THE ATLANTIC ALMANAC 
FOR 1869. 
EDITED BY DONALD G. MITCHELL. 
LITERARY CONTENTS. 
FIRESIDE. By Tue Eprror. MY GARDEN ACQUAINTANCE. By JAmeEs 
ROUND THE WORLD IN A HACK. By Epwarp RussELL Lowe.t. 
Evererr HAE. SIDE BY SIDE. By Tue Eprror. 
A MORNING IN SPRING. Anonymous. WHAT PICTURES SHALL I HANG ON MY 
ROADSIDE. By Tue Evrror. WALLS? By Harrier BeecnEer Stowe. 
THE SONG-BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. By | THE MIDDLE STATES. By Jostan Quincy. 
Tuomas M. Brewer. TALK CONCERNING THE HUMAN BODY AND 
BROOKSIDE. By Tuer Eprror. ITS MANAGEMENT. By Ottver WENDELL 
SUMMER RAIN. By GrorGE CooreEr. HouMEs. 
OUR COMMON GARDEN FLOWERS. By | THE RISKS AND FAILURES OF CITY LIFE. 
CHARLES JAMES SPRAGUE. By Rey. JosErH P. THOMPSON. 
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. By C. P. Crancu. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
The ALMANAC contains four Full-page Illustrations, in colors, of the Seasons. In addition to these there 
are numerous Illustrations by the best American artists, such as DARLEY, Hoppry, Waup, Fenn, EYTINGE, 
Hircucock, Perkins, and WHITE. 
The Calendars and Astronomical matter are furnished by Mr. CuHaries S. Perrce. The Astronomical 
Department is unusually full and important, comprising an account of the Total Eclipse of the Sun which 
will occur in August, 1869, together with a map showing the portions of the United States where the eclipse 
will be visible. This eclipse will be of a more striking character than any that has occurred since 1806. 
In a beautiful Colored Cover. Price, 50 cents. 
“The culmination and perfection of almanac-making has apparently been reached by Ticknor and Fields, whose Atlantic 
Almanac for 1869, edited by Donald G. Mitchell (‘ Ik Marvel ’),#is just received. Generous in dimensions; perfect in typo- 
graphical execution ; pleasing the eye with its numerous excellent woodcuts and colored illustrations by our best artists ; 
its literary matter contributed by such writers as Wendell Holmes, Mrs. Stowe, the poet Sprague, James Russell Lowell, 
Dr. Joseph P Thompson, Josiah Quincy, and E. E. Hale; its scientific matter furnished by Charles 8. Peirce, — the Almanac 
is a choice anthology of fresh literary and artistic efforts, surpassing in ability and interest those which we have been ac- 
customed to see in the more pretentious ‘Annuals.’ The ‘Atlantic Almahac’ is the paragon of Almanacs.’?— New 
York Evening Post. 
“¢My Garden Acquaintance,’ by Lowell, is an exquisitely charming essay, worthy to take its place in the front rank of 
the writer’s most felicitous productions. Holmes’s ‘Talk Concerning the Human Body and its Management’ is laden with 
information, philosophy, and wit. ‘Round the World in a Hack,’ by Rey. E. E. Hale, is bright, quaintly humorous, and 
altogether readable. Josiah Quincy contributes a compact paper on ‘ The Middle States’; Dr. Thomas M. Brewer discourses 
of ‘The Song-Birds of North America’; C. J. Sprague, of ‘Our Common Garden Flowers’; Mrs. Stowe answers the 
question ‘ What Pictures shall I hang on my Walls?’ and Rey. Dr. Joseph P. Thompson recounts ‘ The Risks and Failures 
of City Life.’ The entire contents of the Almanac are original, both the literary and artistic departments having been 
prepared expressly for it.’” — Boston Transcript. 
‘¢¢The Atlantic Almanac’ for 1869 is already in the field, and with claims to popular favor which none of its rivals can 
pretend to possess. Both in artistic and literary excellence it distances all competitors. The ‘colored illustrations’ of 
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn, and the ‘ fine art illustrations ’ of the months, are greatly superior to the pictures 
of any similar work yet produced in this country. They make extremely attractive the broad and fair pages of this 
‘Atlantic Almanac.’ It is, however, in the prose and poetry which fill these ample pages that the publishers of this beauti- 
ful and yaluable annual have particularly displayed their resources.” — Chicago Tribune. 
“ Altogether it is a very rich Almanac, brilliant in print and picture, and of the highest order of lite: contents,’ — 
Springfield Republican. : P ’ ig rary nts 
(G¥> Copies of the ALMANAC for 1868 can be had. Price, 50 cents. 
*,* For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the Publishers, 
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO., 
SUCCESSORS TO TICKNOR AND FIELDS, 
Boston, and 63 Bleecker Street, New York. 
