JAN. 1, 1867. OUR CONTINENTAL CORRESPONDENCE. M. PERROTIN, who has just passed away from among us, cannot be dismissed in a single line. He was de Beranger's publisher. He, like nearly all eminent men of the present day, was born on poverty's litter. His father was a chimney-sweep. He often said he had no bed, except an old bag filled with wooden shavings, until he was past eight years old. His father and mother lost him intentionally in one of their tramps. He was found by a nail-maker weeping bitterly by the road side, and taken home. The nail-maker's wife was thrown into a fit of great ill-humor by the appearance of another mouth at their board, and she vehemently scolded her husband for his stupidity. He soon abated her anger by saying: "Old lady, Pluto is dead, you know, and this child can take his place at the wheel." Pluto was the dog who turned the nailmaker's wheel. The child was ordered to turn the wheel from morning till night. He did so until black and blue from head to foot with the blows he had received from husband and wife. Tired of the scurrilous tongue of the wife, and the black bread thrown to him as if indeed he were but Pluto, he slipped away one night. The unknown had fewer terrors for him than the known. When he was fifteen he entered the army as a private soldier, followed Napoleon to Russia, was made prisoner, and did not return to France until 1823. Young Perrotin determined to devote his attention, energy, perseverance, and knowledge of the world to the publisher's business. He had just married. His wife brought him $2,000 dowry. De Beranger was then beginning to sing. His publishers were Messrs. Beaudoin. They had not great confidence in the permanent success of the work, which was quite natural; for then the Bourbon family seemed to be firmly seated on the throne-the imperial dream had faded away apparently forever; besides, the very form of the songs appeared extremely perishable (delicacy is often mistaken for weakness). Messrs. Beaudoin Brothers were anxious to get rid of the balance of the edition which remained on their shelves. Young Perrotin had the greatest confidence in the work, and when he found the copyright on sale, offered his wife's whole dowry, $2,000, for it. Messrs. Beaudoin Brothers at once accepted the offer. Perrotin borrowed money, went to England and had engravings made to illustrate the songs. The new edition had a great sale. Perrotin advertised it everywhere, distributed as presents a great many copies to influential people, and sensibly increased the poet's reputation. Of course these transactions introduced Perrotin to de Beranger, and when the poet wrote new songs Perrotin published them. De Berauger said in after life: "I chose Perrotin because he was poor, an old soldier, and an honest man. Besides, he has filial affection for me." The government of that day feared the effect of these songs, and of the increasing popularity given them, and instituted legal proceedings against Perrotin and the poet. Each of them was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and 100f. fine. This confinement made the two friends more intimate than ever; it introduced their names to everybody in France, and gave de Beranger's work the flavor of forbidden fruit. Great as was the accession of popularity the poet received from this prosecution, the sale of his works was less than one would suspect who was unacquainted with the state of France at that period of time. The want of roads, and other vehicles than carriages drawn by horses, forbade any great circulation of books, and the circles of readers in those distant days were few and small indeed. It may almost be said there were then no purchasers of books, except circulating libraries. Nevertheless, the sale of de Beranger's works must have been considerable, for he left an estate of $16,000, which he could not possibly have accumulated after he made his well-known contract with Perrotin in 1834. This contract is inexplicable. By it de Beranger sold all his works in fee simple to Perrotin, in consideration of an annuity of $160 to himself for life, and to Mlle. Judith Frère, his mistress, for life, should she survive him. How de Beranger could have consented to this sale, or how Perrotin could have accepted it, is a matter of astonishment. They both had before them accountsales for at least ten years. De Beranger had all of Dr. Franklin's shrewdness (he resembled Franklin in many particulars). Perrotin had a reputation for liberality. Nevertheless, for $3,520 paid in twenty-two annual instalments of $160, Perrotin became the owner in fee simple not only of all of de Beranger's published songs, but of his Last Songs, Biography, and Correspondence. Perrotin, now master of the works, redoubled his efforts to extend the sale and popularity of de Beranger's works. He brought out editions of all sizes, prices, and shapes. He employed the best artists to illustrate them. He made $200,000 by them, which was a great deal of money for the France of 1834-60. The copyright still belongs to his heirs, and they will probably make $600,000 or a million of dollars by it. As soon as he found himself growing wealthy he increased de Beranger's annuity to $600, and he anticipated every wish of de Beranger, and allowed him to lack nothing, as the poet himself confesses in a letter addressed to Perrotin, in 1847: "Twelve years since, my dear Perrotin, thinking of the oblivion into which I believed my songs would speedily fall, I sold to you all my songs, written or to be written, for the modest life annuity of $160. You hesitated to accept this bargain, which seemed to you to be unfair to me. It would, indeed, have proved so with anybody but you; for, despite my predictious, as the public continued its kind feelings towards me, edition rapidly followed edition. You thereupon voluntarily, and several times, increased this annuity, which my signature gave you the right to leave at its original amount. You did even more than this. You have not ceased to lavish on me the expensive offices and the delicate attentions of an affection which I may call filial. The magnificent edition you announce to-day, although your business does not require it, is a further effect of your affection; it is a sort of artistic glory you would give my old songs, an enterprise which I thought I ought to disapprove when I considered what expense and trouble it would put you to. (De Beranger goes on to authorize him to publish seven or eight songs which were not to appear until after the author's death; then he adds:) I hope the public will see in this petty larceny, committed on my posthumous work, nothing but a token of gratitude given by the old song-writer to his faithful servant. I add, that nearly twenty years of good feeling between a literary man and a publisher is a spectacle unfortunately so rare, since the invention of printing, we may both of us be equally proud of it.” All this is very well; still, had Perrotin the true respect for de Beranger's dignity and independence, he would have given him a proper annuity, and not supplied its deficiency by presents. When one reads an account of their relations one cannot help thinking of a showman and a favorite monkey, who, besides his reguiar food, receives all sorts of tid-bits when his master is in good humor. Mile. Judith Frère's death preceded de Beranger's some months. Perrotin became his sole heir. The estate JAN. 1, 1867. was $16,000. Perrotin divided it into two equal portions: one-half he distributed among de Beranger's poor friends; with the other half he purchased annnities for the beggars to whom de Beranger had been accustomed to give coffee, tobacco, and other little luxuries. He reserved nothing for himself, except the chamber in which de Beranger died and its furniture. I described this chamber to you some time since. Perrotin was past seventy when he died, and his hale, active appearance led one to hope he would attain at least ten more years. He died suddenly, just after laying aside the last proofsheet of the last song of the last edition of de Beranger's works, which is an illustrated edition, sold in numbers at two sous each. This edition cost him $30,000. His widow survives him. He has no children, except one daughter, married to a physician. "A chair, as bishops are commonly represented?' The artist replied: 'Bishop Dupanloup seated! why, nobody would have recognized him.' He rises at 5 o'clock winter and summer, works uninterruptedly till noon, and, after a short promenade and some audiences, he resumes work and labors until 7 o'clock. If he is walking, he jots in pencil rapid notes, fugitive ideas; while riding in a carriage he dictates; in railways he revises MSS. or corrects proof-sheets. His correspondence is immense; he sends off no less than six thousand letters a year. There is but one moment of the day when he does not work: the period of time which follows the evening meal. His physicians ordered him to abstain from reading or writing at night under pain of losing his eyesight. Everything about him is extremely simple. His chamber has nothing but an iron bedstead, two chairs of white pine, and a chest of drawers of black walnut. He never remains above fifteen or twenty minutes at table; he never drinks anything but wine and water." Dandies, when they slip into ink, take pleasure in describing lorettes' boudoirs. Why should not I find equal pleasure in describing and you in reading the description of a book-worm's tale? Since I am in the vein of descriptions, let me carriage halts in front of the Sorbonne; a gentleman translate a description of the room in which Pascal dressed in black and with the decoration of the died, which is still to be seen in Paris, but I am Legion of Honor gets out of the carriage with great afraid we shall not retain it long. Everything condifficulty-the door is too small for him. There is nected with the past is swept away. This week the not the least concession to modern dandyism in his house in which Deacon Paris lived and died was costume. His cravat is tied negligently around his razed. You remember it was on his grave in St. neck; his frock-coat is very large-it almost floats Medard Church the famous Convulsionists wrought on his back; his waistcoat is so large it looks like their miracles. "Do you know in Paris a small a frock-coat. In his face, which is irregular with- old street called Rue Neuve St. Etienne du Mont? out being ugly, nothing attracts attention but his On the eastern slope of Montagne Sainte Genevieve, eyes, which always sparkle with a bright light. between the Pantheon and the Jardin des Plantes, This gentleman is M. Berger, Professor of Latin it begins at the Rue Descartes; then, after a rather Prose at the Sorbonne. Go to see him in his modest tortuous course, it describes a right angle towards lodgings in the Rue de Regrattier. You will find the Rue Lacepede. It is sad, almost deserted; it has rising from folio volumes and dusty MSS. scattered neither shops nor sidewalks; the sewer is in the on the tables, chairs, mantle-piece; from the notes centre of the street in the old fashion; along the piled on notes, which are on his writing-desk; from walls are stone posts, which are not necessary, for his bookcase, whose doors are always open that few vehicles enter this street, which, in some porthe volumes may be more easily consulted; in tions, would not allow two vehicles to pass each fine, from everything about this retreat, a per- other. Nothing is heard in this street; even at fume of antique simplicity which carries one back noontide one discovers nothing in it but solitude to the revival of learning. He is not merely fa- and mouldiness. This street, even when it deserved miliar with the past; he is as familiar with the its name 'New,' that is, some two hundred years present as he is with the age of Augustus or of since, must, by its situation and form, have been Trajan. Where does he find time to know and always quite deserted and of a more than severe read everything? Ask his lamp, which daybreak appearance. Rollin lived, Pascal died in it. The often finds still gleaming through his curtains. house in which he died was formerly No. 8; it is This passion for knowing everything prevents M. now No. 22. The small wing, whose gable is on Berger from writing. Prelection follows prelection, the street, is a portion of the house where Mme. notes accumulate on notes; the materials of the Perier, Pascal's sister, lived. His residence was work have long since been amassed, but the ex-beyond and near Porte St. Michel,' as he describes pected work does not make its appearance. His it in his will; it was probably in that portion of friends hope to see him condense in a history the Rue d'Enfer recently absorbed by the new of Latin literature the treasures slowly accumu- Boulevard St. Michel. Pascal daily becoming more lated during forty years of study and vigils." And here is a sketch of Bishop Dupanloup, of Orleans, whose reputation must have reached your readers' ears. "Everybody knows the Bishop's love of letters. He defends, cultivates, and tastes their charms better than anybody. He knows the whole of Horace' and nearly the whole of Virgil' by heart, and frequently makes the happiest quotations from them in conversation and in his sermons. His memory is so prodigious he sees clearly and in its place, as if it were in some bookcase within him, every particular of his immense learning; and in dictating to his secretaries he refers them without hesitation to the very page of Fenelon' or the very line of the Æneid.' He is not less accurate in every particular relating to his Episcopal office: names, circumstances, dates-everything is in or der in his memory. His activity is fatiguing and devouring. Somebody said to a painter who made his portrait: 'Why did you not depict him in a 6 ill was carried to his sister's house; there he died NOTES ON BOOKS AND BOOKSELLERS. A NEW EDITION OF DICKENS'S WORKS.-Messrs. Hurd & Houghton, of New York, have in press for immediate publication a new and complete edition of Dickens's Works in 26 volumes, crown 8vo., to contain all the illustrations that have appeared in JAN. 1, 1867. the English edition by Cruikshank, Phiz, and others, | labors available for the advancement of statistical elegantly engraved on steel, to which will be added science, and thereby promote the interests of huthe unsurpassed designs of F. O. C. Darley and manity throughout the world. John Gilbert, now used in the Household Edition. SPANISH HISTORY.-The late Mr. Prescott left unfinished a partly published biography of King Philip the Second, of Spain, son of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, husband of Mary I. of England, father of Don Carlos, builder of the Escurial, tyrant of the Netherlands, fitter-out of the Spanish Armada, and at once one of the ablest and harshest rulers of his time. Not having left much materials, the fourth and final volume of Prescott's Philip II. has not been published. Mr. Middleton, New York, how ever, will immediately bring out an octavo of nearly 400 pages, entitled "Philip II. of Spain," written by Charles Gayarré, author of the well-known History of Louisiana"-a work of which Mr. Bancroft, who largely quotes from it, has said, "There is little need of looking beyond Gayarré, who rests his narrative on authentic documents." A long letter from Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Middleton, thanking him for being allowed to read the work in advance, speaks in terms of warm and high eulogy of the manner in which Mr. Gayarré (who is of Spanish descent) has written the biography of Philip II., and this missive properly will appear in the book, as introductory to Mr. Gayarré's narrative. The frontispiece, engraved on steel expressly for this volume, is from Titian's well-known portrait of Philip the Second. I have received many proofs of having attained my first object, while this great compliment from your Sovereign cheers me with the hope of partial success in the accomplishment of my highest intent, and this proof of his appreciation will stimulate my efforts to earn a higher title to the commendation implied in the motto. If anything could increase my gratification in view of a testimony so valuable and flattering, it would be the consideration that, with an honor of such permanent and enduring import, there has become associated inseparably the agency of one long familiar with my efforts, who has encouraged my labors and sympathized with my difficulties, and who, while enjoying to a marked degree the high respect of all my countrymen, commands that cordial esteem wherewith I have the honor to be His Excellency W. RAASLOFF, THE following correspondence shows how highly the merit of Mr. Kennedy, our distinguished statis-small.” Raw material, at the same time, was tician, is appreciated abroad. The handsome compliment of a gold medal from the Danish Government is not only gracefully but worthily bestowed :— DANISH LEGATION, WASHINGTON, 22d February, 1866. to be had at diminished prices. The surgeons of Vienna have lately employed, with much success, the unsized paper called papier Joseph for dressing wounds, as an excellent substitute for lint. It does not change in contact with water; it is a bad conductor of heat, and preserves, in consequence, the wounds from atmospheric influence. From its absorbent nature it sucks up the matter, maintains the wounds in a state of dryness favorable to healing, and it may be used in certain circumstances more advantageously even than lint. LITERATURE OF THE WAR.-Among the English American Crisis; or, Pages from the Note-Book of a State Agent during the Civil War. By Colonel John Lewis Peyton, L. B., F. R. G. S., &c." The third and concluding volume of "The History of the American War, by Lieut.-Col. Fletcher, Scots Fusileer Guards," is also promised. MY DEAR SIR: It gives me great pleasure, in compliance with orders received from my government, herewith to present you with a gold medal inclosed with this letter, which his Majesty King Christian IX., my August Sovereign, has been pleased to grant you, and which he desires you to consider and accept as an expression of his high appreciation of your great merits in the science of statistics" in the press" announcements, are found "The and their successful application. The medal bears on the obverse, the Danish word "Fortient" (merited), and is only granted for scientific researches or inventions of great value and general usefulness. I have the honor to be, Hox. Jos. C. G. KENNEDY, WASHINGTON, February 24, 1866. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d inst., and the medal with which it was accompanied. Permit me to express, as far as words can do so, my deep obligations in view of the distinguished honor which your August Sovereign has been pleased to confer upon me. MR. HEPWORTH DIXON.-This gentleman's "New America," in two volumes, was announced to appear in London on New Year's Day. ITALIAN HISTORY.-A translation, by D. H. Wheeler, United States Consul at Genoa, of "The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi; an Episode in Italian History, by M. de Celesia," has just been published in London. THE "SCHONBERG-COTTA" Books.-A sixth volume, entitled "The Draytons and the Davenants; a Tale of the Civil Wars," has just been added to this popular series, and a new tale, by the same anonymous author, is announced to appear in the January part of "The Family Treasure," a sixpenny illustrated London magazine. In devising the plans and executing the details of two National Censuses, which occupied my attention during several years, while ambitious to present such exhibits of the moral and material progress ITALIAN ART.-The "Athenæum" states that Mr. and condition of the U. S. as should be at once Woodward, Queen Victoria's Librarian, is not writtruthful and satisfactory to my countrymen and ing a life of Michael Angelo for her Majesty, but convey correct information to the people of other that he is "proceeding with his chief task, the 'Life lands, it has been my highest aim to render these of Leonardo da Vinci."" JAN. 1, 1867. ESGRAVED PORTRAITS.-It requires some stretch of imagination to realize the great number of engraved portraits which have been published. Of course, with the exception of a few private prints, the persons thus in a manner immortalized attained some degree of eminence or notoriety. In an advertisement, from a London bookseller, lately published, we find announced on sale by him Catalogues of 24,000 portraits of eminent men, of all ages and countries; of upwards of 1,700 portraits and prints illustrating the history of Poland and Russia; of 6,000 portraits of eminent men of science, travellers, and discoverers; and of 7,500 portraits of famous victors, musicians, and dramatists. These four catalogues are sold at $4 in gold, and the first contains 468 pages. "BELGRAVIA."-Another appeal to the Equity Court, in London, has been made to prevent the publication of "Belgravia," the magazine now edited by Miss Braddon, on the ground that a similar title had previously been entered in Stationers' Hall, to secure copyright to another party, but the Vice-Chancellor again refused to interfere. "FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW."-This periodical, commenced by Mr. George Henry Lewes, some eighteen months ago, was founded on the idea of abolishing, in its own pages, the Anonymous in literature. Latterly, its title has been a misnomer, inasmuch as it is now published once a month. In the last-received number, for December, are signed articles by Lord Amberley (Earl Russell's eldest son), Dr. B. A. Kennedy, Aurelio Saffi, Walter Bagshot, W. W. Story (the American poet-sculptor, R. H. Patterson, and George Meredith. In a "Farewell Causerie," Mr. Lewes announces that he retires from the editorship. The publication, which has become profitable, will be continued. THE COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT.-This author, also distinguished as a political writer, who has been as antagonistic, of late years, to Napoleon III. as he is friendly to Pius IX., has slowly recovered from a long and painful illness. He has completed, to be immediately published, the third and fourth volumes of that "History of the Monks of the West," the first part of which appeared in 1860. It is an account of monasticism in Europe, and the new volume is dedicated to the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, an Irish peer who accompanied him to Iona. THE FRENCH ACADEMY.-One of the forty chairs in this institution is vacant by the death of M. de Barante, historian and politician, whose most valuable work is the "Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Maison de Valois, 1364-1477," published in 1824. The vacant fauteuil was formerly occupied by Voltaire. Among the candidates are Jules Janin, the critic of the "Journal des Débats;" Henri Martin, the historian of France; Théophile Gautier, the great feuilletonist; M. Halevy, the musical composer; and Victorien Sardou, author of “La Famille Benoiton." ENGLISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE.-The "London Publishers' Circular," speaking of the projected display of English periodical literature at the approaching great Exhibition in Paris, says: "The publications now indexed, and ready to be sent to Paris, comprise, we understand, 1,143 newspapers proper; 165 religious publications; 67 publications containing novels, tales, biographical sketches, &c.; 45 commercial journals; 32 scientific publications, including those of the learned societies; 23 political and general reviews; 22 serial reissues; 21 agricultural and botanical journals; 19 medical publications; &c. It has been determined to add almanacs to the collection. A special catalogue is now preparing for the English department of the Exhibition, for which Messrs. Adams and Francis are the agents. All publications at the close of the Exhibition will be returned to South Kensington, and will be there retained as a permanent record of this department of English literature for the year 1866. As an addition to this collection, Mr. Joseph Cundall has been requested to assist in making a collection of all the illustrated books. including the Books for Children, which have been published in this country during the year 1866, the Executive Commissioners undertaking to pack and send these books to Paris, and exhibit them in glass frames specially prepared, and, if they are not purchased, to bring them back free of charge. They will also cause the titles of the books, and the names of the publishers, with price, &c., to be entered in the Official Catalogue. The classification and index to the periodicals is being carefully prepared by Mr. Charles Alston Collins, brother to Mr. Wilkie Collins, and author of A Cruise upon Wheels."" FIRE INSURANCES.-English traders complain that the leading fire insurance companies have not only lately increased the premiums, but have inserted a most unjust clause in their policies to the effect, that no matter what is the sum insured for, or the amount of premium that has been paid, the offices will not be answerable for more than the market value of the goods destroyed, at the time of the fire. When merchandise is liable to fluctuations in price, the companies, in case of fire, will only pay at the then price, and not at the price which ruled when the premium was paid. The The The STEEL PENS.-Birmingham is the great seat of the English steel pen manufactory. There are, in that town, twelve actual makers of steel pens: The number of men employed, 380; the number of women and girls, 2,050. The amount of horsepower employed may be estimated at 330, including say 50 employed in out-work rolling. number of pens made weekly, 98.000 gross. quantity of steel used weekly, 9 to 10 tons. value of pens per gross 14d. to 1s., and of barrelpens from 7d. to 12s. per gross, some of the larger pens being very much higher, according to their size and finish. Fifteen thousand dollars' worth of steel pens are made in Birmingham every week. M. BAZIN, favorably known for his photographic One point relating to the cost of pens is very reresearches, has contrived a very ingenious sub-markable-the wonderfully low rate at which they marine photographic studio, by which he is enabled to take photographs of sunken ships, rocks, &c. The chamber is provided with lens-shaped watertight windows, and by means of the electric light the objects to be photographed are highly illuminated. M. Bazin is able to remain about ten minutes in his submarine chamber, and has produced several clear and well-defined photographic pictures of objects at the great depth of three hundred feet. MISS MULOCK. This lady's forthcoming novel is entitled "Two Marriages." are now produced. Thirty years ago pens sold wholesale at 5s. per gross, and now they are sold as low as 1d. and at 13d. per gross! When it is remembered that each gross requires 144 pieces of steel to go through at least twelve processes, the fact that 144 pens can be sold for 14d. is a singular example of the results attainable by the division of labor and mechanical skill. ROBERT BROWNING A new poem, by this author, many thousand lines in length, upon a medieval Roman story, is now in the press. JAN. 1, 1867. POSTAGE STAMPS.-There was published in London, last month, price threepence, the first number of "The Philatelist; an Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Stamp Collectors." LAMARTINE.-This French author, who is so constantly appearing in the rôle of "A Gentleman in Difficulties," has issued a new circular, asking the public to subscribe to the first four volumes of his Memoirs, which, he says, are complete in themselves, even if he should not live to continue the work. Lamartine is in his 77th year, having been born at Macon, on the 21st of October, 1790. DOUGLAS JERROLD.-A new edition of Jerrold's "Story of a Feather," which originally appeared in "Punch," is illustrated with upwards of seventy engravings from drawings by George du Maurier. PERIODICALS. American Quarterly Church Review. January. Church Architecture in New York City.-Tertullian.-Lydia Huntley Sigourney.-The Church and Unitarianism.-The Bearing of Arms by Clergy men.-Church Work and Party Work.-Biographical Studies.-Notices of Books.-Ecclesiastical Register. New York: N. S. Richardson. The Galaxy. January 1. National Quarterly Review. December. Physiology and the Lessons it Teaches.-Cuba, its Resources and Destiny.-Robert Boyle, his Influence on Science and Liberal Ideas.-Food and its Preparation.-Hungary, her Literature and her Prospects.-The Acquisition of Knowledge Impeded by our Legislators.-Indecent Publications.-Education in Congress.-Notices and Criticisins. Hours at Home. January. Italy's Future (G. M. Towle).-Marcella of Rome: Chap. III. (Frances Eastwood).-The Last of the Knights (J. E. Cooke).-Amusements (E. P. Smith). -Azrael, the Angel of Death.-Libraries, Old and New (Mrs. A. E. Porter).-Researches of a Fogy (W. J. Paulding).-Short Sermons for SundaySchool Teachers: No. IX. (Rev. C. S. Robinson).— Stormcliff (Miss S. J. Pritchard).-Out of the Darkness. Hugo Van Geest: concluded. Rambles among the Italian Hills: No. IV.-The Painted Tomb of Veii.-The Song of the Silk-loom (J. D. Sherwood).-The Spectre Harvest (Rev. J. B. Bittenger).-A Foot-trip in the Tyrol (C. L. Brace).ship (H. T. Tuckerman).-Books of the Month. Poor Jocko (C. H. Webb).-The Duty of CitizenNew York: Scribner & Co. Harper's Magazine. January. At the Area Gate.-Yvon and Finette.-Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men: No. XVI. (Rev. J. S. C. AbTristan: Part I. (E. Spencer).-Winter Winds bott).-Different Points of View.-Personal Recol(Anne M. Crane).-Whose Fault Is It? (H. H.).-lections of the War: No. V. (D. P. Strother).- A The Policy of Confiscation (W. C. Church).-Sa- London Police Court.-The Quiet Hour.-Hours vonarola: Article I. (Mrs. Anna C. Ritchie).-The with the Dead.-Our Gold Mine in Connecticut.Guest at the Funeral (H. M. Bean).-The Exhibi- Adam Gorrow.-The Virginians in Texas: Chaps. tion of Water Colors (S. S. Conant).-Summer IV., V., VI. (G. W. Harrington).-Slack a Little. Hours (C. D. Shanly).-The Quest for English-Three Days of Terror.-Stool-Pigeonry.-Three (R. G. White).-Bygone Joys (G. B. M.).-The Hundred a Year.-Old Aunt Matilda: Part I.Claverings: Chaps. XXXVI., XXXVII. (Anthony Medical Delusions of the Olden Time.-Editor's Trollope).-Fate Ferguston (J. W.).-The Galaxy Easy Chair. -Literary Notices.-Monthly Record of and the Sun.-The American in England (Celia Current Events.-Editor's Drawer. New York: Logan).—Nebula (The Editor). New York: W. C. Harper & Bros. & F. P. Church. The Catholic World. January. A Christmas Song.-Charity and Philanthropy.Christmas with the Baron.-Epigram.-The Christmas Tree. The Philosophy of Conversion.-Christmas Bells.-The Godfrey Family: continued.-On St. Peter's Denial.-Christ is Born.-The Dying Year. The Holy Land.-On the Apparition of our Lord to his Disciples.-Problems of the Age.-My Christmas Tree.-Little Sunbeam's Christmas Story. -Christian Charity.-The Little Birds on Christmas Day.-Barabbas and I.-Aerolites.-What Came of a Laugh on Christmas Day.-A Christmas Dream.-Victims of Doubt.-What Most Rejoices the Heart of Man.-The Republic of Andorra. Catholic Christmas.-New Publications. New York: L. Kehoe. Atlantic Monthly. January. The Guardian Angel (0. W. Holmes).—Fitz Adam's Story (J. R. Lowell).-A Plea for Culture (T. W. Higginson).-Henry Ward Beecher's Church (J. Parton).—The Palatine (J. G. Whittier).—The Strange Friend (Bayard Taylor).-Capillary Freaks (C. D. Shanly).—Katharine Morne: III (Mrs. Palfrey).-The Causes for which a President can be Impeached (C. M. Ellis).-The Contention between Achilles and Agamemnon; from Homer (C. W. Bryant).-The Man who Stole a Meeting House (J. T. Trowbridge).-Terminus (R. W. Emerson). -An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage (Frederick Douglass).-Pan in Wall Street (E. C. Stedman).-The Kingdom of Infancy (W. Mitchell).-Reviews and Literary Notices. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. |