BALLOU'S
DOLLAR MONTHLY
MAGAZINE

FULL YEAR BOUND
JANUARY to DECEMBER
1861

1861
Office Ameican Union Flag of Our Union and Novelette
BOSTON

Partially Bound in Leather
1200 pages

Well this is a real find, a full year bound volume of Ballou's Magazine! Unless you are a real aficionado of illustrated 19th century magazine, you probably never even heard of Ballou's. The magazine was published by Maturin Murray Ballou (1820 – 1895), who co-founded Gleason's Pictorial; was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe; and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction. Ballou's Dollar Monthly ("the cheapest magazine in the world") evolved out of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion when Ballou bought out Gleason in 1854 and changed thre name of Gleason's Pictorial. While those had a newspaper-like format, Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine was more like Harper's New Monthly, with many similarities, yet many differences too. Ballou's Magazine ran from approximately 1855 to 1893.

As you can well imagine, there is an overwhelming amount of content in this volume, and time and space (and sample photos) to only describe some of the highlights. Remember, you will be much, much more than what is described below.

• BOSTON COCHITUATE WATER WORKS {Illustrated}
• SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDIANS {Illustrated}
• THE DIAMOND MINES, or, Wilfred Harper's Last Love Adventure- A Tale of the Brazils in 1840 by Captain James F. Alcorn
• ARTISTIC GLIMPSE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK {Illustrated}
• ARTISTIC GLIMPSE OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY {Illustrated}
• RUTH THE WITCH by William F. Matthews
• SKETCHES OF NEW BEDFORD, MASS. {Illustrated}
• A GLIMPSE AT SAUL STE MARIE {Illustrated}
• MY SUCCESS AS A MATCH-MAKER by Mrs. Josie Signor Lovering
• THE BEDOUIN ROBBER, or, THE PEARL OF PEARLS by Martin L. Howard
• A GLIMPSE AT NEW YORK HARBOR {Illustrated}
• A TRIP TO YONKERS, NEW YORK {Illustrated}
• SCENES IN THE VICINITY OF BOSTON {Illustrated}
• SCENES ON THE HUDSON RIVER {Illustrated}
• SCENES IN PORTLAND, MAINE {Illustrated}
• THE WITCH OF RHENFELS, A Tale of the Olden Time by Mrs. M. F. Minot
• CENTAUR, A Truthful Story by James Franklin Fitts
• A GLIMPSE OF ST. LOUIS, MO {Illustrated}
• SOMETHING ABOUT KEOKUK, IOWA {Illustrated}
• HARVEST IN NORMANDY {Illustrated}
• NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS {Illustrated}
• A GLIMPSE OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA {Illustrated}
• COTTAGE ARCHITECTURE {Illustrated}
• THE AMPUTATED HAND - The Confessuion of a Greek Merchant by S. L. Finley
• THE THIRTY MONKS OF THE ORDER OF THE AVENGER by J. Grafton Allen
• OLD PETE OF ST. KITTS by Walter Clarence
• THE GHOST WITH THE___ by Giacomo S. Campana
• SCENES OF THE SARANAC RIVER, NEW YORK {Illustrated}
• FRENCH MILITARY SKETCHES {Illustrated}
• STORY OF A SUICIDE by F. J. Fitzgerald
• THE SELF-CONVICTED MURDERER by William S. Carteret
• THE FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS {Illustrated}
• NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER SKETCHES {Illustrated}
• GLIMPSES AT MASSACHUSETTS BAY {Illustrated}
• SCENES IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE {Illustrated}
• THE LADY ETHEL'S WOLF-HOUND by Eva Milford
• A GLIMPSE AT NEW LONDON, CONN. {Illustrated}
• SOMETHING ABOUT WOONSOCKET, R.I. {Illustrated}
• COHASSET, MASS. {Illustrated}
• SOLD TO THE DEVIL, or, The Mysterious Left Hand by Alphonse Karr
• THE DIAPHORETICOPANTACATHOLICON by Giacomo S. Campana

Stories abound in this volume, and I just mentioned a few above with the more sensational titles. Also plenty of (short) poetry too. Most of the writers I never heard of, but discovering new (old) writers can be a rewarding experience. Much like Harper's Magazine there are a couple of pages of cartoon (panel strips) every month. There are no fashion engravings though. There are monthly columns titled The Florist; The Housewife; Curious Matters; Editor's Table, and Record of the Times. Unlike Harper's there is not much mention of the Civil War. In fact, if you only read Ballou's, you might not have even known there was a Civil War at the time!

Compared to Harper's New Monthly, bound volumes of Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine are very scarce, especially full-year (bound volumes are usually only 1/2 year). With all the pictorial content, this is a very worth volume.

BOOK DESCRIPTION/CONDITION: Full-year bound. Thick 8vo- over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall. Leather spine and corners over brown cloth hardboard, title and banding in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Wear to boards and leather, a few stain spots. 1 1/2" split on front spine edge from top but binding still solid. Sparse, scattered foxing but interior nearly Very Good. Very Scarce! 6 1/2" xc 9 1/4" x 2 3/8"

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