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and reproduced the spirit of the times in which we dwell. It has one quality to a high degree, and that is, a minute knowledge of the peculiarities of the natural world as it appears in New England. In his long woodland walks, he has kept open an eye of observation as practised as that of the naturalist. The trees, the shrubs, the flowers of New England are known to him as they are to few. He is tempted draw too largely upon this source of i est in other words, there is too m description in his volume. Life long enough for such elaborat We may admire the skill o tion, but we cannot paus fore the canvas to do painter. Those poem erman expresses th ment and sorrow! highest merit in pression. Th sensibility;

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and Art for 1864.
Discoveries
Useful Arts,

Chemistry, Astronomy,
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Antiquities, etc. To-
the Progress of Science

186; a List of Recent Scien-
Obituaries of Eminent Sci-
Edited by David A. Wells,
Gould & Lincoln.

D. Boston. 351. $1.50.

Red Track. A Tale of Life in Mexico. Gustave Aimard. Philadelphia. T. B. Person & Brothers. 8vo. paper. pp. 157.

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Dangerfield's Rest; or, Before the Storm. York. Sheldon & Co. 12mo. pp. 392. $1.50. A Novel of American Life and Manners. New The Philanthropic Results of the War in

America.

Collected from Official and other

Authentic Sources. By an American Citizen. New York. Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 160.

50 cts.

A Treatise on Military Surveying, Theoretical and Practical. Including a Description of Surveying Instruments. By G. H. Mendell, Captain of Engineers. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 12mo. pp. 193. $2.00.

The Blennerhassett Papers. Embodying the Private Journal of Harman Blennerhassett, and the hitherto Unpublished Correspondence of Burr, Alston, Comfort Tyler, Devereaux, Dayton, Adair, Miro, Emmett, Theodosia Burr Alston, Mrs. Blennerhassett, and others, their Contemporaries; developing the Purposes and Aims of those engaged in the Attempted Wilkinson and Burr Revolution; embracing also the First Account of the "Spanish Association of Kentucky," and a Memoir of Blennerhassett. By William H. Safford. Cincinnati. Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin 8vo. pp. 665. $3.00.

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ous and interestin By George Cumming Mea single essay, ', of “A Popular Hand - Book when sprea Testament." New York. D. Suppose. Co. 12mo. pp. 175. $1.00. of arge-Life in Vicksburg. With Letters with and Travel. By a Lady. New York. ippleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 196. $1.00. Field Tactics for Infantry: comprising the Battalion Movements and Brigade Evolutions Useful in the Field, on the March, and in the Presence of the Enemy. By Brigadier-General William H. Morris. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 18mo. pp. 146. 75 cts. Christian Memorials of the War; or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of Religious Faith and Principle, Patriotism and Bravery, in our Army. With Historical Notes. By Horatio B. Hackett, Professor of Biblical Literature and Interpretation in Newton Theological Institute. Boston. Gould & Lincoln. 12mo.

pp. 252. $1.50.

Family Pride. By the Author of " Pique." Philadelphia. T. B. Peterson & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 396. $1.50.

America and her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States. By Henry T. Tuckerman. New York. C. Scribner. 8vo. pp. viii., 460. $2.50.

Synonymes of the New Testament. By Richard Chevenix Trench, D. D. Second Part. New York. C. Scribner. 12mo. pp. iv., 214. $1.00.

The Management of Steel, including Forging, Hardening, Tempering, Annealing, Shrinking, and Expansion; also the Case-Hardening of Iron. By George Ede, employed in the Royal Gun Factories Department, Woolwich Arsenal. First American, from Second London Edition. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 41. 50 cts

Thoughts for the Christian Life. By Rev. James Drummond. With an Introduction by Rev. J. G. Holland. New York. C. Scribner. 12mo. pp. xxi., 371. $1.50.

History of the Romans under the Empire. By Charles Merivale, B. D., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. From the Fourth London Edition. With a Copious Analytical Index. Vol. III. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 431. $2.00.

The Federalist. A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States. A Collection of Essays, by Alexander Hamilton, Jay, and Malison. Also, The Continentalist and other Papers, by Hamilton. Edited by John C. Hamilton, Author of "The History of the Republic of the United States." Philadelphia. J. R. Lippincott & Co. 8vo. pp. clxvi., 660, vi. $3.50

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Satan's Devices and the Believer's Victory. By Rev. William L. Parsons, A. M. Boston. Gould & Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 312. $1.25.

Hints to Riflemen. By H. W. S. Cleveland. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 260. $1.25.

Illustrations of Universal Progress; A Series of Discussions. By Herbert Spencer, Author of "The Principles of Psychology," etc. With a Notice of Spencer's "New System of Philosophy." New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. xxxi., 446. $1.75.

The National Almanac and Annual Record for the Year 1864. Philadelphia. G. W. Childs. *12mo. pp. 641. $1.50.

Annual of Scientific Discovery; or, YearBook of Facts in Science and Art for 1864. Exhibiting the most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Geography, Antiquities, etc. Together with Notes on the Progress of Science during the Year 1863; a List of Recent Scientific Publications; Obituaries of Eminent Scientific Men, etc. Edited by David A. Wells, A. M., M. D. Boston. Gould & Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 351. $1.50.

The Red Track. A Tale of Life in Mexico. By Gustave Aimard. Philadelphia. T. B. Peterson & Brothers. 8vo. paper. pp. 157. 50 cts.

Dangerfield's Rest; or, Before the Storm. A Novel of American Life and Manners. New York. Sheldon & Co. 12mo. pp. 392. $1.50.

The Philanthropic Results of the War in America. Collected from Official and other Authentic Sources. By an American Citizen. New York. Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 160. 50 cts.

A Treatise on Military Surveying, Theoretical and Practical. Including a Description of Surveying Instruments. By G. H. Mendell, Captain of Engineers. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 12mo. pp. 193. $2.00.

The Blennerhassett Papers. Embodying the Private Journal of Harman Blennerhassett, and the hitherto Unpublished Correspondence of Burr, Alston, Comfort Tyler, Devereaux, Dayton, Adair, Miro, Emmett, Theodosia Burr Alston, Mrs. Blennerhassett, and others, their Contemporaries; developing the Purposes and Aims of those engaged in the Attempted Wilkinson and Burr Revolution; embracing also the First Account of the "Spanish Association of Kentucky," and a Memoir of Blennerhassett. By William H. Safford. Cincinnati. Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin 8vo. pp. 665. $3.00.

Church Essays. By George Cumming Me Whorter, Author of "A Popular Hand-Book of the New Testament." New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 175. $1.00.

My Cave-Life in Vicksburg. With Letters of Trial and Travel. By a Lady. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 196. $1.00.

Field Tactics for Infantry: comprising the Battalion Movements and Brigade Evolutions Useful in the Field, on the March, and in the Presence of the Enemy. By Brigadier-General William H. Morris. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 18mo. pp. 146. 75 cts.

Christian Memorials of the War; or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of Religious Faith and Principle, Patriotism and Bravery, in our Army. With Historical Notes. By Horatio B. Hackett, Professor of Biblical Literature and Interpretation in Newton Theological Institute. Boston. Gould & Lincoln. 12mo.

pp. 252. $1.50.

Family Pride. By the Author of "Pique." Philadelphia. T. B. Peterson & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 396. $1.50.

America and her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States. By Henry T. Tuckerman. New York. C. Scribner. 8vo. pp. viii., 460. $2.50.

Synonymes of the New Testament. By Richard Chevenix Trench, D. D. Second Part. New York. C. Scribner. 12mo. pp. iv., 214. $1.00.

The Management of Steel, including Forging, Hardening, Tempering, Annealing, Shrinking, and Expansion; also the Case-Hardening of Iron. By George Ede, employed in the Royal Gun Factories Department, Woolwich Arsenal. First American, from Second London Edition. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 41. 50 cts

Thoughts for the Christian Life. By Rev. James Drummond. With an Introduction by Rev. J. G. Holland. New York. C. Scribner. 12mo. pp. xxi., 371. $1.50.

History of the Romans under the Empire. By Charles Merivale, B. D., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. From the Fourth London Edition. With a Copious Analytical Index. Vol. III. New York. D. Appleten & Co. 12mo. pp. 431. $2.00.

The Federalist. A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States. A Collection of Essays, by Alexander Hamilton, Jay, and Madison. Also, The Continentalist and other Papers, by Hamilton. Edited by John C. Hamilton, Author of "The History of the Repu!.c of the United States." Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. 8vo. pp. clxvi., 660, vi. $3.50

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