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Show NEW PUBLICATIONS. The centennial almanacs are making mak-ing their appearance. Frank Leslie's Les-lie's illustrated almanao for 167G, with a brilliant illuminated cover, has been received from Dwyer. It contains some elegant colored plates, including a copy of an old painting representing a connoaieur in a well-filled well-filled wine cellar sampling some old "light and dry wine" with great satisfaction. There 'are also the Italian Fruit Girl, tho little girl in distress menaced by geese, A Drop too Much, Showing Baby, Dear, Dear Mother, How I Love You, The Foster Mother, and Boon Companions. Com-panions. These are ail colored prints, equal iu execution to many chroJiios. In addition there- are plain portraits and pictures in large numbers, including those of Andrew Johnson, Gerritt Smith, Mrs. Roti6by, the English actress, the Mikado and Empress of Japan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grant, Lady Franklin, the Cornell Boat Crew, Cardinal McClos-key, McClos-key, John Harper, General F. P. Blair, Offenbach, Heme, the composer com-poser of opera boufle, the American Riue Team at Dollymonnt, Mrs. J Lieut. Fitch, King Kalakaua, Gov. Tilden, besides a great variety of ! descriptive engravings with the usual almanac matter, interesting miscellany, miscel-lany, etc. Price 50 cents. Harper's Monthly for December (Dwyer) has several lino illustrated articles. Up the Ashley and Cooper 1 is devoted to a description of South Carolina scenery. Caricature in tbe United States gives some of the earlier efforts of Franklin as a humorist, and revives the memories of Jackson's . war against the United Stutes bank. A large part of the paper is devoted m i nomas ixuhl a iiie tiHnramre in Harper's Weekly. A glimpse is given , of Richard Baxter, the eminent English En-glish divine of the ISth century. At Windsor Castle introduces us to some magnificent English royal palaces and scenery. Part three of S. 8. Cox's Legislative Humor is given, recalling many pleasant reminiscences. reminis-cences. There is aUo a good variety of miscellaneous and light reading, and the usual departments are well filled. |