them in making up an opinion for purchase or reading. It also furnishes a large amount of literary intelligence, and a complete list of new publications for each month. Its arrangement and literary execution are creditable, and it is likely to become widely popular among bookish people. The subscription price, fifty cents per year, is so low as to put the paper within the reach of all. THE HOUSEHOLD DICKENS. The following volumes of this popular and tasteful edition of Dickens's complete works have been issued, namely: Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Dombey and Son, Bleak House, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit, Pickwick Papers, Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, Christmas Books, and Sketches by Boz. The remaining volumes will follow shortly. The Cleveland Herald, speaking of the four volumes first published, says: "They are in the same style as the Household Editions of other writers published by the firm, but are in brown cloth instead of green. The series will be completed in fourteen volumes, and illustrated with all the designs made by Eytinge for the Diamond Edition, which won the unqualified commendation of Dickens for their grace, spirit, and fidelity to the text. This edition will be complete, and will be at once an ornament to the library shelf, convenient and comfortable to read, and in price suited to the pocket of the book-buyer of limited means, whilst good enough for the more opulent." THE ATLANTIC ALMANAC FOR 1871 will be prepared on the general plan adopted in the three numbers previously issued, that of combining with illustrations of a high order of merit literary contributions of great excellence. It will, however, add a variety of features calculated to make it more than ever a desideratum in every household, and a valuable book of reference for needed information. It will contain, besides the usual calendars, tables of stamp duties, post-office regulations, the officers of the United States at home and abroad, the rulers of foreign states, the values of foreign moneys, and a record of current events for the year, the latter a feature which will be continued in future issues, thus making a file of the "Atlantic Almanac " a complete record of the most important foreign and domestic events. Among its literary contributions will be articles never before reprinted from the pens of Sir Walter Scott, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and Charles Dickens; also a poem by J. T. Trowbridge, extracts from Bayard Taylor's forthcoming translation of Faust, an article on Making Home Beautiful, by the author of "Six Hundred Dollars a Year," and sketches of the various notable persons whose portraits are given with the number. The illustrations will embrace designs of great beauty and variety, art-pictures, scenery, drawings appropriate to the various seasons, besides full-page portraits of Longfellow, Tennyson, Dickens, Carlyle, Queen Victoria, and the chief actors in the struggle now agitating Europe, and the result of which concerns and interests all the world besides. sions of favor from the press. The New York Evening Mail says of it: "This story, told mainly in his own simple but forcible words, of the life of one of the best and bravest of teachers, is worth a place, as a missionary book, in every household. The many who have learned, through Tom Brown's eyes, to love him, should make nearer acquaintanceship with him through these volumes, now that they are brought within reach of modest purses. They are the record of a lighthouse life, and will serve as one of the best of charts for life-voyagers. To teachers especially, the work is invaluable, as needful to them as Robertson's life and letters to the clergyman." MR. WHITTIER'S NEW VOLUME will include an entirely new poem, about as long as "Snow-Bound," which gives the title to the book. "Miriam" is a story told in the author's peculiar and attractive manner, and is related on a hill-side, the locality of which cannot be mistaken. THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS IN SIAM. - The record of experiences and observations contained in Mrs. Leonowens's forthcoming volume possesses a freshness and novelty, added to a clearness and conciseness of relation, that cannot fail to charm. The widow of an English officer, she was invited by the King of Siam to take the position of instructress of his family and children, his invitation being couched in the following curious and characteristic letter: "ENGLISH ERA, 1862, 26th February, GRAND ROYAL PALACE, BANGKOK. "To MRS. A. H. LEONOWENS :"MADAM: We are in good pleasure, and satisfaction in heart, that you are in willingness to undertake the education of our beloved royal children. And we hope that in doing your education on us and on our children (whom English call inhabitants of benighted land) you will do your best endeavor for knowledge of English language, science, and literature, and not for conversion to Christianity; as the followers of Buddha are mostly aware of the powerfulness of truth and virtue, as well as the followers of Christ, and are desirous to have facility of English language and literature, more than new religions. "We beg to invite you to our royal palace to do your best endeavorment upon us and our children. We shall expect to see you here on return of Siamese steamer Chow Phya. "We have written to Mr. William Adamson, and to our consul at Singapore, to authorize to do best arrangement for you and ourselves. "Believe me (Signed) "Your faithfully, "S. S. P. P. MAHA MONGKUT." How good use Mrs. Leonowens made of the peculiar facilities thus afforded her during her six years' residence as governess, for observing Siamese manners and customs, political and social, her book bears evidence; and while her recital of her adventures in the king's household and her observations of many things hidden from ordinary travellers and residents things which none but a woman and only one in her position could have known will interest the most casual reader, the book has beyond this a positive value to the student, as the chapters on Siamese literature, art, religion, history, and politics contain a large amount of information both new and valuable. The book is handsomely printed on fine tinted paper and copiously illustrated with full-page pictures of the scenes and persons described, carefully engraved from original photographs taken by the royal photographer at Siam, and presented to the author by the Supreme King. PROFESSOR HARTT'S BRAZIL. The scientific value and popular interest of this work are well indicated in the Literary World, as follows: "This portly and handsome volume is a direct result of the Thayer Expedition of Professor Agassiz and his assistants, in 1865 and 1866, of which Professor Hartt was the geologist. His investigations were so fruitful and interesting, that he repeated his visit to Brazil in 1867, and the combined results of his two explorations appear in this work, though some of the information acquired on his first visit has already enriched the Journey in Brazil.' Its title sufficiently indicates its general character; but only itself can disclose its wealth of scientific interest. It deals almost exclusively with the geographic and geologic features of that part of the Brazilian coast which lies between Pernambuco and Bahia, and comprises a careful study of the natural characteristics of that little-known region. . . "Perhaps the most generally interesting chapter in the book is the fourth, which treats of the islands and coral reefs of the Abrolhos. These islands lie about forty miles off the coast, between Rio and Bahia. Their beaches are composed in most part of coral and shell sand cemented together by the action of sea-water. It has been frequently stated by writers on Brazil that a reef or consolidated beach extends around nearly the entire coast of the empire; but the author pronounces this statement erroneous. Many pages of this chapter are devoted to the subject of coral reefs, which not only the scientific student, but the general reader, will find exceedingly interesting. At the head of the San Francisco basin are the famous bone caverns, first mentioned by Cazal in 1817. Since 1835, Dr. Lund, a Danish savant, has devoted himself exclusively to an examination of these caverns, which number several thousands. Many of them are filled with the bones of small animals. In one cave Dr. Lund found the remains of 6,881,500 in dividuals of cavias, opossums, porcupines, and mice, and all these bones had been brought into the cave by owls! The best authorities agree that the process of collection must have occupied many thousands of years. Many of the bones found belong to extinct forms, and are found in the same circumstances which surround the discovered remains of the megatherium and other giant animals. In the province of Bahia, during the last century, there was found a mass of native copper, weighing 2,616 pounds, which yielded, on analysis, 97 per cent of pure copper. The most remarkable fact in connection with this discovery is, that no indications of the presence of copper have ever been found in the region whence this mass was taken. In the seventh chapter the author tells about the diamond mines of Bahia, whose annual production is estimated at $3,000,000. "We have culled the few foregoing items of fact from the pages of this volume, mainly for the purpose of show ing that it is by no means a dry, purely scientific work. On the contrary, it abounds in interesting and valuable information about the climate, soil, flora and fauna, fisheries and mineral resources of Brazil, arranged in an agreeable and readable manner. A more clear and satisfactory idea of the physical characteristics of the coast provinces of the empire can be gained from this book than from any other within our knowledge. The author was evidently at great pains to secure not only fulness, but accuracy of information, and has, on many important points, tested the statements of earlier writers by fersonal investigation. His work must become standard authority on its subjects, and must be reckoned a most creditable addition to our scientific literature. His style is clear and agreeable, and he seems to avoid technical phraseology so far as is possible. We should not omit to mention that the maps and profuse illustrations aid the reader materially in understanding the text, and enhance his interest therein." BAYARD TAYLOR'S "TRANSLATION OF FAUST" is rapidly passing through the press, and will be published late in the Autumn or very early in the Winter. It will be uniform in style and size with Longfellow's "Translation of Dante," and Bryant's "Translation of Homer." Mr. Taylor has been engaged more will rank first among all attempts to reproduce in English than twenty years on this great work, and his translation the genius and spirit of the original. "MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN."- Mr. Charles D. Warner, of the Hartford Courant, has been printing a series of articles in his paper, entitled "What I know about Gardening"; and he has now collected them into a neat volume, to answer the urgent call, from all quarters, for their reproduction. The press of the country has welcomed these articles with enthusiasm, whenever they have appeared. They abound in delicate humor and good sense, and the New Haven Journal and Courier, the Detroit Post, and the Springfield Republican are specially commendatory of these charming essays. DIO LEWIS'S NEW VOLUME. - Under the title "Talks about People's Stomachs," Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. will soon publish another of Dr. Lewis's admirable practical treatises upon Hygiene. Dr. Lewis is widely known for his thorough knowledge of Physiology, and for his excellent methods of imparting instruction in plain and simple language. Much good has been accomplished by his two volumes, "New Gymnastics" and "Weak Lungs," and the present book is equally practical and sure to meet with equal favor from the public. A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED BOOK. - One of the most pathetic and touching of Mr. Dickens's writings is the little sketch entitled "A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR," which forms one of the "Reprinted Pieces" appended to the “Old Curiosity Shop" in the authorized editions of his works. This beautiful sketch has been illustrated by Mr. Hammatt Billings, -whose appearance as a book-illustrator is too rare nowadays, — in a series of ten full-page drawings on wood, which have been engraved by Mr. W. J. Linton. Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. will publish the book for the holidays, in a volume of the size of the Illustrated "Enoch Arden." It will be handsomely illuminated with a red-line border. NEW JUVENILE BOOKS. Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. have in preparation for early issue four new books for boys and girls, by four of the most gifted and most popular of American writers for young people. These are "Pussy Willow," by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe: "The William Henry Letters," by Mrs. A. M. Diaz; "We Girls: a Home Story," by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney; and Mr. Trowbridge's account of "Lawrence's Adventures among the Ice-Cutters, Glass-Makers, CoalMiners, Iron-Men, and Ship-Builders." Those who have read any part of the above in "OUR YOUNG FOLKS" will be pleased to learn that these instructive and entertaining papers are to be revised, extended, and put in permanent and attractive book-form. The charming chapters by Mrs. Stowe, teaching some very important lessons in the most inviting manner; the unique and mirth-provoking "Letters" which Mrs. Diaz writes with remarkable natura!ness and in astonishing variety; the fresh, beautiful, home-like features of Mrs. Whitney's story, very different from her delightful record of "A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life," yet possessing the same charm of deep, thoughtful, cheerful sincerity; and the large amount of reliable information contained in Mr. Trowbridge's Lawrence papers, told in the most attractive and rememberable way;- these characteristics stamp the four books named above as being just what books for young people should be, decidedly instructive and wholly engaging. Numerous illustrations will add to the attractiveness of these volumes, which will be brought out in a tasteful style to suit the contents, and make them elegant and desirable as gift-books. swamp. Perhaps this tradition, which no human palate WINTER POEMS BY FAVORITE AMERICAN lished by Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. will receive a most important addition this year. The book named at the head of this paragraph will be in no artistic or mechanical respect inferior to the illustrated "Snow-Bound" or "Ballads of New England." In variety of illustration it will be quite the equal of those beautiful volumes. The poems are all American, and the poets from whom selections are made are Whittier, Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, and Emerson. Mr. Whittier contributes a new poem entitled "The Pageant," written expressly for this book and for the purpose of illustration. The drawings are made by Fenn, Eytinge, Griswold, McEntee, Hennessy, Fredericks, and others, and the engraving is by Anthony. The book will be ready in November. Lowell in his inimitable literary dishes. None of the magazines are more entertaining or have a wider range than this veteran of half a century." "WOVEN OF MANY THREADS" is a novel from a new hand, and will not fail to be widely read. The story abounds in incident, and as many of the characters are drawn from real life, a peculiar interest attaches to the book, from first to last. Americans who have lived in Rome will recognize, in these pages, familiar characters and scenes. This attractive volume is in press for early publication by Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. VERSES BY "H. H."- Mrs. Helen Hunt, whose poems have been welcomed far and wide as they have MRS. BROWNING'S POEMS. Messrs. Fields, appeared in the leading magazines and newspapers of the Osgood, & Co have arranged to publish, in conjunction country, has collected her pieces, and they will be pubwith James Miller of New York, a Diamond and a Red-lished by Fields, Osgood, & Co., with the unassuming Line edition of Mrs. Browning's Poems, uniform with their Diamond and Red-Line editions of Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Scott. VAGABOND ADVENTURES. BY RAlph KeelER.Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. will publish Nov. 2, under the above title, a volume giving a true account of Mr. Ralph Keeler's experiences up to the close of his twenty-second year. The greater and better portion of the book has never been printed before in this country or England. Mr. Keeler's humorous and graphic portrayal of his extraordinary life, as a runaway boy, as a negro minstrel, and as an amateur European tourist without money, will, it is thought, entitle the "Vagabond Adventures" to be considered in the light of a real contribution to literature. The chief attraction of the book will, in the opinion of many, be the large portion devoted to the author's experiences as a youthful negro-minstrel. Some passages of this amusing record appeared in an article in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, more than a year ago, and the New York Tribune spoke of it at the time as follows: "Mr. Ralph Keeler's Three Years as a Negro Minstrel,' is a fresh, vivid record of a personal experience told without egotism, but with a frankness that, without his saying it, shows the writer to have mounted on stepping-stones of his dead self to higher things. At the same time, without any morbid appeal to our sympathies, he makes us feel that there is no less goodness in the lower strata of the world than in what we call the higher, if we could only get at it." THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.-The Springfield Republican begins its notice of the July num title of "Verses by H. H." The volume will shortly appear in a very attractive style. BOOKS OF THE MONTH. CHARLES DICKens's CompleTE WORKS. Illustrated Household Edition. Uniform in size and style with the Household READE, THACKERAY, and GEORGE ELIOT. Vol. V. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. I vol. 16mo. With 16 full-page illustrations by S. EYTINGE, JR. pp. 496. Morocco cloth, $ 1.50. PP. 515 Vol. VI. DAVID COPPErfield. 1 vol. 16mo. With I vol. 16mo. With 16 Vol. VIII. OLIVER TWIST, AMERICAN NOTES, and PICTURES FROM ITALY. 1 vol. 16mo. With 16 fullpage illustrations by S. EYTINGE, JR. pp. 592. Morocco cloth, $1.50. PP. THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, and Some Uncollected THE INFERNO. PP. 460. THE GEOLOGY AND P.. 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Our poets-laureate both wear double wreaths, and it is a question whether we ought not to be more gratified to them for their marvellous translations of Homer and Dante than for even that original work which has ranked as current American poetry almost in advance of that of England. It seems scarcely probable that this translation by Longfellow will ever be surpassed, certainly it will be long before the attempt is made, and the publishers have shown due appreciation of the culture of the American middle class-ranked by the purse-in putting forth this new edition, from new plates. It matches one of the favorite editions of the poet's own works, and is in its way perfection. The three volumes contain each one of the three divisions of the epic, 'Inferno,' Purgatorio,' and 'Paradiso,'- with the notes and illustrations appertaining respectively to each. The third volume contains also the full index. This cheaper edition-at $2.00 a volume-contains thus all the matter of the first edition de luxe, and is still afforded in a style which equals in its field the merit of its contents."-N. Y. Evening Mail. For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers, FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO., Boston. BY FREDERICK LOCKER. 1 vol. 16mo. $1.50. "Mr. Locker has put all those who enjoy his light and sparkling verses under an obligation by collecting them into a single volume. We have on a former occasion spoken of their great merits. We can only repeat our former praise. His muse satirizes, without being offensive. His verses sparkle, without any false glare. There is an absence of that vulgarity which occasionally jars upon us in the Bon Gaultier' ballads. There is, too, less of repetition and less of mere artifice than in that well-known collection. The present volume deserves a place somewhere between Thackeray and Praed."- Westminster Review. "A delightful, fascinating volume, in which the poetry is familiar without vulgarity, amusing without slang, and witty without bad spelling." - Philadelphia Press. "One does not require to be a cockney to appreciate the charms of Mr. Locker's verse. Many of the references may be local, but the sentiment or the humor which pervades them all is universal." -New York Times. |