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Magnetism.
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The Forsaken House.
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The Forsaken.
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Return to the Desolate Home.
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The Flight of Rosalia.
The Worship of Sorrow.
God the Consoler.
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One copy for One Year, $ 2 00
Three copies for One Year, 5 00
Five copies for One Year, $ 7 50
Eight copies for One Year, 10 00
Sixteen copies for One Year, $20 00

=PREMIUMS FOR GETTING UP CLUBS.=

Three, Five, Eight, or Sixteen copies, make a Club. To every person getting up a Club, our "Port-Folio of Art," containing _Fifty_ Engravings, will be given gratis; or, if preferred, a copy of the Magazine for 1855. For a Club of Sixteen, an extra copy of the Magazine for 1856, will be sent _in addition_.

_Address, post-paid_, CHARLES J. PETERSON,
No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

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T. B. PETERSON'S

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

Cheap Book, Magazine, Newspaper, Publishing and Bookselling Establishment, is at

=No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.=

T. B. PETERSON has the satisfaction to announce to the public, that he has removed to the new and spacious BROWN STONE BUILDING, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET, just completed by the city authorities on the Girard Estate, known as the most central and best situation in the city of Philadelphia. As it is the Model Book Store of the Country, we will describe it: It is the largest, most spacious, and best arranged Retail and Wholesale Cheap Book and Publishing Establishment in the United States. It is built, by the Girard Estate, of Connecticut sand-stone, in a richly ornamental style. The whole front of the lower story, except that taken up by the doorway, is occupied by two large plate glass windows, a single plate to each window, costing together over three thousand dollars. On entering and looking up, you find above you a ceiling sixteen feet high; while, on gazing before, you perceive a vista of One Hundred and Fifty-Seven feet. The retail counters extend back for eighty feet, and, being double, afford counter-room of One Hundred and Sixty feet in length. There is also over _Three Thousand feet of shelving in the retail part of the store alone_. This part is devoted to the retail business, and as it is the most spacious in the country, furnishes also the best and largest assortment of all kinds of books to be found in the country. It is fitted up in the most superb style; the shelvings are all painted in Florence white, with gilded cornices for the book shelves.

Behind the retail part of the store, at about ninety foot from the entrance, is the counting-room, twenty feet square, railed neatly off, and surmounted by a most beautiful dome of stained glass. In the rear of this is the wholesale and packing department, extending a further distance of about sixty feet, with desks and packing counters for the establishment, etc., etc. All goods are received and shipped from the back of the store, having a fine avenue on the side of Girard Bank for the purpose, leading out to Third Street, so as not to interfere with and block up the front of the store on Chestnut Street. The cellar, of the entire depth of the store, is filled with printed copies of Mr. Peterson's own publications, printed from his own stereotype plates, of which he generally keeps on hand an edition of a thousand each, making a stock, of his own publications alone, of over three hundred thousand volumes, constantly on hand.

T. B. PETERSON is warranted in saying, that he is able to offer such inducements to the Trade, and all others, to favor him with their orders, as cannot be excelled by any book establishment in the country. In proof of this, T. B. PETERSON begs leave to refer to his great facilities of getting stock of all kinds, his dealing direct with all the Publishing Houses in the country, and also to his own long list of Publications, consisting of the best and most popular productions of the most talented authors of the United States and Great Britain, and to his very extensive stock, embracing every work, new or old, published in the United States.

T. B. PETERSON will be most happy to supply all orders for any books at all, no matter by whom published, in advance of all others, and at publishers' lowest cash prices. He respectfully invites Country Merchants, Booksellers, Pedlars, Canvassers, Agents, the Trade, Strangers in the city, and the public generally, to call and examine his extensive collection of cheap and standard publications of all kinds, comprising a most magnificent collection of CHEAP BOOKS, MAGAZINES, NOVELS, STANDARD and POPULAR WORKS of all kinds, BIBLES, PRAYER BOOKS, ANNUALS, GIFT BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED WORKS, ALBUMS and JUVENILE WORKS of all kinds, GAMES of all kinds, to suit all ages, tastes, etc., which he is selling to his customers and the public at much lower prices than they can be purchased elsewhere. Being located at No. 102 CHESTNUT Street, the great thoroughfare of the city, and BUYING his stock outright in large quantities, and not selling on commission, he can and will sell them on such terms as will defy all competition. Call and examine our stock, you will find it to be the best, largest and cheapest in the city; and you will also be sure to find all the _best, latest, popular, and cheapest works_ published in this country or elsewhere, for sale at the lowest prices.

--> Call in person and examine our stock, or send your orders by _mail direct_, to the CHEAP BOOKSELLING and PUBLISHING ESTABLISHMENT of

=T. B. PETERSON,
No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.=

Transcriber's Note

The following typographical errors were corrected:

13 _Collins_ changed to _Collins._
14 ornament than use changed to ornament than use.
17 I be!'" changed to I be!'
18 few moments" changed to few moments,"
20 and God wont changed to and God won't
29 merry-making and frolicking changed to merry-making and frolicking.
32 _Milton_ changed to _Milton._
40 repeated Helen, changed to repeated Helen.
50 and she wont changed to and she won't
52 than a cipher changed to than a cipher.
53 study hereafter. changed to study hereafter."
54 she is sleeping changed to "she is sleeping
55 waiting for her changed to waiting for her.
71 whispered Helen changed to whispered Helen.
71 in or out changed to in or out.
72 "'Now," changed to "'Now,'
73 child did'nt changed to child didn't
77 mild summer evening, changed to mild summer evening.
82 to love her changed to to love her.
86 It's nobody but changed to "It's nobody but
90 the young doctor changed to the young doctor.
91 blessed light? changed to blessed light?"
113 and more pervading changed to and more pervading.
116 dissappointment changed to disappointment
119 gloriou changed to glorious
120 ancestral figure of Misss changed to ancestral figure of Miss
128 deep,tranquil,refreshing changed to deep, tranquil, refreshing
128 joyious changed to joyous
133 to see me. changed to to see me."
139 It is all changed to "It is all
148 he had roused, changed to he had roused.
149 said Mrs. leason changed to said Mrs. Gleason
155 going tomorrow changed to going to-morrow
162 whithering changed to withering
164 I believe I changed to "I believe I
166 shant changed to shan't
176 corruscate changed to coruscate
179 "'Not poppy, changed to 'Not poppy,
180 his own experience?" changed to his own experience?
184 which wont be changed to which won't be
190 _Shakspeare_ changed to _Shakspeare._
205 Poor child!. changed to Poor child!
217 abscence changed to absence
221 not very call changed to not very
229 _Hymn_ changed to _Hymn._
233 dissappointed changed to disappointed
241 OLIVER TWIST changed to OLIVER TWIST,
243 INDA; changed to LINDA;
243 etter books changed to better books
245 with many Husbands changed to with many Husbands.
245 PASSION AND PRINCIPLE changed to PASSION AND PRINCIPLE.
245 HE BARONET'S changed to THE BARONET'S
247 OUISE LA VALLIERE changed to LOUISE LA VALLIERE
247 538 pages, wit changed to 538 pages, with
249 Love." etc. changed to Love," etc.
253 equal to th changed to equal to the
259 _the_ Lamplighter.'" changed to _The Lamplighter_."
262 Philadelphia, changed to Philadelphia.

The following words had inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.

ecstacy / ecstasy
eyelids / eye-lids
fireside / fire-side
jailer / jailor
needlework / needle-work
penknife / pen-knife
waterfall / water-fall
wayside / way-side
workbox / work-box

Other inconsistencies found in the text:

Prices on the advertising pages were printed with a period or a space or a comma between the dollars and cents. This inconsistency has been maintained.