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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1871
Page
8
A long list of literary notices extols November issues of Our Young Folks Golden Hours and Appleton's Journal Navy with descriptions of stories poems and illustrations. It highlights Joaquin Miller Stearth and Home and other contributors while noting premiums and club offers from publishers such as Demorest Wilton Bradley and Tilton's.
The Atenne announces Richard Henry Stoddard as literary head of the venture. His poetry and prose are praised for richness and warmth, positioning The Aldine among leading periodicals. October features Granville Perkins with a marine sketch The Beach of Rockaway, finely engraved and printed.
The New York Observer marks its fifteenth year on January 1 with praise for its successful journalism, unrivalled foreign correspondence, and independent political commentary. It announces Year-Book 1871 will become Volume No 2 for 1872, and invites readers to request a specimen copy, with free paper for new subscribers until January 1.
A catalog-like note lists weekly numbers and contents of Littell’s Living Age and affiliated reviews. It mentions Darwin’s Descent of Man, Quarterly Reviews, Blackwood’s Magazine, Fortnightly Review, The Spectator, Pall Mall Gazette, and other journals. It also notes subscription prices and publisher details for Wing Ave Boston.
The November Galaxy issue lists numerous essays and stories by H enery James Jr Anne M Crane Seemuller Carl Benson J D Woboden Judson McCarthy Anthony Trollope H E Warner Gideon Welles M T G Mary Freeman Goldbeck Fanny Barrow Phillip Quibbet and others. It includes pieces on Admiral Farragut and the war origins and first three expeditions.
The November issue of Ballow's Magazine is described as sparkling witty and wise with adventure in China illustrated articles and engaging stories. Published by Thames & Talbot at 68 Congress Street Boston it costs 15 cents per copy or 1.50 per year and readers are urged to form clubs.
The November 1871 issue boasts a beautiful new engraving titled Tis Raining and a tasteful color fashion section with dress patterns available on request. It sells at 2.00 per year, four copies for 6.00, and high copies with gratis issues for 19.00. Published by Deacon & Peterson in Philadelphia with single copies 20 cents.
A Hinélle engraving titled The Uninvited Great shows a snake gliding across a tablecloth, unsettling a lively dinner party. The illustration’s detail promises fresh interest with each viewing as publishers defend quality and offer subscriptions and related works from James Sutton & Co and E. & Pexton.
One of the largest publishing ventures, BE C Allen & Co of Augusta Maine, reports rapid growth after launching The People’s Literary Companion two years ago. They printed 300000 copies for gratis circulation and spent nearly $100000 on ads, gaining thousands of subscriptions nationwide. Now they start Our Young Folk’s Illustrated Paper semi monthly at $1 yearly and move into a new brick and stone publishing house praised for its fittings.
The issue opens with Captain Scammon’s Pacific Sea-Coast Views a birds eye coast view from Ecuador to Guaymas. It includes practical Western topics Oregon Indians Japan and the Willemette Sound and features fiction The Lost Treasures of Montezuma Rose Bar Jo and others with essays Excessive Government and Westminister Hall and its Echoes. Jefferson quote notes ardent spirits in office.
A long fragment lists riddles and jokes about grammar, manners, and daily life. It references Horace Greeley advice, a Michigan spring anecdote, an Irishman reward scene, a Quaker sheriff, and a Louisville proposal reply, ending with a carpenter sentenced to be hung and the sheriff's botched gallows plan.
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