow
of abstinence. The other hare, twenty-four days
after its death, was oooked by the same receipt, In
a private house, with equally good results. Here
Is a practical proof of the efficacy of Fracatelli.
At thjo celebrated Gift Book Store of G. G. Evans,'
a few doors from the offioe of The Tress, an im
mense variety of books, of all sorts and sizes, is to
be found. The publio know the system pursued at
Evans’s. A book Is purchased, at a prioe from one
dollar upwards, and the buyer thereon reoelveß a
gift varying in value. Wo have known where it
reaohed $lOO worth. But'Mr. Evans does not sell
dollar books alone. He has annuals and illus
trated books of various values and descriptions.
Some of these are first-olass and hlgh-prioed. He'
has the ancient and modem poets, with works by
living authors of the highest eminence. Every
department of literature is represented on his
shelves, from albums and annuals to Bibleß and
prayer books, and sold, at the usual retail prioes
charged by other booksellors. How he oan make
presents to book-buyers is his look-out, but he does
it.' We have never heard any complaint of unfair
play, and as Evans has outlived all opposition, and
is oertainly doing a great business now, any
notice of gift hooks whioh omitted to montion him <
would be incomplete.
Leaving our own city, we come to New York.
At Derby & Jackson’s we find two very beautiful
Annuals, the letter-press of eaoh by Frank Qood
rioh, son of th© veritable “ Peter Parley.” -The
first, published last year, is The Court of Napo
leon, lu two volumes, with nineteen exquisite por
traits. The other (whioh we noticed, at some
length, the other day) Bhows Women of Beauty,
Heroism, and Influence, in one volume, algo with
nineteen portraits engraved on steel. These are
truly Bplondid works. There is a far different apt
of books, also published by Derby & Jackson,
which, we dare say, will pass extensively Into
many hands this Christmas. It is a series called
The British Classics, with portraits, complete
in fifty volumes, variously hound, and put up in’
two neat oases. This series actually constitutes a
library of standard British writers, for it com
prises the best works >of Addison, Goldsmith,
Fielding, Bmollott, Sterne,- Swift, Johnson, Bos
well, Defoe, Lamb, Hazlitt, and Leigh Hunt. The
print find paper arc excellent, and the text is given
from the most accurate English editions. * For our
oyn parfc,wewould rather,,have this fine series
' thaaraAegep-of-the hbwgvtfr > beau~
tiful;
The splendid edition of Poe’s Poetioal AYorks,
published by J. B. Redfleld, of Now York, and
believed to be one of the finest printed of recent
illustrated works, is a fine gift-book. It is illus
trated by two Amorioan and six English artists,
vis: Darley, Cropsey, Piokorsgill, Tormiel, Bir*
kett Foster, Duggan, Skelton, and Madot. There
are between fifty and sixty engravings on wood,
triumphs of artistio treatment and skill, somo of
them full-pago illustrations, some worked in with
letter-press, as charming vignettes. AYe are not
surprised at learning that this ornate and beauti
ful book has sold largely since its publication in
September, and that the Christmas demand for it
him been great.
Another book, also Illustrated by Amorioan as
woll as English artists, was published a few months
ago, by Harper & Brothers, of New York. It con
tains a hundred and thirty-two fine engravings, is
called. “The Poets of the Nineteenth Century,”
and was edited by Robert Aris Willmott, an Eng
lish author and critic of considerable standing.
The edition published in this country is muoh
more comploto than tho original, for Mr. Evert A.
Duyokinok, editor of the Cyclopedia of American
Literature, introduced many fine English poems
omitted by Mr. AYillmott, and added numerous spe
cimens of Amerioan poetry, which had previously
been wholly neglooted. Bosides this, the present
edition is quite as well printed as the other, and
more abundantly illustrated.
AYe do not attempt to particularize Harpers’
publications, suited for presentation. Their mere
names make a heavy catalogue, including, as they
do, every department of literature. Their Ab
bott’s Story Books are peculiarly well adapted for
young folks, and are extremely low in prioe.
Several beautiful books, got up with muoh taste,
and at great oost, have boon issued by tho Apple
tons of Now York. First In morlt among these is
the Stratford Gallery, containing 45 finely en
graved portraits of Shakspeare’s heroines, with let
ter-press oritioisms—analytic yet womanly—by
Mrs. J. AY. Palmer. This volume has a double
olalm upon tbo publio, from its intellectual, as
well as its nrtistioal merit. Another valuable
book, issued by the same publishers, is 0. A.
Dana’s Household Book of Poetry, without which
even an ordinary library is inoomploto. Mr. Dana
has editod this book with taste and judgment. Every
poem which hegives is unabridged. He has bad the
goodsenso, as well as the boldness, not toinolude
a fow living rhymesters, meohanioal manufactu
rers of wooden songs, who have puffed each other
into notoriety, and pant to find it fame. These two
are the only Christmas books of tho A ppletons that
we have soen. AYe have a report of Mrs. Balman
no’s Pen and Penoil, but have not yet received it.
But wo looked over it, two years ago, in manu
script, and formed the opinion that publio taste
must be cold indeed if it did not appreciate a work
so thoroughly womanly, artistioal, and thoughtful.
About this time, a volume of Photographic il
lustrations of tho Courtship of Miles Standish was
to havo beon published by Rudd & Carle ton, of
New York. Not having yet aeon it, we prosume
It has not appeared.—Felix Darley, who is admit
ted by tbe Atnerican-hatiug Athenaum to be
“ truly & fine artist,” has made an illustration of
tho poem, admirably photographed by S. Masury,
(of Boston, we believe,) representing the bride
brought home, after the wedding, mountod on the
snow-whito steor. Darley is quite himßelf in
this charming design. There rides tho fair Puri
tan Priscilla, while, by hor side, holding her hand,
paces tbe delighted bridegroom, and bluff Milos
Standish, with other horsemen, make up the pro
cossion through tbo woods. This Is literally an
Idyl of tho penoil. It iB published by J. E. Til
ton «fc Co., of Boston, and is on sale in this city by
Gaut & Volkraar.
Pass wo on to Boston. Littlo, Brown, & Co.,
who do a speoiol business in Law Books, are pub
lishers, also, of some very admirable workß in
goneral literature. Foremost among thoso istheif
series of British Poets, edited by Professor Childs.
This collection, on tho plan of tho late Mr. Pickor
ing’fl Aldino Poets, but at half the prioe, is more
oompleto, aa including the works of Mooro, Soott,
Byron, Southoy, and many more, the copyrights of
whioh have not run out in England, which pre
vented their being reprinted on the Aldino cdUi« >n.
Tho same publishers have issued a comploto soriej
of tho British Essayists, whioh we can also reoom
mond as boing very comploto, as well as low-prioed
and well-printed. They havo, in course of publi
cation, a most handsome edition of tho AYorks
of Shakspeave, with an original biography by
Richard Grant White, who edits tho work. Four
volumoß, containing the Comedies, have appeared,
and prove Mr. White’s full knowledge of his sub
foot, hi, aoutenoM as a oritio, his information aa a
loader of early English dramatio poetry, and hia
oonsoiontiouanesa aa a careful student of the
original text and true meaning of Bhakspoare.
Whoever desires to possess or present a truly
valuable book oan soaroely do better than sub
scribe for AY hito’s Shakspeare. Four new volumes
are nearly ready.
Among the numerous puoligations of our sa-
TWO CENTS.
torprlfiing friendsj Tioknor & Fields, ofjßpßiOfi, the
difficulty will be what to ohoose., No difficulty;ln
obtaining their works, aa every bookseller must
have them fin stock. If you , desire to make a
truly liberal present, to youngbr old—to place a
library of romance in aby residence—there is the
Household Edition of the Wavefley Novels,
pockot-alze, a steel-engraving to every volume, tie
printing dono from new type, the paper fine, the
original prefaces and the latest. introductions,
and tho notes conveniently placed at the foot of
the page. This admirable .edition, at once-neat,
portable, and low-priced, will bo oompleted .in 48
volumes, of whioh 44 are published. Who,’de
siring to make a present which will rejoioba house
hold, can begrudge a poor seventy-five oents per
volume for this edition? The populat editions of
standard works, in blue and gold, which Tibknor
A Fields introduced, are alsonioe gift-books; also,
their illustrated. Juvenile volumes. Or, let the
donor choose between the oolleoted works of Long
fellow,, Do Quincey, Kingsley, Tennyson, Charles
Reode, Hawthorne, Lowell,Whittier, Grace Green
wood, and many more. This house, has published
for over a hundred authorß, most of them yet
alive, so their list is largo.
The'works of Prescott, the historian, issudd'hy
Phillips, Sampson,’A Co., of Boston, may bo hAUfed'
as most suitable to bo presented to any Amerioan—
male or female, young or old. So with their Au-'
toorat: of the Breakfast Table, of whioh a new and
superb edition has just appeared. They also pub
lish, in eight octavo volumes, tho" Modern British
Essayists, Emerson Vworke, blue and gold editions
of some of' tho 1 British fcbefa, in y fiftben c WltiWwf/
and’some juvenile works of recognisedmeriL ' • •'
Could & Lincoln, also of Boston, have a lar£e
number of books forihe.holiday*. .Among these,,
wo especially note Hugh Miller’s Works,-in seven.
volumes, a great many books of a more serious oha*
racier, and the Aimwell. Stories; and have just
issued Our Charley, an admirable childrens book
by Mrs Stcwo. * . : ■v,
We have no list*of droßby, Nichols; A.Co.V
publications. This is a Well-known Boston housed
Two volumes; however, whioh they-hate just
Issued, ought to -have a great sale; at once. >The'
first Is Frederick Oorstaocker’s Wild Sports of the'
Ear West, (translated from the.: German,) with
eight orayon drawings, executed in oil oolors, from
designs by Harrison Weir, an eminent English
book-illustrator. The other, called The-Age of
Chivalry, by Thomas Butlook, author of The Age
of Fable, also has illustrations in color?.. It-re
lates 1 tho adventures of King Arthur and his
Knights, and also the curious Welsh legends re
corded in the Mabiifogeon, first translated by Lady]
Charlotte Guest. These are capital books.to read’
around the Christmas yule log, or the abominable
stove, whioh here is its substitute.
We must pull up, for we have over-stepped our
limits, and have Said as muoh as the subject will
bear. We have referred only to books whioh we
have seen, and which wo think well of. -
Letter from Washington.
[Correspondence or The Press .j
Wasuinqtok, Deo. 21,1858.
One of the most remarkable exhibitions of
Washington for a century, was the effort of the
President to bring together the two wings of'a
New York political club—a club indeed, sot of a
State, 1 but of one.oity. lam toldthat before ne
gotiations began, ere discussion pro and con, .the
President, it was insisted, should be with 1 all the
oeremonies inaugurated into the sublime myste
ries of the war dance, the painted face and the
song of welcome, and thAt then the pow-wow be
gan in due and ancient form; but it is hardly
to be believed.-whatever else one may think
of the entire proceedings, that Mr. Buchanan
gave his assent and the' White ..House-, to
such a farce and eb!ld’fi;pl&y. Wo have fallen,
on strange times. While superhuman endeavors
are made for tlie continued existence of ~an effete
society which,' in its organisation, isoontrary to
the spirit of the Democratic party, the Democracy,
of a majority of Hhe 'States are divided with* dis
sensions, engendered and inflamed by the arro
gance of Bederal oheats and Federal officials. The
consolation is, that while . the people prefer prin
ciple, right, and justice,, power? thataro must
read, jin the fading away of into ob-.
souirity, the sure warning of their own fate. That
which has made them goes to unmake them when
they, have turned to evil ways and upon the path
of injustice. ’ ...
The 1 Committee of Ways aud Means of the House
of Representatives will report to the House alf : of >
the general appropriation bills before the holidays*.
yßeduetions-have
tho Treasury Department; but this will notamount
to anything, for they will, in the House, be not on
ly increased to that mark, but far beydnd it.
There 1 will be a dofioionoy bill to supply deficien
cies in the appropriations, for this fiscal year, of
over six millions. Altogether, It is matter of cer
tainty that Congress will be asked to authorise
another loan.
lt is a very good move on the part of the House
to adjourn over the holidays, for when they have
romained In session, never for one day could a
quorum be had to do business. The British Par
liament always adjourns over the Easter and
Chrißtmas holidays, and now that this precedent
has been set here, Congress will, I think, do like
wise. as to the Christmas holidays.
I presume Mr. Phillips is maturing his tariff
bill, hut it must be getting along slowly. He is
on the Ways and Means Committee, and as there
is to bo a measnre offered admitting foreign iron
duty free, and a debate on tbe inoreose of the
tariff and specific duties, It is to be hoped that we
shall have a good account of the Pennsylvania.
member of the committee ’
The foreign policy, as it is called, of this ooun
try, for a few years back, is a ephynxian riddle.
It seems that all negotiations, and protocols, and
treaties, have had for their aim, like the consult
ing committee of a debating sooiety, not to settle
any thing, but te raise tbo knottiest and most diffi
cult points. There is the Central Ameriaan ques
tion, upon whioh more h&s beon written, at least
as muoh, as upon the slavery issue. Edmund
Burke said that England had not a partiole of
olaim to the Belize, or any possessions at all in
Centrftl America, and yet she has gone on from
small beginnings, until she now arrogates with
France a controlling power in that quarter. Sono
ra and Chihuahua, the President reoommends,
shall be drawn undor the sway of our Govern
ment ; that is, that they shall be plaoed in the
oondition of pupilage, and educated first for Ter*
ritorios and then for States of this Confederacy.
None can deny that they ocoupy positions upon
this continent, looking out, as they do, from the
P&oifio and the great line of travel across this
continent, towards Asia and China, and Japan,
of inoaloulablo benefit to our commercial and
other national Intorests. But a sentiment has
grown up in the Amorioan mind, that as we are
tbe great Power of this hemisphere, and more
nearly ooncerued in its ohanges of Government
and the policies of its neighboring States than
European Governments possibly could be,
therefore our influence should be controlling, or
rather that the influence of none of tho European
or other foreign Governments should, by ac
quisition of territories, be allowed suoh growth as
to control the great transit and other routes, re
gardless of us. It may be called the Mcnroe doo
trine, or what not; still it Is a living principle
with the Democracy, and it should bo seen to. I
think that, without prevarication, it is settled and
agreed to by all the nations now squabbling with
baronets, and ministers, and consuls, and commo
dores in and about the San Juan river. Gen ;
Cass’s words to Mr. Lamar were brave words fitly
spoken—it is for us now to see whether brave deeds
wait upon brave words. The Isthmean routes, im
portant as are Sonora and Chihuahua, are still
more important. The United States, and the
United Statos alono, should oontrol them. I be
lieve sincerely that the shrewd and sagaoiona
statesmen ef England keep up the hot water In
Central America, in order to divert our attention
from the other great schemes going on elsewhere
in the world; for thoy must know that prying,
nervous, fidgotty Unde Sam demands something
to do of his Secretary of State, and if it oannot bo
found in one place it assuredly will in another.
Bcforo tbe close of this session the building of
more steam sloops will be ordered—probably six.
They have boon found to be most useful.
Troeaxb.
Kemoval of the Market Houses*
[For The Press.]
Too much credit cannot be awarded to our
oonnoilmon for th.lr prompt action in favor of the
removal of tho market houses from Market street;
but wo mnfltnot forgot that there is such a tiling
v„.. 7 legislation, and wo fear that tho time op
nointod for their demolition —April 15th, 1859 —ia
Entirely too soon, and llirely to canso muoh trouble
and inconvenience, inasmuch aa tho present ooou
panta will not havo sufficient time to prooure a
suitable location, and erect such a building as will
moot tho wants of tho community.
Wo have heard it stated that there are lenses
held by certain ocenpants which will not expire
until July next, and if the notion of Oounolls be
oarried out, suits will be instituted against the
oity to rooover damages, and several thousands of
dollars may bo spent in this manner, whioh oould
easily ho avoided by deferring the removal of tho
market houses to a lator date, say Januarylst,
1860. '
Distbibdtioh of IJ head. —Wo understand
.
Correspondents for lc Tx* P*x|B , ’|rltipl«ue bear
,mlnd the fallowing rules s.. - |
Breiy communication must be iuiMompaitied by the
Mu* of the writer. In order to-imnore eorreotnew iu
the typography, but one ride ef the sheet should boe
wzittenapoo*
; * ■ - ? : - *? ?*, r. u .TTf
We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In Pena
sylranla and other States.fop contrlbutions givtagthe
ouxent news 6f the in their piarthmlar localftfw/
the resources of the 'surrounding eouhtij,' tho ’ inorea? o
of population, or aay Information that will bo interest,
tog to the general reader*; •>' '
Onr Holiday Dirbctory-i-Continued.
In addition to the T several departments of trade, al
ready referred to, as‘fniblibibg anitaWe articles for.
present-purchasers, we may'nptice, as pecuna^ly’appro
priate for aOhrlstiuM gift— *• ~
THE SBWING MACHINES,
of which the reader will have no difficulty in auppljd°S?
himself by taking our advertising columns for his guide -
Messrs. Wnaitsa & Wilsos, at ,No. CM. Chestnut
s»pet, now offer a new .Style Machine, dpllari,.
with a reduction of twenty.Qr e dollars’ on all the old
patterns. ' .... .*
Mf. 8 D. Babbs, No. 28 south Eighth street, Agent
for the.Harri* Boudoir.gewing Machine, la now offering
that Tery popoi&r ing'tittnient atareductioa ten dol- ,
lara from the former price, „ tbirty.dollar* being th® ,
price now at which they are Held. "
• Messrs. J. M. Sihgsb & G0.,N0. 602 qhestnat street,
here reduced their.celebrated Family Sewing Machine
from one hundred to fifty., dollars, at which price’ it
ought to sell rapidly for holiday presented 4
Meae'ra Geo.ee i BiEER, Ho. 730 Cheafnoi .treat, .
a so offer their ** New Style” machines., which sew from
two spools, and which u*®j in many other respects, Tery
superior, at fifty dollars—a redaction. ; . * . \
Mr. Batags offers a Tery simple but perfeot instru
ment of this kind, at his store, Noi 7,22 Chestnut street.
’ JEWELS'?-AND EILYBRWABE.,
To the list ot.eilTerwacp establishment* already no* \
ticed, we may name the old-estahUshed house of
Messrs. Fabb & Thompbos, importers, of watches,
&c., at No 324 Oheßtnut street.. These gentlemen bare
now on hand fall assortment of English and
Bwlse gold snd silver which,'** presents for the
holidays,' should not be overlooked/ •
Mr. Bahois. W-Eiwfe*,. No,7U Chestnut street, fee*
-w.fcW .™#*f^7 ) T^ia’'4UTinr«?,:*iidi''4. r b(fSfif : lit
wwan/ttirfrlett. \StuU xiHUwnyiz'-
. MrlTiHlil'O. Gjibett, Ho. 82S Oliu<tmt ifrbst, '
»Uo offere,Mpreeal/fo.tie .‘pr.Mßt”auMa,arar.'.
line of-goAdeTieiiel]/comprised la the stock of *Arsf--
ol.gs jewelry fitabllibm.Dt: . .
vMeasrt. IUrBE dtVWoira.No. JM-.CkMtmit *t»e t,
offer* a took cf aUrar-pUted-wEra got op with apaolal -
J reference to holMaj. frifla.--.Th.fr. atooh of neitaa wall
da elegant fane/ and neffsU articles forpraa.nhl-IE-.er/
complete/ ood w.ll daaar.de tHa attentfoaof ha/ere.
;Mrl O'. HossaLi, : No:' 22 : Nortli'Slilh' atreet, alao -
offer** BneatMiofjawelr/,'inltlSla‘forprea?ii r ti.
• Hr; W*. B. BLT»SH*rn,it hia"ato'r.;'Ho: 3M Booth
Bdpcnd .treat, offora ChrfetiniapTeMD«7lß''the ahop»
of elegant time-keepers and jewelry fn'general.
! ' OPTIOAt'IHBTBUHBNTS.
Hndar thle head there are an/ number of artlelea of
beauty and enduring value. ‘ ■ ' j -
" Meiers. MoAllujtsr & Baorsva; No. 728 Chestnut
advertise, in addition to thefr splendid stock of ;
stereoscopes and stereoscopic views, a v«y large Msort
ment of optical Instruments of every description, speote
des, , polyoramas, - kaleidoscopes, microscopes, spy
glasses, thermometeraf.&e.’ * ’
4 Mr.'S. Pasrisb, southwest cornsr of Eighth and
Arch itreeti, also offers ■» fine' issortaenit of English,
and french stereoscopic view* of his own importation!
Mr.;JAWB3 W. Qomn, No. «24 Chsetnut’ street, ad- c
vertli|w the stereoscope In grpet variety'; aleo.amocg
ether views for it, the “ Marrisge Geremouy, n i ■
Xn the way of - -- , - - f . \ .
* HOUSEKEEPING-ARTICLES,; ; ■ * ’
one of the finest assortments ip the city" will be found
at the store of Mr E. W. Oa&ktis, No. 714 Chestnut
street. His celebrated Herrick’s Patent Sweeper-will.
be welcome in every family not already supplied wlthit./
.. Messrs. B 8. Fabsost SCo , corner of Second end
Hock streets, also offer a most complete and attractive ■
Assortment in the line of housekeeping'aHiolisV Their
stock comprises an" endless variety:of usefoVartlcieß
suitable.for presents.
:GENTLEMEN/g -
Iu this department we have several first, classes tab*
luhments to recommend to the reader. - -
Mr. Spihckb, under the Girard House, offers a stock •
splendidly varied, and very complete In all the depart-
mente'which come under the head of Gentlimen’s' Fur
nishing.
Mr ‘W. W. Khiqht, No, 606 Arch street, ispiepared,
to challenge the world forcompetiUoii In the article of
Gentlemen’s Dressing Gowns.,
. Mr.-y.BuBB Moobk, Nos. 1 end 8 North Sixth street,
also offers a very extensive and .select assortment o£
this class of goods, suitable for holiday presents.
‘ Messrs. R. C. Walbohu &Oo , Nos. 6 and. 7 North
Sixth street, also occupy a frost rank in this class .of
dealers. Their present stock is very superior in eTory
respect. - -- ‘ -
GUNS AND PISTOLS.
For a present to a sporting gentleman, the beet plane
to go to in this city, or any other in Christendom,
'magnificent ne* gun establishment of
? Messrs. PhilipWilson* Company,Fol432 Obeetnnt
etrepti The “great goes *? they, exhibit in trout of
their Store are but a truthful * type of-the contents
Yithin.' They hate ererything In the -way of shooting
irona~ (C from ft needle to an’ anchor i”
• ' * ' }BOOKB. r •
- -To the bookstore* already referred to, we hare now
to add the honse of , -
—Miners- B. jk ;
Fourth street. Their w Gallery of Famous Poets’ 9 -
may well be styled ( < a magnificent volume,” and as a -
valuable Obristmu gift should not be overlooked by
Besides an introductory essay by Profeeeoc
Henry Goppse, it contains the very choicest: selection*
from forty-three of. the most celebrated English and
American poets, and is illustrated with upwatds of on*
hundred engravings on steel.
Bev. T. H. Etocktos, southwest corner of Broad and
Chestnut streets, offers a circulargratis ” with an
address to the Bible-reading public, containing a list of
editions, styles, <fco ,of his Bible series. These books
of Mr. Stockton, we hope, will receive the attention of
buyers, whioh their merits deserve.
' Messrs Smith A B&KitH, No. 40 North Sixth street,
have in store a very stock of religions book*
and others, among which are many of rare merit, and
that are peculiarly adapted for presents during tho
Christinas season.
* - -
Union Temporary Home for Children*
[For The Press ]
This useful institution, whioh for nearly three
years past oooupied the mansion of the late Rev
Doctor AYylie, has been removed to the northeast
oorner of Poplar and Sixteenth streets, tbe estate
owned -by the late . Matthew Arrison. The
premises have been purchased by the sooiety for
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and are well
adapted, in every respect, to .make a delightful
Nome for the children of the indigent. ' _
The grounds are quite extensive, the • house if
large, furnished with every convenience, and in
excellent repair.
Tbe Board of Mapagers deserve mneh credit for
their labor and perseverance in bringing the In
stitution to Its present high position among the
benevolent enterprises of the day. May they
never want friends to enooorage them in their
future efforts to extend sympathy and assistance
to homeless children!
Money, of course, is constantly required to
oarry on tbe operations of the ” Home, but in
addition to this, there is muoh needed at present,
donations Of bedding, and of household furniture
in general, whioh would be gratefully received;
also provisions of every kind.
A Christmas dinner will be given to the chil
dren at I o’clock. The publio ore respectfully
invited to attend and see.
The Winanß steamer, building ia Balti
more, is now rapidly approaching towards comple
tion, and it is antioipatod that she will he ready
for trial in ten days, or two weeks at the farthest.
Her smoke itaeks, lookout bouse, and upper works
are now all complete. Her machinery is all up;
and almost in working order, exhibiting a capaci
ty of power in her four engines oapable of propel
ling a frigate of twenty times her tonnage. There
aro two quite capacious oabius -at either end of
the vessel, with iron floor, and twelve deadlights
to each, giving sufficient light to see to read in
any part of them. Her trial trip will be looked
for with great interest.
Great Excitement. —There has been %
great excitement among the negro population of
Elmira, New York, in oonsequenoe of the passage
through that town of an old slave who, finding he
could not provide for himself, and had the pros
peot of suffering, in his old age, had sent for his
master to take him baok. The., master went to
Canada for him, hut at Elmira a orowd assembled,
threatened the master with violence, and even
threatened to kill the slave rather than have him
go baok. Neither threats nor persuasions, how
ever, could Induce the negro to remain any longer
in freedom, and he was finally got off.
Air ingenious mah, who deshod to go from
Needham to Boston, but had no money, made be
lieve that he was the murderer of Carnley, for
whom a reward was offered, was arrested and taken,
to Boston, where he was immediately released, as
not being the man wanted.
Absconded. —A grain- dealer, Julius Patten,
at Buffalo, N. Y.» has absconded, with several
thousands of dollars, belonging to the firm of
Patten & Mundubaok, of whioh He was a membor,
together with large amounts In addition, whioh he
obtained by fraudulent transactions.
In the Chicago post ‘office mails are daily
received from about twenty arriving trains. Thir
ty-five hundrod mails are made up each day. Ovor
five millions of letters and six millions of paper?
were handled daring the last quarter.
A Tobacco Fair has been held at South
AYindaor, Conn., the first exhibition of the kind is
the State. Tho faiporiginated with a few neigh
bors who are tobacco-growers, an organization rras
formed, and an exhibition agreed upon:
Cock Fight.—The Kew Bedford people
have got up a match with Bostonians, for a cock
fight, $5OO a-side, and expeot to make ono with
ifew Yorkers. And they have just had a dog-fight
there.
It is Thought that some of the prisoners
who esoaped from Rochester jail were drowned in
attempting to swim the river; not haying been
heard from since, although Locke and others have
been reoaptured. *
Two uses of stages are already advertised
to leave Kansas for the gold region. Theycom
menc J running in April, and will perform tha
journey in less than two weeks.
Mb. Joseph Saiab, a Spaniard, and an old
soldier, who fought in several battles againßt Na
poleon, died At Boston last week, aged ninety
seven years. * ,
Miss Louisa Pvnk, who was prevented, oy
illness from, appearing in the “ Bohemian***!”
in London, has sufficiently reoovered toynoSio ner
to resume her professional duties. / .
The oldest lady in South Car**l na J 5 hu*-
Blngleton, of 'Williamsburg. She «®“«i hundred
and forty years of ago.ond ha-been blind for.
Sb A oaboo of “ phosphoric »mved
at Washington, from* an Island in the Caribbean
sea. >