do infinite good. It is the perfection of ingenuity and is of rarely good literary workmanship; a vast command of the whole field of human knowledge and speculation has also entered into its composition. Indeed, it is good that it requires very keen thought to detect its, in one sense, staring fallacies.-Evening Mail.

Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-shoes, by Richard J. Bush (Harper), is a record of travels and explorations in Siberia during the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. The author was a member of the expedition sent out by the Western Union Telegraph Company to make surveys, for the route of the proposed Russo-American Telegraph line. The book is an elaborate and exceedingly interesting description of a portion of Northeastern Asia seldom or never visited even by the most venturesome explorers, and certainly never described before so thoroughly as it has been by Mr. Bush. As a record of travel and adventure the work is very entertaining, the writer being possessed of excellent powers of description. The illustrations, which are numerous, are mostly from original sketches, and are real helps to accurate knowledge of the people, landscapes, and places described in the text.

A Harmony of the Four Gospels in English, by Frederick Gardner, D.D. (Draper), is a reproduction in English of the author's work on the harmony of the Gospels in Greek. So much of the introduction and notes as requires in the reader a knowledge of Greek is omitted. The different narratives of the same event are printed in parallel | columns on the same page, but the columns are never interwoven. Quotations from the Old Testament, whenever the language varies from that of the New Testament, are given at the foot of the page, where are also given the references and notes relating to matters of harmony. The chronological order of the Gospel narratives has been treated with special care. A new feature is a synoptical table of the arrangement adopted by several harmonists, showing at a glance their general agreement on the main points of chronology, and the points of difference when there are any. This is a work of excellent use to any student of the Scriptates, and the exclusion of the original text fits it for the purposes of Sabbath-school teachers and others who have no acquaintance with the ancient languages,

The Introit-Psalms for Sundays and Holidays, by J. H. Cornell (Pott & Amery), is intended to provide a substitute for metrical psalmody in congregational worship. The psalms, as prescribed by the first prayer-book of Edward VI., are set to original chants, of simple melodies and of limited compass, with such clear and systematic pointing that they may easily be learned by any congregation with the average amount of musical talent.

Mediation. The Function of Thought (Draper). -This volume forms one part or chapter of a larger proposed work under the title of "Thoughts on Mediation; or, The Relation of Christ to the World." The author proposes in this volume to show the base which exists in the normal constitution of humanity for the doctrine of Mediation; and also that this base is as wide and as universal

as the whole scope of human thought. He proceeds with a profound and suggestive discussion of the function of thought in nan as distinguishing him from all other animals, not only in degree but in kind. These specific functions are classed as: I. That of Language. II. Proportion, or the relation of forms, subdivided under three headsPure Mathematics, Applied Science, and Art. III. Jurisprudence or Law-in all which man is not only superior, but essentially different from all the animals. By language he has general ideas, society; through proportion he has form, beauty, art, mathematics; from law, order, government, morals.

Abbott's Frederick the Great (Harper).—The "Life of Frederick the Great," by the Rev. John S.C. Abbott, originally published as a serial in Harper's Magazine, has already received a popular verdict in its favor; and in the handsome form in which it comes before the public as a book, in large, clear type, and with splendid and numerous illustrations, it will be caught up with avidity by thousands of readers who are repelled by the ruggedness and obscurity of Carlyle. Mr. Abbott has a pleasant and pleasing style, a keen eye for the picturesque, and is withal a pains-taking and conscientious student. His Life of Frederick combines the charm of an easy and well-constructed narrative with the accuracy which may belong to the dullest history.

Mount Washington in Winter (Chick and Andrews).-No more fascinating book has been published this year than Mount Washington in Winter-the record of the important scientific encampment on the highest peak of the White Mountains, last winter. The book, like the expedition it describes, is the joint result of the labor of many hands. Prof. Charles H. Hitchcock, the State Geologist of New Hampshire, being the chief contributor, next to Mr. J. H. Huntington, who wrote about a third part of the book. Indeed, to the combined efforts of Mr. Huntington and Prof. Hitchcock (who like his father, the late Dr. Hitchcock of Amherst, is an eminent geologist) the accomplishment of the enterprise is mainly due. The other contributors to the volume are Messrs. S. A. Nelson, A. F. Clough, H. A. Kimball, and Theodore Smith of the scientific party, and Mr. L. L. Holden, a journalist, who twice visited the mountain during the winter and spring. The book opens with a general description of the White Mountain region, the history of its exploration and of the successive roads by which the highest peak has been made so accessible to everybody. The experiences and observations of last winter's party make up the rest of the book, and these are as interesting and as well told as Dr. Kane's adventures in the Arctic regions, which the mountain-top so closely resembles. Of the many photographic views taken on the mountain, a few are engraved for the volume.—Springfield Republican.

Rambles in Mount Desert, by B. F. De Costa (Randolph), is a lively book of travels on the New England coast, from the Isles of Shoals to Grand Menan, describing the wild and romantic scenery of that region, with a variety of historical

steadily increasing, and each successive issue creates a new demand for the series. - Watchman & Reflector.

Pink and White Tyranny, a Society Novel, by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe (Roberts) is fully equal to any of Mrs. Stowe's other books. Like most of her stories, the scene is in New England, and the virtues of the New England character receive their due meed of praise. The object of the author is a very high one, and, as she says in her preface, it is a novel with a moral. Indeed she preaches, and she preaches with a clear vision, against the most crying evils of the time. The book is one which, of course, everybody will read, and every one who reads it will be impressed and improved by it. It is a salutary antidote against the pernicious doctrines to which the Woman's Rights movement seems to be committing itself. We hope for it the same success which met "Uncle Tom's Cabin." What that book did for the Anti-slavery cause, we trust that this may do for American morals. Christian Witness and Examiner.

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The Island Neighbors, by Antoinette Brown Blackwell (Harper), is called "a Novel of American Life," but it might be styled more precisely a Novel of Life on the Vineyard," for the island is evidently Martha's Vineyard; the "Mayboughs" are Mayhews, a great name in Chilmark, and the other characters, except the Boston family, are such as one meets everywhere in Dukes County. The Painted Cliffs are Gay Head, and the whole scenery is very well described. Blackwell plainly has a good eye for observation, and though her style is a little too bookish in conversation, some of her personages, as Job Dennis for example, talk very much in character. It is an agreeable story, with a slender plot and an obvious moral; but it has a value, as a faithful picture of a region much visited but seldom described, far beyond its merits as a novel.—Springfield Republican.

The Pupil of the Legion of Honor, by Louis Enault (Porter & Coates). This book is dedicated to poor young women, who often work and suffer, "for whom each minute is a peril, each hour a battle, each day a trial and a verdict." It is the story of a beautiful and accomplished French girl, the daughter of an army officer, who died leaving her poor and unprovided for. It well deserves the commendation of "Porte Crayon," who characterizes it as "a most charming book, elevated in tone, delicate in sentiment, and wise in its teachings; a book which may be read with pleasure in the most refined family circle, and with profit by that large class of young women who are in this country earnestly and practically endeavoring to solve the question of woman's rights and woman's duties.-Lutheran Observer.

The Sower's Reward, by the author of "Mary Powell" (Peterson, is a quiet, pleasing story of domestic life, beginning among a party of French and English travellers in a diligence in France, in the course of which the personal history of the travellers is given. The story is well told, and is very agreeable summer reading.

David Lloyd's Last Will, by the author of "Max Kromer," etc. (Randolph), is a story of extreme pathos and beauty never once idealized into unnatural superlatives. It relates to the condition of the manufacturing districts of England during the cotton famine of 1862. The author has drawn the peculiar manners and customs of the people, and even their rude patois, with unerring fidelity.—Christian Union.

Little Sunshine's Holidays, by Miss Muloch (Harper), is a delightful juvenile story, apparently taken from real life, describing the summer journey of a family in Scotland, in which "Little Sunshine" plays the leading part. The narrative is related in a style of flowing sweetness, and the adventures of the tiny heroine afford a perpetual store of interest and amusement. The external appearance of the book is in excellent keeping with its contents, forming a most attractive addition to the miniature library.-Tribune.

The Philobiblion.-A new series of this unique bibliographical journal, of which the publication has been suspended during the last eight years, is announced as in preparation, and the first number will be issued in the early part of next October. The work will be edited by Mr. George P. Philes, whose extensive scholarship, especially in the curious antiquarian lore of English history, and passion for the literary productions of the olden and golden time, eminently qualify him for the task. The Philobiblion will be handsomely printed on good paper, in old style type, and will form at the end of the year a small 4to volume of 500 pages

exclusive of an analytical table of contents, and a copious index. It will be published on the 15th of each month, and supplied to subscribers by J. W. Bouton, at $4 per annum.

Meadows' Manual of Midwifery (Lindsay & Blakiston). Those who read the first edition of

this work will bear us out in thinking that Dr.

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Meadows' Manual forms one of the most convenient, practical, and concise books yet published on the subject. It was especially good as a student's manual, and the author has, in his second edition, sought to make it of equal value to the practitionThe part which treats of obstetric operations has been well revised, and has received numerous additions, and the several chapters on Unnatural and Complex Labors likewise comprise much new matter. Upwards of ninety new engravings have been inserted in this edition, and, with a view to facilitate reference, the author has furnished it with a very full and complete table of contents and index. We can cordially recommend this manual as accurate and practical, and as containing in a small compass a large amount of the kind of information suitable alike to the student and practitioner.-London Lancet, May 6, 1871.

An elaborate new edition of Hudson's Shakespeare, with many notes, a new preface, and corrections of discovered mistakes in the old, with careful outline steel plates, is in preparation for publication in the fall by Noyes, Holmes & Co. It will consist of eleven volumes, and it is intended in completeness and finish to rank with the best editions of the immortal poet in existence.

APPLEGATE, POUNSFORD & Co., Cin., will issue immediately-a new and rev. ed. of Clarke's Commentary, in 4 vols., 8°, shp., $20; and Hall's Universalism Against Itself, 12o, clo. $1.50. A. S. BARNES & Co., N. Y., have nearly ready -Elementary Drawing, by J. G. Chapman, 4o, pp. 80.

S. W. BUTLER, Phila., announces- -Cancer, its Classification and Treatment, by J. W. Bright, M.D.; and Consumption, its Pathology and Treatment, by W. Minor Logan, M.D.; also,— The Physician's Annual for 1872.

use of Schools, Academies, and Colleges, by William R. Smith, President of the University of Alabama, 8o, pp. 354, half arabesque ;-Little Ada; or, The Three New Years, by H. H., 16o, clo. illust. $1.

DODD & MEAD announcee-Paul's Courtship; and, The Clives of Burcot, by Hesba Stretton ;— The Parsonage in the Harz (Das Pfarrhaus im Harz); and-Seeking and Finding (Suchen und Finden), from the German.

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• PATRICK DONAHOE, Boston, will publish Sept. 25-Ned Rusheen; or, Who Fired the First Shot, a beautiful Irish Story, by Sister Mary Francis Clare, 16°, pp. 236, clo. $1; he also announces The Next Generation, by John Francis Maguire, and a Compendium of Irish History.

M. DOOLADY announces that the book entitled Bundling, will be supplied to the trade by him; price, net, $1.50.

THE CATH. PUB. Soc., N. Y., have added to their announcements-a new volume of Paulist Sermons; and-Guide for Catholic Young Women, by Father Deshon.

CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, Phila., have in press-History of the Working and Burgher Classes, by M. Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, translated by Ben, E. Greene, demy 8° ;Bertha the Beauty, a Story of the Southern Revolution, by Sarah J. C. Whittlesey, 12°, clo. $1.50;-Living Female Writers of the South, ed. by the author of "Southland Writers," demy 4°;-English Literature Considered as the Interpreter of English History, Designed as a Manual of Instruction, by Henry Coppée, LL.D., President of Lehigh University, 12°, half arabesque ;The Organization of Labor in accordance with Custom and the Laws of the Decalogue, with a summary of comparative observations upon the distinction subsisting between Good and Evil in the Régime of Labor, the causes of the Evils ex

isting at the present time, and the means required to effect reform; with objections and answers, difficulties and solutions, by M. F. Le Play, translated from the second revised and corrected edition, published at Tours in 1870, by Gouverneur Emerson, M.D., Member of the American Philosophical Society, 12°;-The Enchanted Princess, by Mary D. Nauman, Author of "Sidney Elliott," etc., etc., 16, clo. illust;-English History, condensed and simplified for the use of Schools, by Mrs. Anna M. Hyde, 18°, clo.;-Christianity in the War, containing an account of the Sufferings, Conversions, Prayers, Dying Requests, Last Words, and Deaths of Soldiers and Officers in the Hospital, Camp, Prison, and on the Battle-field, also, an account of distinguished Christian Men in the War, by A. S. Billingsley, late Chaplain U. S. Army;-Key to the Iliad of Homer, for the

WM. B. EVANS & Co., Phila., have in pressLillian; or, Did She Right? by Martha Farquharson, author of "An Old-Fashioned Boy."

F. B. FELT & Co., N. Y., will issue immediately-The Land of Lorne; or, A Poet's Adventures in the Scottish Hebrides, by Robert Buchanan, 12o, pp. 375, clo.

GOULD & LINCOLN, Boston, have in pressLectures on Satan, by Rev. Thad. McRae.

HOYT, FOGG & BREED, Portland, have nearly ready—a new work on the Revelation of St. John, entitled The Seals Opened; or, The Apocalypse Explained, by Enoch Pond, D.D., Professor in the Theological Seminary, Bangor.

HARPER & BROS. have nearly ready- The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Founder of the Methodists, by the Rev. Luke Tyerman (in 3 vols.), vol. I, cr 8°, with portr. ;— At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies, by Chas, Kingsley illust. 12°, clo. $1.50;-The Earth, a Descriptive History of the Phenomena and Life of B. Woodward, and ed. by H. Woodward, 8', with the Globe, by Elisée Réclus, trans. by the late B. 234 maps and illust. and 23 page maps printed in colors, clo. $5;- The Student's Ancient History of the East, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest by Alexander the Great, including Egypt, and Phoenicia, by Philip Smith, B.A., author of Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Persia, Asia Minor, "The History of the World," illust., uniform with The Student's Series, 12°, clo. $2;-Elements of Plane Geometry, with an Appendix on Pres. of Normal College of the City of New York. Mensuration for Beginners, by Thos. Hunter,

HURD & HOUGHTON, N. Y., and RIVERSIDE PRESS, Cambridge, will have ready, Sept. 9.—A Journey Round my Room, by Xavier de Maistre, from the French, by H. A., 16°, with vignette illust., pp. xii, 152, clo. gilt top, $1.50;-The

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Clockmaker: Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, illust. by F. O. C. Darley, 16°, pp. xii, 271, clo. $1.25;-Four, and What they Did, by Helen C. Weeks, illust., 16°, pp. xii, 315, clo. $1.25-Little Folk Songs, by Alexina B. White, illust., sm. 4o, pp. vi, 94, clo. ;—Zanita, a Tale of the Yo-Semite, by Therese Yelverton, Viscountess Avonmore, cr. 8, pp. iv, 296, clo. $1.50.--The Judge's Pets: Stories of a Family and its Dumb Friends, illust. by E. B. Bensell, 16o, pp. iv, 202, clo. $1.25. They also will issue this autumn, The Fables of Pilpay, copiously illust., 16°, uniform with sop's Fables, clo. $1.50.-Life of the Rev. John McVickar, S.T.D., by Rev. W. A. McVickar, with portr., cr. 8°.-Pictures in Black, by Paul Konewka, 4°, 75 c.-Little Jakey, by Mrs. S. H. De Kroyft, with 8 illust. by Geo. G. White.--Speeches of the Hon. Geo. W. Julian, with an introduction by L. Maria Child, and a portr. of the author, 8°.—Mary Queen of Scots, and her latest English Historian, by Jas. F. Meline, 16.-Specimens of Macaronic Verse, by Jas. Appleton Morgan, 16o.

LEAVITT & ALLEN BROS., N. Y., will publish -Good Endeavor Series, 3 vols., cont. Good Endeavors, Good Deeds, Patient Waiting, by the author of "Trap to Catch a Sunbeam," etc., etc., and others;-The Reward Series, 3 vols., cont. Hope Rewarded, Reward of Patience, Stories for Girls, by Miss Townsend and others;-Chit-Chat Series, 4 vols., by author of "Sanford and Merton, "Good Example Series, 4 vols., by Miss Strickland ;-Winter Evening Tales, by James Hogg, new ed., 8°;-Napoleon and His Army, new ed., 8°;—British Poets, 12 vols, 120;-British Poets, 24 vols., Pocket ed. ;-British Poets, 12 vols., Cabinet edition.

LEE & SHEPARD'S fall announcements of new books include-by Oliver Optic:-Cringle and Cross-Tree; or, the Sea Swashes of a Sailor, 16o, illust., $1.25;-Northern Lands; or, Young America in Russia and Prussia, 16°, illust., $1.50; -Bivouac and Battle; or, The Struggles of a Soldier, 16, illust., $1.50;-by Elijah Kellogg: The Cruise of the Casco ;-The Spark of Genius; or, The College Life of James Trafton, illust. ;The Sophomores of Radcliffe; or, James Trafton and His Bosom Friends, ea. 16, illust., clo. $1.25;-by Sophie May-Aunt Madge's Story, being the third volume of Little Prudy's Flyaway Stories, 24°, illust., clo. 75 c.;-The Doctor's Daughter: A Story of Girlhood; - by Prof. James DeMille-Fire in the Woods, being the

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fourth volume of "The B. O. W. C. Stories ;"Among the Brigands, being the first volume of a new series, "The Young Dodge Club," ea. 16o, clo. $1.50;-by Prof. W. Elliot Fette:-Dialogues from Dickens: Second Series, 16o, clo. $1.50;-by Prof. Lewis B. Monroe:-Public and Parlor Readings, Prose and Poetry for the use of Reading Clubs, and for Public and Social Entertainments, Second Series, Miscellaneous, 12°, clo. $1.50;-by Mad. Marie Sophie Schwartz: -The Right One, uniform with "Gold and Name," etc., 8°, paper $1, clo. $1.50;-Two Family Mothers, same style and price; by the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:'

Behind the Looking Glass, and What Alice Saw There, illust. ;-by Geo. L. Vose:-Handbook of Railroad Construction, with plans, maps, etc.;-by Dr. L. T. Townsend:-The Divine Man, uniform with "Credo," and "The Sword and Garment," by the same author;-by_Hon. Charles Sumner :-Vol. 4 of the Complete Works of Charles Sumner, 8°, clo., $3, half calf, $5, by subscription only;-by Mrs. Caroline L. Smith (Aunt Carrie) :-American Home Book of Indoor Games, Recreations, and Occupations, 16°, illust.; |-by Miss A. M. Douglas :-Kathie's Soldiers; In the Ranks; Kathie's Harvest Days, ea. 16, illust., $1;-by Miss Samuels:-Dick and Daisy Series, to be completed in 6 vols., illust. ;— by W. H. Thomes :-The Whaleman's Adven Coast, by W. H. Thomes, author of "The Gold Hunter's Adventures," etc., 12°, illust., clo. $1.50;—by P. S. Gilmore:-History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival, held in the City of Boston, June, 1869, by P. S. Gilmore, illust. with steel engravings, 8o, $5, by General: a Sequel to "The Inn of the Guardian subscription;-From the French :-The Russian Angel," with 100 illustrations;-From the German:-Reynard the Fox, a Burlesque Poem from the Low German of the Fifteenth Century, red line, tinted paper, clo.;-The Language of FlowThos. Miller, illustrated with Colored Plates and ers, by Miss Ildrewe, with an introduction by Timms, and others, 4o, red line, tinted paper ;numerous Woodcuts after Doré, Dausigny, also,-Oliver Optic's Almanac for Boys and Girls splendidly illustrated (in October); and,-The Model Sunday School Speaker, containing selections in Prose and Verse, of the most Popular Pieces and Dialogues for Sunday School Exhibitions, illust. 16°.

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their numerous announcements-Functions and LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Phila., have added to Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, and Advanced Life, by William Acton, M.D., third Am. from the fifth London ed., 8°;-Wedl's Dental Pathology, translated from the German, with numerous illust. ;-Manual of reference to Articles of the Materia Medica, by Practical Therapeutics, considered chiefly with Edward John Waring, F.R.C.S., F.L.S., etc., second Am. from the third London ed, Roy. 8°;

A Complete System and Text Book of Surgery, including both the Principles and Practice, illust. by about 250 engrav., by Frederick J. Gant,

F.R.C.S., etc., 8°.

J. B. LIPPINCOTT's additional announcements include-Seed Time and Harvest; or, During my Apprenticeship, from the Platt-Deutsch of Fritz Reuter, 8°;-The Teeth, and How to Save Them, by L. P. Meredith, M.D., 16°;-Travels in the Air, by James Glashier, E.R.S., Camille Flammarion, W. De Farvielle, and Gaston Tissandier, edited by James Glashier, F.R.S., second and revised ed., with 125 illust., large 8, extra clo., ornamented, uncut edges;-John Thompson, Blockhead, by Louisa Parr, author of "Dorothy Fox," 12°;-The High Mills, a Novel, by Catherine Saunders, author of "Gideon's Rock," illust. 8°;