MAY 1, 1863. its simplicity and natural truthfulness it is thought to be more representative of every-day experience, and more likely to prove useful, than any narrative of more tragic details or fearful results. Stories of Frontier Adventure in the South and West. By William T. Coggeshall. 12mo, pp. 313. Follett & Foster, N.Y. The contents of this book are, The Everglade Heroes; Fleet Foot; Hunter Birty, or The Half-Breed Colony of Illinois; Golden Bird of Menomonee; The Counterfeiters of the Cuyahoga, a Buckeye Romance; The Bright Eye of the Settlement. 66 Darrell Markham; or, The Captain of the Vulture. The story is managed with a vast degree of The Foggy Night at Offord. By Mrs. Henry Wood, Aurora Floyd. From "Temple Bar." By Miss "Annette" is entirely French in sentiment, characters, and plot. The heroine is a sort of "Camille" in high life. Gustave Aimard's Indian romance is in his usual dashing style. Mrs. Henry Wood's two novels maintain her high reputation. Of Miss Braddon's "Aurora Floyd," three dramatic versions have been produced on the English and two on the American stage. JUVENILE. | charge of that noblest of mothers' duties,-the in- The Crown of Success; or, Four Heads to Furnish. A A book for youthful reading should neither be too didactic nor too simple. In the "Crown of Success" the author has endeavored to attain that golden mean. Study, work, duty, ambition, &c. are personified in order to produce a work which would be interesting and attractive to youth of both sexes. Fanny Aiken; or, The Village Home. 16mo, pp. 100. The Robbers' Cave. A Story of Italy. By A. L. O. E. 16mo, pp. 252. Illustrated. Carters' Fireside Library. Sea Kings and Naval Heroes. A Book for Boys. I John G. Edgar, Author of History for Boys,' In a historical point of view, the advantage of such a book for boys will not be lightly estimated by any one capable of comprehending the importance of History as a branch of education, and able to appreciate the benefits to be derived by boys in after-life from obtaining, at an early age, adequate ideas of great events and clear conceptions of renowned personages. Lines Left Out; or, Some of the Histories Left Out in 'Line upon Line." This First Part relates Events in the Times of the Patriarchs and the Judges. By the Author of "Line Upon Line," "Reading Without Tears," &c. 12mo, pp. 339. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers, N.Y. This work is designed as a continuation of scriptural teaching, beginning with the "Peep of Day," and extending through the series, including "Line upon Line," "Streaks of Light," &c. The Pioneer Boy, and how he became President. By William M. Thayer, Author of "The BobbinBoy," "The Printer-Boy," "The Poor Boy and Merchant Prince," "Working and Winning," "Tales from Genesis, in Two Volumes," &c. Sixth Thousand. 12mo, pp. 310. Illustrated. Walker, Wise & Co., Boston. Ministering Children: A Tale. By Maria Louisa Spectacles for Young Eyes. Pekin. By Sarah W. This is one of a series of twelve volumes. The MAY 1, 1863. Boston, St. Petersburg, and Pekin. The remaining volumes will appear in rapid succession, and will be fully illustrated, mostly from original drawings taken on the spot. They are well-written and entertaining books. The Thousand and One Nights; or, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. New Edition. Illustrated with numerous Wood Engravings, from Original Designs. 12mo, pp. 468. Crosby & Nichols, Boston. I Will be a Soldier. A Book for Boys. By Mrs. L. C. Tuthill. 16mo, pp. 192. Illustrated. Crosby & Nichols, Boston. A very interesting and well-timed book, which should have an extensive sale. 66 The Ice Maiden, and Other Tales. By Hans Christian Little Pearls from the Ocean of Divine Truth. 16mo, other illustrations. Precious Gleanings from the Field of Truth. 16mo, pp. The Child's Budget. 16mo, pp. 216. Chromo-litho- The following juvenile works were received fre the American Tract Society, Boston. They a handsomely printed and beautifully illustrate and are written in a style which cannot fail to b attractive to those for whom they were designed. Hannah's Path. By the Author of the "BL Flag," "Cheerily, Cheerily," &c. (Life Illus trated.) 16mo, pp. 118. American Tract Se ciety, N.Y. Hannah's Path is but a pilgrim's progress throug the common scenes of humble life towards the bette country. Patience; or, The Sunshine of the Heart. 16mo, pp 166. American Tract Society, Boston. The following narrative is one of five interwoven in that attractive juvenile entitled "Ministering Children." It is designed for Sabbath-school libraries, and forms an attractive volume for both boy= and girls. Buster and Baby Jim. By the Author of the "Blue He who would see the originals of Buster and Baby Jim need but explore the lanes and alleys of any large city. Step by Step; or, Tidy's Way to Freedom. 16mo, TRAVELS. Three Years in Chili. 12mo, pp. 158. Follett & Among its contents are, Departure from New York; "Those matted woods.. Sufficient Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,' anxious to study nature in her own sanctuary; but, owing to the unfortunate state of affairs in the country, I did not enjoy long my cherished dreams of exploring it through all its extent. information was, however, obtained in my rambles through the plains to enlarge upon a subject scarcely touched upon by travellers. Thus from my earliest days have I been associated with the scenes forming the text of the present narrative." African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi, including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c., from 1852 to 1860. By William Charles Baldwin, Esq., F.R.G.S. Forty-nine Illustrations, including Portrait of the Author, by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 12mo, pp. 397. With Index and Map. Harper & Bros., N. Y. This work was written, sometimes in ink, but often in pencil, gunpowder, &c., in Kaffir kraals or on wagon-bottoms. One of the many trips which MAY 1, 1863. the author made in that country extended over a tract of almost unexplored country, two thousand miles in length, of which he has given a full account. LAW. A Treatise on the American Law of Easements and The author was induced to undertake the present work at the suggestion of members of the legal profession, as well as by his own convictions of the utility of the undertaking. All the treatises extant upon this subject are decidedly English in character and in the authorities cited in them; and, as there are scattered through the volumes of our American Reports hundreds of cases bearing directly upon the subject here treated of, quite equal to the English in point of research and ability, it is not strange that a sentiment prevailed that the American Bar needed a convenient medium of reference upon a subject of so much importance as that contained in the volume before us. The English law is inadequate to the wants of the profession in the United States, on account of the difference in the condition of the two countries. The author of this treatise has examined every reported case which bore sufficiently upon the topic under consideration to warrant a reference to it as an authority. The cases thus examined exceed a thousand in number. MEDICAL. tention, however, is called to the new chapter on the effect of labor upon the mother and child, especially that devoted to the apparent death of the new born infant. Among the accidents which complicate labor will be found a number of new considerations, in the account of hemorrhage and puerperal convulsions, and of the indications to which they give rise. A sixth part has been added, devoted exclusively to the hygiene of children from birth to the period of weaning. This edition contains a more detailed account of version by external manipulation; and at the end will be found an appreciation of the use of anesthetics in obstetrical practice. Numerous less important additions are scattered throughout the work: so that this, the sixth edition, contains double the amount of matter in the first. Chemistry. By William Thomas Brande, D.C. L., F.R.S.L.&E., and Alfred Swaine Taylor, M.D., F.R.S. 8vo, pp. 696. Blanchard & Lea, Philadelphia. In the preparation of this volume, the intention has been, not to furnish a treatise on the science, but to provide the student with a plain introduction to the subject. With ample materials to produce two volumes in place of one, the endeavor has been studiously made to comprise in this volume a selection of the more important facts and doctrines of modern chemistry. For the simple explanation of these facts, that simple chemical language has been adopted which has found acceptance in the schools and colleges of Great Britain, France, and Germany, as well as in the best treatises on the science. As an In addition to the general properties of bodies, A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Midwifery, in- there has been attached to the description of each substance a summary of its most important chacluding the Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition, racters, with an account of the special test required and the Attentions required by the Child from Birth for its detection. The student will thus have, in to the Period of Weaning. By P. Cazeaux. Adopt- this book, a Manual of Practical Chemistry. ed by the Superior Council of Public Instruction, and placed, by ministerial decision, in the rank adjunct to this branch of the science, the subject of of the Classical Works designed for the use of the Practical Toxicology has been introduced in reference to the most important poisons and the processes midwife students in the Maternity Hospital of for their detection. The chemical principles on Paris. Third American, from the sixth French which Photography is based have also been treated edition, by Wm. R. Bullock, M.D. With one hun-of, and some practical rules have been given for the dred and forty Illustrations. 8vo, pp. 971. Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia. This work, which has now reached its sixth edition, is particularly intended for the use of students of medicine and midwife students, although general practitioners may also, perhaps, gain something by its perusal, as it contains a condensed summary of the leading principles established by the masters of the art, drawn from all the works published down to the present day. This edition has been reviewed and corrected with all possible care. The numerous additions made in 1850 have been retained: of these may be noted the chapters devoted to the study of-1. The secretory apparatus of the genital organs; 2. Of the structure of the ovaries, and of the human ovum; 3. Of the development of the corpus luteum; 4. Of the modification undergone by the mucous membrane of the uterus at the various epochs of female life; 5. Of the decidua; 6. Of menstruation. Especially has the pathology of the pregnant female been greatly extended. The modification produced by pregnancy in the composition of the blood being assumed as a starting-point, the new views of the physiology of pregnancy, and of the nature of puerperal diseases, which are sought to be established, ought to modify essentially the treatment of these affections. To this point the attention of practitioners is invited. The third part has undergone least change. guidance of those who wish to apply their chemical knowledge to this interesting art. In preparing this volume, the authors, who have been engaged in teaching chemistry in London, the one for a period of forty and the other for a period of thirty years, endeavored to bear in mind that a student in the present day has much to learn, and but a short time at his disposal for the acquisition of this learning. If a medical student has before him only a few years for acquiring a knowledge of at least eight sciences, the efforts of those who contribute to the literature of these sciences should be directed to the elucidation of the most important facts and principles, omitting altogether those details which are either of a controversial nature or are not yet established on a satisfactory basis. EDUCATIONAL. Principia Latina. Part I. A First Latin Course. Comprehending Grammar, Delectus, and Exercise Book. With Vocabularies. By Wm. Smith, LL.D., Author of a " History of Greece," "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities," &c. Revised by H. Drisler, A. M., Professor of Latin in Columbia College, New York; editor of Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon," &c. 12mo, pp. 187. Harper & Bros. N. Y. This volume is the first of a series of elementary At-Latin books in preparation by Dr. Smith. It is the MAY 1, 1863. result of many years' practical teaching, and seeks to combine the advantages of the older with the more modern methods of instruction. The first part contains the grammatical forms, with the Exercises upon all the inflections, &c. The second part contains an explanation of some of the more important idioms of the language. The work thus embraces Grammar, Delectus, and Exercise-book, with Vocabularies, and consequently presents in one book all that the beginner will require in the study of the language. History of the United States of America. Designed for Schools. Extending from the Discovery of America by Columbus to the Present Time. With numerous Maps and Engravings, together with a Notice of American Antiquities and the Indian Tribes. By Egbert Guernsey, A. M. 12mo, pp. 515. Illustrated with Maps and Woodcuts. Division of the History, by epochs, in three parts. Part I. Discovery of America by Columbus to the Declaration of Independence, in 1776. Part II. Declaration of Independence to the commencement of the Federal Government, in 1789. Part III. Commencement of the Federal Government to the beginning of the Southern Rebellion, in 1861. To which is appended the Constitution of the United States, and a chart of American History. Moss, Phila. Nouvelle Grammaire Française, sur un Plan trèsméthodique. Par M. Noël, Inspecteur-Général de l'Université, Chevalier de la Legion-d'Honneur; et M. Chapsal, Professeur de Grammaire Générale. Ouvrage mis au rang des livres classiques, adopté pour les Écoles primaires supérieures et pour les Ecoles militaires. Première Partie: Grammaire. Edition revue et mise en concordance parfaite avec la dernière édition de Paris. Par A. Vaillant. 12mo, pp. 221. Moss, Phila. This book is composed of two distinct parts. The first part is the Grammar properly so called. The second part contains the Exercises, the phrases of which have not been chosen at random, but are extracts from the best authors, appealing to the heart or to the intellect. An intelligent and zealous teacher cannot fail to find in them lessons of morality and instruction. Theory and Art of Penmanship. A Manual for Teachers: containing a Full Statement of Payson. Dunton, and Scribner's Celebrated Method of Teaching; including Class Drill, Writing in Concert, Criticism, and Correction of Errors, Hints towards Awakening Interest, &c., together with a Complete Analysis and Synthesis of Script Letters as developed in their Series of Writing-Books. By Messrs. Payson, Dunton, Scribner, and Hayes. Second Edition. 12mo, pp. 152. Crosby & Nichols, Boston. The-authors have made a valuable addition to their system in a series of chirographic tablets, which are fac-similes of the principles and letters, thoroughly analyzed, as written of large size on the blackboard; containing also useful exercises for drill on the capitals. By this means the teacher will be enabled to place perfect models before the whole class. Potter & Hammond's Synthetical, Analytical, and Progressive System of Penmanship. In Twelve Numbers. Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., N.Y. The authors of this system have aimed to bring forward a plain, simple, yet elegant business handwriting, taught strictly in a scientific manner, upon analytical, synthetical, and progressive principles, readily comprehended and easily explained. The copies are a compromise between the angular and the round hand. First Lessons in Algebra: being an Easy Introduction to that Science. Designed for the Use of Academies and Common Schools. By Ebenezer Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston; Author of 'Young Ladies' Class Book," &c. Revised Edition. 12mo, pp. 254. Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., N.Y. This treatise is intended for the use of beginners. It pretends to no original investigations or new discoveries. The author has endeavored to arrange such materials as belong to the elements of algebra in such a manner as may render the introduction to work of a daughter of the late author. Before the science easy. The present revised edition is the going to press, the work was critically examined by Mr. S. S. Greene, Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering in Brown University. A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes. By William T. Adams, Master of the Bowditch School, Boston. 12mo, pp. 86. Brewer & Tileston, Boston. As its title indicates, this work is intended for the use of advanced classes,-for scholars who are somewhat familiar with the principles of pronunciation and syllabication. It is not intended to supersede the ordinary spelling-book, but to follow it. New Elementary Algebra: embracing the First Principles of the Science. By Charles Davies, LL.D., Professor of Higher Mathematics, Columbia College. 12mo, pp. 299. A. S. Barnes & Burr, New York. It is the design of this work to supply a connecting link between Arithmetic and Algebra, to indicate the unity of the methods, and to conduct the pupil from the arithmetical processes to the more abstract methods of analysis by easy and simple gradations. The work is also introductory to the University Algebra, and to the Algebra of M. Bourdon, which is considered, both in this country and in Europe, as the best text-book on the subject which has yet appeared. Primary Arithmetic. By Charles Davies, LL.D.' 12mo, pp. 107. Barnes & Burr, New York. ing adapted to the capacities and wants of very The present work is designed for beginners, be young children. It is constructed on the plan of object-teaching. Practical Arithmetic: embracing the Science and Application of Numbers. By Charles Davies, LL.D., Professor of Higher Mathematics in Columbia College, Author of "Differential Calculus," &c. 12mo, pp. 336. To which is appended a Key. Barnes & Burr, New York. This work treats of the first five rules, and gives examples to apply them; the Properties of Num bers; Common Fractions; Decimal Fractions, United States Currency; Denominate Numbers; Ratio and Proportion; Involution; Evolution; Progres sion; Mensuration; Gauging, &c. MAY 1, 1863. Intellectual Arithmetic: being an Analysis of the The object of this book is to train and develop the mind by means of the science of numbers. The anther professes to present the subject of Fractions nder a new form; and that of Ratio is also treated in connection with Denominate Numbers, which brings to the aid of this difficult part of Arithmetic the principles of object-teaching. Leaves and Flowers; or, Object-Lessons in Botany. With a Flora. Prepared for Beginners in Academies and Public Schools. By Alphonso Wood, A.M., Author of the "Class-Book of Botany," &c. With 665 Illustrations. 12mo, pp. 322. With Index and Appendix. Barnes & Burr, New York. The object of this work is to initiate primary classes in the study of botany. Its aim, as its title implies, is to represent to the eye, as far as practicable, every subject or form treated of in the les sons. A Graded Course of Instruction for Public Schools: with Copious Practical Directions to Teachers, and Observations on Primary Schools, School Discipline, School Records, &c. By W. H. Wells, A.M., Superintendent Public Schools, Chicago, &c. 12mo, pp. 200. Barnes & Burr, New York. The Graded Course of Study here presented is believed to combine the best elements of the different systems adopted in the chief cities of our country. Several brief articles on Discipline, Records, and other topics are appended. MILITARY. Modern War: its Theory and Practice. Illustrated Camp and Outpost Duty for Infantry. With Stand- Besides the instructions for Outpost Duty, and Standing Orders, which this work contains, there are selections from the Orders of Crawford's Division of the British Army, Macdougall's Theory of War, and from the pamphlet issued by the War Department on Cavalry Outpost Duty. The Automaton Battery; or, Artilleryman's Practical | This package contains thirteen diagrams, representing pieces, caissons, horses, &c. for a full battery, with a detached piece and limber, around which The the "number-counters" may be arranged to familiarize the mind with their positions at the gun. counters, twenty in number, represent the officers, non-commissioned staff, sergeants, corporals, and buglers, with a sufficient number of men for exer · cise at the pieces. The Automaton Company; or, Infantry Soldier's Practical Instructor for all Company Movements in the Field. By G. Douglas Brewerton, late of the U.S. Regular Army, Author of "Automaton Regiment," "Automaton Battery," &c. Diagrams, with Key. Van Nostrand, New York. This set contains twenty-eight diagrams and eighteen counters. The "key" will be found to contain, in a condensed form, the positions under their distinct heads-viz.: in line of battle, in column by platoons, and while marching by either flankof each officer and sergeant. Hints to Company Officers on their Military Duties. By Captain C. C. Andrews, of the Third Minnesota Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. 16mo, pp. 68. Van Nostrand, New York. The principal portion of what appears in the following pages was written while the author was confined as a prisoner of war in the State of Georgia, and contains views which he acquired in more than a year's service, during the present war, in the Western army. Cavalry: its History, Management, and Uses in War. The This work was originally designed as lectures for a number of gentlemen, who, at the outbreak of the war, formed into a company for the purpose of preparing themselves for the cavalry service. details of service are now prescribed in all armies by means of regulations, and these are so carefully framed that, from the private soldier to the colonel of the regiment, all may find therein their duties clearly specified and stated with the utmost precision. Notwithstanding this, however, for the young officer who has left his peaceful pursuits to hasten to the defence of his country, and thus has scarcely had time to learn more than the merely theoretical parts of his profession, it must be exceedingly difficult to understand and appreciate the value of the prescribed movements, without some explanation of their practical utility and application on the field of battle. It is with reference to this and other matters connected with the service that the present elegant volume has been prepared. Militia Laws of the United States, from 1792 to 1863, now in full force. 24mo, pp. 64. With Index. James W. Fortune, New York. POLITICS AND QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. Political Fallacies: An Examination of the False Assumptions and Refutation of the Sophistical Reasonings which have brought on this Civil War. By George Junkin, D.D., LL.D. 12mo, pp. 332. With Portrait, Appendix, and Index. Scribner, New York. The This book has for its design the exposure of the leading fallacies which lie at the root of the great conspiracy and have conduced to its success. author does not propose to give a history of the conspiracy, the rebellion, or the war, and he has, consequently, only introduced so much as was necessary to render intelligible the refutation of the sophistical arguments by which the work of blood-shedding has been extended over this vast country. The ulterior and chief object of the book is to exhibit these groundless assumptions and false reasonings, so as to enable the candid reader to break away from the |