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This is "Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Volume XXV, No. 2, February 1867, published in Boston by Elliott, Thomes, & Talbot (63 Congress St.) The issue starts out with several 'factual' articles, concerning : Esquimaux Culture (Eskimos, Inuit); Town and Port of Batavia, Java; the Milan Cathedral; Wool transport in Australia; Parlor Magic (very brief); and the Palace of Fontainebleau, France. There are a number of engraved illustrations of varied quality that accompany these articles. The greater part of the issue is given over to fictional stories, some of which are serial continuations. *************************************** NONFICTION CONTENTS (Aside from the article on Arctic life, each article has a single picture) : "The Man in the Iron Mask" / Arctic Life (with nine pictures) / My Lady's Portrait / A Scene in Australia / Parlor Magic / The Town and Port of Batavia, Java / Cathedral of Milan / Royal Palace of Fontainebleau *************************************** FICTION and POETRY : The Painted Chamber or Clarice Logan's Confessions (Part 2) . by Miss Camilla Willian / Affinity . a poem by Mrs. R. B. Edson / The Duval Diamonds . by Miss Amanda M. Hale / Eloise Cressy's Atonement . by Hattie L. Wade / To a Little Child . a poem by Fannie Stevens Bruce / How Paul Dunning Got the cottage . by Earl Marble / Grave song - Grabgesang - In Imitation of the German by Mahlmann . a poem by H. Butterworth (Hezekiah Butterworth, 1829 - 1905) / A Night of Peril . by Richard Faulkner / The Wintry Way . a poem by Richard Edward White / Jenny Wren's Tramp . by Miss Julia Van Brunn / Simple Jem . by Barbara Broome / The Wife's Awakening . a poem by L. M. W. / The Model Duel . by W. O. Eaton / Tested . by Mrs. M. A. Bates / The Florentine Lovers . by Emilie Melville / The Settler's Vengeance . by Arthur L. Meserve / Mab's Cross **************************************** BACK MATERIAL : The Florist - Language of Flowers / The Housewife - Recipes / Curious Matters (brief comments on : a new heat generator; registering the Electric Earth Currents; curious sentence; use of buttons; consumption of eggs; earthquakes; Zinc paint; paste jewels) / Facts and Fancies - humorous tidbits / Three Comic Pictures *********************************** ADVERTISING : On the rear cover : Chickering & Sons Piano - Fortes On the inside of the rear cover : Promotions for publications of Elliott, Thomes, & Talbot ******************************************* TITLE ; Ballou's Monthly Magazine / ISSUE ; Vol. XXV, No. 2 / DATE : February 1867 / EDITOR : [ Maturin M. Ballou (1820 - 1895) ] / IMPRINT : Elliott, Thomes, & Talbot / PLACE : 63 Congress St., Boston Massachusetts / STATUS : OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Antique Monthly Periodical; contains a few engravings; volume pages 89 - 168 ( 78 pp); 6" x 9" , pictorial wraps, sewn and glued. The cover has the typical extended edges. *************************************** CONDITION - GOOD - This old magazine is previously owned and shows the wear of long use, and if rough on the exterior, the interior is clean. It remains quite serviceable , the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- Paper is split at the spine folds; loss of surface paper at spine extremities; spine length is considerably worn and patchy; cover displays staining, spotting, smudging and weathering; The edges are ragged, especially the bottom edges (tears, chipping and creasing) / BINDING -- Cover attachment is fragile - text-block remains fairly solid. the whole needs to be handled with care / INTERIOR -- Scattered foxing, small spotting and a bit of smudging, but essentially clean and presentable throughout. No marking, no writing, no signatures.
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