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T. A. BURKE, EJitor.
MACON , APRIL 9, 1870.
April Magazines.
GALAXY for April con
tains the continuation of Chas.
Reade’s new story, “Put
Yourself in his Place,” which
f grows more intensely interest
ing with each succeeding chap
ter : a capital paper on “ Mr. Raymond
and Journalism an interesting letter
from Havana; Anthony Trollope’s story
of “The Spotted Dog,” and other in
teresting papers. The Galaxy is one of
the best of our exchanges. Terms, $4
a year. Sheldon & Cos., publishers,
New York.
Arthur's Home Magazine and The
Children's Hour for April are both on
our table. The former is the best and
safest of all the magazines for ladies,
and the latter .is one of the few child
ren’s periodicals we can recommend. T.
S. Arthur &’Sons, Philadelphia.
The Eclectic Magazine. —The April
number of this old favorite is embellish
ed with a fine steel engraving of Horace
Greeley, the world-renowned editor of
the New York Tribune. The leading
paper on “ Pre-historic England,” from
the British Quarterly., is comprehen
sive and well-written. “ La'’Grande
Marquise” is an interesting sketch of a
celebrated literary woman of the 17th
century. “The Ottoman Rule in Eu
rope,’’ “Sacerdotal Celibacy,” “Nation
al Antipathies,” “ A Greek Hercula
neum,” and the “Modern Poetry of
Doubt,” are all well-written articles,
and the entire makc-up’of the number
is admirable. This is one of the very
best of the monthlies, and deserves a
wide circulation. Terms, $5 a year.
E. R. Pel ton, Publisher, New^York.
The Phrenological Journal and
Packard's Monthly. —Whatever may be
thought of phrenology as a science,
there can be no doubt that this maga
zine, which is the acknowledged organ
of those who profess and practice phre
nology, is conducted with great ability,
and contains much that is'valuable to
the general reader. Its consolidation
with Packard's Monthly dates from the
present issue, and will give the subscri
bers to the two periodicals all the ad
vantages of both. The terms of the
Journal are $3 a year. W e send it and
Bukke’s Weekly for $4 a year. Sam
uel R. Wells, publisher, New York.
Ecery Saturday. —The monthly part
for March of this admirable publica
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
tion is, if possible, an improvement on
previous issues. We repeat what we
have said heretofore, that, as an illus
trated paper, it has no equal in this
country. Terms, $5 a year. Fields,
Osgood & Cos., publishers, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Gossip about Hew Books.
\jOINE of the prettiest books for
children we have read lately is
Little May's Legacy, or The
tJA Gipsy Boy , by Emma Mar
shall, (J. P. Skelly & Cos., Bos
‘ ton.) You all know that a leg
acy is something given or bequeathed
at one’s death. Well, little May was
a sweet child, who saw and pitied a poor
hungry and ragged little gipsy boy, and
not only gave him food to eat, but taught
him about Jesus. The little gipsy boy
had neither father nor mother, and the
people who had him in charge were
cruel to him. May’s teachings opened
up to him anew life, of which he had
never dreamed before, and he soon es
caped from the gipsy band, sought a
home at the house of his little friend,
and became a true and faithful servant
and an humble Christian. But little
May fell sick and faded away, like a
tender flower nipped by the icy hand of
winter. Before she died, however, she
left little Jim as a legacy to her parents,
and the gipsy boy became the trusted
servant and helper of May’s father.
The story is beautifully written, and we
commend it to our little readers. Price,
45 cents.
Breaker's Ahead; or, Larry Dalton,
from the same house, is one of Miss
McKeever’s best, and this is saying
much for it, for all of her books are
good. We wish every young man in the
South could read this book. It is the
story of a boy who left his country home
for the city, and of the many and vari
ous temptations that beset his path.
But for the mercy of God, Larry Dal
ton would have suffered shipwreck, and
his life will we trust serve as a salutary
warning to the thousands of young men
who are every day launching out upon
the sea of life, where temptations, like
coral reefs, loom up before them in all
directions, and where, without “that
wisdom which eometh from on high,
nothing but death all and destruction
await them. The volume is elegantly
illustrated, and sells for §1 25.
In Earnest ; or, Edith Palmer's
Motto, is another book from the house
of J. P. Skelly & Cos. Many counsels
and life-lessons are condensed in this
entertaining narrative. The writer
thoroughly understands girl-nature, and
without moralizing has produced a book
that will have a good moral effect, show
ing beautifully and naturally the work
of grace in the heart. We see a care
less, quick-tempered, dreamy girl trans
formed into a model worthy of imita
tion, yet by steps which all can follow
if they will. As the years pass, we be
hold in her not one who performs great
deeds, such as are dreamed of by the
would-be heroes and heroines of society,
but one who lets her light shine, living
for a purpose, doing good without know
ing it. Price, sl.
We never tire of reading books of
travel in the regions of ice and snow.
We read Dr. Hayes’ Open Polar Sea
with all the interest of a novel, and the
handsome volume before us, besides
being a beautiful picture book, is full of
interest. We allude to Dr. Hartwig’s
Polar World, an American edition of
which has been brought out by the Har
pers, of New York, in their usual splen
did style. The object of the author, he
tells us, is to describe the Polar World
in its principal natural features; to
point out the influence of its long win
ter night and short summer, on the de
velopment of vegetable and animal ex
istence, and to picture man waging the
battle of life against the dreadful cli
mate of the high latitudes of our globe,
either as an inhabitant of their dreary
solitudes, or a bold investigator of their
mysteries. The American editor has
added two chapters and many illustra
tions to the original work, and has fur
nished a valuable contribution to the
literature of the day. The book sells
for $3 50.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
Gifts and Keepsakes.
®)r. EDITOR: Every boy or
(]f| J girl who reads your Weekly,
f ee i s an interest in the sub
ject of gifts and keepsakes.
The receiving of one of these
Y is considered a happy event,
and contributes largely to the enjoy
ment of life. Now, if I were the re
ceiver of a gift, I would value it not so
much by the number of dollars that it
cost, as by the eccasion or circumstances
that called it forth. Sometimes gifts
derive their value from the esteem in
which the giver is held, and sometimes
from the merit of the receiver. Birth
day presents, Christmas gifts, New
Year’s gifts, school prizes and rewards
of merit from the Sabbath school teach
er, all have their value. But little Miss
Cecil Estelle Hightower, of Fort Valley,
(twelve years of age,) recently received
a present that outranks all these. She
read through the whole Bible in three
months and “remembered a great deal
of it,” for which her father gave her a
most beautiful Bible. Did any of your
young readers ever receive a present
that was more creditable to both giver
and receiver ? C. W. S.
Farmer Plain Talk asks who it is
that makes frequent use of the name of
an Irish servant girl, and yet never wants
her? The commander of a “ Pontoon
Bridge Train,” for whenever they come
to a fordless stream that is to be cross
ed, he invariably says “Bridge it,”
(Bridget,) and yet he don’t want her.
PLEASE NOTICE.
That we advertise in this column such
Books as aro attractively bound and illus
trated, presenting both moral and religious
truth in a pleasing form, without the dull
uninteresting manner in which many are
written, and free from the flashy style that is
so common at the present day. We feel great
confidence in recommending any of these for
either Family or Sunday Sehool Libraries.
Books sent postpaid on receipt of the an
nexed prices.
DORA’S STEWARDSHIP. Muslin. Price,
35 cents.
A story that pleasantly indicates the habit
of self-denying duty ; showing how a chiid
tried to be faithful in.lier home life, as God’s
steward.
HOW MAGGIE HELPED HER FATHER.
Muslin. Price 35 cents.
Maggie Brown commenced in early lifo to
love her Saviour, and by her Christian lifo
and loving ways, she was the means of bring
ing her father to Christ.
DULCJE’S LONESOME NIGHT. By the
author of “The. Leighton Children,” Price,
30 cents.
The story of a little girl who listened to
rude talk, and forgot to trust in God, and
wandered away from home. She was"found
and returned to her family, truly sorry for
what she had done.
OUR ROSIE ; or, The’ Little Owens. Price,
35 cents.
A beautiful story, illustrating the Bible
truth, “Better is a dinner of herbs where
love is,” than luxury and abundance without
kindness and affection.
SUSIE’S THANK-OFFERING. By the au
thor of "Waiting for the Morning,” etc.
Price, 40 cents.
A pleasant story of country life, showing
that the opportunities for acceptable sacrifice
eome to us in the routine of our daily duties.
BOYS’ WORDS. Price, 65 cents.
Containing ten different stories—short and
to the point, attractive, interesting and in
structive.
THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE HOLLOW.
By the author of “ Christie,” "The Orphans
of Glen Elder,” etc. Price, CO cents.
The power of the Holy Scriptures in the
conversion of little children,is strikingly por
trayed in this book.
GRANDMA MERRITT’S STORIES, Price,
00 cents.
A series of stories told by grandma, from
her own memory, to her young friends —'"The
Lost Irish Boy,” “The Indian Adventure,”
“ The Bitter Spirit,” " Tom, the Runaway,”
"Smiling and "Sunshine in the
Woodbine Arbor.”
OPPOSITE NEIGHBORS; or, The Two
Lives and Their End. Price, SI *25.
Showing home influence in the training of
children, by contrast.
Address oidels for any of the above, to
J. IE. BURKE U CO.,
Macon, Ga.