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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, A Magazine of Literature, Art and Politics,

IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED AS

THE BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE.

The ATLANTIC is now in its Twelfth Volume, and has attained a circulation and prosperity never equalled by any American magazine of its olass.

The prosperity of the ATLANTIC enables its conductors to employ the most eminent talent of the country in its columns. All the best known writers in American literature, contributing constantly to its pages, give it the sole right to be known as our national magazine. Its staff comprises the following names among its leading contributors:

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL,
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW,
LOUIS AGASSIZ,
RALPH WALDO EMERSON,
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,
C. C. HAZEWELL,
T. W. HIGGINSON,
AUTHOR" Margret Howth,"
MRS. JULIA W. HOWE,
MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY,

OLIVER W. JIOLMES,
JOHN G. WHITTIER,
E. P. WHIPPLE,
BAYARD TAYLOR,
CHARLES E. NORTON,
GEORGE S. HILLARD,
HENRY GILES,
WALTER MITCHELL,
HENRY T. TUCKERMAN,
JOHN WEISS,

MRS. H. B. STOWE,
HARRIET MARTINEAU,
CHARLES READE.

THE COUNTRY PARSON,"
ROSE TERRY,

HARRIET E. PRESCOTT,
ROBERT T. S. LOWELL,
J. T. TROWBRIDGE,
JOSIAH P. QUINCY,
PROFESSOR A. D. WHITE.

This staff of writers is a guaranty that the ATLANTIC will supply its readers with

THE BEST ESSAYS,

THE BEST STORIES,

that American talent can furnish.

THE BEST POEMS,

READ THESE TESTIMONIALS.

To show the estimation in which the ATLANTIC is held by the leading journals in the country, the publishers call attention to the opinions printed below, from both the religious and the secular press. These testimonials are taken from hundreds of similar tenor.

"The Atlantic has already attained a position at the head of the periodical press in this country, and rivals the best in the world." - New York Times.

"No higher-toned, more brilliant and successful monthly than the Atlantic has ever been seen in this country or Europe." - Home Journal.

"The Atlantic is undoubtedly the best magazine of its kind now in existence either here or abroad." N. Y Leader.

"In every respect the Atlantic is now unsurpassed in excellence by any monthly within the circle of our knowledge, whether here or abroad." —- The Congregationalist.

"The Atlantic Monthly has done more to raise the standard of American literature than any other periodical publication."- Scientific American.

"This periodical has become a firmly established favorite, and has conquered a high place in the periodical literature of the world."- Boston Daily Advertiser.

"The first magazine in the country, as far as regards literary merit."- Commercial Bulletin. "The ability with which it is conducted has made it a universal favorite."- Boston Daily Traveller.

"Its list of regular contributors comprises the foremost talent in the country."- Boston Post. "A magazine which is an honor to American literature." - N. Y. Evangelist. "This magazine stands the first in America."- Christian Messenger.

THE ATLANTIC FOR 1864

will be in no wise inferior to the previous volumes, but it will be the constant aim of the publishers to advance the high standard already established for the magazine.

Subscriptions may commence with any number. Back numbers furnished.

TERMS. The ATLANTIC is for sale by all Book and Periodical Dealers. Price, 25 cents a number. Subscriptions for the year, $3.00, postage paid. For Club Rates, apply to the publishers..

Specimen numbers sent GRATIS on receipt of six cents for postage.

TICKNOR & FIELDS, Publishers,

THE
(OLD)

FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1864;

Being BISSEXTILE or LEAP YEAR, and (until July 4) 88th of American Independence. FITTED FOR BOSTON, BUT WILL ANSWEer for all the New ENGLAND STATES. Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations, and the Farmer's Calendar for every month in the year, as great a variety as any other Almanack of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER.

ESTABLISHED IN 1793,

Bailey

BY ROBERT B. THOMAS.

Therefore I hope, as no unwelcome guest,
At your warm fireside, when the lamps are lighted,
To have my place, reserved among the rest,
Nor stand as one unsought and uninvited.

LONGFELLOW.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY BREWER & TILESTON.

Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England.

[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by BREWER & TILESTOX, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.]

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TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

WE are under many obligations for the continued and increasing favor with which our visits are received. Nothing can so stimulate one to effort as the consciousness that whatever he may do will be taken for what it is worth, and be appreciated accordingly.

We come to you still in a plain and unpretending manner; but don't think any the less of us for that. We flatter ourselves that you'll find many a common-sense suggestion scattered through our pages. Some folks think that, when a man gets beyond his prime, he is apt to fall behind the times, and become an old fogy; but the man who is always looking about to see what there is that 's new, and sifts the wheat from the chaff for the benefit of a million of readers, does n't grow old so fast; and you know the Chinese have a saying that there is a world of wisdom at the root of every gray hair. We always intend to give many times the value of what you pay for our little annual; and if you find it falls short of that, just let us know.

We owe our acknowledgments for communications, answers to problems, etc., to many friends in all parts of New England, and only feel sorry that our limits do not permit us to express our obligations to each. We thank them all very cordially for their numerous and welcome favors, and trust they will continue them.

The stanzas at the head of the calendar pages are all selected from LONGFELLOW, which is as much as to say they are worth committing to memory.

We wish you all a happy new year,-requesting you to bear in mind that communications should be addressed to the undersigned previous to July 1st of each year, and bid you good-by for the present, with the assurance "that no efforts shall be spared to make the Almanack useful, pleasing, and worthy the continued patronage of its numerous friends.

Art O. Promas."

AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.

THE Agricultural Exhibitions of Massachusetts, for 1864, will begin as follows:

Essex, at Andover, Sept. 27th.
Middlesex, at Concord, Sept. 22d.
Middlesex North, at Lowell, Sept. 29th.
Middlesex South, at Framingham, Sept.
20th.

Worcester, at Worcester, Sept. 22d.
Worcester West, at Barre, Sept. 29th.
Worcester North, at Fitchburg, Sept. 27th.
Worcester South, at Sturbridge, Oct. 6th.
Worcester South East, at Milford, Sept.
27th.

Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, at
Northampton, Oct. 6th.

Highland, at Middlefield, Sept. 8th.
Hampshire, at Amherst, Oct. 13th.

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|Hampden, at Springfield, Oct. 4th.
Hampden East, at Palmer, Oct. 11th
Franklin, at Greenfield, Sept. 29th.
Berkshire, at Pittsfield, Oct. 4th.
Hoosac Valley, at North Adams, Sept.

20th.

Housatonic, at Great Barrington, Sept.
28th.

Norfolk, at Dedham, Sept. 29th.
Bristol, at Taunton, Oct. 4th.
Plymouth, at Bridgewater, Oct. 6th.
Barnstable, at Barnstable, Oct. 4th.
Nantucket, at Nantucket, Sept. 27th.
Martha's Vineyard, at West Tisbury,
Oct. 18th.

MARKET DAYS.

...... at Cambridge, every Wednesday. .................... at Brighton,

66

Thursday.

GENERAL MARKET DAY,...... at South Danvers, last Tuesday of every month.

YEABLY AND QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN N. ENGLAND.
Same as in Almanac for 1863.

65, Nov. 8. Gift of

ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND MOON FOR 1864.

In this year there will be two eclipses of the Sux, and none of the MOON:

I.-A CENTRAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, May 5th, visible in Asia, Australia, and the north-western part of North America.

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II.-AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, October 30th, visible in South America and Mexico.

THE longitudes of the following places are counted west from Greenwich, while the differences of time refer to Boston. (+) added to, (—) subtracted from, Boston time.

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DEFINITIONS. [Continued from last year.]

JULIAN PERIOD.-A cycle of 7980 consecutive years, invented by Scaliger. It dates from 4713 years B. C.

The Julian Style related to the reform of the calendar introduced at Rome by Julius Cæsar, and used in all Christian countries till it was reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582.

The Julian Epoch is the commencement of the Julian calendar, January 1st, 46 years B. C.

The year adopted in the Julian calendar, called the Julian year,-equal to 365 days, was used in England till 1752, when the Gregorian year, or new style, was adopted. ZODIAC.-An imaginary zone or belt in the heavens, within which the sun and all the larger planets appear to perform their annual revolutions. It extends about eight or nine degrees on each side of the ecliptic; contains twelve constellations, and is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, which anciently coincided with the constellations, but now occupy very different positions. Each sign contains thirty-two degrees. The first begins at the point of the ecliptic through which the sun passes at the vernal equinox. They are counted from west to east. The names in their order, and the characters by which they are indicated in almanacs, are given above, as Aries, &c. The signs derived their names from the twelve constellations with which their places coincided in ancient times (above 200 years B. C.), but owing to the westward motion of the equinoxes, the constellations are now each about thirty degrees east of the sign of the same name.

From Worcester's Quarto Dictionary of the English Language.

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