The attention of Publishers and Booksellers is called to THE ARCADIAN, which was established in September, 1872, in order to supply the public with a REFINED AND ENTERPRISING MEDIUM for the expression of timely news on æsthetic and social topics, and enlightened opinions on Musical, Literary, and Dramatic Art. After an experience of nearly three years, the paper has established the reputation of being the Foremost Literary, Musical, Dramatic, and Artistic Periodical in America. Its pages are a weekly brochure of sparkling thought, refined fancy, mature, caustic, yet not unkindly criticism, and its ideal being perfect impartiality, it has filled an honorable nook, the very existence of which has hitherto been denied by all whose view of criticism has been limited by professional advertisements. The success it has met with has exceeded the expectations of its warmest friends. The undoubted influence the paper has obtained and the great increase in its circulation during the last six months entitle it to rank among the best advertising mediums in the country for publishers and booksellers. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE ARCADIAN. "It triumphs and goes on its way rejoicing at the successes it has obtained in the literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic fields."-New-York Herald. "We are satisfied that the ARCADIAN is conducted by honorable men, and that its object is to elevate the standard of literary, musical, and dramatic criticism."-New-York Times. "Its columns give evidence of clever and industrious editing, and its leading articles are at once bright and strong."— New-York Tribune. "Is a delightful little journal, and has been brighter and cheerier than ever of late."-New-York Post. "Its book reviews evince both care and thought."-Daily Graphic. "Makes good its claim to be the best literary and critical paper in this country."-New-York Commercial Advertiser. Is edited with much spirit and ability."-Philadelphia Ledger. "Unexceptionably able and spirited.”—Philadelphia Press. "The ARCADIAN is proving one of the most interesting journals in the country. Its book reviews and theatrical criticisms are marked by rare independence as well as good taste. Nothing in its columns is dull or flat."-Boston Traveler. "If it improves, like wine, with age, we may expect to sip even more mental enjoyment from its sparkling columns in the frolicsome future than we have in the past, though that seems hardly possible at present."-Boston Courier. "The ARCADIAN is steadily gaining in favor and prosperity. All its various departments exhibit the bloom and flavor of freshness."-Boston Advertiser. "Is an excellent paper, touching music, the drama, art, and literature, and demands encouragement by its sterling worth." -Chicago Inter-Ocean. "The ARCADIAN is now acknowledged to be the leading paper of its class in this country. It is one of those papers that are very satisfying to read, and the peruser will soon discover that it is brilliant, intelligent, and conscientious. It is chaste and elegant in expression and tone, and will elevate the student of the musical and dramatic art."-Chicago Daily Courier. "Is an established success, and contains more sensible, just, and faithful criticisms on art, musical, dramatic, and literary matters, than any other paper published in this country.' "-Danbury News. "The ARCADIAN is the best, if not the only really unbiased critical paper in America."-London Figaro. "There is unmistakable evidence of fairness, ability, and discrimination in almost every line which appears in the ARCADIAN'S columns. It presents what America has long wanted-an art journal worthy of the country."-London Choir. For terms of Advertising, apply to the Editor, 83 Nassau St., N. Y. Terms of Subscription, postage prepaid: three months, $1; six months, $2; nine months, $3; one year, $4. Single copies, 10 cents. 25 per cent Commission will be allowed the Trade on all Subscriptions. Copies of the paper can be obtained through THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY and their Agents, or at the office, 83 Nassau Street, New-York. JUST PUBLISHED. A Free Lance in the Field of Life and Letters. By Prof. W. C. WILKINSON. I vol., 12mo, Lord Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays. In one volume, extra cloth, with fine portrait of the author. I vol., 12mo, All the French Verbs at a Glance. With practical elucidations on all the French sounds. By Profs. LAMBERT and SARDOU. 12mo, flexible cloth, Idiomatic Key to the French Language; $1 50 250 50 With corresponding English 1 50 Or, Two Thousand Idioms of the Spoken Language. Lord Macaulay's Essays. Complete in three volumes, sheep, History of England. By same author, 4 vols., sheep, . ALBERT MASON, Publisher, CASSELL, 13 ASTOR PLACE, New-York. PETTER & GALPIN. NEW BOOKS, AND NEW EDITIONS. Atala. A Legend of North America. By CHATEAUBRIAND. Illustrated by DORE. Thirty full-page cuts. edition. Cloth, $10. Boy-Joiner and Model-Maker. New and cheaper By E. A. DAVIDSON. Telling how to make articles of use and ornament, with instructions in the use of tools, etc. A valuable and useful present for an ingenious lad. 200 illustrations. Cloth, $2.50. Days of Chivalry. TOм HOOD. With 177 wood engravings by DORÉ. Cloth, Royal 4to. 260 pp., $5. "The illustrations are among the best of this gifted Artist's efforts, and betray a grotesque humor which is unapproachable."-Pub. Weekly. Little Folks' Picture Gallery. 144 large pages of handsome pictures, superbly printed on thick paper. A magnificent book for the little ones. Imp. 8vo, cloth, gilt, $2.50. THE HANDSOMEST BOOK AT THE PRICE EVER ISSUED. Popular Recreator. A complete compendium of in and out-door amusement and occupation. Full of illustrations. Handsome cloth, $5. "It describes and illustrates every thing we can think of in the way of recreation, and presents most fascinating reading." -Pub. Weekly. Paws and Claws. True Stories about Animals. 4to, cloth, $2.50. "A beautifully illustrated Juvenile, in a rich and showy binding."-Pub. Weekly. The Christian Year. Rev. JOHN KEBLE. An entirely new and superbly illustrated issue of this useful book. Cloth, plain, $3.50; or handsomely illuminated binding, gilt, $5. A few Illustrated Catalogues 1874 left; sell at $1. Full descriptive Catalogues and full lists on application to CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN, 596 Broadway, New-York. Sixteenth page.. Short advertisements, per line. $20 00 12 00 4 00 Front, back, and second pages and pages facing editorial matter, $25. Applications for these pages should be made at least ten days before publication day. Liberal rates for twelve, six, and three months' contracts. Situations Wanted. Free insertion of five lines; 25 cents for every additional line. Rare or Second-hand Books for Sale or Exchange, 25 cents per line; to subscribers, 10 cents per line. Terms of Subscription (payable in advance).-$3.20 per annum, postage prepaid. Single Num ers, 7 cents, or 8 cents post-paid. Advertisements should reach the office of the Publishers' Weekly not later than Wednesday morning, but are desired as much earlier as possible. Address P. O. Box, 4295. POSTAGE. GREVILLE'S papers, now so popular in England, will be reprinted at once by Harper & Bros. MESSRS. E. P. DUTTON & Co., of New-York, will soon issue an edition of Farrar's Life of Christ, complete, for $3. "Pussy Tiptoe's Family," issued by this firm for the holidays, has proved one of the most successful books of the season. THE Lippincotts' altered edition of Chambers' Cyclopædia, over which there has been so much discussion, is hereafter to be known as the American revised edition. GLADSTONE'S pamphlet is selling up to the 125th thousand. MR. ALBERT COGSWELL, the well-known and On and after Fanuary 1st, 1875, the post- the Orange Judd Co. for the past eight years, agreeable manager of the book department of age on the WEEKLY, heretofore paid by sub- has severed his relations with that company, and scribers at their own post-office, must be pre-firm of A. J. Bicknell & Co., 27 Warren street, has associated himself with the enterprising paid at the publication office. Subscribers New-York, the well-known publishers of archiwill therefore please to remit 20 cents extra tectural books. Mr. Cogswell's large acquaintance with the trade, as well as extensive busifor each annual subscription for which post-ness knowledge, will render him a valuable acquisition to the new firm. age has not yet been paid. them every success. LITERARY AND TRADE NEWS. MESSRS. ROBERTS BROS., it will be noted, start off with a fine list of books for January. These include Sir Arthur Helps's "Social Pressure," a new series of the delightful "Friends in Council" style, in which, with his "beautiful English," he discusses in his peculiarly happy fashion many important problems of the life of the time. Earl Russell's Recollections will be the most important political memoir that has seen the light in England for a long while. St. John Tyrwhitt's "Our Sketching Club" is by all means the best and most practical as well as readable book for amateur artists that we have, as readers of the papers in Old and New will agree with Mr. Ruskin, who indorses the book through and through. Mary Cowden Clarke's "Rambling Story" is most highly spoken of by the English press, and we expect great things of Hamerton's land and sea story for boys," Harry Blount." An American issue of that remarkable work on Supernatural Religion" is also welcome. THE Harpers will issue as their first important book of the year, "The Last Journals of David Livingstone," which scarcely needs words of ours to help the wide sale it is sure to have. It will be a handsome octavo, and will probably be the best selling book of the month. THE Scribners have a list of excellent books for the month, among which we mention at present only George Smith's great work on Nineveh, remarkable in every way, and the Greville memoirs as edited for the Bric-a-Brac. We shall give full particulars in our next. AN important volume is to be printed at once by G. P. Putnam's Sons, "Religion as affected We wish him and ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED. The Prices in this List are for cloth lettered, unless otherwise indicated. Imported books are marked with an asterisk: Authors' and Subscription Books, or Boiks published at net prices, with two asterisks. Allen. The Encyclopædia of pure Materia Medica. A young old Folks. By Theresa Oakey Hall. (American Homes Series.) 12°, pp. 201. $1.50.. Shepard. Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship. With Tunes. Sq. 12°, pp. 502. $1.35; imitation mor., $2.75; mor., $4.. U. B. Pub. House. International Expositor (The). The Sunday-school Lessons of the International Series, for 1875. Presented in the form of Questions and Answers. For the use of Parents and Teachers. First Quarter. The Book of Joshua. By E. J. Newlin, D.D. 18°, pp. 75. Pap., 25 c... Ward. Milton.-The Poetical Works of John Milton. With introductions and notes by David Masson, M.A., LL.D., etc. 2 vols. (Golden Treasury Series.) 16°. $3. Macmillan. Mishaps (The) of Mr. Ezekiel Pelter. Illustr. 12°, pp. 302. $1.75.... Griggs. Murray.-Deacons. By W. H. H. Murray, author of "Adventures in the Wilderness," etc. Illustr. 12°, PP. 82. $1.50.. .Shepard. Colby&R. Newlin, E. J.-See International Expositor. Eggleston.-The Schoolmaster's Stories, for Boys and Girls. By Rev. Edward Eggleston, author of "The Stephens.-The Young Moose-Hunters. A BackwoodsHoosier Schoolmaster." (American Homes Series.) With Boy's Story. By C. A. Stephens, author of "The Camp16 illustr. 12. $1.50... .Shepard. ing Out Series.' Illustr. by Merrill. (American Homes Series.) 12°, pp. 288. $1.50... Shepard. Graham.-Reasonable Elocution. A Text-Book for Schools, Colleges, Clergymen, Lawyers, Actors, etc. Three Sermons:-1. Human Brotherhood. 2. The Curse F. Taverner Graham. 12°, pp. 211. $1.25... of Meroz. .... Barnes. 3. Christian Contentment. Home By a Missionary. Revised ed. 8°, PP. 24. Pap., 25 c. Hall.-His Mother's Fancy. A Story for Juveniles and L. Little & Co. By ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. RESOLVED, That this Convention recognize the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY as the established organ of the entire trade, and recommend it to publishers as the medium through which they should make their "first announcement" of books they propose to publish, and the full title of all books immediately on publication.-AMERICAN BOOK TRADE ASSOCIATION, A Happy New Year! We take space in this number, which follows so close upon the heels of the year as to be virtually the work of 1874, only to congratulate the trade upon the progress which has been made in 1874, and upon the happy auspices under which 1875 opens. In that year we hope and expect to see the work of reform completed, so that when Christmas comes again the American book trade will hold the proud position in American business to which it is certainly entitled. It is surely worth while to make faith for the future by contrasting even the position of the trade to-day with its utterly unorganized condition one year ago. But upon this we propose to enlarge in our next number, in making a summary of the progress of the year, and in looking forward so far as we can into the future. To that number is postponed also our monthly list, and to it we shall especially call the atten tion of the trade. WE beg leave to remind the publishers that our next and following issues in January will contain the annual summaries of their respective issues of the past year, which proved so useful and acceptable to the trade last year. These advertisements should be forwarded at as early a date as possible. BOOKS RECEIVED. CHRISTMAS GIFTS: A New Method. (The Nation.) This New Method' of indexing advertisements will, it is hoped, prove of special service in the economy of time." So says the compiler, in a prefatory notice, and, we add, in a manner that must startle Allibone. To "prove of special service in the economy of time," this index should be read consecutively from beginning to end, or, still better, committed to memory. A few quotations will illustrate the novelty of the method." "Gifts Appropriate for Gentlemen" opens with the following charming bric-a-brac series: 1, Traveling-Bag; 2, Silver-Handled Razors, Shaving-Cup, Brush, and Powder-Box; 3, Russia Leather Card-Case; 4, Webster's Unabridged [also in Russia]; 5, Pocket PhotoCase; 6, Colgate's Floating Toilet Soap; 7, Hendschel's Sketches"; 8, Cigar-Case; 9, Skates; 10, Dressing-Case; 11, Colgate's Shaving-Soap; 12, Cuff and Collar Box; 13, Colgate's Superfine Pomade Cosmetique for the moustache and beard; 14, Blacking Cabinets; 15, Stone Cameos; 16, [more] Traveling-Bags; and, 17, a Handkerchief Box. We have copied seriatim (minus addresses) the first page of the "index," which gives some idea of the method," besides plenty of soap. The latter feature is refreshingly predominant throughout the "index" in other choice combinations. On the second and third pages, still under the caption, 'For Gentlemen," we find in happy unison, Colgate's Lavender-Flower Water, for use after shaving," together with "Sir Walter Scott's Lives of the Novelists," and " new Ruskin's Works ;""Strength and Beauty," by Pres. Hopkins, and, rather suggestively, "Colgate's Soaps;" "Colgate's Pomade Vaseline," a most excellent hair-dressing, with "Cheering Words from the Master-Worker;" "Colgate's Multiflora Toilet-Water, for use after shaving," and "Selected Poems," together with "The Life of Christ," by Rev. F. W. Farrar, D.D.; concluding with a cigar-stand, "Knight's Pictorial Shakespeare," and a Chickering piano. The Appropriate to Ladies," insinuatingly recomsame cheerful harmony is preserved in "Gifts mending, in the first instance, a dressing-case; then, a prayer-book; further on, a Chickering piano and diamonds; musical work-box, and Superfine Violet, West End, Frang-Panni, Colgate's Fine Toilet Soaps;" "Colgate's Lettuce, and Rose Soaps," with "Heart-Strains for Christmas-Tide" wedding and reception cards, with "Ruskin's Beauties" and a workbox; Bryant's "Library of Poetry and Song," with a glove-box; jewel-box with [another] Chickering piano, and Bryant's "Story of the Fountain;" visiting cards, with [still another] Chickering piano; My Golden Hours," with a" shopping-bag" and "Crooked Places;" and, finally, specially "for a lady," "Colgate's Superior Eau-de-Cologne," "Colgate's Handkerchief Extracts," Ylang-Ylang," etc., and RosaColgate's fine toilet-waters, "Violet," dora," and others. Under "Gifts Appropriate to Ladies (Housekeeping)," we find, among other choice utensils, card-receiver for New-Year's Day, together with a musical box "for a mother with a restless child," and Bryant's "Song of the Sower;" a musical work-box, and "The Life of Christ," by the Rev. F. W. Farrar, D.D., together with silver table-knives, dessert-knives, game-carvers, and forks; "for housekeepers and others," Colgate's "Sandaline Soap," Colgate's "Cashmere Bouquet Soap," and Colgate's Superior Flavoring Extracts;" also Webster's Unabridged," with musical box; and finally, Colgate's soap, "Leave a box out for Santa Claus to wash off the chimney-soot," together with a music-box, "with expressives, mandolins, and celestial voices, as a present to the household." Strangely, soap is getting scarce among "Gifts Appropriate to Boys." "Gifts Appropriate for Old People" contains in all eleven varieties, beginning with, 1, Satchels; 2, Bible, Prayer-Book, or Hymnal; and, 3, Backgammon Boards; closing with "a very soft pen for Grandpa who learned to write," and "The Hanging of the Crane" and of nothing else. No soap. "Gifts Appropriate to Persons of Various Tastes"-(a) Literary, begins with the following three items: I, "Goethe and Mendelssohn, 18211831;" 2, a Satchel "for a literary or professional man's papers," and "Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages, etc.," by Paul Lacroix. (b) Artistic, includes, together with an array of works of and on art, an inkstand, " Picture Posies," and singing birds (of course artistic). "Gifts Appropriate to Readers-Science" is too preciously select not to be given in full. 1, Dawkins' "Cave Hunting" 2, Hartwig's Sea and its Living Wonders;" 3, Colgate's Soaps for Travelers; 4, Musical Box, “a present for a sleepless professor;" 5, Guillemin's 44 Forces of Nature"-five gifts only, but representative of art and literature as well as science, the latter indeed both very popular" and pure." "Gifts Appropriate for Invalids" include, among other soothing articles, a musical 64 |