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by Mrs. F. M. Whitcher, author of the Widow 



Bedott Papers, edited, with a Memoir, by Mrs. 



M. L. W. Whitcher. 



Selections from the Writings of John Buskin. 

 A Woman's Trials : the Life and Letters of the 



Hon. Mrs. W. C. Yelverton. 

 Love in Letters : illustrated in the Correspondence 



of Eminent Persons, with Biographical Sketches 



of the Writers, by Allan Grant. 

 Leaves Gathered in the Daily Walks of Life, by 



the compiler of Drifted Snow-Flakes. 

 The Lover's Dictionary: a Poetical Treasury of 



Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies, Addresses, and Di- 

 .. lemmas. 



My Prisons : Memoirs of Silvio Pellico. 

 ' The Eecorder's Philosophy : or, Light from Dark 



The Will o' the Wisp: a Fable translated from the 



German, by Miss L. Kitty Onstien. 

 The Friendships of Women, by W. E. Alger. 

 First Loves ; with Sketches of the Poets, edited by 



S. M. Kennedy. 

 Golden Truths. 

 Manners : or, Happy Homes and Good Society all 



the Year Bound, by Mrs. Hale. 



The speeches and addresses of eminent men, 

 delivered on important occasions, come properly 

 under this class. The following were the most 

 important of them published during the year : 



Address of Major-General Dix at the Laying of the 

 Corner-Stone of the Douglas Monument. 



Beadle's Dime Standard Speaker, a Collection of 

 Extracts from American Orators and Authors. 



Epochs of Transition : an Oration before the Ameri- 

 can Whig and Cliosophic Societies of the College 

 of New Jersey, by Noah H. Schenck, D. D. 



Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions, by 

 E. C. Winthrop. 



Address before the Graduating Class of the Law 

 School of Columbia College, May 15, 1867, by B. 

 D. Silliman, Esq. 



To this class also belong a class of publica- 

 tions peculiar to this country, though some of 

 them have been reprinted abroad of late ; those 

 in which the humor is thought to be enhanced 

 by the badness of the orthography, and in gen- 

 eral, books of humor and wit, parodies, collec- 

 tions of anecdotes, and letter-writers, especially 

 those dealing mostly with the tender passion. 

 Of these the following were the most impor- 

 tant : 



Sut Lovingood : Yarns Spun by a " Nat'ral Born 

 Durn'd Fool, Warped and Wove for Public 

 Wear," by George Harris. 



The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, 

 and other Sketches, by S. Clemens (Mark Twain). 



Adventures of Sir Lyon Bouse, by the author of 

 the New Gospel of Peace. 



St. Twel'mo : or, the Cuneiform Cyclopedist of 

 Chattanooga, by C. H. Webb. 



Lincoln's Anecdotes, a Complete Collection of the 

 Anecdotes, Stories, and Pithy Sayings of Abra- 

 ham Lincoln. 



A. Ward in London, and other Papers, by C. F. 

 Browne. 



Tiltereena : or, the Follies, Fashions, and Frivolities 

 of the Times, bv " Darley " Doyle, with Prosaic 

 and Poetic Effusions by ''Brick'" Pomeroy, etc. 



The Sayings of Dr. Bushwhacker and other Learned 

 Men, by F. S. Cozzens, et alia. 



The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and 

 Bobinson, by Bichard Doyle. 



Frost's Original Letter- Writer, by S. A. Frost. 



Corry O'Lanus : his Views and Experiences. 



Book of Love Letters, with Directions How to 



Write and When to Use Them, suitable for 

 Lovers of any Age and Under All Circumstances, 

 by Ingoldsby North. 



There were in the course of the year several 

 new magazines of light literature commenced 

 under favorable auspices. Of these the prin- 

 cipal were : "The New Jersey Magazine," the 

 title of which was subsequently changed to 

 " The 'Northern Monthly ; " " Cassell's Month- 

 ly," an English magazine, but issued by their 

 American house also; "London Society," an 

 American reprint of an English magazine ; 

 "The Broadway," and the "New St. Paul's," 

 both English magazines, but issued on both 

 sides of the water, and the former admitting 

 American articles freely; " Harpers' Bazaar," a 

 weekly periodical, partly devoted to dress and the 

 fashions, but possessing also high literary merit, 

 and attaining at once a large circulation ; and 

 toward the close of the year, " Putnam's Month- 

 ly," a revival of the former magazine under that 

 title, and "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine." 

 "The Eiverside Magazine for Young People,'' 

 which commenced with 'the year, though primar- 

 ily intended for the young, maintained a high 

 literary character as well as great artistic merit. 



In the class of WORKS OF FICTION, always 

 the largest, both in original works and reprints, 

 the publications were of unusual number and 

 high character. 



Of Mrs. Clara Mundt's (Louisa Mlihlbach) 

 historical novels, the following were translated 

 and published: 



The Empress Josephine. 

 Frederick the Great and his Family. 

 Joseph II. and his Court. 

 Berlin and Sans-Souci. 

 Henry VIII. and his Court. 

 Louisa of Prussia and her Times. 

 Marie Antoinette and her Son. 

 The Daughter of an Empress. 

 Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia. 



Several of these were also reprinted in the 

 original German. 



Other original novels and translations were : 



The Last Days of a King ; an Historical Novel, by 

 Maurice Hartman. Translated by M. E. Niles. 



Bobert Severne : his- Friends and his Enemies, by 

 W. A. Hammond. 



Mark Bowland ; a Tale of the Sea, by Hawser Mar- 

 tingale (John J. Sleeper). 



Brought to Light 5 a Tale of England and America, 

 by Thomas Speight. 



Mysteries of the People, by Eugene Sue. Trans- 

 lated by Mary L. Booth. 



Lifflth Launt ; or, Lunacy, by C. H. Webb. Illus- 

 trations by Sol. Eytinge, Jr. 



The Brother Soldiers ; a Household Story of the 

 American Conflict, by Mary S. Bobinson. 



Omi ; a Novel, by the Author of " Shira.'" 



Ingemisco, by Fadette. 



Elsie Magoon ; or, the Old Still House in the Hol- 

 low, by Frances D. Gage. 



The Diamond Cross ; a Tale of American Society, 

 by W. B. Phillips. 



Tristan ; a Story in Three Parts, by Edward Spencer. 



The Bomance of the Green Seal, by Mrs. Catharine 

 A. Warfield. 



The Bomance of Beauseincourt, by Mrs. Catharine 

 A. Warfleld. 



The Lion in the Path, by John Saunders. 



