science of ophthalmology. The contents are divided into two parts-the first of which includes the pathology and treatment of eye-diseases, while the second treats of the operative surgery of the eye. Many of the practical portions are drawn from professional experience of the author.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wonders of the Deep; A Companion to Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature. By M. Schele de Vere. pp. 351. New York: G. Putnam & Son. There are twelve separate papers collected in this volume, their titles being, Fables and Facts; Odd Fish; Pearls; Corals; The Knight in Armor; A Pint of Salt; Mine Oyster; Light at Sea; Lighthouse Stories; A Grain of Sand; Mercury; The Earth in Trouble. The style is easy and colloquial, and a great deal of curious information is imparted in a very pleasant manner. It is a book of instructive and interesting reading. The Army Reunion; with Reports of the Meetings of the Societies of the Armies of the Cumberland, the Tennessee, the Ohio, and Georgia, held at Chicago, Dec. 15 and 16, 1868. pp. 350. Chicago: S. C, Griggs & Co.

This magnificent volume furnishes full reports of the meetings as described in the title, and contains portraits on steel of Lieut.-Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, and of Major-Generals George H. Thomas, John A. Rawlins, George W. Schofield, and Henry W. Slocum, and engravings in rich colors of the badges of the respective armies mentioned above. Full reports are given of all the orations delivered at the Chicago Opera House and banquet, the letters of distinguished invited guests, and lists of the members of the societies. It is beautifully printed on tinted paper, and has a very attractive appearance. The Hunter's Guide and Trapper's Companion. A Complete Guide in all the various methods to Capture all kinds of Game, Fur Animals, &c. Also full directions how to Cure and Tan all kinds of Skins, &c., together with numerous Arts, Secrets, and much other valuable and interesting reading matter, not to be found elsewhere. By an experienced Woodman. pp. 58. Hinsdale, N. H. Hunter & Co.

The title of this work explains so fully the nature of the contents, that further remark is unnecessary. The Lost Rosary, or Our Irish Girls; their Trials, Temptations, and Triumphs. By Con. O'Leary. pp. x., 220. Boston: Patrick Donahoe.

The story told in this volume illustrates and practically exemplifies the subjects indicated in the title. Mr. O'Leary is a writer who well knows how to deal effectively with such elements as he is here handling.

The Working Man's Way to Wealth; a Practical Treatise on Building Associations; What they Are, and How to Use Them. By Edmund Wrigley. pp. iv., 108. Philadelphia: J. K. Simon. Mr. Wrigley has been for a number of years connected with the associations to which his work refers. They exist to a large extent in this city and State, and perhaps elsewhere, and we are not aware of anything else in print which aims to explain their operations.

vein of reflectiveness runs through the work which will be appreciated by the heart of many a reader, who has felt what the author is describing, but who never knew before that it could be described. A Bible Hand-Book, Theologically Arranged; designed to facilitate the Finding of Proof-texts on the Leading Doctrines of the Bible. By Rev. F. C. Holliday, D. D. pp. 332. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden.

Students of Scripture, clergymen, and Sabbathschool teachers will find from the use of this book that it really is, as the author too modestly says, ing together of passages of scripture in the leading "a time-saver." It is indeed more, for the bringdoctrines of religion is, in fact, presenting a system of biblical theology in the language of the Bible itself, and one of the best helps to sound and full doctrinal study.

Seed Thoughts, or Selections from Caryl's Exposition of Job. With an Introduction, by Rev. J. E. Rockwell, D. D. pp. 180. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. Caryl's Exposition of Job is a most voluminous work, published in London in 1672, now become very scarce, and never likely to be reprinted. It is said, however, to possess considerable merit, and Dr. Blackwell has culled from its pages a number of short passages and single sentences, which are well worth perusal.

The Shepherd of Israel, or Illustrations of the Inner Life. By the Rev. Duncan Macgregor, M. A. pp. 339. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. Mr. Macgregor is generally recognized as possessing very striking qualities as a religious writer. He is earnest and direct in his appeals, happy in his illustrative use of Scripture, and in the employment of personal incidents to enforce what he says. Rivers and Lakes of Scripture. By Reverend W. K. Tweedie, D. D. pp. vi., 181. Cincinnati: Hichcock & Walden.

Dr. Tweedie's aim is to express some of the lessons which may be learned or deepened beside the chief rivers and lakes mentioned in the Scripture. There are seventeen wood-cuts of localities described in the text.

Advice for Plain pp. 177.

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John Ploughman's Talk, or Plain People. By C. H. Spurgeon. York: Sheldon & Co. Mr. Spurgeon's style here is intentionally different from that of his other works. He uses the plainest language, is at times humorous, avoids all fine expressions, and talks in a manner calculated to fix the attention of the people of the work-shop and the field. A good many of his proverbial sentences are expressed with the happiest point and effect. "It is hard to shave an egg," "Do not put a cat on a coach box," ," "No sweat, no sweet,' “A good character is the best tombstone," "Long tongue, short hand," are a few of his pithy sayings which we light upon as we turn over the pages. The Smaller Catechism. pp. 75. The Larger Catechism. pp. 149.

From Hitchcock & Walden, Cincinnati. These catechisms were prepared by the Rev. Wm. Nast, D. D., under the authority of the General Conference, for the use of the German Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They are now presented in an English edition, for the use of the church at large.

The Primeval World of Hebrew Tradition. By Frederick Henry Hedge. pp. 283. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

There are twelve chapters in this work, and their subjects are: The World a Divine Creation; Man

in the Image of God; Man in Paradise; The Brute Creation; Paradise Lost; Cain, or Property and Strife as Agents in Civilization; Nine Hundred and Sixty-nine Years? The Failure of Primitive Society; The Deluge; The Great Dispersion; Jehovah and Abraham-A Hebrew Idyl; The Heritage of the Inner Life. The book is produced in a tasteful style of manufacture highly creditable to the publishers and to the University Press of Welch, Bigelow & Co.

The Scriptural Doctrine of Hades: comprising an Inquiry into the State of the Righteous and Wicked Dead between Death and the General Judgment, and demonstrating from the Bible that the Atonement was neither made on the Cross nor yet in this World. By the Rev. George Bartle, D. D., Principal of Walton College, Liverpool. pp. xv., 202. Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott, & Co.

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Those who are interested in inquiries touching the intermediate state, will find some suggestions here that are novel, or put in a novel way. work is not, however, one of erudition, nor does its author possess any philosophical ability. The character of his mind may be perhaps indicated by his suggestion that when Satan "had the impudence" to appear among the sons of God, "undoubtedly on such an occasion he was dressed in his best attire," p. 183.

A Sketch of the Early History of the Catholic Church on the Island of New York. By Rev. J. K. Bayley, Secretary to the Archbishop of New York. xii., 242. New York: The Catholic Publication Society.

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The first edition of this work appeared in 1853. Being now out of print, it has been revised, some errors corrected, and several notes and documents added. It contains portraits of Bishops Concanen, Connolly, Dubois, and Hughes.

May Christians Dance? By James H. Brookes, D.D. pp. 143. St. Louis J. W. McIntyre.

The subject of this little volume is by no means a new one, having from time to time occupied the attention of many eminent divines. In this case, the writer, after reviewing at some length all that may be said for or against dancing, arrives at the conclusion that it is immoral, and should not be indulged in by Christians, not only on account of its being a relic of barbarism, but because it often leads to unhappy results.

How Jenine found her Lord, and How she thanked

Him. By the author of the "Golden Ladder" Series. pp. 99. New York: Robert Carter & Bros.

This is a pretty litte religious story in verse, suitable for children. It contains several illustrations.

POETRY.

The Book of Praise, from the best English Hymn-
Writers. Selected and arranged by Roundell
Palmer. pp. xxi., 523.
The Sunday Book of Poetry. Selected and arranged
by C. F. Alexander. pp. viii., 335.

Each of these works belongs to the "Golden Treasury" series of Sever, Francis & Co., Cambridge. They are well known and highly appreciated. The present edition is issued by the publishers in a cheaper form, but printed from the same plates on good paper, and neatly bound.

The Modern Job. By Henry Peterson. pp. 124. Philadelphia: H. Peterson & Co.

In this modest and unpretending production, Mr. Peterson has displayed more good qualities than

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are possessed by many who, as poets, blow most vehemently their own trumpets, and get other people to blow too. In a free and easy vein, admitting of much flexibility of expression, with many changes of the key-note of the thought, he discourses suggestively upon topics which are recognized as often starting upon the minds of all people who ever turn the eye or ear inward upon themselves. We are not surprised that Whittier, Emerson, and others of that stamp, have not hesitated to praise "The Modern Job" very highly.

POLITICAL.

American Institutions. By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq.; revised and edited, with notes, by Francis Bowen. pp. xxiii., 559. Boston and Cambridge: Sever, Francis & Co.

This publication is identical with the first volume of "Democracy in America," and is issued in its present style to furnish the most valuable portion of the work in a cheaper and more popular form, and with especial reference to its use as a textbook. It has been nearly thirty years since the work was first written, and many of its details, and some of its generalizations, have, since then, been modified by time. Professor Bowen's editorial labors consist only of a few notes, mostly brief, pointing out errors in the text, or corrections, which subsequent events require to be made.

SCIENCE.

Agricultural Qualitative and Quantitative Chemical Analysis: after E. Wolff, Fresenius, Krocker and others. Edited by G. C. Caldwell, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry in the Cornell University. pp. vi., 304. New York: Orange Judd & Co.

The author states that it has been his purpose to supply a complete manual of chemical analysis for the use especially of agricultural students. The chapters on Special Analysis consist, in the main, of translations from the work of Emil Wolff, which is one of high authority in Germany. The other chapters on reagents, manipulation, etc., are based on Fresenius.

TRAVELS.

Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World, and of Residence in Arizona, Japan, and China. By Raphael Pumpelly. pp. xvi., 454. New York: Leypoldt & Holt.

Mr. Pumpelly, after returning from his extended tour, prepared a volume of "Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan," for publication by the Smithsonian Institution. That work was, of course, addressed rather to professed scientists or students, and did not afford opportunity for personal narrative nor for those innumerable and im

portant observations suggested by such diversified and novel experience. In the present volume we have a narrative of the journey itself, which encirtime of unusual interest in several of the countries cled the earth in the northern temperate zone at a visited. "Extensive travel," says our author, "in the interior of Japan and China under commission from the native governments, and the long journey from China over the table lands of Central Asia, and through Siberia to Europe, brought me face to face with the inhabitants of these interesting countries, and with the influences which nature has used in moulding them to their present forms."

Mr. Pumpelly has a habit of observing things around him and of describing some of them in a matter-of-fact style. The value of his book lies in

the useful information it imparts, and its suggestiveness, as respects the topics he discusses, but he does not write with any marked degree of gracefulness of style, nor give evidence of the possession of much literary ability. This opinion was formed pretty soon after we had made some progress in reading the book. It was shaken by the chapter on Japanese Art, which is extremely neat and terse, but at the end of that chapter we found the initials of another name.

THE EDITOR'S TABLE.

We have received the following catalogues, pamphlets, and periodicals :

From Mr. William Brough, Birmingham, Eng.-A Catalogue of English and Foreign Books. pp. 12. Also a Catalogue of second-hand Ancient and Modern Books. pp. 12.

of rare, curious, and amusing second-hand Books. pp. 32.

From The American News Company, New York"Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine." December. From The Author, 295 Broome Street, New York"Bestandtheile der Englischen Aussprache," by John Appleton. A little manual of instruction for Germans for their assistance in the mastery of English pronunciation. pp. 30.

From Messrs. Alfred A. Sewell & Co., Chicago"The Little Corporal," a Magazine for Boys and Girls. December.

From Messrs. Moore, Wilstach & Moore, New York "The Theological Eclectic," a Magazine devoted chiefly to Foreign Theological Literature.

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From Messrs. Littell & Gay, Boston-"Littell's Living Age." November 27. From The Office, Chicago-"The Chronicle," a Weekly Journal of Insurance. November 18. From Messrs. T. S. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia"Once a Month," a handsome little Illustrated Magazine for Children, containing several nicely written tales and short instructive articles. De

cember. Also "The Children's Hour," an illustrated Magazine for the little ones. December. From Messrs. Murphy & Co., Baltimore-Their Catalogue of Standard Catholic and other works. pp. 12.

From Messrs. Porter & Coates, Philadelphia-Their Illustrated Holiday Catalogue of Standard, Miscellaneous, and Juvenile Books. pp. 48. From Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co., New YorkA descriptive Catalogue of their Publications. pp. 162. A beautifully printed catalogue, tastefully arranged, with lengthy descriptions of each work.

From Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., Boston-A Catalogue of Books, comprising works in every class of Literature, selected from their large and valuable stock. pp. 78. Also a Catalogue of their Law and Miscellaneous Books. pp. 44. Both

are perfect models of what catalogues should be, and the latter contains the titles of the noblest law library published by any house in America. From Mr. Bernard Quaritch, London, Eng.-A Catalogue of Valuable Rare Books, many of them especially fit for the American Market. pp. 32. Also a List of certain books Mr. Quaritch wants to purchase.

From Mr. Thomas Arthur, London-A Catalogue of Curious Books in Various Languages, including some scarce works relating to Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. pp. 90.

From Mr. Cadby, Birmingham, Eng.-A Catalogue of Books, chiefly second hand. pp. 24. From Mr. W. George, Bristol, Eng.-Part 39 of his Catalogue of second-hand Books. pp. 32. From. Mr. James H. Fennell, London-No. 38 of his Catalogue of curious old Books, Prints, &c. pp. 4. From Mr. John Miller, London - A Catalogue of Books, comprising some about Spain, its History, Literature, and Customs, with the usual miscellaneous, curious, uncommon, and scarce matters relating to History, Poetry, and the Drama, Topography, Remarkable Trials, Interesting Voyages and Travels, and a few Pictorial and Illustrated books. pp. 16.

From Messrs. Nattali & Bond, London - A Catalogue of a select collection of English and Foreign Books, comprising many scarce and valuable works in Fine Arts, Architecture, Books of Prints, History, Biography, Topography, Voyages and Travels, Greek and Latin Classics, and General Literature. pp. 46.

From Mr. A. Nicholls, London-A Catalogue of Engraved Portraits, English and Foreign, together with a collection of Miscellaneous Prints, the greatest portion accompanied by concise biographical and descriptive notices. pp. 15. From Messrs. C. & G. Noble, London-A Catalogue of Useful, Curious, Antique, and Rare Books, in various languages, many in choice old and modern bindings. pp. 20.

From Messrs. Reeves & Turner, London-A Catalogue of Cheap and Valuable second-hand Books in all departments of literature. pp. 32. From Mr. Joel Rowsell, London-A Catalogue of a valuable collection of second-hand books, ancient and modern, in various languages, including History, Biography, Voyages, and Travels, Divinity, and Classics, Fine Arts, Splendid Illustrated books, Modern Miscellaneous books, and a collection of valuable works in the various departments of Natural History. pp. 80.

From Mr. James Sage, London-A Miscellaneous List of Valuable and Interesting Books, including many from the libraries of the late Sir Henry Ellis, Lord Farnham, and others, pp. 16. From Mr. John Salkeld, London-A Catalogue of second-hand Books, ancient and modern, in various languages. pp. 16.

From Mr. John Russell Smith, London-A Catalogue of Choice, Useful, and Curious Books, comprising many valuable works on Philology, Heraldry, Neumismatics, Topography, Voyages and Travels, Belles-Lettres, Reprints of Early English and Shakspearian Literature, Spalding Club Publications, also those of the Percy and Camden Societies. pp. 32.