OCT. 1, 1870. OXFORD BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS. CONTAINING THE ADDITIONAL HYMNS. THE TYPE, AND PAPER, AND BINDING, ARE THE BEST. THE VARIETY OF NEW STYLES IS THE GREATEST, AND THE PRICES WILL BE FOUND, BY COMPARISON, THE CHEAPEST. CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION TO THE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES, THOS. NELSON & SONS, 52 BLEECKER STREET, CORNER OF MULBERRY ST., NEW YORK. ССТ. 1, 1870. LEE AND SHEPARD'S NEW BOOKS. "In Itself a Marvel of Art." THE PRINCES OF ART. Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Architects. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MRS. S. R. URBINO. 16mo. Illustrated. $200. "Beautiful alike in matter, style, and typographical elegance. Treating the very highest phases of art, it is in itself a marvel of art."-Northampton Press. "Written with French enthusiasm and vivacity, and exceedingly well translated.”—Buffalo Express. "We have seldom found a work of this kind combining so many points of interest as this. The selection of masters who have made the fine arts illustrious by their genius is judiciously made; the outlines of their lives are gracefully sketched, and enough of incident and anecdote is interwoven to throw an attractive charm around the record of bare facts."-Providence Journal. "This is one of the most readable volumes of the day upon Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers. It contains lively sketches of the great artists of modern and ancient times, and is gotten up in a style wortby a place in the best libraries in the land."-Cincinnati Times. "One hardly knows which to admire most, the skill which planned such an epitome as this, or the exquisite taste with which the theory is worked through to a result." -Dover Star. WHY THE CHINESE EMIGRATE, And the Means they Adopt for the Purpose of getting to America. With Sketches of Travel, Social Cus toms, Amusing Incidents, etc. BY COL. RUSSELL H. CONWELL. 16mo. Illustrated from Original Designs. $1 50. Col. Conwell has just returned from a journey round the world, during which he made a tour of observation in China, for the purpose of satisfying himself on the question of Chinese emigration. He is so well known as a newspaper correspondent and lecturer, having been styled by our leading journals as "the most fascinating word-painter of the day," that his writings will need no introduction to be appreciated by the reading public. (Now ready.) THE LITTLE MAID OF OXBOW. THE PROVERB STORIES. By Mrs. M. A. BRADLEY and Miss KATE J. NEELY. Fine Feathers do not Make Fine Birds. Charley and Eva's HOME IN THE WEST. By Miss LOUISE M. THURSTON. 16mo. Illustrated. $1. The third of THE CHARLEY ROBERT SERIES. 3 vols. In neat box. 12 illustrations. Per vol., 1. THE PINKS AND BLUES; or, The Orphan Asylum. By ROSA ABBOTT. 16mo. Illustrated. 81. Completing THE ROSA ABBOTT SERIES, vols. 24 Illustrations. Per vol., $1. 6 FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS AND NEWSDEALERS. LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. LEE, SHEPARD & DILLINGHAM, New York. GEORGE W.CHILDS, PUBLISHER, No. 600 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. One Page, each insertion........... $20.00 | Quarter Page, each insertion......... $7.00 12.00 Eighth Page, 46 4.00 AGENTS IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE. TRÜBNER & CO., 60 Paternoster Row, London. F. A. BROCKHAUS, Leipsic. FREDERIC MÜLLER, Amsterdam. GUSTAVE BOSSANGE & CO., 25 Quai Voltaire, Paris HENRY LEMMING, 9 Calle de la Paz, Madrid. GEO. N. DAVIS, 119 Rua Direita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Agent for South America. A. ROMAN, San Francisco, California, Agent for the Pacific Coast. T. W. WILSON, 14 Calle de Mercaderes, Habana, Agent for the West Indies. Subscriptions or Advertisements for the "American Literary Gazette" will be received by the above Agents, and they will forward to the Editor any Books or Publications intended for notice. OCT. 15, 1870. THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER. HE LITERARY GAZETTE for December 1 will contain a series of notices describing the chief books of the season adapted for presents. It will also contain some literary features of interest, besides numerous ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISEMENTS, printed on the finest toned plate paper, and issued in a handsome wrapper in red and blue, which will in various ways render it attractive to bookbuyers, but more especially as a guide to the purchaser of books for presents, not only at Christmas, but throughout the year. No expense whatever will be spared in the production of the Christmas Number, and as much time and care will be necessary for its preparation, publishers desirous of inserting illustrated advertisements, will greatly oblige the Editor by letting him know as early as possible what space they propose taking. The demand for the Christmas Number of the Literary Gazette is not limited to the trade only, but it is sought after by lovers of books generally, and finds its way readily into the drawing-rooms of thousands of wealthy bookbuyers in all parts of the United States.* For the convenience of the Retail trade, who may wish to circulate copies of the Christmas Number in their own localities, an additional number will be printed, which will be supplied to the Booksellers at the rate of one hundred for $12, fifty for $7, twentyfive for $4. Orders for copies must be received not later than 15th November, and none can be supplied at the above prices, if ordered later than the date mentioned. We may here state that the Christmas Number for 1869 formed an octavo volume of two hundred pages, with more than one hundred beautiful illustrations, many of them full-page. Advertisements are inserted in the Christmas Number on the following terms: Page, $25; Half page, $14; Quarter, $8; One-eighth, $5. Four lines, set close, $1 50; per line beyond, 25 cents. Cover-page facing matter, or back of cover, printed in red and blue, $35; third page of cover, $30. 66 THE AMERICAN LITERARY GAZETTE AND PUBLISHER'S CIRCULAR, Christmas, 1869. Of this well-known publication we need only say that the present number is elaborated and ornamented for the season; so that, while it gives a complete list of illustrated and other books suitable for presentations and rewards," it is in itself a beautifully illustrated book, and would be acceptable to anybody as a present. To the book trade its substantial merits as a chronicle of literature have made it indispensable. All, indeed, who wish to buy books at this season, may consult its pages with profit. There they will find not a mere literary description, but a specimen illustration-"a specimen brick" we may call it-of the season; with numerous book notices, such as we ourselves try to furnish-notices which shall truly inform the reader of the character of the books offered to him, and afford a reliable guide to his choice.-Phila. Age. The number of the Literary Gazette for Christmas, 1869, is excellent in its literary contents, and curious for resenting in its advertising pages the finest embellish ments of the illustrated gift-books of the year. Mr. Childs never does things by halves, and in this ornamental catalogue of pretty books, he has worthily sustained his reputation for liberality and good taste.N. Y. Evening Post. The Christmas number of The American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular has attained the size of an octavo volume. It is a novelty in its way, for it contains not only a large collection of book advertisements, but these are largely illustrated with picked specimens of the engravings in the various works, many of them beautiful gift and holiday books, thus announced. It requires great skill and attention to print these illustrations, so as to bring out their beauty and delicacy; but this has been most successfully accomplished here, and the result is a volume which ought to find a place in every boudoir, parlor, and library, as well as in the bookstores of publishers. This is the first publication of the kind ever issued in this country.-Philadelphia Press. OCT. 15, 1870. NOTES ON BOOKS AND BOOKSELLERS. MESSES. LEONARD & Co., Boston, announce that their parcel sale of books, stationery, and fancy goods will commence on Tuesday, November 15. ASHLAND, PA.-The firm of Couplin, Holbert & Co. has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Holbert has purchased the entire interest of the firm, and will continue the business at the old stand. MESSRS. HOYT, FOGG & BREED, Portland, have in press, to be issued early in October, a new work on Missions, entitled, "These for Those. Our Indebtedness to Missions," by Rev. Wm. Warren, D. D., District. Sec. Am. Board. MESSES. LEAVITT, STREBEIGH & Co., New York, will sell by auction on Monday, October 17, and two following days, a collection of recently imported English books, many of them in handsome bindings. The catalogue has been issued, and contains many valuable standard works. MESSRS. BANGS, MERVIN & Co., New York, announce for sale on October 24, and following evenings, a collection of books from the library of Mr. Richard Grant White. The catalogue contains two hundred and sixty-five pages, and includes many scarce old books and rare editions. FIELDS, OSGOOD & Co. will immediately publish the first part of "Faust," translated by Bayard Taylor, and will issue the second part, almost unknown in this country, early in the spring. New volumes of poetry by Whittier and H. H. (Mrs. Helen Hunt) are in the press, together with "Vagabond Adventures," by Ralph Keeler, "Our Girls," from "Our Young Folks," by Mrs. Whitney, and as a holiday book, Dickens's "Child's Dream of a Star," beautifully illustrated. The "Atlantic Monthly" for 1871 will have, among other engravings, portraits of distinguished men and women of the day, and, in itself a literary curiosity, a prose essay by Sir Walter Scott, contributed to a London annual, but hitherto unpublished, and pieces, also new, by Leigh Hunt and Charles Lamb. ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS.-The following is a résumé of the principal Illustrated Gift Books announced by the publishers: Messrs. D. Appleton & Co.'s chief Christmas book This poem will be Bryant's "Song of the Sower." of Bryant's was published in his last collection of verses, "Thirty Poems," and, while not yet so well known as "The Forest Hymn," "Thanatopsis," and others of his earlier productions, possesses singular excellences, both for popular appreciation and for the artist's pencil. It touches upon almost all phases and all conditions of life-in the factory, in the quarry, at the anvil, on shipboard, in the town, on the sea-shore, in the woods. It describes the grain in all its successive stages of growth, and hence, in its wholeness, presents a singularly varied and comprehensive succession of pictures, rendered with all the veteran poet's power and beauty of versification. These successive pictures have been depicted by some of our most distinguished artists, in a series of illustrations that are in every way admirable. The figure-subjects have been for the most part, drawn by Winslow Homer, Hennessy, and Nellig; the landscapes have fallen into the hands of Harry Fenn, Hows, Griswold, and Granville Perkins. The drawings by these accomplished artists have been executed by the best engravers Filmer, Karst, etc. The engravings thus successin the country-Linton, Harley, Langridge, Quartly, fully executed will be printed on paper of the finest quality, and the book will be bound in a style & Co. announce "Songs of Home," the second volworthy of its artistic beauty.-Messrs. C. Scribner ume of the reissue of "Folk Songs." It will be a small 4to. uniform with "Songs of Life," published last year. It will be splendidly illustrated by Fenn, Hennessy, Griswold, etc., and will contain eight autographs. They will also have ready a new edition of F. A. Pouchet's "The Universe, or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little," with additional matter and illustration. Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co. will have "Winter Poems," containing poems, new and old, by Whittier, Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, and Emerson. It will be proSCRIBNER'S MONTHLY.-The contents of the first fusely illustrated by some of the best American number promise well for the future success of this artists, and issued uniform with "Snow Bound," and magazine. William Morris, the author of "The "Ballads of New England;" and Charles Dickens, Earthly Paradise," one of the most exquisitely beau- "A Child's Dream of a Star," beautifully illustrated tiful poems of modern times, contributes a new from drawings by Hammatt Billings, engraved by poem. A new tale by George Macdonald, author of J. Linton.-Messrs. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood," "Robert Fal- have "Pictorial Scenes from the Pilgrim's Progress'' coner," &c., is to be the principal serial story. It illustrated with magnificent chromo-lithographs is entitled "Wilfrid Cumbermede." The editor, from drawings by Claud Regnier Conder; and W.V. Dr. J. G. Holland, will give a first instalment of his Johnson's "Travels of an American Owl," with sil"Topics of the Times," and a humorous poem, en- houette illustrations by Hoppin.-Messrs. Roberts titled "Irving Train-His Drive," freely illustrated Brothers have "The Brownies," with illustrations by Magrath, the authorship of which has been at- by the veteran artist George Cruikshank; "Puck's tributed to Dr. Holland, will also appear. Among Nightly Pranks," translated from the German of the other principal features in the contents are the L. Bund, by Charles T. Brooks, with silhouette first part of a novelette entitled "Natasqua," by illustrations by Paul Konewka; "The Monitions of Mrs. Davis, author of "Waiting for the Verdict ;" the Unseen," and other poems, by Jean Ingelow, a story by Dr. I. I. Hayes, the distinguished ex- with many illustrations; and Konewka's silhouette plorer' of the Polar Sea, founded on an actual illustrations to Goethe's "Faust."-Messrs. Scribtragedy in that region; "The Bondage of the Pulner, Welford & Co. have "Miss Killmansegg and pit," by an author whose name is not given; "Aher Precious Leg," by Tom Hood, with sixty etchDay with Dr. Brooks," by Mrs. Mary E. Dodge, with many illustrations, being an account of Dr. Brooks' reformatory system, and the New York Juvenile Asylum; and "The Bottom of the Sea," by Dr. P. Edwards Clark, also profusely illustrated. There are altogether forty-nine illustrations in the num ber. MESSES. ROBERT CLARKE & Co., Cincinnati, have issued a catalogue extending to more than two hundred pages, of American and English Law Books and Publications, published or supplied by them. ings on steel, from drawings by Thomas Seacombe, R. A.; and "Flora Symbolica, or the Language and Sentiments of Flowers," by J. Ingram, with colored illustrations.-Messrs. Hurd & Houghton have "Black Peter," with silhouette illustrations by Paul Konewka, and rhymes.-Messrs. Macmillan & Co. have "The Collects of the Church of England," with beautiful floral borders on every page; "Tales of Old Japan," by Capt. A. B. Mitford, translated with copious explanatory introductions and com ments, and with full page illustrations, drawn by |