The December Magazines

Among tlie othnr good tilinga in tkrfaur, are : Note on Kentucky and Tenue3see, tlie final i regular installroent in the Great. Soutli Series, by Mr. King. A description of the Mainraoth Cave forms a large part of th8 article, and there are several tresli illustrations of th'is wonderful place. The other articles illustrated, cither by menns of piotures or diagrama, are : -The Transit of Venus,- The .Probabüities of Rivers, -The Silver Age,- and Rambles in Maderia. In fiction we have the continuation of Jules Verue's Mysterioua laland, with illustrations ; and of Saxe Holm's curious story, My Tourmaline ; also Jeannette, by miss Woolaon, and in a Trumpet, a Thanksgiving story by Miss Hopkins. Mr Stedman givea us another of bis essays or. The Victorian Poets, this time grappling with that tough subject, Kobert Browniug uimself. Tliere are poems ly Celia Thaxter and others. In " Topics of the Time" Dr. Holland writes about The Great South Series of Papers, Christtamty and Color, Investments for inconie, Nature and Literature. The Doctor say.s that Edward King traveled in all twenty-five thousand miles in gathering the materials for hi3 papers. In the department of Etchings there is an amusing account of The Devil in Literature. i)r. Holland's new novel, The Story of Sevenoaks, will begiu in the Januory number. $4 a year, postage paidScribner & Co., New York. Saibner and the Aeoüs for ff 2 '. - The Atlantic (cloaing the XXXI V. volume;, has Poetry by Longfellow (Cadenabria), I'aul H. Hayne, Hirm Kich, andothers. In Fiction and Narrativo : A Foregone Conclusión, by W. D. Howells, concluded ; About a Barrel of Lard, by Ajax T. Lamon; A Rebel's Recollections, by üeo. Cary Eggleston. Uu Nature and the Supernatural : Contrast between Euglish Scencry and Our Own, by E. S. Nadal ; Old Trees, by J. S. Barry ; Martha's Vineyard, by N. S. Shaler ; and, Some Eesults from my Spiritual Studies, by Kobert Dale uwen. Edward Atkinson has a paper on The Kighteousness of Money-Making ; Henry S. Macintosh, one on Water-Color Paintiug ; Edgar Fawcett, a paper on Mr. Aldrich's Poetry ; and besides these, Criticisms on The Drama, New Books nnd Music, with papers on Education. A fine bill of fare is giveu out for the New Year. f4 a year, postage free. H. O. Houghton & Co., Boston. The Atlantic and the Akous for $5 25. - The Eclectic has a fiue steel portrait of President Eliot, of Harvard, with a biographical sketch by the editor. The papers sele,cted with great judguient and skill from leading foreign periodicals, iuclude: English Vers de Societe; Joseph Priestley, by Prof. Huxley; Contrasts of Ancieut and Modern History, by Prof. F. W. Newman; Mr. Disraeli's Novela, by Leslie Stephens ; The Sun a Bubble, by Richard A. Proctor ; The Future of Eastern Asia, by Sir Butherford Alcock ; Far from the Madiing Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, chaps. 43 to 47; About Master Betty, etc, with well filled minor departments. The number completes the volume, tñ a year. E. R. Pet.ton & ('o., Ntw York City. - St. Nicholas is a capital number, both in illustrations aud text. Auioug the papers are: The Garden of the Gods, by Eliza Greatorex, the illustraties of which we can vouck for as being as " natural as Ufe ; " Tchumpkiu, by CAStephens, concluded; The Chickadeea, by Harvey Wildeo; Our Dogs, by S. S. Colt, with twelve illustratious by A. H. Thayer ; A Little Girls Story, by Abby Morton Diaz; Mabel's Troubles, by Benjamin E. Wolf; The Commache's Trail, by Samuel W. Cozens ; Holoday Haibor, by S. B. C. Samuels, and numerous others of equal interest. The programme for the year gives assurauce that St. Nicholas will continue to be the favorite of all the boys and girls. 93 a year, postage paid. Scbibnee & Co., New York, With the Anaus, $4..')0.