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of Frequenting the Christian Sacrifice: with suitable Devotions. By Robert Nelson, Esq. Adapted to the use of the Church in the United States. With an Appendix, by the Rev. J. W. Shackelford, A.M., Rector of the House of Prayer, Newark, N. J. 16mo. pp. 122.

The first edition of this work appeared in England in 1706, since which time it has received the commendation of all churchmen.

A Manual of Devotions, for Confirmation and First
Communion. By the author of "Steps to the
Altar." First American edition. Edited by a
Presbyter of the Church. 16mo. pp. 103.
The prayers and meditations in this Manual are
chiefly compiled from the writings of Bishop Wilson.
The following works are from the General Pro-
testant Episcopal Sunday-School Union and Church
Book Society, New York:-

can determine whether his contemporaries-Hallam, | A Guide to the Holy Communion; or, the Great Duty Milman, and Merivale-must yield to this new candidate for the favors of the historic muse. Mr. Smith seems to be enthusiastic in working out his plan; he has, in many portions of the subject, the advantage of the results of much modern research which have not heretofore been brought forward in their appropriate place and in a popular form: and his style of writing is unaffected and perspicuous. The Messrs. Appleton deserve great credit for their reproduction of this work. It is an undertaking of no small magnitude, and they should be liberally sustained in it by our scholars and readers. Life of Edward Livingston. By Charles Havens Hunt; with an Introduction by George Bancroft. pp. xxiv., 448. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Edward Livingston belonged to that earlier period of the Republic of which it is justly said, "there were giants in those days;" and Mr. Hunt observes, with no less force of truth than delicacy of sarcasm, that he thought our American biography not rich enough to well afford to dispense with an account of his life. The present work will constitute a valuable and permanent addition to the memoirs of our great men. The subject of this volume was great by descent and association as well as by his intrinsic merits. He united those blended legal, intellectual, and reformatory tendencies which charm us so much in Mackintosh and Romilly. As a lawyer and legal philanthropist, the code which he prepared for the State of Louisi

ana has become a world-wide monument of his

fame as a statesman, his intimate official and personal association with Jackson at a critical period of our history, and the thorough patriotism and honesty which marked his guidance and counsel, should endear him to every friend of our Union and Constitution. He was, altogether, a man of whose sterling qualities, great attainments, and lofty tone, displayed both in public and in private life, the country has reason to be proud. We are glad that we have now an enduring memorial of him. Mr. Hunt appears to have performed his duty with industry and fidelity. Reliable sources of information have been placed at his disposal, and he has made a judicious use of them. The paper and typography of the volume are admirable. The latter is the handiwork of the Riverside Press.

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL.

The Rise and Progress of Sunday-Schools. A Bio-
graphy of Robert Raikes and William Fox. By
John Carroll Power. pp. 283. 16mo. New York:
Sheldon & Company, 335 Broadway.

The subjects of this book are full of interest, and are destined, as time rolls on, to command still greater attention from the Christian world. The book is the result of much research for a number of years. The matter thus gathered is presented in a manner to command attention. To all who are interested in the Sunday-school cause-and who should not be?-this work will abundantly repay the purchasing and reading.

Mr. H. B. Durand, of New York, has sent us the following books :

:

The Principles of Church History adapted to the
Young. By a Presbyter of the Diocese of North
Carolina. 8vo. pp. 284. With Index.

The information contained in this volume is adapted to the capacity of youth of both sexes. The absence of a work of this kind in Sundayschool libraries induced the author to assume the task. The facts, events, incidents, and occurrences are so arranged as to enliven the narrative and entertain the reader.

Julia of Baia; or, the Days of Nero. A Story of the Martyrs. By the Rev. John W. Brown, author of "The Merchant's Daughter," "Virginia," "Christmas Bells," &c. 12mo. pp. 358.

The first edition of this work appeared in 1842. lowed, with some important corrections and useful Owing to its rapid sale a second edition soon folreferences. The story is founded on events which occurred in the reign of Nero, with a condensed view of the history and spirit of those times. The Bishop's Little Daughter. 12mo. pp. 336.

This volume was published through the offerings of the Sunday-School of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, N. Y.

Andy; the Story of a Troublesome Boy. By Jenny
M. Parker, author of the "Boy Missionary,"
"Dick Wortley," &c. 16mo. pp. 184.
Published through the offerings of the Sunday-
Schools of Trinity Church, Pittsburg, Pa.

The American Tract Society, Boston, have sent us the following works :

Christ, the Children's Guide. 16mo. pp. 36. Illus

trated.

Pleasant Tales in Prose and Verse. With twenty-
six engravings. 16mo. pp. 224.
Black and White; or, the Heart, not the Face. By
Jane D. Chaplin. 16mo. pp. 174.

The Temperance Tales. With a Prefatory Sketch of
their Origin and History. By Lucius M. Sargent.
A new edition. Vol. III. 16mo. pp. 251.

BELLES-LETTRES.

Chaucer's Legende of Goode Women. Edited, with

an Introduction and Notes, Glossarial and Critical, by Hiram Corson. pp. xxxviii., 145. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt. A writer in the "Retrospective Review," as long "If ever we should have such ago as 1824, tells us, an edition of Chaucer as is still to be regarded edition which would obviate the obscurity without among the desiderata of our restored literature-an impairing the venerable features of antiquity, which would remove some portion of the rust of time, without superadding the varnish-like glare of the modern mint, or impairing the lines and characteristics of the original impression; which would soften down some of those grossnesses of diction, in the looser tales, which the fashion of Chaucer's day somewhat too freely admitted, without precisely substituting that fastidious phraseology with which modern prudery disguises its looser thoughts, the difficulties in the way of the complete enjoyment of these literary treasures of the fourteenth century would disappear."

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The Index contains an alphabetical list of the words explained in the notes, an aid which should in these early English poets never be omitted. Nor can we close this notice without commending the handsome typographical appearance of the book, so creditable to our townsman, the publisher, Mr. Leypoldt. The true value of the press has been "His memory well set forth in Chaucer's own case. might have perished with his works, among the worm-eaten remains of dusty cabinets, as many a noble work we know has perished, but for the timely interference of that mighty engine of preservationthe press, which bids fair to preserve, while the world itself shall last, the progeny of genius from that all-devouring gulf where human pride and pageantry are swallowed up, which brass and marble cannot overarch, and in which monuments themselves shall find a grave."

We have waited for thirty years for this edition; better understand the notes and their value: but we have at length received it from the critical "daunger," line 160; "nones," 1. 295; "alder," 1. hand and skill of Mr. Robert Bell, who, in 1854- 298; "take," 1. 1133; "stalke," 1. 1779; "swynke," "wirdes," 1. 2379; 1856, printed a new edition of Chaucer's works, 1. 2039; "thewes," 1. 2576; founded upon a new and careful revision of the en- "sad," 1. 2581. tire text and a complete collation of the best manuscripts known and accessible. Professor Corson, in the book before us, has adopted Bell's text, founded on a collation of the only two authentic manuscripts known-the Fairfax 16 in the Bodleian Library, and Arch. Seld. B. 24. It is a hopeful sign of the times, connected with the present taste for early literature, that a scholar so ripe and thorough as Professor Corson should think it worth his time and labor to present a very early English classic, prepared with a fulness of learning, verbal, æsthetic, grammatical, antiquarian, and even syllabic, that leaves no difficulty unsolved, that challenges attention and merits study. It is well known to the scholars of Philadelphia that Professor Corson has spent years of labor on the pages of Chaucer, both in his private studies and the exercises of his numerous pupils, and that he brings to their interpretation a fund of original reading in the earliest English poets that has given to his lectures and his teachings the attentive study of a large class of cultivated scholars. It is understood that the Professor has completed an Index and Glossary to the Canterbury Tales as complete and thorough as Mrs. Clarke's Shakspeare Concordance; and with regard to the particles of the language, such as "if," "it," "but," "as," &c., he has accumulated a fund of reference that is sought in vain elsewhere. It is to be hoped that such labors may not remain buried in manuscript, but may be made available to scholars everywhere.

Professor Corson has done for "The Legende" what Tyrwhitt did in the last century for the Canterbury Tales; and we know that too much commendation cannot be bestowed on that learned and laborious editor. Professor Corson's labors have been devoted (1) to the Introduction, (2) to the Text and Notes, (3) to an Index of Words. In the Introduction there is a complete discussion of Chaucer's versification and metres; and, taken in connection with Bell's Introduction and Tyrwhitt's Essay, leaves nothing further to be desired. The Professor has also something to say about Pope and Dryden's versions of the old bard, and does not give them that unqualified praise that our ancestors did. He denies wholly Dryden's assertion that Chaucer's verse is not "harmonious." He tells us : "That Chaucer possessed a most keen and delicate metrical sensibility, the habitual and appreciative reader cannot fail long to discover. No English poet has exhibited a nicer feeling of the suggestiveness of words, or understood better the secrets of melody as depending upon the succession of vowel sound. Thousands are the verses in his poetry whose mysterious beauty, in this respect, causes the reader to linger upon them with a secret and

undefinable pleasure."

The crowning labor of the work, however, is in the Notes. These are copious and briefly expressed, never for a moment stepping aside from the direct path of explanation or interpretation, grammar or syllabication. They are notes prepared strictly for use and not ornament. A remarkable feature in these notes, illustrative of the use of words, is the wide field of reading that is drawn upon, evidently the result of original study, for they do not appear at all, not even a trace of them, in Bell, and the "Legende" has had no other note-maker. These notes are gathered from the earliest classics of the language to the very latest, even Mr. Tennyson. The reader, by consulting the following words, will

FICTION.

Light on Shadowed Paths. By T. S. Arthur. pp. 355. New York: Carleton, Publisher.

Mr. Arthur has been a popular writer for a number of years. We do not find in his style those sensations, coruscations, and jerks which are thought by some to be the essential characteristics of a modern novelist. He does not aspire to such altitudes; but, "standing on earth, not rapt above the Pole," he tells, in an artless though impressive way, to real human beings, a story of real human feelings. His narratives are addressed to our best tendencies, and always exert a sound, healthful, moral effect. They have been very widely read, and their influence has always been salutary. In the particular work above mentioned, there is much that will impress itself upon a thoughtful mind. Many views are suggested which the reader will not easily let slip. There is just tinge enough of spiritualism and mysticism running through the book to impart to it a sort of charm which, to some impressible dispositions, is affecting and engaging. This is quite manifest in the chapter entitled "In the Hereafter."

Was he Successful? By Richard B. Kimball. pp. 407. New York: Carleton, Publisher.

It

Mr. Kimball's previous works have had a large circulation, and the present one is thought by his admirers to be superior to its predecessors. traces the career of an ambitious young man from a quiet village to New York, where he undertakes to win success by craft and hypocrisy, rather than by honesty and plain dealing. The merit of the story consists in skilfully tracing the gradual development of an evil-inclined disposition, and in analyzing the methods and causes of the hero's alternate successes and failures, during his progress from bad to worse, as he is brought into contact with divers other persons, male and female. collection of keen, sharp, shrewd, lifelike pieces of character-painting, the book is well worth perusal. Corinne; a Story of Italy. By Madame De Stael. pp. 170. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.

As a

It is Corinne is known to every reader of taste. one of the most powerful productions of modern times. If it is possible that anybody with any pretensions to literature is yet ignorant of it, we advise them to make atonement for their sin of omission as speedily as possible, by a prompt pe

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rusal. The present translation is by the gifted L.
E. Landon, and it is republished by the Messrs.
Peterson at the low price of fifty cents.
Salathiel; the Wandering Jew: a Story of the Past,
Present, and Future. By Rev. George Croly.
pp. 232. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Bro-
thers.

This is a story with which the reading public is well acquainted. It is written in a strain of lofty eloquence, and abounds in vivid and picturesque sketches. It is so well known that it is enough to say that we have here a new and inexpensive edition.

Agnes Hilton; or, Practical Views of Catholicity.
A Tale of Trials and Triumphs. By Mary J.

Hoffman. 8vo. pp. 477.

As its title imports, this story is intended to propagate the peculiar views of the Roman Catholic faith.

Deutsch-Amerikanische Haus-Bibliothek. I. II. III.
pp. 96, 99, 144. New York: Joseph Wieck.
This is a collection of novels which the publisher
states he has been induced to undertake in con-
sequence of the increased cost of importing the
German editions. Three parts have already ap-
peared, and it is purposed to issue a number every
month. They are in octavo form, and the price is
twenty-five cents for a volume of about one hun-
dred pages, larger volumes costing more in propor-
tion to their increased size. Each volume is com-
plete within itself, and the parts may be purchased
separately. Mr. Wieck's knowledge of the taste of
our German population will undoubtedly enable
him to gratify it.

Der Lieutenant Falstaff und wie es ihm bei der Damen
erging. pp. 99. New York: John Wieck.

Such of our German fellow-soldiers who think that because they are brave they deserve the fair, may take a lesson in tender strategy from these

droll adventures.

SCIENCE.

SCHOOL BOOKS.

A Manual of Elementary Problems in the Linear Perspective of Form and Shadow; or the representation of objects as they appear, made from the representations of objects as they are. In two parts. Part I. Primitive methods; with an introduction. Part II. Derivative methods; with some notes on aerial perspective. By S. Edward Warren, C. E., Professor of Descriptive Geometry, &c., in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and author of the "Draftsman's Manual," and "General Problems of Descriptive Geometry." 8vo. pp. 116. New York: John Wiley.

To those who would make exact representations

of objects or structures as they appear, this ele

mentary treatise on the subject of Linear Perspecis an attempt to present Perspective as founded on tive would be almost indispensable. This volume Projections," and in this respect it differs materially from most elementary works on this subject. The author has selected simple, and yet useful examples, and has explained, in easy order, the plain principles necessary to their solution. This Manual is designed to aid all who are in any manner engaged with the arts of graphical representation or design.

JUVENILE.

The following works are from the press of Anson
D. F. Randolph, New York.
The Right Way, and how Agnes Turner walked in it.
By Jennie Harrison. 16mo. pp. 121.
The Story of a Little Fir-Tree. By Mrs. Bradley,
author of "Bread upon the Waters," "Arthur,"
"The Holy Days of the Church," "Infant Cate-
chism," &c.

Keep to your Right. By Rev. C. W. Bolton, author
of "Call to Lambs," "Tender Grass," "Child's
Heart,
," "Child's Shelter," &c. 16mo. pp. 33.
Weekly Motto Verses for Johnnie and Addie. 16mo.

pp. 106.

Lost and Found. 16mo. pp. 121.

These juveniles are all well printed and neatly

CATALOGUES.

Catalogue of Card Photographs published and sold by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Nov. 1863. pp. 20.

A Text-Book of Geology.
bound.
Designed for Schools and
Academies. By James D. Dana, LL.D., Silliman
Professor of Geology and Natural History in
Yale College; author of "Manual of Geology,"
"A System of Mineralogy," of Reports of Wilkes'
Exploring Expedition on Geology, Zoophytes,
Crustacea, &c. Illustrated with 375 Wood-cuts.
12mo. pp. 354. Philadelphia: Theodore Bliss
& Co.

This abridgment of that standard work, "The Manual of Geology," is designed as a stepping-stone to the study of more abstruse portions of the science. The learner is led gradually from page to page, each scientific term being fully explained during his progress through the work. A full index enables the student to find the explanation of any subject to which he may wish to refer. This work is not a dry account of rocks and their fossils, but a history of the earth's continents, seas, strata, mountains, climates, and living races. The wood-cuts which illustrate the text are admirably executed.

MEDICAL.

Outlines of the Chief Camp Diseases of the United
States Armies, as observed during the present War.
A Practical Contribution to Military Medicine.
By Joseph Janvier Woodward, M. D., Assistant
Surgeon U. S. A. 8vo. cl. pp. x., 364. Phila-
delphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Dr. Woodward deserves the thanks of the profession, and particularly of its younger members, for this treatise upon camp diseases. It will prove a most valuable manual to those in the service.

New Catalogue of Stereoscopes and Views manufactured and published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. January, 1864. pp. 47. We have here an astonishing illustration of the progress and popularity of photography. The skill of the Messrs. Anthony is well known, and their pictures are in high repute in England as well as in this country. The list of card photographs has already exceeded the astonishing number of four thousand, and additions are daily made to it. It includes portraits of eminent persons in all departments of life, representations of scenery in all parts of the world, and reproductions of the most celebrated engravings, paintings, and statues. The pictures are all classified, numbered and priced, so that persons at a distance may conveniently order just such cards as they wish. The catalogues will be sent by mail to those who furnish their name and address to the Messrs. Anthony. Publications of E. P. Dutton & Co. No. 106 Washington St., Boston. pp. 18.

The list of the Messrs. Dutton is made up chiefly of religious and educational works. The religious department, as far as it is denominational in its aspect, relates to the Protestant Episcopal Church. The educational collection includes works of Henry Barnard, Horace Mann, and Fowle's Grammar,

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Physiology, Outline Maps, and Physiological Dia- | have a very neat specimen of typography by C. grams. The publishers also announce that they Sherman, Son & Co. The attractive and diversified have made arrangements with the manufacturers character of the papers constituting the contents for the exclusive sale of the Loring Globes, which of the volume is sufficiently indicated by their are said to be the ones in use in the Boston titles, as follows: "A Mighty Fortress is our God;" grammar schools. The additions which the Messrs. “Iphigenia in Aulis ;" "Violetta;" 66 Midsummer Dutton make to their stock are all marked by Night's Dream;""Stabat Mater Dolorosa;" "The tasteful mechanical execution, and the "Imita- Master's Grave;" "The Cat's Fugue;" "Snowtion of Christ," recently published by them, is one drops;" "The Playmates;" "A Meeting;" "The of the finest specimens of typography that has been Convent of St. Lucia;" "Maria;" "The Angel's produced in this country. Voice;" "An Amati ;""Fallen Stars;" "A First "Domenico Cimarosa;" "A Leonora ;" "Little Love;""Rue Chabannais, No. 6;" "A Melody;" Jean Baptiste;" "A Forgotten One." The style of the articles is rich, eloquent, and impressive. The author is a musical enthusiast, and these producThe sketch of Bach and his performance of "A tions are thoroughly inspired with the enthusiasm. Mighty Fortress is our God" before the court at uriousness of description scarcely surpassed by De Dresden contains some passages displaying a luxQuincey in his happiest moods. The "Stabat Mater" No lover or student of music, who has a soul for is an exceedingly tender and pathetic narrative. its beauties, can fail to enjoy these graceful memorials of its triumphs and marvels, and these pictured joys and aspirations of its mighty teachers. Webster and Haynes' Speeches in the United States Senate on Mr. Foote's Resolution of January, 1830; also Daniel Webster's Speech in the United States Senate, March 7, 1850, on the Slavery Compromise. pp. 115. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.

Books published by Sheldon & Co. 335 Broadway,
New York. January 1, 1864. pp. 8.
The list of the Messrs. Sheldon includes, as is
well known, some of the best bookselling stock in
the trade. Among the standard works embraced
by it, we have writings by Milman, Macaulay,
D'Israeli, Burton, Hallam, Walton, Montaigne,
Shakspeare, Lamb, Dickens, Olshausen, Neander
and Hagenbach. These editions are handsomely
printed, many of them are on tinted paper, and
they are all very desirable for reading or as library
copies. The juvenile department is extensive, con-
taining a number of Abbott's books, and ten or a
dozen later series, some of which have had a most
list will be apparent when we say that among the
contributors to it are Wayland, Whately, Loomis,
Stoddard, Bullions, Hazen, Olney, Phelps, Com-
stock, Dodd, Denman, Griffin and Mason. In the
list of Miscellaneous Books there will be found a
number of fresh and valuable publications. Indeed,
there are few, if any, of the catalogues we have re-
cently examined that contain less bad and indif-
ferent stock than this of the Messrs. Sheldon.

extended circulation. The value of the school-book

MISCELLANEOUS.

Musical Sketches. By Elise Polko. Translated
from the sixth German Edition by Fanny Fuller.
pp. 297. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt.
Mr. Leypoldt is getting up his books with an ex-
cellence which should make our friends of the
University Press and the Riverside look sharply
after their laurels. In these Musical Sketches we

These are among the most memorable senatorial efforts in the history of our country. Those who would go back to the sources of the controversy touching secession must necessarily give close attention to the respective arguments of Hayne, Calhoun, and Webster. Their perusal becomes far more impressive and instructive now, in the light of subsequent events. The Messrs. Peterson have done good service in reproducing these great speeches, and we trust they will be extensively read.

LIST OF BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES.

A'BECKET (Thomas). A Tragedy in Five Acts. 12mo. pp. 106.
N. Y.: Dick & Fitzgerald. Cl. 25 cts.