The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Our Acknowledgements are due to the publishers
and Mr.. II. Taylor, bookseller, for variety of new
works: one i Big Abel, and the Little Manhattan,
by Cornelius Matthews, published as No. S of
Wiley 4 Putnam's Library Of American Books"
This duodecimo is quaint and entertaining noon
light glimpse at men and manners in the city Of
New York
"Wanderings of Pilgrim under the Shadow of
Mont Blanc, by Geo. b. Cheever, d. d., publish
ed as No. Of "Wiley & Pu,nam's Library Of
American Books" This is a well written account
ofravels in Europe, which, however, are by nameans
improved by the authors habit of Juggling in
and out Of season, what he 10 probably pleased TO
consider evidences of his own evangelism. He GER
iainly discourses at least lightly Of sacred things
as do any Roman Catholics; and great part of his
book is made up of sneers at their multiplicity Of
professions. He will doubtless find few read
ers to fancy his book the more for this striking
characteristic, which is by no means calculated TO
recommend il TO the general reader.
"The Wigwam and the Cabin" by w. Gilmore
Simms, published as No. 4 of Wiley q Putnam's Lii
brary Of American Books. This republication ofthe
authors best contributions to the American ANIMALS
will prove very acceptable to the lovers of light lit
crature. II embraces some Of his happiest efforts.
"A Dictionary Of Practical Medicine comprising
general pathology, the nature and treatment OF dis
eases, morbid structures, !" &c. by James Copeland,
M. D., F. T. 8. edited, with additions, by Charles
A. Lee, M. D., part IL New York, Harper &
Brothers, ls45. We cannot write concerning this
book, from the stores Of our own knowledge Its
extensive and increasing circulation with the pro-
fession, however, and the high encomiums which
have been showered on il by every medical period
ica in the country, are sufficient guarantee to rec
ommend it to physicians and medical students as of
great value.
No. (the October number) of "The Farmers
Library and Monthly Journal of Agriculture, !" ed
tied by John s. Skinner, and published by Greedy
and McElrath, New York. The present num-
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erior to its predecessors II should be in the hands
Of every farmer in the country. A @S
No. of Harper q Brothers. new edition of the
'Wandcring Jew,n by Eugene Sue, which is, in
Decd the publishers say, "superbly illustrated"
This new and more elegant translation is proposed
to be completed in about eighteen numbers. The
leterpress is exquisite that of their pictorial
edition Of the Bible, now in course Of publication;
while the numerous engravings with which the
work is embellished in all respects finished,
and more striking, than those ornamenting the for
mer work. No Illuminated book has been publish
Brothers. illustrated edition Of Shakespeare, which
equals this publication in style and effect. The text
of the work requires no notice at hands. In ten
years from this day, every man, woman, and child
in the Union, who can read, will have read the
"Wandering Jew" Notwithstanding the evident
failure in the last ten or twenty chapters.
No. 40 of "Harper & Brothers Illuminated and
New Pictorial Bibles" the cngravings of which are
superior in design and execution to those Of The
three or four preceding numbers.
No. 10 of"An Encyclopedias of Domestic Econo-
my" comprising such subjects as most immedi-
ately connected with thousekeeping--as the con-
struction of domestic edifces, with the modes of
ventiating, and lighting them; descrip-
ton of the various articles of furniture; the preser
walton of health domestic medicines, &c.-illustra-
ted with nearly one thousand engravings. New
York, Harper g. Brothers, 1885,"
The 18th number completes this valuable work,
which certainly is the best of its class ever publish
ed in the United States. We make no exceptions;
and the reading public doubtless coincide with US
upon this point. According to its title, the Ency-
clopedia Of Domestic Economy embraces wide
range; yet its every topic 10 fully and ably treated
There are few persons so well read AZ not to ac-
qure information tending either to domestic econo-
my or increased domestic comfort from its pages.
The Harpers have published nothing within the past
year. that promises to benefit the public at large more
than this book. &' 5H3i Faafa '4
Also, Nos. 81 and 60 81 Isrpers' Illuminated and
Illustrated Shakespeare. Al5a'}