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Show LITERARY. PETTENGILL'S NEWSPAFE8 DIRECTORY. The number of newspapers and oiber periodicals in the United States, recorded in Peltengill"s Newspaper Directory and Advertisers' Hand Book for 1S7S, is 8,130. ol which tnere are 752 daily, Gl tri-weekly, 114 eemi weekly. 6.185 weekly. Ill semimonthly, semi-monthly, 831 monthly, 18 bimonthly, 51 quarterly. The total number, including in-cluding the papers in British America, is 8,615. The Directory also contains a list of all the papers, by counties; a list of all the daily papers; a list ot tbu weekly and monthly papers having circulations of over 5,000 copies; a itst of religious weekly papers; a iist of agricultural and horticultural oublicatioos, and comprehensive liata ot leading European and Australasian newspapers Trie newest (eature in tbe present directory is the department depart-ment devoted to descriptive sketches of some of the prominent journals of the country, and their offices. Tbe arrangement of the directory lor ready reference, and for tbe special aud general business purposes of dvt.r-tisera dvt.r-tisera ia excellent. The bonk ia rwnd omely embeliisned with lauhiul por trails of S. M. Pettt?u(ill, tr.e publioher; Geo. W. Cbilda, Uon. Bayard Taylor, Bret Harte. the late James Guidon Bennett, and the late Samuel Bowles. S. M. PetUugill & Cj., 37 Park row, New York. INTERNATIONAL EEV1EW. Tbe July-August number ol the International Heciao has been ri ceived, and it ia a valuable issue. Tbe leading paper is tho first part of an article by Karl Blind, the subject being RuBsia mot appropriate at this time. A San Franciscan treats of "Tbe Chinese Puzzle," in which he reviews tbe Kearneyiam aud communism com-munism of California. David A. Wells' fourth paper on tbe " Elements of National Wealth," appears in this number. Jamee Anthony Fronde has bis second article on "Science aud Theology Ancipnt and Modern." The other papers in tbe number are: "The Moral Problem," by Mark Hopkins; "The French Eibibition," by Charles Qiodriez, architect; "The O-entenary of Rousseau," by Rev Samuel Osgood; "Siz- and Organization Organiza-tion of Annie,' by Gen. JameB H. Wilson; "International Reconstruction," Reconstruc-tion," by EJwird Atkinson; "Mr. .Seward and Mr. Motley," by Hun. John Bigelow; ' Art in Europe," by Philip Gilbert Hamerion; contemporary contempo-rary literature. vick's illustrated magazine. The colored plate accompanying the July number ofck'a Ifluitratc Magazine is a handsome bequet of tuberous rooted begonia-. The contents con-tents of this iiwue aro varied and interesting to flouriata and amateur gar'lei era. There is correaporjdence, foreign notes, plesear.t gossip, botany jior young folks, and miscellaneous 'articles. James Vick, Rochester, New York. |