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i A QUEER REGION. Alaska and its Inhabitants. lo roi>ort of General Thomas concerning thojg'e-ntyry of Alaska and its inhabitants, Inl? and pnocan, contains thc following inter? esting facts : Tb_? Aleuts, though strict members? of tho ^-^Troek Church, seem to have no control over their passions for ardent spirits, nor correct ideas ir. regard to chastity ; consequently tho effects of contact with tlio Americans are ap? parent, as diseases aro common, and there aro scarcely any malo, or female, who will not not Intoxicated" if t hov have tho opportunity; the first thing they ask for is whisky. I believe much good might be done If ono or two relia? ble persons could be appointed to live among them as superintendents; Sut if of good character, would have groat influence, as the Aleuts have groat respect for uuthority. Tu tho credit of the people of Kenay and the Islands of St. George and Sf. Paul, I must say I saw no evidence of dissipation among them, due. no doubt, to their isolation, though I was Informed they wore hubie to the frailty of their race If Inducements were offered, they im? pressed mo with their intelligence and honesty; ^jaany of tho mon aro skilful mechanics, and their skin boats are creditable as models of grace and strength. On St. Paul and St. George only are the fur bearing seal found, and are killed for their furs and oil. The habits of these animals are peculiar. About thc last ot April or early part of May, the old male seals arrive, and go on shore at the places frequented by them, called rookeries ; they make a thorough examination of the ground, then the great bodv arrive, and in a short time all have occupied their posi? tions. The females come up on shore and arc collected together in communities or families, by each one of the old seals, who possesses sufficient powers to maintain and guard his family ; the young males and supernumerary one.3 are forced to take their place outside of th#area occupied by the families, and if they attempt to Interfere with domestic arrange? ment are summarily driven off. In these troubles terrible affrays occur. This arrange? ment around the rookeries mikes it very easy for the htinters to place* themselves between the families and the young males, from whom only the skin are taken, which, when they want to kill, they do !.n parties of forty or fifty t all armed with clubs. They get between the families and the young males, then drive them inland some twb or three miles distant, letting all not wanted for slaughter drop out I by the way ; these return to the rookeries. After getting only as many as they can skin and salt in one day to ftc proper places, they are killed by striking the noses of thc animals with the clubs. The next day ls devoted U> packing. By this means the families ure not disturbed, and romain to rear their young. As Bur as I can judge, tho business of the old males is to compel the females to take care of their young until they have grown sufficiently to take care of themselves ; they then appear to give up all control over the females, who are permitted to leave their young and go Into the , water, the old male still guarding and over? looking the young. In September all are per? mitted to go Into the water, where they sport during the day, coming on shore in the even? ing. At this period, all mot e further Inlaid and mingle together indiscriminately. If the autumn continues mild, they remain on the Islands till the latter part of October, when they disappear very suddenly, and have been seen goin? through the passes between the Aieutian Islands, In a southerly direction. Nothing more of them is seen until next ?pring, neither ls lt known where they pass the winter. The number of seals on the island chn only be estimated. In the height of the season, after the young are born, they are estimated all the way from five to fifteen mil? lions ; but they are countless, covering hun? dreds of acres, like sheep in a pen. The habits of those animals are such, that if permitted to be hunted at random they would be soon dri? ven from the islands. This has been proved by the Russians, who totally destroyed some rookeries before they knew how to treat them. If it ls desirable to perpetuate the fur-bearing seal, one or two plans should be adopted. One ls, to confine the killing to the natives, per? mitting none but authorized agents of thc gov? ernment to live on the Islands, and permit traders to pu ? base only after the skins have been prepared -nd the seals have left lor the south. This c urse would necessitate the sta? tioning of an agent on each of the islands, to guard the Interests of tho government, and prevent the demoralization of the natives by such unscrupulous traders as would not hesi? tate to furnish them with liquor for the pur? pose of cheating them. THE ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE. The following ls from Leckey's u History of European Morals," descriptive of the bloody spectacles offered for the amusement of the ancient Romans : The single combat became at last Insipid, and every variety of atrocity was devised to stimulate the flagging interest. At one time a bear and a bull, chained together, rolled In fierce contest along the sand ; at another, Criminals dressed in the skins of wild beast were thrown to bulls, which were maddened by red hot Irons or by darts that were tipped with burning pitch. Four hundred bears were killed on a single day under Caligula ; three hundred on another day under Claudius. Under Nero, four hundred tigers fought with bulls and elephants ; four hundred bears and three hundred lions were slaughtered by his soldiers. In a single day, at the dedication of the Coliseum by Titus, five thousand anima perished. Under Trajan, the games continued for one hundred and twenty-three successive days. ' Lions, tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, hlpffcpotami, giraffes, bulls, stags, even croco? diles and serpents, were employed to give novelty to the spectacle. Nor was any form of human suffering wanting. The first Gordian when edile gave twelve spectacles, in each of which from one hundred and fifty to five hun dred pair of gladiators appeared. Eight hun dred pair foutrht at the triumph of Aurelian Ten thousand'men fougit during the games of Tralau. Nero lllamiued his gardens during thc night, by Christians burning in their pitchy shirts. Under Domitian, an army of feeble dwarfs was compelled to fight, and more than once female gladiators descended to perish in the arena. A criminal personating a fictitious character was nailed to a cross and there torn by a bear. Another, representing Scsevola, was compelled to hold his hand In a real flame. A third, as Hercules, was burned alive upon thc pile. So intense was the craving for blood, that a prince was less unpopular If he neglected the dlstrlbu tionof corn, than If he neglected the games and Nero himself, on account of his munifi? cence in this respect, was probably the sover? eign who was most beloved by the Roman multitude. Heliogabulus and Galerius are re ported, when dining, to have regaled them selves with the sight of criminals torn by wild beasts. It was said of the latter that " he never supped without human blood." THE FEM A LE SINGER. The Successive Steps of her Career. Some wicked fellow, with no fear of female vengeance before his eyes, translates thc following from a late number of Le Qaulois : At fifteen-She sings prettily and listens to advice. People say : " How gentle and modest ?he is !" At sixtee i-Shs begins to give herself airs. Sh^knows .he Is handsome ; she ls amiable. At seventeen-Admirers appear. People wish her many returns of her birthday ; she still blushes at compliments. At eighteen-She ls a coquette She calls upon the critics. She suffers from colds, and already complains that the manager makes -her sing too much. At nineteen-She misses rehearsals. At twenty-She travels for a month. At twenty-one-She is constantly talking about her guardiau ; she plots against the other members of the company ; she causes herself to be applauded, and causes them to be .hissed. At twenty-two-She ls at par. At twenty-three-She becomes tender and melancholy. At twentv-four-She talks about an ambas? sador who Intends marrying her. At twenty-five-She gives dinner parties, but eats only a few crumbs herself, for she ls beginning to get stout. At twenty-six-She complains that the man? agers do not make her sing enough. At twenty-seven-She bas an action. At twenty-eight-She confesses quietly that the applause is falling off. At twenty-nine-She Jokes about being twenty-one next birthday. At thirty-She calls in the fashionable beau? tifier. At thirty-one-She falls desperately in love with a mero boy. At thirty-two-She ls as amiable as possible with the manager she formerly despised so much. At thirty-three-The papers grow cool. At thirty-four-They are silent. At thirty-five-She goes into the provinces. "?U forty-five-You come across her in tho chorus of someobscure theatre. TUE DAKOTA WILD MAS. A Murderous Frenchman Become* a Child of Nature. A wild man, who is being chased by parties of hunters ann hounds, lives in the wood:? fifteen miles northwest of Sioux Cit/. The Sioux City Times says of iii m : This singular being is entirely covered with n seemingly heavy coat of dart colored hair, and he is as agile as a cat ard as Beet as a deer. Old settlers in thc re .ion where the wild man bas been seen, s de that about twenty-three years since a Frenchman, with his wife und three children, settled upon a piece ol'laud uti the banks ol'the Big Sioux. At that time the only occupants of this section consisted of the Indians, who were the sole owners of Dakota, somehalf-l?reeds and a few French settlers, most of whom took squaws for their wives. It is related that the French? man alluded to did not live agreeably with his family, that his affections were lavished upon the dusky daughter of an Indian chief, (hat thc white wife, learning of this, upbraided her husbaud for the symptoms of bis waning af? fections, and that one morning a friendly In? dian visiting the cabin of the rrenchnssn, dis? covered the dead bodies of the wile and chil? dren lying on the floor. An examination discovered the fact that thc throat ol' the woman had been cut from oar to ear, and the children had been clubbed to death by blows on the head with the stock of a ?run or some similar weapon. No clue to tho murderer was ever discovered. The Frenchman has never been seen in the country since. The supposition now ls that he committed a triple murder, that reflecting on the horror of lils crime ho became insane, took to the woods and resided there since, and that the wild man that has lately boon seen and thc French settler of twenty-seven years since is one and the same person. It is" well known that many years since the majority of the Indians who resided in the Big Sioux Tal? ley were, on account of the scarcity of game, compelled to go further west, and as lt is only within the last two years that the section of country alluded to has become settled, it was very possible for a mau to live there without being discovered, or any person knowing his whereabouts. The whole affair is wrapped up in such a singular mystery, that we refrain from comment or surmise until wo can speak intelligently upon the subject. FUIT SOMISIS UM BE A. The Identity of Ju ni us and Slr Phillp Francis Fully Established. The conclusive proof of the identity of Fran? cis and Jimias is as follows : Upon thc publication of the fae similes of the famous "feigned hand"1 of Junios, a Mrs. King [n?e Giles,) of Youmrsbury In Essex, at once recognized lt as the handwriting of au anony? mous note which she had received in 1770 at Bath, with a copy of verses enclosed, written in a different and unknown hand. From va? rious circumstances, she had always believed and stated that this n tc came from Philip Francis; but as the evidence on that point was not satisfactory, thc story attracted no great attention. Uiion the publication of the "Life of Slr Phillp Francis," about two years ago, however, two lines of the verses in question were found quoted In a letter from Richard Tilghman, of Philadelphia, (elder brother of the late Chief Justice Tilghman) to Francis, dated September 29,1773,in a manner plainly implying that Francis would recognize them. This led to a renewed examination of the original papers, when it was found that the copy of verses teas in Tilghman's handwriting ! Now, Tilghman, as appears from the "Life of Francis," while a law student In the Temple in 17GD and 1770-the two most important years of the Junlus period-was the intimate friend of Francis, who was his near relation, and was with him at Bath at the time the verses were delivered. These facts led to a most careful examination, by the first experts in London, of the original note In which the verses were enveloped, and they unhesitatingly pronounce lt to be, beyond all doubt, written in the "feign? ed hand" of Junlus. It follows that Junlus was the writer of the note. His friend Tilghman wro^Lthe verses (no doubt copied them for Franr?:) and when, three years atterward, we find bim quoting the verses In a let? ter fo Francis, the conclusion is irrepressible that one of the two wrote the note which en? veloped them. But the writer of the note was J uni us. which Tilghman could not have been, because, among a thousand other reasons, tbe Junlus letters began before his arrival in Eng? land, and continued after his return to Amer? ica. It foUows, therefore, that Francis was the writer ; and thus, alter the secret has been kept in Impenetrable mystery for just a century, a trivial accident has led to its discovery and to the absolute demonstration that Francis was Junlus. We may add that we have ourselves tompared tho fac-slmlles of the note with t hose of the feigned hand of Junlus, and that of the verses with numerous contemporaneous let? ters of Tilghman now in the possession of his relations in this city, and we concur in the opinion of the London experts that there can? not be a doubt ot tho identity in cither case. [LippmcotVs Magazine. I?RISTMAS IS COMING! ?-GO T O -5? CLAUSSENS BRANCH STEAM BAKERY, No. 2 90 KING ST BE ET, Near Wentworth street, ALSO, TUE SAME AT THE BAKERY IN MARKET STREET. There you will find a large assortment of the most saleable and the most useful articles for families. BREAD. Wheat Rye French Potato Milk Grahsa: Sweet, Ac. CRACKERS. Butter Sugar Ginger Fancv Picnic Oyster Boston Lemon, Ac. BISCUITS. soda Wine Milk Cream Egg Boston Seed, Ac. CAKES. Sugar Jumbles French Jumbles Scotch Washington Shrewsberry Almond German Vanilla Hum Roll Maccaroon Sponge Lemon Jelly Ornamented Wedding Christmas, Small Iced, ic. PIES. Mince Meat Cranberry Orange Lemon . Cocoanut Apple Trune Pumpkin, Ac. PLAIN CANDY. Mint Lemon Sassafras Cream Clove Raspberry Strawberry Cinnamon Wintergreen barley Sarsaparilla lloarliound Peanut Cocoanut Kisses Tags Lump Fruit, Ac. FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Ac. Gum Drops, all ilavors Gum Sticks, Jujube Sticks Fig Paste, Jelly Gum Drops Sugar Almonds Vanilla ami Rasin Sugar Almonds Jordan Sugar Almonds Cream Sugar Almonds Cream Chocolate Drops Nonpareil Chocolate Drops Family Chocolate, Nugal Bon Bons, Sugar Plums Cream Dates, Cream Figs Cream Strawberries Cream Fruit, Crystallized Fruit Wine Drops, Whiskey Drops Brandy Drops, Cordial Drops Lozenges, Rock Candy Marshmallow Drops Chewing Gum Sugar Filberts, Ac. SOMETHING NEW. Alaska Crystal Rock Candy Sugar Roasted Peanuts Chocolate Roasted Peanuts AND Bon Ton Surprise Candy. ta- Christmas Trees supplied grails. decM QANDY! CANDY ! CANDY! Let those who want Fresh and Pure CANDY go to A. D. FLEMING'S Steam Candy Factory. No. 341 King street. Branch Store corner of King and Ann streets. Also, received io cases of French Confectionery, of direct importation, composed or tue greatest variety of crystallized and glazed Fruits and Bon-Bens, of all shapes and forms, to please the ladles and little ones, for Christmas. Also, a fine assortment of Cakes and Mince Pies for tho.holidays. deol3 12 I ll VJ lillAlXLLOlV ttailrociijs. "NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., December 19,1S69. From anil after Hhs Hate, and until the 10th of January, the Passenger Fare to and from Charleston will be reduced to one-half thc present rates, but no charge will bc less than tweuty-llve cents. S. S. SOLOMONS, dec20 6 Superintendent. c HANGE OF SCHEDULE GENERAL SUTERINTENDKN TS OFFICE, ) ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD, > SAVANNAH, November 5,1809. J On and after SUNDAY, the "th instant, Passen? ger Trains on this road will run as follows, com? mencing with the 4.30 P. M. train: NIGHT EXPRESS TRAINS. Leave Savannah daily at.4.30 P. M. Arrive at Bainbridge (Monday's except? ed) at.6.15 A. M. Arrive at Live Oak dally at.2.20 A. M. Arrive at Jacksonville dally at.7.02 A. M. Arrive at Tallahassee dally at.7.07 A. M. Arrive at Quincv daily at.9.15 A. M. Leave Quine j daily at.6.25 P. M. Leave Tallahassee daily at...8.25 P. M. Leave Jacksonville daily at.8.30 P. M. Leave Live Oak dally at.1.23 A. M. Leave Bainbridge (Sunday's excepted) at.9.30 P. M. Arrive at Savannah dally at.10.50 A. M. DAY TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sunday's excepted) at.7.15 A. M. Arrive at Live Oak (Sunday's excepted) at.7.00 P. M. Leave Live Oak (Sunday'sexocpted)at..6.oo A. M. Arrive at Savannah (Sunday's except? ed) at.5.35 P. M. Passengers for Stations west of Lawton, on malu line, take Express Train leaving Savannah at 4.30 P. M. BRUNSWICK TRAIN. . Leave Savannah (Tuesday, Thursdav and Saturday) at.12.50 P. M. Arrive at No. 0 (Junction) at.4.30 V. M. Arrive at Brunswick at.6.421'. M. Leave Brunswick (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at.l:\50P. M. Leave No. o (Junction) at.3.00 P. M. Arrive at Savannah at.6.20 P. M. Connect at Jacksonville with steamers for Pa latka, Plcolata, Enterprise, and all points on the St. John's River. Through tickets good by all steamers on the river. H. S. HAINES, decs _General Superintendent. g OUT II CAROLINA RAILROAD. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, j CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 15,1869. ( On and after Thursday, September 16, the Pas? senger Trains on the South Carolina Railroad will ruu as follows: ? FOR AUGUSTA. Leave orrarleston.8.30 A. M Arrive at Augusta.4.45 P. M. Connecting with trains for Montgomery, Mem? phis, Nashville and New Orleans, via Montgomery and Grand Junction. FOR COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.8.30 A. M. Arrive at Columbia.4.40 P. M. Connecting with Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, and Camden train. FOR CHARLESTON. Leave Augusta......8.00 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.4.00 P. M. Leave Columbia.7.45 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.4.00 P. M. A CU CST A NIGHT EX TRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.7.38 P. M. Arrive at Augusta.6.10 A. M. Connecting with trains for Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans, via Grand Junction. Leave Augusta.4.10 P. M. Arrive at Charleston.4.00 A. M. COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.6.05 P. M. Arrive at Columbia.4.46 A. M. Connecting (Sundays excepted) with Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and on Mondays, Wednes? days and Fridays with Charlotte and South Caro? lina Railroad. Leave Columbia.5.50 P. M. Arrive at Charleston.5.30 A. M. SUMMERVILLE TRAIN. Leave Charleston.2.50 P. &L Arrive at Summerville.4.10 P. M. Leave Summerville.7.10 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.9.25 A. M. CAMDEN BRANCH. Camden and Columbia Passenger Trains on MONDAYS, WEDNF-SDAYS and SATURDAYS, and be? tween Camden and King ville dally, (Sundays ex? cepted,) connects with up and down Day Pas? sengers at KingvlHe. Leave Camden.6.35 A. M. Arrive at Columbia.ll.oo A. M. Leave Columbia.1.46 P. M. Arrive at Camden.o.oo P. M. (Signed) H. T. PEAKE, septlO General Superintendent. RUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL FOR INFANTS TEETHING. ALLAYS INFLAMMATION OP THE GUMS, CURES CHOLIC, CHOLERA INFANTUM, DYSENTERY, AND ALL DISEASES TO WHICH CHILDREN ARE SU Ul EUT WHEN TEETHING. CONTAINS NO ANODYNE. RUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL is offered to the public with an absolute guarantee against all danger from Its usc. Read thc following ccrtttl catos: CHARLESTON, May.lrt, 1308. Mr. J. H. RUSSEL!., on'* of our careful ami Intel? ligent Pharmaceutists and Apothecaries, bas sub? mitted to my examination the formula for the preparation of a .Soothing Cordial prepared and vended by htm. It affords me pleasure to expresa a favorable opinion of its sale and efficient adaptation to the particular cases of the diseases of ciildron, w Inch lt is dee Urn cd to relieve. E. GEDDINGS, M. D. Having had occasion to prescribe RUSSBI.L'S Soothing Cordial in severe cases of Bowel Com? plaints in children and delicate females, I have been much pleased with its effects. 1 consider it a vuluable medicine In all cases, in which it may be advisable to avoid t he use of anodyne, and par? ticularly for family usc, an lt is perfectly safe. W. T. Wit A GO, M. D. CHARLESTON, S. C., 150?. Dear Sir-I have used your Soothing Cordial for I'iurrhoa in teething children, and lind ll a very excellent pr?parai iou. It baa a jrreat advantage over most preparations of the lund in containing no Opium or Narcotic. When these are required they can be added In proportions applicable to the case. 1 therefore eau recommend Its use In thc affec? tions for which it ls di's ig u od. Respectfully years, Ac, T. L. OG 1ER, M. D. CHARLESTON, S. C.. 1368. I comry that I have most successfully used RUSSELL'S Soothing Cordial in tho Summer Com? plaints of Infant?. He has fully exhibited thc In? gredients of hts remedy, and the tedions method of preparation. 1 recognize the prescription containing no anodyne whatever-as a most safo and eitlcaciousonc in bowel affections of children. When much pain or restlessness attends the affec? tion, doses of Paregoric can be added to the pre? scribed dosi's of the Cordial according to the age of the patient. The compound, though more often, acts in an cfllclcut manner without any ad? dition of anodyne. In the Diarrhoea of the aged. In increases] doses, lt ls of great value as a remedy, never disagree? ing with the stomach-increasing appetite, im? proving digestion, and acting as a slow but ein? ?len t astringent agent. W. IL FITCH, M. D. MOUNT PLEASANT, 8. C., 1868. Mr. J. B. Hussen : DEAR SIR-I have used your Soothing Cordial for children extensively in my practice, and most Cheerfully testify to Its merits. 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Bible Animals: being a description of every living creature mentioned tn the Scriptures, from the ape to thc coral. By thc Rev. J. G. Wood, M. A., K.L.S., Ac, with one hundred new de? signs, one volume, svo., cloth. $5. Woodside and Seaside Illustrated by pen ai d pencil. An elegant small quarto volume of ninety-six pages, richly illustrated by Birket Foster, Hows and others. $4. The World at Home. Pictures and Scenes In Far-ofT Lands. By Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. With one hundred and thirty beautiful Illustrations. Square svo., richly gill. $3. The Church's Floral Calendar. Containing Poeti? cal and Prose Extracts appropriate to each of thc festivals of the church. Each page orna? mented with beautiful floral designs, elabor? ately printed in colors. $10. Songs of Lile. Selected from many sources, with numerous new Illustrations by Hennessy, Herrick, Griswold, Fenn and Bensell, and six facsimile autographs. One volume, small 4to., cloth, full gilt. $5. The "Handy Volume" Shakspeare. In crimson French morocco, gilt edges, lu an elegant leather case. $15 75. The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers. A new and beautiful edition, with one hundred and twenty-eight steel engravings from the de? signs or J. M. W. Turner audi homos Stol hard. -ito. cloth, elegantly gilt. $12. Gems of Engl.sh Art of the Nineteenth Century. Being reproductions of the greatest works nf some of thc most celebrated artiste of this century, In twenty-four pictures, beautifully printed In colors by Leighton Brothers, with illustrative texts by Francis Turner Palgrave. 4to., cloth, full gilt. The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. Selected and edited by the Rev. R. A. Wllmott. With one hundred Illustrations. Engraved most elaborately by the Brothers Dalziel. In post 1 4to., cloth, elegantly gilt. $3 75. Poe's Poems. New Edition. With twenty-eight Illustrations by W. ll. Paton, J. McWtiirter, C. Stanton, C. J. Stanlland, G. Hay and W. J. Palmer. 4to. $0. ALSO, An nnnsally large collection of beautifully illus? trated Books for thc Young, Including the very latest and best productions of the English Press. dec20 lORGARTIE'S BOOK DEPOSITORY. OUR CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE. Thc ladles will not fall to call at thc Depository and examine onr gallery of beautiful CHROMOS. Our shelves and tables present an attractive array of BOOKS and other articles for the Christ? mas Holidays. The prices of our Books are all marked in plain fiirures tu* the convenience of visitors. Amongst numerous others we call at? tention to the following: THE UNIVERSE; or. the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Small. By J. A. Pouchet, with 347 engravings and colored plates, $12. Bartlet's Walks about Jerusalem, illustrated with over fifty steel engravings and maps, hound In rich Turkey morocco, gilt, $12. Loves and Heroines of the Poets, with selections from all thc poets, with an Introductory memoir and numerous steel por? traits of their heroines and loves, large 4to. vol? ume In rich Turkey morocco, gilt $15. Episodes of Fiction, or choice stories from great novelists, with biographical Introductions and notes, pro? fusely illustrated, $6. our Dumb Neighbors, con? versations of a rather with lils children on do? mestic and other animals, with numerous large engravings, $5. Christmas lu England, Illustra? ted, rrom Irving s Sketch Book, $3 60. The Holi? days, Christmas, Baster and Whitsuntide, their social festivals, customs and carols, Illustrated by Darbv,*$5. Bryant's Forest Hymn. By William Cullen Brvant, illustrated by Neeni9, $3. Lady Geraldine's Courtship. By Mrs. Browning, over thirty illustration, $;".. Dickens'Christmas Books, numerously illust rated, bound in rich morocco, cloth, $4. 'Cowper's Table Talk and other poems, beautifully illustrated, $3. Whittler's Ballads of New England, illustrated, $5. Illustrated Edition of The Gate's Ajar, $3 60. Book of Elegant Ex? tracts, profusely Illustrated, lull morocco, gilt, $8. The Hysterics of thc Ocean. By Mangln, one hundred ami thirty Illustrations, morocco, cloth, rilli gilt. $U. The Desert World. By Mangln, one hundred and sixty illustrations, morocco, cloth, gilt, |8. The Bird. By Mlchelet, two hundred and ter. exquisite engravings, morocco, cloth, gilt, $.>. The World at Home, Pictures and Scenes in Far-oil'Lands, one hundred and thirty eiigrav Ines, $3. The above list can give a very imperfect idea nf the extent or our assortment or bcauiirul Books for the Holidays. Our Juvenile Books are par? ticularly varied, and suited for oil ages. Wc have just received a large addition lo our stock of Mahogany and Rosewood Writing Desks, some new and beautiful styles. A new supply or Photograph Albums or very superior finish, which will be sold at unusually low prices. 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