This is the January 14, 1854 issue of GLEASON'S PICTORIAL newspaper, which in later years went by the name of Ballou's pictorial.  It is much like the more popular newspapers of the time, Harper's Weekly, and Frank Leslie.  All of these newspapers were highly illustrated with wood engravings. It is in very good condition, the pages are flat and clean. As you can see from the list of articles below it gives a good insight into the issues and life of that time, along with some very nice literary articles and poems. Additional pictures are available upon request. Please send your e-mail address.

ARTICLES:

WINTER - Mr. Devereux has given us a very appropriate picture indicative of the season.  Picture yourself on a blustering winter night inside of a snug cottage in the country – the fire made up and blazing, the table set for tea, the various sounds produced by the wind in the chimneys and door-crannies of the house.  The cover engraving depicts winter in Boston. (See picture)

THE RUSSIAN GUARDSMAN - A TALE OF THE SEAS AND SHORES OF THE EAST - by Ben Perley Poore

A TURKISH COFFEEHOUSE - We present our readers with a vivid sketch, of the interior of a Turkish café - the terrestrial paradise of the Moslem - where the flower of the prophet enjoys his favorite beverage, and his beloved pipe.  An engraving of the interior of a Turkish coffee house is presented. (See picture)

VIEW ON THE BOSPHORUS - We present an engraving, of charming view from the European side of the Bosphorus.  This view is taken from the sultan’s kiosk, situated in the “Valley of Heavenly Water,” on the Asiatic shore, looking up the channel in the direction of Constantinople.  An engraving of this view is presented, with a history of the area. (See picture)

“GONE BUT NOT LOST.” – A poem by Alice Carey

THE OLD SOLDIER’S LEGACY – A story by Anne T. Wilbur - The Russian campaign, whose denouement was so fatal to the power of Napoleon and the greatness of Imperial France, was not, as has long been believed, one of those rash enterprises undertaken to gratify the ambition of the chief of an empire.

THE PUPPET-SHOW – A story by Francis A. Durivage - There are few children versed in the delightful pages of Gulliver, who have not conceived the possibility of the construction of mechanical figures, endowed with all the properties of life, with action, grace, and perhaps speech, and thus realizing the fable of the Lilliputians to all intents and purposes.

THE FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS – The center-page is an engraving of the flags of most of the developed countries that existed in the1850’s, copied from the best authority, and, therefore, valuable for reference and instructive in detail.

INFANCY – A poem by Mrs. Marion Stephens

IRISH MARY – A story by Mrs. Mary A. Denison

THE LORDS PRAYER – A full-page engraving, drawn by Mr. Kilburn, of the Christian prayer sometimes referred to as “Our Father”.  The engraving, with the complete prayer, is skillfully executed with illustrations throughout. (See picture)

NIGHT AT NAPLES – A poem by Maturin M. Ballou

THE EAGLES OF AMERICA – A story by Henry William Herbert - The Eagle of America, in spite of the utilitarian, and industrial, and peaceful hallucinations of Dr. Franklin, is what may be now regarded a fixed fact.

CLOAK FASHIONS FOR JANUARY- Engravings of “The Braganza,” and “The D’Angouleme” are presented and described in this article.