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T. A. BURKE, EJitor.
MACON, GA., MAT 2i f 1870.
Book Notices.
CpPfj OM BLINN’S Temperance So
jriyk ciety, and other Stories.” By
T. S. Arthur, author of “ Ten
f Nights in a Bar-Room.” 12
mo, 316 pages. Price, $1 25.
“ The Drinking Fountain
Stories.” 12 mo., 192 pages. Illustra
ted with forty choice Engravings.
Price, sl.
The name of T. S. Arthur on the
title page is a guaranty that the hand
somely printed volume of stories before
us is at all events safe reading for old
and young. Mr. Arthur has written
more than any man of his age in this
country, and we cannot now call to mind
any book of his that is not calculated to
make its readers better men and women.
The volume before us contains eleven
well-written stories, intended to show
the evils of intemperance. It deserves
and we trust will receive a large circu
lation.
The Drinking Fountain Stories are
short, and are well suited to the com
prehension of younger readers. They
are illustrated with forty well-executed
wood cuts, and the volume is admirably
adapted for use in Sunday School li
braries.
Both books are published by the Na
tional Temperance Society and Publi
cation House, of New York, and come
to us through Messrs. J. W. Burke k
Cos., Macon, Ga.
“ Claudia. A Tale.” By A. L. 0.
E. New York : Thomas Nelson k
Sons. Macon: J. TV. Burke & Cos.
Price 90 cents.
The well-known initials A. L. 0. E.,
(a lady of England,) are found on the
title page3 of so many of our very best
Sunday School books,that a mere refer
ence to this beautiful volume will in
sure it a hearty welcome from all who
love 11 the good, the beautiful, and the
true.” In it the authoress demonstrates
that intellectual powers, however great,
are in themselves dangerous gifts, un
less they are combined with and sub
jected to those which belong to the high
er spiritual nature.
“ Mistress Margery: A Tale of the
Lollards. Republished from the Lon
don edition. Philadelphia: American
Sunday School Union. Macon: J. TV.
Burke k Cos. Price, 75 cents.
The Lollards were the earliest re
formers in Eng land who protested
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
against the errors of the Roman Catho
lic Church. The sect is said to have
been founded in 1315 by Walter Lol
lard, who suffered martyrdom at Co
logne in 1322. The first Lollard mar
tyr in England was William Sastre, (or
Sawtre,) who suffered death by burning
on the 26th of February, 1401. Mistress
Margery Lovell, afterwards Baroness
Marnell, of Lymington, was one of Sas
tre’s earliest converts, and on the 6th of
March, little more than a week after
Sastre’s martyrdom, she followed him
to the stake “glorifying the Lord in the
fire.” This little volume is the story of
her life, quaintly but beautifully told.
Jessie Gordon; or, A Sunday Schol
ar’s Influence. By the author of “ Ce
dar Creek,” etc. Boston : Henry Hoyt.
Macon: J. W. Burke k Cos. Price,
$1 50.
Do the little readers of this paper re
alize that to each of them is entrusted
the mighty talent of Influence— for good
or evil. You have more or less power
at home—over your brothers and sis
ters, and even father and mother may
be influenced by you. Do you cultivate
this talent, and use it for the glory of
God? Are you a Christian child, lov
ing Jesus and desiring to please Him
above all other things ? Or are you by
indifference, or ill-temper, or bad ex
ample, teaching others to be as indiffer
ent, as ill-tempered, or as wdcked as
yourself? Alice Wentworth’s influence
over poor neglected little Jessie Gordon
was the means of reforming the father
and mother, and of leading a wicked
family to the service of God. The story
—an English one —is beautifully writ
ten. It teaches a lesson which we
should like to see impressed on every
one of our little readers.
Fred's Fresh Start, and What he did
by Moral Courage. From the English
edition. Boston: Henry Hoyt. Ma
con: J. W. Burke & Cos. Price, sl.
Fred Swift’s mother was a widow,
with several children younger than
Fred. He was sorely tempted: first,
by indolence; next, by ill-temper;
then by vanity and covetousness ; and,
lastly, by dishonesty. He was not
proof against the last, and used money
that did not belong to him. But he had
a kind, God-fearing mistress, who for
gave him, and enabled him to take “ a
fresh start.” By the grace of God he
became an honest, truth-loving boy, and
a thoroughly reliable young man.
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Use for a Fortress,
In a class of little girls in one of the
schools of Boston the question was ask
ed :
“ What is a fort ?”
“ A place to put men in,” was the
answer.
“What is a fortress then?” asked
the teacher.
This seemed a puzzle, until one little
girl of eight summers answered :
“ A place to put women in.”
The Homo Monthly.
admirable publication is
now in its eighth volume, the
May number just received be
ing number five of that vol-
V 'v~ ume. It is too bad that the
people of the South will not
patronize their own publications. Some
of the very best periodicals ever issued
in this country were published at the
South, and yet they were allowed to die
for want of support. The Southern
Literary Messenger , of Richmond, and
the Southern Quarterly Review , of
Charleston, were unequalled in their
particular departments, and yet neither
of them was self-sustaining. Here is a
magazine of more real, substantial worth
than any one of its Northern cotempo
raries, filled with ably-written articles
from the best pens of the South, unex
ceptionable in moral tone, and edited
with signal ability —and yet we dare say
some of the Northern fashion magazines
have more subscribers in the South
than the Home Monthly has altogether!
Isn’t it a shame ?
We do not condemn all of our North
ern exchanges —on the contrary, there
are one or two that we take special
pleasure in commending —but we do
insist that the first duty of Southern
men and women is to Southern publica
tions. No man or woman has a right
to take Godey, or Peterson, or any other
Northern periodical, unless he or she
takes a good Southern magazine—and
w r e have at least three that are as good
as the best —and it is the duty of the
newspaper press of the South to insist
upon this until our people are induced
at least to give their own periodicals an
examination, and a fair chance.
The Home Monthly is published at
Nashville, Tenn., —Prof. A. B. Starke,
Editor —at $3 a-year. By a special ar
rangement with the publisher, we are
enabled to send it and Burke’s Weekly
one year for $4. Will not some of the
older readers of this paper give it a
trial?
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“ Too Religious,”
objection urged to Burke’s
Weekly, by some of the boys
zj/n, and girls, is that “it is too reli
gious.” One little fellow thinks
f-s if we were to publish Mayne
Reid’s stories, or something
like them, our paper would be “more
popular.” No doubt, but would it be
fit to go into families where there are
God-fearing boys and girls? We think
not. It is true —alas that it should be
so —that some boys and girls will not
take our paper because we do not pan
der to their tastes for sensational liter
ature ; but we prefer a smaller list of
subscribers and “ a conscience void of
offence.” Will not Christian parents
help us to put the Weekly into South
ern families, in place of the poisonous,
infidel literature now found in too many
of them ?
Great Reduction in Price for 30 Days!
rpHE following: list of Books, suitable for
T Sunday Schools or Family Reading, we
will sell, for THIRTY DAYS, at a discount of
ONE-THIRD from the RETAIL PRICE.
So that any ono sending us $5, will get Books
to the amount of $7 50. or by sending us $lO,
will get sls worth.
At these prices mailing and express mutt be
paid by the purchaser.
The object of this reduction in price is to
REDUCE THE STOCK ON HAND,
of an overplus amount, and wc shall not or
der books to fill back orders at these prices—
only to clear our shelves of the surplus stock.
We give below a list with the regular retail
prices, from which we will give the discount
of ONE-THIRD.
Bernice, the Turner’s Daughter, 1 25
Bertie’s Birthday Present, 1 if,
Blind John Netherway, 1 00
Boy’s Victory, 1 00
Brother’s Choice, 1 25
Christmas Story, 90
Coffee Pot Sam, 90
The Corner Stall. 115
Daisy Bright, 90
David Woodburn, 150
Door without a Knocker, 115
Earthen Vessels, 1 50
Ellen Dacre, 1 25
Ellen Y r incent, 1 00
Eugene Cooper, 1 15
Family Doctor, a Temperance Story, 1 50
Forty Acres, 1 25
Francis Morton, 150
Glen Elder, 1 15
Gold Bracelets, 1 15
Golden Heart, 1 50
Golden Work, 1 50
Hetty’s Dresses, 1 50
Hungering and Thirsting, 75
John and the Demijohn, 150
Letters of Madame Guyon. 1 00
Light and Shade, 1 50
Linsido Farm, 1 25
Little Ones in the Fold, 1 00
Little Maiden—Parts 1,2, 3—each, 90
Lucy Randolph, 125
Mark Steadman, 1 15
Mary’s Patience Bank, 1 25
Master Mechanic, 1 25
Mary Bruce. 1 25
Mercy Gliddon’s Work, 1 25
Mildred Gynnc, 1 25
Milly’s Taper, 1 50
Mountain Patriots, 1 50
Nanny Davenport, 150
Old Barracks, 1 25
Old Distillery, 1 50
Old Manor House, 1 50
Only a Pauper, 1 50
Opposite the Fort, 1 50
Organ Grinder, 1 25
Paradise Row, 1 00
Paul Preston, 1 25
Peter Killip’s King, 1 25
Piety and Pride, 1 25
Quality Foggs’ Old Ledger, 1 00
Robert Joy’s Victory, 1 15
Scottish Minister, 1 15
Sequel to Old Manor House, 1 50
Sequel to Tim, the Scissors Grinder, 1 25
Shell Worker, 1 25
Spring Ride, 1 25
Squire’s Daughter, 1 25
Stepping Stones, 1 25
Tim Reglar’s Secret, 90
Tim’s Sister, 1 50
Twist and Pray. 90
Two New Year’s Day?, 125
Up Hill, 1 25
Upward Path, 1 50
and His Friends, 1 50
Weldon Woods, 90
Which Wins, 1 50
White and Black Lies, 1 50
White Rock Cone, 1 50
Will Collins. 1 25
Orders must be accompanied by the Cash.
J. W. BURKE & CO., Macon, Ga.