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THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH; or, Maid, Wife, and Widow. A Matter-of-Fact Romance. By Charles Reade, author of "Never Too Late to Mend," Peg Woffington," "Love me Little, Love me Long," "White Lies," etc. With due regard for, and a high appreciation of the productions of Dickens, Lever, Collins, Brooks, and others who have favored the world with some of their best efforts during the past twelve months, we yet scarcely hesitate to say that Reade, in the work under consideration, has in artistic skill surpassed them all. His novel will compare favorably with the best of Walter Scott's, and is worthy to go down to posterity side by side with those of that illustrious author. It is a historical novel, the scene laid in Holland, and the period the latter part of the fifteenth century. That it is a faithful picture of those times no one need doubt, for the author has evidently been a careful student of the works of Erasmus, the pictures of Van Eyck, and those of other mediæval writers and painters. The hero and heroine of the story are none other than the parents of the former, while a sister of the latter occupies a place of minor importance. He acknowledges his indebtedness to Erasmus for "some of the best scenes" of his book, and therein Mr. Reade shows the power of his genius to the best advantage, by his skilful adaptation to his own story of these numerous quotations from that author. It is not so much a new field that he has entered, but rather an old, forgotten mine that he has opened to us with all its treasures. The author's own peculiar quaintness of style, together with the language, descriptions of costumes, etc., all in harmony with the period which it chronicles, serve to render the book little less than a literary curiosity, completely a literary treasure. Price $1.25.

ESSAYS. By the late George Brimley, M. A., librarian of Trinity College. With an introduction by R. H. Stoddard. Before having quite completed the perusal of the "Recreations of a Country Parson," the abovenamed volume of essays has been laid upon our table, and we find ourselves all the better prepared to appreciate it from having the remembrance of the beautiful thoughts and chaste language of the "Country Parson" still fresh. These essays, or rather reviews, have for their subjects the works of various poetical and prose writers, among whom are numbered Tennyson, Wordsworth, Bulwer, and Dickens; and the essayist has proved himself competent to the fulfilment of the selfimposed task by appreciating with the rare faculty of a kindred genius all their merits, and entering into their thoughts with the subtility of a rarely refined mind. Price $1 25.

THE LAST POLITICAL WRITINGS OF GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON, U. S. A. With a Sketch of his Life and Military Services. The substance of this volume consists of a series of articles written by the late General Lyon, in the summer and fall of 1860, and contributed to a western journal. The memoir is brief, and appears to have been hastily written, or perhaps thrown together. Price $1 00.

EUGENIE GRANDET; or, The Miser's Daughter. From the French of Honoré de Balzac. Translated by O. W. Wight and F. B. Goodrich. This book is no doubt a tolerably faithful picture of French life and French character, and that must be its chief recommendation to the reader. Monsieur Grant is well and naturally drawn, while his daughter, Eugenie, is represented as

simple and artless to a degree unknown and scarcely to be understood in our country. "Big Nanon," the faithful servant, shows a touch of nature in her affection for her master and his family; while Charles Grandet displays the predilections and vices of a fast Parisian gentleman. There are, to our belief, many French authors whose works would be better appreciated, and who, avoiding the French view, and taking a more general one of life, are free from the greatest faults of the writer under discussion. Price $1 00.

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EAST LYNNE; or, The Earl's Daughter. By the author of "The Heir of Ashby," "The Earl's Secret," etc. A well-written romance, in which is illustrated by a powerful and capable pen the sorrow and remorse that must invariably follow the commission of sin. As the story progresses it enlists to the utmost the attention and sympathies of the reader, and the finale is pathetic to the last degree. Price 50 cents.

From CASSELL, POTTER, & GALPIN, New York:

CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE. Parts 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38. This is truly a magnificent work, far surpassing anything of the kind ever before published in this country. Price 15 cents per part.

CASSELL'S POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY. Parts 27, 28, and 29. This history has reached the ornithological department, and is profusely illustrated. Price 15 cents per part.

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PARLIAMENT IN THE PLAY-ROOM. By A. L. O. E. This is a spirited and well-told story by a favorite anthor, whose name is a sufficient guarantee that her work will be not only interesting but improving.

WEE DAVIE. By Norman McLeod, D. D., author of "The Gold Thread," etc. A most touching and interesting account of the power of a little child to soften the heart by his life, and by his death to raise the thoughts of the sorrowing survivors to his eternal home.

SELF-SACRIFICE: or, The Pioneers of Fuegia. Compiled for the Presbyterian Board of Publication by Sarah A. Myers. Philadelphia. This volume contains a very interesting and pathetic account of the attempt made by Captain Gardiner, and his devoted assistants, to carry the light of Christianity to the forlorn outcasts of Terra del Fuego and the adjacent mainland. Unsuccessful as

it was in its direct object, the mission has done a great work by giving us such examples of devotion to God and to man. The story is told in a very lively and graphic style, and cannot fail to interest those who read it.

of "preaching," or a sentence of "moral," some important Christian truth or duty. We can scarcely commend the book too highly.

THE BROTHER'S WATCHWORD ranks with the "Sunshine of Greystone" and "Lewis's School Days," as to the age of the readers it is intended for, and in real value. The story is made to bear upon the effect that a constant recollection of God's presence will have in the guidance, comfort, strengthening, and perfecting of our lives. Its motto is "Seeing Him who is invisible."

IDOLS IN THE HEART. By A. L. O. E. Suited to young people of the same age, and characterized by the well-known excellence and directness of purpose which are ever possessed by these well-known initials. The idea of the book is this, that each person cherishes some idol, which stands between them and their duty to God; often unconsciously, and that God so directs the circumstances of the lives of his children as to reveal to each his idol, and to "break it to their faces," centering all their affections upon him, while those who persist in turning away are punished by the very idol so fatally cherished. It is a tale of much power, and illustrates its moral clearly.

Godey's Arm-Chair.

GODEY FOR JANUARY.-But what year are we in? Really, they roll round so fast that we can hardly keep the run of them. Yes, thank you, 1862 it is, and the Lady's Book in its thirty-second year. Well, we can't make a speech here; it is already made in our Prospectus, to be found on the cover of this book; and what we say there we mean to do. Unlike a political speech, which we once read, where the speaker, after relating what he would do, if elected, concluded: " "And now, felloweitizens, you will find, as much as I have promised you, if I am elected I will perform less." This may be the plan of other magazines, but we will say: As much as we may have promised you, before the year is ended you will say we have performed more.

We now present to our subscribers the sixty-fourth volume of Godey's Lady's Book, with thanks for the prosperity we have enjoyed, and with our best wishes for their health, peace, and happiness.

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.-" A Sister's Influence," an original design by the celebrated artist, Mrs. Lilly Martin Spencer. The idea was suggested by a nursery incident in our own home. Both the designer and engraver have given good effect to the subject.

"A Slow Coach" is another original design, making two original subjects in this number.

"Youth," our title-page. For a description of this we refer to Mrs. Hale's department, page 91. This last design contains ten figures.

Drawing Lesson, printed on tinted paper, is an imitation of a lithographic drawing.

Our Fashion-plate contains seven principal, and two subordinate figures. Here are as many as are given in four months by other magazines. We think our subscribers will see an improvement even in this department, where they probably supposed none could be made.

CLUBS.-From present appearances, we anticipate a glorious year. Clubs and single subscribers are received ia great profusion.

VOL. LXV.-9

WE ask attention to our literary matter in this number. Miss Townsend, Miss Janvrin, and Mrs. Victor each contribute an article. We are willing that our literature should be put in comparison with that of any other magazine.

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me.

One year ago I could prevail with but one lady to join Confident that this arose from being unacquainted with the book, I loaned my numbers during the year to friends, and although they are almost past binding I am amply repaid by being able to add this mite to your list. Many thanks and much love to you and Mrs. Hale for your successful efforts to please and instruct us. Money cannot repay you. Yet to know that your names are household words, linked only with the good and beautiful, in thousands of homes in our land must be some compensation. Pardon me for intruding on your time, but my pen glides as though writing to an absent friend. MRS. H., Wis.

CIRCULARS PLACED IN THE LADY'S BOOK.-We again caution our subscribers about circulars placed in the Book by dealers. We do not put any in, as it is against the post-office laws. We only hope that they will never order a Book from any bookseller who thus makes our work a vehicle to circulate catalogues of his trashy publications.

THE best $3 00 and the best $2 00 monthly are offered one year for $3 50. Godey's Lady's Book and Arthur's Home Magazine.

Arthur's Magazine, as far as a high rank of literature is concerned, is decidedly the best two dollar magazine.Middletown Rainbow.

Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine.-The best of the two dollar monthlies.-Richmond Religious Herald,

Arthur's Home Magazine.-This still gives new and additional proof of being the very best of the two dollar magazines.-Rushville Times.

Home Magazine.-This is the best two dollar magazine published.-Henopin Tribune.

Fully maintains the wide reputation of being the best two dollar magazine published.-Canton Ledger. We could fill pages with notices to the same effect.

STRANGE TRADE.-A young woman lately made her appearance before the Bankruptcy Court in London, who described her occupation as "an enameller of ladies' faces." We wonder if she warrants her work "to wash." Can a lady, thus enamelled, feel if a fly settles on her? or the kisses of her children? May she laugh? What would be the result of a smart shower of rain on her? A queer trade.

LIKENESS OF GENERAL MCCLELLAN.We have received from H. A. Brown, 25 Winter Street, Boston, a steel engraved likeness of the General. It is in the first place an exquisite engraving, and secondly, the likeness is the best we have seen. This portrait corrects the erroneous impression that he is a dark-complexioned man. McClellan is fair, and extremely good-looking. This is a portrait worth having, as it is not only a faithful likeness, but it is a beautiful specimen of the combined styles of line and stipple. Proof impressions are $125. Prints, 50 cents. Sent to any person on rollers. Address as above.

THE Garibaldi Shirt in this number is also much worn by misses and boys.

MAKE UP YOUR CLUBS.-Remember that the Lady's Book is the best work for ladies published in this country. We have more than one thousand private letters testifying to this fact, and the press throughout the country is unanimous in saying that the Lady's Book is the best magazine of its kind in this or any other country. The difference in the club price of the Lady's Book and that of other magazines is only a few cents, and for these few cents you get nearly one-third more reading and engravings, besides other more expensive embellishments that a low-priced magazine cannot afford to give. Clubs must be for the Lady's Book alone, with one exception, and that is "Arthur's Home Magazine." One or more of that work can be introduced in a club in place of the Lady's Book, if desired.

Any person, with a very little trouble, can get up a club for the Book; we have frequently been so informed by It is but to call and get a ladies-the work is so popular. subscription. Clubs are always in time, as we are able to supply numbers from the beginning of the year; yet we like them sent in soon, to know how many we shall print. Remember, that a work with 150,000 subscribers can give five times as much as a work with only half that number, and the embellishments can also be made of a very superior character.

Our terms are made plain and explicit, so that they may be easily understood. We are often asked to throw in an extra copy. In no instance can this be done, as our terms are so low to clubs that it cannot be afforded. A shopkeeper would look amazed, if a purchaser should ask him to throw in an extra yard because she had purchased twelve. And yet we are asked to add an extra copy because twelve have been ordered. It cannot be done.

DREER'S BOUQUETS.- Mr. Dreer, No. 327 Chestnut Street, possesses an exquisite taste in making up bouquets. But taste is natural in the Dreer family.

OUR LITERATURE.-While paying every attention to the ornamental department of our Book, we do not neglect the solid matter. While we have such writers as Marion Harland, Metta Victoria Victor, Mrs. Janvrin, Mrs. Haven, Miss Frost, Mrs. E. F. Ellet, and Mrs. Hale, the literary department is well cared for. Excellent specimens of the abilities of some of the above will be found in this number.

OUR MUSICAL COLUMN.

EXCEPTING the resumption of the delightful Saturday afternoon concerts by the Germania Orchestra, under the leadership of Carl Sentz, who has returned from the wars-by the way, a very sentzible move of Carl's-we have no new musical feature to chronicle. October went out with two indifferent performances of opera at the Academy, nor shall we probably have any more, good, bad, or indifferent, excepting German Opera, until Feb

ruary.

In response to the requests of several of our friends, we devote most of this month's "Column" to an enumeration of late new sheet music for the piano, urging all to make what use of it they may, as we shall probably have no new music to name next month.

Easy Songs and Ballads. Price of each 25 cents. Around the Fire, The Maiden's Prayer, Through Cloudless Days, Oh, Sing me thy Favorite Song, Oh, Lady, Touch those Chords Again, Black-Eyed Nell, I am Thine, Maud Adair and I, Oh, Would that in the Quiet Tomb, Bessie Green, Only Just a Year Ago, Shake Hands and be Friends, Fare thee Well, for we must Part, by Boyd; The Harpist's Death; He Sleeps Beneath the Heather, song in memory of Burns; Lucy's Flitting, Scotch ballad; Good-Night, Fair Maiden; From Early Morn; In all the World; In my Swift Boat; Hark, Hark, how Sweetly; Song of the Lark; Poor Ben the Piper, sixth edition, sung by Ossian E. Dodge, Mr. Bailey, and others at their Ballad Entertainments, a song every where received with favor. The Grave of Old Grimes; Thine Eyes are like Gems; Oh, it is Pleasant, barcarole from Oberon; Ah, Take me Now, by Abt; The Passing Bell, or Home Returning from the Wars, one of the most popular of the recent publications of Firth, Pond, & Co.; In the Lovely Month of May; How Charming and Cheering; Nannerl, by Willis; The Miller's Daughter, poetry by Tennyson; It was the Early Winter; Far, Far Away; My Song shall be of Thee; The Quiet Eye; None shall Breathe a Sigh for Me; Thoughts of Thee; 'Tis Because thou art Here; Mary Vale; Ella May; Cottage Behind the Hill; Serenade, by Conant: I am Contented; Just from the Bud. The above list is the finest we have ever given, and should command the attention of our musical friends. By an arrangement made with publishers, we can send, free of postage, on receipt of $1, any five of the above songs.

Polkas, Waltzes, Rondos, etc.-Silver Wreath Polka, 25 cents; Institute Polka, 25 cents; Repeat Polka, 25 cents; Galop di Bravura, 25 cents; Flight Waltz, 25 cents; Favorite Flower Quadrille, 35 cents; Patty Cal Polka, with full page colored lithographic title, 50 cents. The following are for advanced performers: Valse Melodique, 30 cents; Udollo Polka, 30 cents; Nocturne, by Galos, 25 cents; Nocturne, by Brinley Richards, 35 cents; Prayer in the Chapel, by Neustadt, 30 cents; Variations of Annie of the Banks o' Dee, 35 cents; Variations of Star of the Evening, 50 cents. Any of the above to the extent of $2 50 will be sent for $2. Orders for music, and all musical correspondence, should be addressed to Philadelphia, to

J. STARR HOLLOWAY. SOMETHING NEW.-A new agency is brought forward in the advertising columns of the London Morning Post. It is as follows: "The widow of an English nobleman would be willing to introduce into the best society a young lady of fortune, who from her own station would be unable to move in the higher circles unless under the chaperonage of one in high position."

TO PRESERVE HEALTH. A WORD TO THE LADIES.-The old adage aptly says, "An ounce of preventive is worth a pound of cure." When we consider how fatal a disease consumption is, and how comparatively easy it is to avoid it, we are more than ever impressed with the truth of this old proverb. During the last few days, we have been amazed indeed at the folly of women, whom we have seen promenading the streets in low, paper-thick shoes, thinner than the thinnest worn by men in summer time. Will the sex ever exhibit common sense in regard to this matter? There is but one proper covering for the foot of a woman, in either cold or sloppy weather, and that is a Wellington boot, such as every gentleman uses. In fact, the protection which it affords to the leg, especially against wet, is more necessary in the case of women than of men, because, in such a case, the damp skirt flaps against calfskin or morocco, instead of against the limb. We are glad to see that within a few years these high boots are beginning to be worn by ladies; but they are by no means universal, as they ought to be, and it is a pity that the leaders of fashion, if there are 'any such in Philadelphia, would not set the example, both of walking and of wearing water-proof boots.

For daily walking is as requisite to health as the wearing of impervious shoes. The wives and daughters of our rich men, who never take exercise except in a carriage, are undermining their constitutions quite as effectually as those of their sex, who, unable to keep coaches, yet imitate them in wearing their drawingroom shoes. The one is injured by wet feet, the other by want of proper exercise. It is a common thing, at this inclement season of the year, to hear ladies congratulate themselves on their warm rooms; yet often these furnace-heated apartinents are only less deleterious than the unprotected hovel of the beggar. We often enter parlors, where the thermometer is eighty, where the air is fairly scorched, and where, to cap the climax, every door is shut so as to exclude the possibility of ventilation. Yet many females remain in such rooms, at this season of the year, week after week, without once going out, especially if they are in circumstances too good to compel their working for a livelihood, yet not good enough to enable them to keep a carriage. The consequences are impaired digestion, or hysterical affections, or incessant headaches, excessive liability to catch cold, and what some, perhaps, will think more than all, loss of color and beauty.

There are, therefore, two faults characteristic of American women, one a neglect to exercise and the other a tooshin style of dress in winter. Every female, who can possibly do it, ought to walk, in the open air, from one to two hours every day. If suitable clothing was worn, and especially if the feet were properly protected, a daily walk, even in winter, would be more conducive to health and loveliness than all the panaceas ever concocted, or all the drugs prescribed by the faculty. It would give elasticity to the step, bloom to the cheek, brilliancy to the eye, gay spirits, brightness of intellect, Round slumbers, every blessing, in short, that vigorous physical health bestows, and of which, alas! so many American women practically know nothing. Vitality would be strong and high, the deficiency of which in most cases is the beginning of consumption. The lungs,

would have needful play, for no one can go out, on bracing winter morning, without inflating the lungs ily; and the air, at such times, is always the purest. If you would escape pulmonary complaints, ladies, if a would live to a good old age, if you would enjoy

life while living, if you would add to your personal charms, dress warm and dry, and take daily exercise in the open air. Let nothing keep you in doors but inclement weather; but be always clothed to defy cold and wet, especially to your feet.

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Your Lady's Book has been taken in my father's family for three years. We have always liked it, but never better than at present. Each number seems to attach us still more strongly to your excellent book, and we would scarcely think we could do without it. We find both amusement and instruction in it, and much practical knowledge. The first year we subscribed for it we were the only ones in the place; now I learn that there are eighteen subscribers for next year. May your numbers increase as rapidly in every place! M. P. C., N. H.

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THE Sunbury American says: "The Lady's Book is perhaps the most extensively borrowed periodical published, a certain test of its popularity."

OLD POST-OFFICE STAMPS.-Our subscribers are informed that the old post-office stamps are now of no use. The post-office has issued new stamps, and the old ones are valueless.

LADIES SHOULD READ NEWSPAPERS.-It is a great mistake in female education to keep a young lady's time and attention devoted to only the fashionable literature of the day. If you would qualify her for conversation, you must give her something to talk about-give her education with this actual world and its transpiring events. Urge her to read the newspapers and become familiar with the present character and improvement of our race. History is of some importance; but the past world is dead, and we have nothing to do with it. Our thoughts and our concerns should be for the present world, to know what it is and improve the condition of it. Let her have an intelligent opinion, and be able to sustain an intelligent conversation concerning the mental, moral, political, and religious improvement of our times. Let the gilded annuals and poems on the centre-table be kept a part of the time covered with weekly and daily journals. Let the whole family-men, women and children-read the newspapers.

CANADA TO THE RESCUE.

Altogether Godey's Lady's Book is without a rival, and we do not wonder at its talented publisher having the title of "W. B." ("Woman's Benefactor") bestowed upon him, as we know of no man who has done more to deserve it. Long may he flourish.-British Whig, Kingston.

As we all know, Alboni is not only celebrated for her beautiful voice, but also for her bodily size. The late Madame Girardin is reported to have uttered the following bon mot respecting the great vocalist: "What is Alboni, then?" asked some one, evidently no habitué of the opera. "What is she?" replied Madame Girardin. "Why, she is an elephant who has swallowed a nightingale."

FURTHER KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY IN LONDON.-An English paper says, "People in Washington city are not as busy as those of New York, Pennsylvani and other large cities."

the shape of Fig. 2, and large enough to go round just inside the shell; cut out another piece, Fig. 3, sew them together, leaving a small hole to put in the bran; fill it, and stitch up the remaining portion. Take a piece of

Fig. 2.

blue or red velvet, the shape of Fig. 2, and sew it all round. Glue the two shells on to the cushion, then fin

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ish it off with a small bow of the same colored ribbon as the velvet.

MAMMA'S WORK-BASKET.

Materials.-A piece of white fillet, a little blue crochet silk, a frame, some white and blue satin, card-board, and blue gimps; a yard of blue satin ribbon.

COPER your frame with white satin on the outside, and blue the interior, the bottom being slightly stuffed with wadding. The sides are put in rather full. For the pockets you will take a piece of blue satin double the depth of the basket, fold it in two, with a thickness of fine wadding scented with pot-pourri within it, and

gimp, which also edges the top. The outside of the basket is covered with the white netting, darned according to the design, in blue silk. It is edged at the top with three different gimps, and at the bottom with two, of blue and white intermingled. The handles are neatly covered with chenille, and further decorated with a hard gimp, besides being finished with bows and ends.

This is a most elegant and appropriate gift for the holidays. It may be made in any other color, if desired; but should crimson or any deep color be used, black fillet would be more appropriate than white.

A NEW GAME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THIS game must be played by five or more people. Take a strip of paper, let No. 1 write upon it an article and an adjective, then double over the end of the paper so that No. 2 may not see what is written. No. 2 writes a noun, doubling the paper before passing it to No. 3, who writes a verb, turns down the paper, and hands to No. 4, who writes another article and adjective, hides it, and passes to No. 5, who writes another noun. The paper is then opened and read, and the combination makes very funny sentences; for instance, No. 1 writes a milk-white; No. 2 Hottentot; No. 3, caressed; No. 4, a singing; No. 5, baby:

A milk-white Hottentot caressed a singing baby. The fact that no one knows what the other has written, makes the most absurd contrasts between the adjectives and nouns, while the verb will place opposing nouns in the most ludicrous positions. It is a very amusing game for a merry circle. When more than five play, the different parts of speech are more amusingly distributed, as 6 can begin, 7 continue, and then 1 gets a verb instead of an adjective, and each time sends her a new part.

ON WORSTED WORK.

So all-absorbing grows my taste for wool,
That, like the sheep, "I cry a whole bag full "
Dates now but take their impress from my work,
Empires may fall-I care but for the Turk!
Spare but the ottoman, I beg, I pray;

Divans and ottomans must have their sway;
Immortal Cowper! thine was not a Task
To muse on sofas; 'tis a boon I ask-
Chairs, couches, covers, all-inspiring themes,
With cushions to be worked they mingle in my dreams.
Then as my needle plies its busy hour,

Those I love I blend with every flower.
Imagination weaves those buds so fair
Into a bridal wreath for "Minnie's" hair;
That wreath of laurel, of unfading hue,
Brings one, the loved and lost, again to view.
This graceful ivy twining round my hand,
The cherished tendril of my native land;
And last, this bunch, forget-me-not, the name
All that I covet on the page of fame.