The Floral Instructor. 
price. Each number contains portraits 
and sketches of distinguished men, 
music, floral articles, stories, choice 
poetry, the latest fashions, etc., all fully 
illustrated. The January number con¬ 
tains the opening chapters of a new 
story by Dr. Gleorge McDonald, entitled 
“ Weighed and Wanting.” This story 
alone is worth the price, which is $1.50 
a year. We are enabled to send the In¬ 
structor and the Cottage Hearth one 
year for $1.50. This will give you a 
good paper and a choice magazine for 
the price of one. 
Food and Health , a beautiful semi¬ 
monthly publication, edited by Mrs. 
Amelia Lewis, is a welcome visitor to 
our table. We wish it unbounded suc¬ 
cess in its endeavors to secure whole¬ 
some, healthful food to the consumer. 
City and Country , published at Col¬ 
umbus, 0., is a new candidate for public 
favor. We said new, but it is really one 
of our excellent exchanges with a new 
name. We are assured that it will sur¬ 
pass its predecessor and yet remain at 
the same price, $1.00 per year, with the 
Instructor thrown in. 
Godey's Lady's Booh , for January is 
as full of meat as an egg. A beautiful 
steel engraving for a fVontispiece, a col¬ 
ored fashion plate, design in color for a 
skate bag, together with a great amount 
of choice reading matter, recipes, etc., 
makes a very interesting number. 
The Christmas number of The Meth- 
adist came in an elegant cover, the de¬ 
sign being original and appropriate. 
The contents are interesting and spe¬ 
cially adapted to the season. 
Three numbers of Demorest's Maga¬ 
zine , being those already issued of the 
current volume, are on our table. With 
elegant chromos, beautiful steel and 
wood engravings, and a large amount of 
f The Century Magazine (Scribners’) 
is before us, and as usual is full of in¬ 
teresting matter. The pure, bright and 
readable articles it contains mark it as 
among the best literary woiks in the 
land. vThis publication is a gem we 
should like tojsee in every intelligent 
household $in„ the icountry. Per year, 
$4,00.WThe Century Co., Union Square, 
New York. 
well selected reading matter at the very 
low price of $2 a year, we regard it as a 
marvel of cheapness. It can be had in 
club with Instructor for the price of 
one—$2 for the two publications. 
The Domestic Monthly is published 
by Blake & Co., corner of Broadway 
and 14th streets, N. Y. It gives valua¬ 
ble hints on dressmaking, the fashions 
and many forms of household art. Price 
$1.50 per year, or the same price club¬ 
bed with the Instructor. 
The American Agriculturist for De¬ 
cember excels itself even in useful in¬ 
formation, fine illustrations, etc. Be¬ 
sides a great variety of valuable, prac¬ 
tical, instructive articles, Work of the 
Month, outdoors and indoors, the expo¬ 
sure of humbugs and swindlers, excel¬ 
lent household and children’s depart¬ 
ments, etc., it has contributions from 
Prof. Riley on the Chinch Bug and 
Remedy ; Prof. G-. C. Swallow on South¬ 
western Agriculture ; Dr. M. Mileson, 
Crop Rotation ; Prof. Atwater on Yal- 
ue of Fish as Food ; Prof. Caldwell on 
Feeding Milk ; Hon. Greo. Greddes on 
Farming as an Occupation ; H, A. Haigh 
on Laws for Farmers ; Dr. Liauturd on 
Pink eye in horses ; Prof. Cook on Car¬ 
bolic Acid for Insects ; Prof. Jordan on 
Farmers and Science, etc. A new vol¬ 
ume, the 41st, begins now, and all will 
do well to become subscribers, $1.50 a 
year : specimen, 10c. Orange Judd Co., 
New York, publishers. 
The present number of The Cottage 
Hearth appears under a new and excep¬ 
tionally beautiful cover, giving more 
than fifty pages on beautiful paper. It 
contains the opening chapters of Dr. 
McDonald’s new story, “ Weighed and 
wanting. We take great pleasure in 
recommending this excellent magazine. 
Per year $1.50, or clubbed with the In¬ 
structor for same price. Specimen 
copy, 15 cents. None free. The Cot¬ 
tage Hearth Co., 11 Bromfield street, 
Boston, Mass. 
The Christmas number of that prince 
of childrens’ magazines,. St r Nicholas, 
is the finest ever issued. A splendid 
tinted frontespiece, several stories, pic¬ 
tures, poems and laughable sketches, 
will drive away dull care from young or 
old. $3.00 per year, or clubbed with 
Instructor for same price. 
