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T. A. BURKE, EJitor.
MACON , GA DEC. 10, 1870.
Scribner's Monthly.
HE second number of Scrib
ffc) ners Monthly (for December)
presents a still more attractive
VfV) appearance than the initial
''\~p number, and shows the deter
mination of the publishers to
reach the highest standard of excel
lence. The illustrations are as profuse
as in the first issue, and of a still better
and more interesting class. The lead
ing article is a charmingly written and
most interesting account of ‘‘ The Street
Venders of New York,” plentifully il
lustrated with characteristic sketches
by well known artists. Another article
of a popular class is by J. It. Thomp
son, on “Jail Birds and their Flights,”
with thirteen very striking and spirited
illustrations ; and a valuable illustrated
account of the noted “ Hoosac Tunnel,”
or “great bore” of Massachusetts.
There are, besides, several timely and
entertaining articles bearing upon the
European war, and other excellent pa
pers on various subjects.
Scribner's has consolidated with an
other first-class magazine— The River
side —one of the choicest periodicals
for young people published in this
country.
A grand holiday number of the maga
zine is announced, of which an edition
of one hundred thousand copies is being
prepared.
Terms, $3 a year. Scribner & Cos.,
New York.
Banner of the South and Planters’ Journal.
«OL. Charles C. Jones, Jr., late
Lt.-Col. Artillery, C. S. A., is
now publishing in the Banner
of the South and Planters'
Journal an interesting and
valuable historical record, en
titled a “Roster of General Officers,
Regiments, Battalions, etc., in Confed
erate Service during the Struggle for
Independence.”
The Banner of the South and Plant
ers' Journal is an exellent Agricultural
and Literary paper. Among its list of
contributors are some of the ablest wri
ters in the South. The paper itself is
handsomely printed on fine book paper,
and presents a fine appearance. Sub
scription $3 per annum in advance.
Specimen copies free.
Address, Chronicle Publishing Com
prny, Augusta, Ga.
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
The "Riverside is Dead I
H E Riverside Magazine for
i lV) Young People- the handsom
est an( j mos t ably conducted
of all the periodicals for youth
0J published in this country, is
o) dead —merged into Scribner s
Monthly. We learn that, in four years,
the publishers sunk more than SIO,OOO
in their efforts to establish a first-class
juvenile periodical. It may be that they
attempted too much —that their expen
ditures for engravings were unneces
sarily large, for they gave none but the
very best; that they dealt too little in
the sensational, and appealed too much
to the minds and hearts of their read
ers ; that Mayne Reid’s romances would
have ensured them a larger subscrip
tion list than Paul Hayne’s poems and
historical sketches—be all this as it
may, The Riverside is dead, and it is a
sad commentary on the present condi
tion of the morals of the country, to
say what is the simple truth, that its
standard of excellence was too high for
the youth of the present day. Oliver
Optic’s poisoned “milk” is better for
the “babes” of our time than the strong
healthy diet of the Riverside.
It is time for fathers and mothers,
who value the present and future of
their children, to wake up to the true
condition of things. The country is
flooded with the vilest trash, and young
and old are drinking it in to their ever
lasting destruction. We were in the
store of a Savannah bookseller a few
days ago, and saw a large number of
copies of Prank Leslie s Boys and Girls
Weekly— probably twenty-five or thirty
—all of which are sold to the boys and
girls of that city. Will the parents of
someone of these children take the
trouble to examine the character of the
stories published in that paper? Are
boys and girls likely to be made better
by reading such vile stuff? That same
bookseller sells one copy of Burke's
Weekly, and we do not remember to
have seen the Riverside there at all.
Are Southern parents content to sur
render their children to the tender mer
cies of Frank Leslie and Oliver Optic 1
Peters' Musical Monthly.
December number of Pe-
I § ter s' Musical Monthly contains
fifteen pieces of new and beau
tiful music. Think of it! Fif
-01 teen pieces of really good mu-
U sic for 30 cents —any one piece
being worth as much as the publisher
asks for the entire lot. This seems
strange to parties accustomed to pay
from 30 to 50 cents for every piece of
music they buy. It is true, neverthe
less, and the subscribers to this valu
able magazine are getting the latest
and best new music for about two cents
a piece. Send 30 cents for a sample
copy. Address J. L. Peters, 599 Broad
way, New York.
NEW BOOKS
RY
SOUTHERN AUTHORS.
J. W. BURKE & CO., llacou, Gj.,
v HAVE JUST PUBLISHED
THE ADVENTURES OP
BIG-FOOT WALLACE,
The Texas Ranger and Hunter.
By JOHN C. DUVAL,
Author of "Jack Dohc.ll, or, a Hoy's Adven
tures in Texas,” etc.
With Portrait and Engravings.
List of Engravings. —l. Portrait of Big-foot
Wallace, from a Wallace’s
Little Ranch. 3. Wallace Kills his First In
dian. 4. Wallace Captured by the Indians,
5. The Indian Hater. 6. The Little Author
Riding up to Wallace’s Ranch. 7. Treed by
Mexican Hogs. 8. The Drawing of the Beans.
This is one of the most remarkable books
ever published. It is a true history of the
adventures of one of the boldest and most
daring of the early settlers of Texas full of
stories of wild life and adventure among In
dians, Mexicans, bears, panthers, and other
wild animals. It is destined to take its place
with “Robinson Crusoe,” "Don Quixote,”
and other classics—with this difference, that
while they are works of fiction, this is a true
story from beginning to end. It is elegantly
bound, and will be sent by mail, postage paid,
on recipt of the price, $1 75.
*
THE WOODRUFF STORIES.
By Rev. F. R. GOULDING,
Author of "Young Marooners,” “ Marooner's
Island,” etc.
I. SAPELO; or, Child Life on the Tide
Water. With four illustrations.
11. NACOCHEE; or, Boy Life from
Home. With four illustrations.
111. SALOQJJAH; or, Boy Life among
the Cherokees. With four illustrations.
These beautiful juveniles, from the ins
tructive pen of Mr. Goulding, are bound to
have a very large sale. Beginning at Bais
den’s Bluff, on the Sapelo river, near Darien,
Ga., the author carries his heroes—two cou
sins, John and Loren/.o AVoodruff —to Liver
pool, in the first steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic, and back to Georgia, then to
Athens to the old Grammar School of Frank
lin College, and subsequently into the Che
rokee couniry—then peopled almost entirely
by the Indians. The three volumes are full
of adventure, but like all of Mr. Goulding’s
books, they are instructive as well as amus
ing. We know of no better books to be put
into the hands of Southern boys—especially
Georgia boys, who desire to be informed as
to the early history of their own State.
There are three beautiful volumes, richly
bound and elegantly illustrated, and all put
up in a handsome box. Price S3 75 per set.
Sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of the
price. Address
J. W. BURKE & CO.,
Macon, Ga.
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