t say how many
duodecimo volumes of matter, and of good and interesting matter, it
contains. As a record of the events and opinions of the past year, and
as literally a picture of the time, it has a permanent value, while its
wealth of excellent stories and essays makes it an endless source of
entertainment. The original editorial articles are of a very high order
of merit, and relate to subjects which attract the attention of all
intelligent and patriotic minds. Soundness of thought, liberality of
sentiment, and thorough-going loyalty find expression in the most
exquisite English. Altogether, we should say that _Harper's Weekly_ is a
necessity in every household."--_The Transcript_ (Boston).

"HARPER'S WEEKLY and MAGAZINE, with their immense circulation, are
grandly loyal and influential. The _Weekly_ especially has been true to
the cause; and while it gives in admirable correspondence and accurate
pictures a complete illustrated history of the war, with all its
battles, incidents, and portraits of generals, it has splendidly
enforced by argument and example its principles. Closer reasoning is not
to be found than that to which its editors might fairly challenge
answer."--_City Item_ (Philadelphia).

_Notices of Harper's Weekly._

"HARPER'S WEEKLY, of which the Seventh Volume is now issued in neat,
substantial binding, shows the industry and zeal with which the cause of
the Union has been maintained in its columns during the year 1863. It
has continued to increase the fervor of patriotic sentiment as well by
its appropriate pictorial illustrations as by its able editorial leaders
commenting on the events of the day. In its present shape, the journal
furnishes copious materials for the history of the war, and can not fail
to find a place in public and private libraries as an important volume
for permanent reference."--_Tribune_ (New York).

"HARPER'S WEEKLY _for_ 1863--a journal of the year, kept in the most
interesting way; and as we turn over the pages we revive many now
almost forgotten sensations, and see, bit by bit, how history has
grown. The volume closed and bound up becomes history; but it would
not be just to this publication to omit a remark on the influence
which it has exerted during the year, and which it continues to exert.
An illustrated journal like _Harper's Weekly_, which circulates, as
we have heard, over one hundred and twenty thousand copies per week,
chiefly among families, and which has proba