JUNE 1, 1866. Hawthorne's Note-Book: VI.-The Mountain (E. C. | (Rose Terry).-The Four Seasons: III. (Lucretia P. Methodist Quarterly Review. January. New Englander. April. Boston Review. April. Natural and Supernatural (Rev. J. T. Tucker).-terly Book Table. The Centenary of American Methodism (T. M. BOOK NOTICES. HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Life of Benjamin Silliman, M. D., LL. D., Late Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology in Yale College; chiefly from his Manuscript Reminiscences, Diaries, and Correspondence. By George P. Fisher, Professor in Yale College. 2 vols. pp. xvi., 407; ix., 408. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. Professor Silliman's career from his birth in 1779 to his death in 1864 is here minutely traced. Many incidental notices are also given of the establishment and growth of his department of instruction in Yale College. The materials used are chiefly autobiographical sketches prepared by him at the request of his family after his retirement from the active duties of the college. A copious diary which he kept has also been freely drawn upon, together with his extensive correspondence. The biography is, therefore, one in which the subject of it speaks for himself, the work of the editor consisting mainly in judiciously blending these materials together in chronological order and sequence. It seems that when Silliman was appointed professor of chemistry at Yale, he had no knowledge of the science he was selected to teach, but was engaged in the legal profession. He came to Philadelphia to prepare himself for his duties, because that city, as he says, "presented more advantages in science than any other city in our country," and in the narrative of his residence here we have accounts of many of the celebrities of the city at that early period. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. By Thomas Moore. 2 vols. pp. viii., 307; iv., 335. New York: W. J. Widdleton. Everybody knows both the merits and demerits of these Memoirs. Take it altogether, the reader, however he may criticize, will generally end by confessing that it is one of the most agreeable books of its class. The genius both of the writer and of the subject of the biography, and the great events and great personages to which it introduces us, will always make the volume a popular one. RELIGIOUS. Devotions of the Ages, or Collects, Texts, and Lyrics, illustrative of the Christian Year, and of the Offices and Ember Seasons of the Church. By Rev. N. G. Allen. With an Introduction by the Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D., Bishop of Rhode Island. pp. xiv., 242. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. In this neat little volume the compiler selects a text from the Epistle for each Sunday and holy day that should harmonize with the sentiment of the respective collects. In order more surely to fix the special idea of the collect, a few lines of sacred poetry are added. Similar devotions illustrative of the offices and ember seasons are also appended. The Resurrection of the Dead considered in the Light of History, Philosophy, and Divine Revelation. By Rev. Hiram Mattison, D. D. With an Introduction by Rev. Matthew Simpson. pp. 405. Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins. The author has not sought to prepare a strictly theological treatise. His aim is to gather together the reasonings and arguments contained in the writings of the learned, and present them in a form intelligible to readers even of moderate capacity. He seems to have succeeded in his object. His style is plain and clear, his method is orderly, and in his text and footnotes he cites freely the opinions of eminent divines and scholars. JUNE 1, 1866. Catholic Anecdotes. Part Second. Explanations of the Commandments. From the French. By Mrs. J. Sadlier. pp. vii., 544. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co. Various anecdotes gathered from divers sources are here collected together and classified under the ten commandments and six commandments of the Church respectively. The collection is not only interesting, but in many respects curious. LAW. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant, embracing the Statutory Provisions and Judicial Decisions of the several United States in reference thereto, with a Selection of Precedents. Fourth edition. By John N. Taylor. pp. xlv., 739. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. The third edition of Mr. Taylor's work appeared, we believe, in 1860, and we are not surprised that now another is called for. It is by far the best treatise on the subject that has yet appeared in this country. It presents fully the American law, which it at the same time traces back to the English authorities and sources, and thus for current purposes renders the purchase, by the practitioner, of the English treatise unnecessary. In the present edition, besides correction and revision, the notes have been largely expanded, some additions have been made to the text, and the authorities have been brought down to date. The articles relative to summary proceedings on the part of the landlord to recover possession of his premises, as well as those concerning forcible entry and detainer, have been rewritten and considerably enlarged, and a full set of precedents of proceedings in each case has been added. The work is one which can be commended to the profession. Indeed the favor with which it has been received, and the extended use which it has acquired, are themselves its best commendation. Commentaries on American Law. By James Kent. Eleventh edition. Edited by George F. Comstock. 4 vols. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Six years have passed since the appearance of the tenth edition of the Commentaries. The seventh and the subsequent editions down to the tenth were edited by Judge William Kent, a son of the author: and the tenth was edited by Messrs. McCurdy and Forman. This, the eleventh, has been prepared by ex-Judge Comstock, who has investigated the decisions and enactments which have been made subsequent to the last edition, and added the results to the pre-existing notes, which have sometimes been condensed or incorporated with the new matter, while occasional inaccuracies have been corrected. No change has, however, been made in the text, or in the notes prepared by the commentator himself. In a few instances where the doctrine of the text seemed opposed to the existing rule on the same subject, the present editor has set forth the conflicting view in the notes, with appropriate references to the authorities. It is, of course, wholly supererogatory to say aught concerning the merits of such a work as "Kent's Commentaries." Its world-wide reputation and the high authority it has attained with the bench and the bar, and with publicists. both in England and America, attest its general recognition as one of the most valuable contributions made during the present century to legal literature. It is the only rival of Sir William Blackstone's great work, and to an American student the one is scarcely more valuable than the other. The text of a production which has passed through so many editions naturally gathers around it a plentiful accretion of barnacle-like notes; but we are glad to see that Judge Comstock has abstained from emptying the "United States Digest" into his notes, and has made them brief, pertinent, and pointed. MEDICAL. Asiatic Cholera; its Origin and Spread in Africa and Europe; Introduction into America through Canada; Remote and Proximate Causes, Symptoms, and Pathology; and the Various Modes of Treatment Analyzed. By R. Nelson, M. D. pp. xi., 206. New York: William A. Townsend. Dr. Nelson, as a health commissioner during the first two invasions of 1832 and 1834, and as President of the Medical Board for the District of Montreal, had abundant opportunity of acquiring information and of making personal observations of the fearful malady which forins the subject of his volume. The remote causes, the symptoms, and the pathology of the disease are examined in detail, and its itinerary in Canada minutely traced. CRITICAL. The Dean's English; a Criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the Queen's English. By G. Washington Moon. Fourth edition. pp. xlvi., 180. New York: Alexander Strahan & Co. This fourth edition of Mr. Moon's book appeared in March of last year. It and the volume of Dean Alford present as lively and instructive specimens of criticism and counter-criticism as have recently appeared. Both volumes are issued by Strahan & Co. in very neat style, and no one can read either of them without being gratified as well as edified. JUVENILE. Black Steve, or the Strange Warning. By Martha Farquharson. pp. 83. What to Do for the Little Folks. By E. L. Lewellyn. pp. 113. Niff and his Dogs. pp. 84. Dutch Tiles, or Loving Words about the Saviour. By Emma S. Babcock. pp. 171. These are all from the Presbyterian Publication Committee, Philadelphia. Sam Bolton's Cottage, or What Kept His Wife from Church. pp. 198. The Little Doorkeeper. By Patience and Peace. pp. 231. J. P. S. Kelly & Co., Philadelphia, have published these volumes in a very appropriate style of manu facture. FICTION. Josh Billings, His Sayings. With comic illustrations. pp. xii., 232. Beyminstre. By "The Silent Woman," etc. pp. 407. Mr. Carleton, New York, issues both of these. Billings is a rival of Artemus Ward, and quite as good-or as bad; and "Beyininstre" is an English novel, by an author three of whose other works Mr. Carleton has in press. Chandos. By "Ouida." pp. 678. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 66 This is by the writer of "Strathmore" and "Granville de Vigue." Idelia," by the same author, is also in press. The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton. pp. 271. New York: M. W. Dodd. We have here a beautifully printed edition of this well-known autobiographical fiction. In the arrangement of its page, in the typography and printing, it is in the highest degree creditable to Mr. Dodd, the publisher. He has printed one hundred copies in superior style, on large paper. POETRY, JUNE 1, 1866. Patriotic Poems. By Francis de Haes Janvier. pp. MISCELLANEOUS. The Physiology of Marriage. Twenty-seventh sand. pp. vi., 255. The Moral Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage. pp. iv., 308. general manufacture in no degree inferior to that of the preceding volumes. We regard it as one of the neatest specimens of the handiwork of Welch, Bigelow & Co. The contents of the volume consist of letters to various persons on public affairs. Patriotic Eloquence: being Selections from One Hundred Years of National Literature. Compiled for the Use of Schools in Reading and Speaking. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. pp. xii., 334. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. The title of the work indicates the general character of the contents. There are over two hundred thou-selections in prose and verse, and they include specimens of the poetry and oratory called forth by the military and political events of the last four years. Temperance Recollections, Labors, Defeats, Triumphs. An Autobiography. By John Marsh, D. D. pp. vii., 373. New York: Charles Scribner. Each of these works is written by Dr. William A. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke. The sixth volume of this handsome edition of Dr. Marsh is identified with the temperance cause in this country, and his desire is to place faithfully on record a detailed narrative of all the leading events in the origin and growth of that reformatory movement. The chapters on Washingtonianism, on the Irish movement, and on the operation of the Maine Law will be found especially interesting. Hurd & Houghton, New York. ANNOUNCEMENTS. A Memorial of the Rev. John Keble, with Introduction by Bishop Potter. Principles of the Law of Contracts, with Examples of their Application. By Theron Metcalf. A. Strahan, New York. Critical English Testament. Edited by Rev. W. L. Studies for Stories. By Jean Ingelow. Boyle Lectures for 1866. By Rev. E. H. Plumptre. The Prophet Jonah. By Rev. H. Martin. Doctor Austin's Guests. By Wm. Gilbert. The Higher Education of Women. By Emily Davies. Essays. By Dora Greenwell. Letters of Eugénie Guérin. Peeps at Foreign Countries. Errands of Mercy. Truth in Tales. The Discoveries of the Astronomer. Lives and Deeds worth Knowing About. Chapters in Science for Boys. Dealings with the Fairies. By G. MacDonald. The Will o' the Wisps are in Town. By H. C. Ander sen. Edwin's Fairing. Esop's Fables. Illustrated. D. 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