New-York tribune., 1842-02-03

PARLoR MELODIES comprising Music original and selected,
or the Piano Forte and Organ viii, several Tunes tor
the Harp and Guitar; adapted 10 series of ORIGINAL
Songs, moral aud religious Arranged and edited b.
Mrs NJ b. Lloyd and Miss NJ, F.. Bailey. PIP ll2.
Harper Brothers.
That sucl, worlh, as this much needed is
sufficiently evident; Tor ii i, n" d"nbi#,rlc, as the
fair Editors state in,hcir preface, that for the want
of such work, eight frivolous, ana. often protune
songs come in to form the nmuScmcris ot the par
=lor." We take great pleasure, therefore, in recon-
amending this cha-tc and beautiful collection. The
tunes have been selected with great taste and
judgement from the most popular airs OF The dag,
and the words are uncNccplionnhle IN style and
sentiment, and admirably adapted 10 the music.
We are glad to sec The Alessl-. llarpers turning
their attention 10 this new field Of publication The
mechanical execution Of the work is fully worthy
Of thcir#rcpulation and its exceedingly low price
oi one dollar, combined with its nrinsic=mcrits.
must recommend il 10 general t:tvor.
SEFTcnEs Of NEw-ENGLANn BY IoiiH CARVER, ESD,
Justice OF the Peace ana Quorum r freGSh' li' fal.
,on-slrCet.
Tins a volume OF readable and right pleasant
sketches With lis anlhur we entirely nnac-
ouantc,l, nor have we ever heard hi, name before,
despite the high dignity which allows linn such 4
tail to his name But he has written v,ry inter
Zc>rng book It's contents are we'll characterized as
Memories of the Counl.y, ,r they mainy relate
10 the scenes characters and habits ot r.na HE.
Several OF them were frs, published in the kncli-
erbockcr.
TIA, LAplEs' CoMrASIo>. February. !8io. ". VI. Snow
den, lna Fnlion->tl,ct.
\ hac engraving OF tho City OF Clca prctaccS
tins number, which, is enriched l,v one OF Mrs FL
1Er'> sprite, t.glsla,ions from the German, and
bv original articles, both in prose and verse, from
" F. Willis. Mrs. Siaourncy, Pa. Benjamin,
Prof Inyrallam and other well known writers.
ZELs,iESrs or Pl,IN GsoMErsS. BY y. TlLilNcHtsr#
This is the ;tlc OF :: t!.in volume prepared Tor
the use OF schools |, embraces merely Ih', Gle
n,en,< OF tho science and intended 10 super
>cJc any similar work, bnt merely 10 ,npplya lack
heretofore felt. lis arrangement appears good and
it, demonstrations cca. and we'll expressed
L,py,s Musical LusAxy February, 1912 George l.
Curry 4 Co. l67 Broadway.
The second number OF this new monthly contains
twelve pieces Of Music, six of which origina!
Among them some fine ballads, waltzcs quad
rifles. &c Lv The most emincn, Professors OF the
a,. Ii i, edited hy Charles Jarvis,
prrsx r,Rln.'s F,KrwetL. NJ NJ, DoiL Brick Clurc!
Chapel.
Peter Iarlcy is 50 well known ,o"yrn the yo,,ns-
,,St OF ,tr readers that il wonld be >uperluous iot
u, 10 tell who he is wha, is the character Of hi,
Writings This volume is madrup q. i;tniiar con
v,rSo,ious upon yarols subjects OF Natural IliSio
rv, and is illustrated BY several .ne wood cuts
rnr Law REPORTER, February, 1872 Bradbury ( Sodc'
l21 NaSsauSrcet
Remarkable Trials. Recent Amcrican De
cisions, Digest o American Cases. Intelligence
and Miscellany, are the general S#ot the con
tents of this Magazine. Ihc.yeon'a'n much 'n't''
of deep intcr,,>, 10 the professions
RosEkr MERsy's MUSEUM, February, lSia Bradbury
SoAen, 1T Nassau-strcee,.
p.RLNy,s MAGAZINE February, 1872 c. 5. Francis, p
Broadway.
Capital works these for children, as our reader
have often been informed