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MACON, ON,, APRIL 30 1870.
Exchanges.
May number of Godey's
B gVfi Lady's Boole is at hand —an
•p7t-> excellent number of a most
LU'ft excellent publication.- Terms,
S3 per annum. L. A. Godey,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The publishers of The Galaxy , al
ready one of the very best of the month
ly magazines, seem determined to keep
it in the front rank. In addition to the
thrilling story by Charles Reade, and
other attractions, they have engaged the
services of “Mark Twain,” the finest
wit of the present day, to conduct a de
partment of the magazine. He makes
his debut in the May number. . This
magazine is published by Sheldon &
Oc., New York, at $4 a yc-ar.
Every Saturday , No. 17, for April
23, contains a pictorial supplement of
remarkable attractiveness and great
merit as a work of art. It represents
Edwin Booth as Hamlet, and will be
recognized by all who have ever seen
the great tragedian in his favorite charac
ter, as a striking and admirable likeness.
The artistic excellence of the picture may
be inferred from the fact that it was
drawn by Mr. Hennessy and engraved
by Mr. Linton. The next number of
Every Saturday will contain as a supple
ment a companion picture, representing
Mr. Fechter as Hamlet.
This number of Every Saturday has
a continuation of Dickens’s new story,
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” which
has already excited great popular inter
rest. Fields, Osgood A Cos., Publishers,
Bos tou.
The Educational Gazette for April
comes to our table laden with an unusu
ally rich store of good things for young
and old. The articles are sensible, high
toned, full of life and zest, and teach
noble lessons, such as persons ol all
classes will be likely to learn, remember,
and profit by. We think every school
boy should read the story “The Real
Tell-Tale, ” which appears in this num
ber of the Gazette.
Messrs. C. 11. Turner & Cos., GOT
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are the
publishers. Terms, One Dollar a year.
No musical family should be without
Peters' Musical Monthly. It is printed
from full size music plates and contains
in each number at least twelve pieces of
choice new music. Price, $3 per year.
BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
For $3 the subscriber will get at least
SSO worth of music. Address J. L.
Peters, P. 0. Box 5429, New York.
Gossip about New Boobs.
RE the little readers of the
Weekly aware that there are
W ' v cities and towns more than
two thousand years old now
dy existing in Syria, whose houses
;ire (l a perfect as when -4hey
w ere built ? The cities of Western Pal
estine have been almost annihilated —
Zion is “ ploughed like a field
the city of Tyro not a single trace can
be found; and the ruins of Capernaum —
that city which was “exalted unto
heaven”—-has been so completely oblit
erated that the question of its site never
has been, and probably never will be,
definitely settled ; while “Jericho has
disappeared, Bethel “'is come to nought”
and Samaria is “as a heap of the field,
as plantings of a vineyard.” But in
ancient Bashan, the land of Og, the
remnant of the giants, “it is totally dif
ferent: it is literally crowded with
towns and large villages; ana though
the vast majority of them are deserted,
they are not ruined! ’
Do you want to read more about these
giant cities, with their stone houses,
built long before the birth of Christ?
The book before us will give you all the
information you want. It is called
The Giant Cities of Bashan , and Sy
ria's Most Holy Places , by the Rev.
J. L. Porter A. M., author of “ Five
Years in Damascus,” etc. ; published
by Thos. Nelson A Sons, New York and
London. We have rarely met with a
book which has afforded us so much
gratification and solid information. It
is handsomely printed, and has a num
ber of illustrations, and is sold at $1 50.
It is richly worth three times its price.
Messrs. Porter & Coates, Philadel
phia, have sent us “The ‘‘Bab' Ballads ,
much sound and little sense,” by W. S.
Gilbert, with illustrations by the author.
We took the volume home with us last
night, and while showing it to our little
people, and reading to them about
“ Captain Reece,” and “ General John
and Private James,” and “ the Bishop
of Rum-ti-foo,” our little three-year-old
looked up and said, “Papa, ain’t it
foolis’?” We thought it a very good
criticism of the hook. And yet it is full
of fun and funny pictures, and will
make people laugh. It is beautifully
bound in green and gold, and sells for
$1 75.
Wonders of Optics.
The article on “ Chinese Shadows,”
and the accompanying engraving, on the
first page of this issue, is copied from
the “ Wonders of Optics,” the first of
the series of “Illustrated Library of
Wonders,” published by Charles Scrib
ner & Cos., New York. It is a volume
of rare interest.
Tin May Qneaiw
Tin* beautiful poem, from the pen of
one of our most talented and valued
eantributors, is published in this num
ber so that it will reach our little friends
in time for their May festivals. It is
just what they want.
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SILENCE IS CONSENT.
ufl® AT HE R a singular anecdote is
-CC'V re EJed of the Emperor Napo-
Icon. A witty man, end very
well informed, but unfortunate, believed
himself capable of filling a somewhat
lucrative position that had heretofore
been given to a lot of coxcombs who car
ed for nothing but their own enjoyment.
He applied for the situation, but he had
no friend, and merit alone is but little
help to any one. He tried vainly three
or four petitions, which, (as is usual in
such cases,) were not sent to the Em
peror.
Worn out, his patience completely ex
hausted, and becoming poorer every
day, he bethought himself of a strata
gem not unworthy of a courtier. Ne
cessity often suggests happy, ideas. He
wrote with much care a little petition,
which he addressed to His Majesty , the
King of Rome. He asked only fora
position that paid six thousand francs,
which was a modest request.
Very hopeful of success, he went to
find an officer-general attatehed to the
Emperor. He disclosed to him his dis
tress, and showing him his petition, said.
“ Monsieur, you would receive my eter
nal gratitude, and at the same time do
a most generous act if you would give
me the means of presenting this paper
to the Emperor.” The general, who was
as approachable as he was brave, con
ducted the petitioner to Napoleon.
The Emperor took the petition, obser
ved its address, and was agreeably aston
ished by it. “Sire,” said they, “itis
a petition for His Majesty, the King of
Rome.”
“ Very well, ” replied the Emperor,
“ let the petition be carried to him.”
The King of Rome (Napoleon IT,
Duke of Reichstadt,) was then but six
months old. Four chamberlains were
ordered to conduct the petitioner before
his little Majesty. The solicitor was
not in the least ncn-plussed. He saw
fortune smiling upon him. He present
ed himself before the cradle of the
prince, unfolded his paper, and in a
loud, clear voice read it with many re
spectful bows. The infant king made
some stuttering sounds during the read
ing, but replied not a word to the de
mand. The cortege saluted the little
monarch, and the Emperor asked what
reply they had obtained. “ Sire, His
Majesty has said nothing.”
“ Silence is consent,” replied Napo
leon. “ The place is granted.”
Plough deep while sluggards sleep,
And you’ll have corn to sell and keep.
Illustrated Liter? of Mers.
Messrs. CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.
JIJAVE just commenced ihe publication of
The Illustrated Library of Wonders.
' Thi3 series is based upon one now in course
of publication in Paris, the sale of which has
reached
ONE MILLION COPIES.
The volumes to bo comprised in it will all
be written in a popular stylo, and, whore sci
entific subjects are treated of, with careful
accuracy, and with the purpose of embodying
the latest discoveries and inventions, and the
results of the mosCrecent developments in
every department of investigation.
The different volumes will be profusely il
lustrated with ergraving- designed by the
most skilful artists, and executed in the most
careful manner, and every possible care will
be taken to render them complete and reli
able expositions of the subjects upon which
they respectively treat. Tor the family libra
ry, for use as prizes in schools , and ns works of
instruction and amusement for readers of all
ages, the volumes comprising the Illustrated
Library of Wonders will be found unexcelled.
The following volumes of the series have been
published:
(/, iiu3. By I. e to
ri 011. Illustrated, with over seventy engra
vings on wood, many of them full-page, and
a colored frontispiece. One volume, 12mo.
Price, $1 50.
11.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. By W.
Be Fonviclle. Illustrated with thirty-nine
engravings on wood, nearly all full page.
One vol, 12? no. Price, $l5O.
Hr.
EGYPT 3,300 YEARS AGO; or, RAME
SES THE GREAT. By F. Be Lanoye.
With forty illustrations. One volume, 12mo.
Price, $1 50.
xv.
THE INTELLIGENCE OP ANIMALS
With Illustrative Anecdotes. From the
French of Ernest Menav.lt. With fifty-four
illustrations. One vol. 12 mo. Price, $1 50.
v.
THE WONDERS OF HEAT. By Achilla
Gazin. With ninety illustrations, many of
them full-page, and u colored frontispiece.
One vol. 12/ho. Pr ice, fjl 50.
vr.
AB VENTURES ON THE GEE A T R UNT
ING GROUNDS OF THE WORLD. By
Victor Meunicr. Illustrated with twenty-two
wood cuts. One vol. 12mo. Pries, §1 50.
VII.
WONDERS OF POMPEII. By Marc .Bon
nier. Thirty illustrations. One vol, 12 mo.
Price, SI 50.
VIII.
TIIIP SUN. By Are dec Quit lent in. From
the French, by T. L. Phipson, Ph. D. 58
Ulus. One vol. 12 mo. Price, $1 50,
IX.
THE SUBLIME IN NATURE: From de
scriptions of Celebrat' and Travelers and Wri
ters. By Ferdinand Lanoye. Illustrated
with 48 wood cuts. One vol. 12m o. SI 50,
THE WONDERS OF GLASS-MAKING:
Its description and history from ihe earliest
times to the present. By A. Sauzay. With
G 7 illustrations on wood. One vol. 12/ho.
Price, SI 50.
These books sent, postpaid, to any address,
upon receipt of the price.
CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.,
G 54 Broadway, New York.
J. W. BURKE k CO., Macon, Ga.