thoughts drawn from acute observation which the value of the book tenor rather ten times fold his theme is vine culture in europe his object is to use the long experience of the old world in this branch of science for the promotion of vine culture in america thus like a true master he makes his narrative pleasant to attract readers his description of vine culture in europe minute accurate and valuable and the application of his suggestions to our own methods of this growing branch of home industry he leaves to the sagacity of the reader to use or to improve upon � � there is probably no person better in this country to write upon this subject � m post besides a summary of useful information concerning the produce of the the present book contains an extremely pleasant sketch of travel with reflections of much interest and observations of considerable originality affording a picture of a certain phase of french life unknown and unseen by ordinary it is tall of that kind of entertaining reading which sir philip trifles handled and congenial fancy over descriptions of the scenery the of local customs the luxurious the genial atmosphere the incense of summer the incense of fruit time the village and and of all the happy not yet rendered unhappy by and � round table a more entertaining volume on a practical subject has not yet been written mr shows such a hearty delight in his that the most indifferent reader can not escape the while all his irrepressible play of humor his flashes of personal tastes and prejudices his occasional of character and customs leave untouched the sharp clear perception and shrewd common sense which form the of the book � y s travel and adventure in the territory of russian america now to the united states � and in various other parts of the north pacific by map and illustrations crown vo cloth this agreeable book of travel and adventure � � the purchase of by the united states government has awakened a lively interest in that region and whatever relates to its natural features its inhabitants its existing state and its possible resources comes to us with the two fold charm of novelty and material interest mr was able to take with him the requisite for breaking ground in that new and in many respects rough and quarter as the results in the clearly written and cleverly volume before us testify � � all that is most and striking in his narrative in his experiences of life in the lately territory and in the estimate which his pictures of its physical aspects and of its people encourage us to draw for the future � saturday brothers list of new books the student s old testament his tory the old testament history from the creation to the return of the jews from by wm smith ll d with maps and large mo cloth uniform with the student s new testament history the history of the jews is here told in a better manner than in any other work of the same and all the results of the deep and accurate inquiries into that history are with the narrative it is indeed a popular though grave and learned on the old testament a taking the form of regular historical writing and written with force and clearness � boston in the preparation of the text it is evident that great care has been taken to render the work one that while and the and claims of should be suitable for the characteristic criticism and of the age it is an excellent of nearly all the valuable matter that criticism historical and have accumulated round the old testament word of god � � j the student s new testament history the new testament history with an introduction connecting the history of the old and new by william smith ll d classical in the university of london with maps and large mo pages cloth a valuable and cheap of accurate information drawn the most recent results of � those who have read the new testament only in a fashion or in the method in which it is arranged in our version will find a new light cast upon it by the study of the book in its order and with such helps as dr smith has here presented � n� philadelphia sabbath school teachers and the more advanced pupils of sabbath schools as well as intelligent private students of the will find this a and � h s poems miles o the poetical works of charles g miles o consisting of poems and which have not heretofore been collected together with a sketch and notes by robert b portrait on steel crown vo cloth his poetry will not be soon neglected or forgotten there is a charm about his verses which must make them ever welcome tenderness sentiment aud humor abound in them the absence of malice or bitterness is characteristic of the writer s whole nature � � few can read the poems without can read them without interest � x herald mrs hale s woman s record or sketches of all distinguished women from the creation to the present time arranged in four with from female writers of each era by mrs s j hale illustrated with more than portraits engraved by j a new edition with additions yo cloth nearly ready ing also a practical i ting the happy mean between the excess and the total of the old he has given to us a series of just such sensible suggestive and talks about writing and english language as one would expect from a man of bis great experience as a speaker writer and teacher this after all is precisely what american students need upon the whole the book has these great merits it is a growth and not a it is iv sincere lively clear practical finally instead 