The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Mr.. Franck Taylor, bookseller, has again placed
us under obligations for several new works. They
are an "Encyclopadia of Domestic Economy;''
"The Dutchman's Fireside;" "Platonic Theology"
by DR.. i. Lewis; part 9th of the Dictionary Of
Practical Medicine;'' No. 49 of Harpers' ''Illiu-
minated and illustrated Shakespeare" No. 26 Of
Harpers' illuminated and new Pictorial Bible3'
and the I'd vol. of the "United States Exploring
Expedition"
An Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, com
prisng such subjects as are most Immediately con-
nected with housekeepng-a the construction of
domestic edifces, with the modes of warming, ven
tlang, and lighting them; description of the va
rious articles of furniture; the preservation ofheah
domestic medicines, &C., illustrated with nearly
1000 engravings; New York: published by Harper
& Brothers. In the simplicity of her good nature
and by way OF adding little to the stock of gene
raj information thought necessary in her day to
make lady an accomplished housewife, old
Mother Glass giravely told her readers, in her d.
rections for cooking the fish, that they must "rst
catch the fish; then, &C." This truism, which, in
latter times, has been made TO serve as a shower
bath on the hopes of many an air-castle builder,
not indicative of the peculiar turn Of the
old ladys mind, (as may be seen every page of
her venerated book,) than of the total absence Of
any design in the household literature Of the day. to
teach that "there is much more in making pud-
ding than the tying of the bag" If Mother Glass
could read this work, she would indeed exclaim---
"The worlds turned upside down." for it is neither
more nor less than an effort to make the world un-
deIstand the philosophy of familiar household al.
fairs teach the application of science daily d
ties to insure an increase of comfort.
& We shall not undertake to prove that the
design of this book is praiseWOrthy; that il ele
Yates the domestic duties Of woman and at the
time impresses its readers with the fact that supe-
rior economy and comfort are attained by knowl-
edge of the principles of philosophy on which all
he ly friAinO hO,IaehnId dufieo haca
and by proper understanding of the rules of me-
chanical and mathematical science brought into re-
QUESTION in the construction of dwellings,, ordinary
household furniture, &c. No one cen peruse its
pages and doubt these facts; that il most happily
succeeds in discoursing Of ordinarily unnterestng
topics, SO as to throw charm over them, while it
imparts a mass Of information that may be made
serviceable in saving dollars and contributing to
comfort. Il does great deal, too, towards render
ing those duties agreeable which usually con-
sidered drudgery. Mr.. Franck Taylor has the book
for sale.
Mr.. Franck Taylor, bookseller, has placed on our
table little book entitled, "Every man his own far
rier," containing the causes, symptoms, and most
approved methods of cure of the diseases of horses
by Francis Claier, (author of EVERY man his own
cattle doctor, " and his son. John Clater first Amer
con, from the twenty-eigh,h London edition, with
notes and additions by John 8. Skinner, Philadel-
phia, published by Lea & Blanchard, lsi5 There
is no subject Of such general interest as the MANAGE
ment of the horse in case of sickness or the best
modes of guarding the " condition" and health Of
that animal, Of which so little is ordinarily under
stood. This is to be accounted for, in mea-
sure from the fact that most works on the
horse are either too exclusively profession
al on the one hand, or too much devoted to
the old-fashioned crude and irrational system Of
rse-doctorng, !" on the other. Little has here
tofore been written this subject, which, while 1t
embraced sufficient Of the science of farriery,
told in such manner rs to enable the practical
man to understand it, at the same time instructs
the inexperienced in horse flesh in the many vaiua
bic secrets which are only to be learned from the
careful and rejecting groom. Such book has al
ways been desideratum; and We know Of no one
better able TO compile just what is wanted from the
Of matter already published about horses, than
the gentleman who edited this little book which he
saws is now standard authority in England; and he
proves il by pointing TO the fact that il has already
gone through twenty-eight editions in London Mr.
Franck Taylor has it for sale.
We return our thanks to Messrs Lea & Blanch-
ard, of Philadelphia, for the second volume of the
aUNITED STATES ExrLoRINo EXPEDITIONS which
has been placed in our hands by their agent, Mr..
F. Taylor, bookseller, on Pennsylvania avenue.
This volume Of this interesting work is devoted
to Tahiti, the Samoan groups, and the
other islands in that particular part Of the Pacifc
TO Australia, New Holand,) New Zealand, and
the islands in its vicinity and to account Of tAeir
perilous and ever-memorable antarctic cruise, Z;
contains succinct geographical historical, and sta
tistcal account Of everything Of interest connected
with these ITO us) all but unknown regions The
following synopsis Of the contents of one of the
twelve chapters Of this volume will afford the read
ers of the Union better idea Of the style and char
actor of the book, than any other extract or COM
ments of our own which we could possibly lay be-
fore them, in the limits we are forced to prescribe TO
this notice;
=
"CHArrER THE FIrrH.-Geogrspbica position OF
the Samoan group; its harbors, its tides and currents
its climate, size Of the islands, soil and productions
Of the group, its cultivation, It's quadrupeds, ns
Winds its reptiles, its fish, its products available or
commerce. language Of its natives, their diseases,
their general appearance, their national character,
labors Of the missionaries; native missionaries;