New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THr sErrcH Book % GEoFTREY CRAYoN Gent I.lustrs-
ted oy DALEY. Putnam, i5j Broadway
Here we have one Of the most delightful books
Of one Of our fret native authors got up in style Of
richness and elegance which does honor the AmeT.
can press Mr Irving has been fortunate in having
barley az his illustrator This artist designer, Is
perhaps without superior, and his knowledge Of and
sympathy with the customs Of our coloni. ancestors
which he Ia. shown in his outlines Of Margaret Il;
him admirably for such venerable and cherished Legends
a. " RID Van Wrinkle" and sleepy Hslow--legends
which should only be trusted reverent hands The
awakening Of Rip Van Wrinkle after his twenty years
nap-the bewdered air Of the old man, he rub' his
forehead. while his beard had grown down over hi,
breast, and his rusty rifle s still in his hsnd-sre in
cellen, keeping with the story Among the other De
signs we think those Of the Widow and her son. the
Pride Of the Valley and that pleasant scene from
the stage Coach where the travelling younsiers ind
John and the dog and pony waiting for them, 5esut
fully drawn AID full Of that quiet psthos for which
Geofrey Crsyon himself isso distinguished.
The engravings are executed in a superior style, and
We hope that the manifest improvement in the ART which
they exhibit, Will save Us hereafter from the necessity
of importing the splendid specimens of wood cuts in
the English Illustrated works The paper used in the
volume made for the purpose, ans has rich gloss
which nearly equal to vellum We hope the publisher
may be encouraged 20 issue the Legend, Of the Aham
brs in similar style
fE~" 4 TRiArIsE ON ErHERlZATION ~ CHILD
nlsrH illustrated BY Five Hundred and Eishty-one
Cases. By WALTEn CHASING MD. Prof. Of Midwife
~ and Medical jurisprudence in the University Of Cam
bridge is handsome octave OF 400 pages Just issued
by Ticknor & Co Boston. The high character Of the
author and the vital importance Of the subject impel US
10 urge the work upon the attention Of the Medical
profession II Ether may indeed be used a. mere com
mendod not only with safety but with assurance ths,
The danger will be rather diminished than increased
then il indeed one OF the greatest blessings vouch
saied to the human family. At I'll events no doctor IS
morally At liberty 70 condemn the new agent withou,
carefully weighing what IS urged in its favor Doctor
Channings reputation both medical and philanthropic
i, such As enttle his 10 the gravest consdera
ton. We presume il may he found at our large book
stores
- 'THE WoMEN up TIE BIBLE. delineated IN
series OF sketches OF Prominent Females mentioned
in Holy Scripture. By Cergymen OF the L. states
illustrated by eighteen characterize steel Engrsvings
Edited by Rev. j. N WAINWRIGHT d D. ia superb
quarto just issued by Appleton & co 700 Broadway
We cannot say that the portraits are faithful 70 the
originals but they certainly faithful to human ma
ture in some Of It's most striking manifestations The
binding of the work is OF the richest mot gsudiesp
kind, and the whole forms Of the choicest gift
books Of the season.
rys THE GEOGRAPHY OF rHE HEAVENS, and
Class Book of Astronomy. accompanied by Celestial
Atlas By ELIJAH II BURRIrr, AN Revised and Cor
rected BY o. NJ Mitchell, AN Cincinnati, is cheap
l2mo Of 800 pages published by Huntington Savage
Pesrlsi II is accompanied by Mitchels Asronomi-
cal Atlas of the most instructive cheap aids to the
ACQUISITION of Astronomical knowledge ever published
We heartily commend it.
~ " a SURVEY or The LINE OF OPERATIONS
or THE UNITED STATES Army IN MEXICO, under the
command Of General WINFIELD SCOTT. made by Major
TURNsuLL Capt MCCLELLAN and Lieut.. HARDcAsrLE'
has Just been published in Washington, and is for sale
in this City at Putnam'..
New MUsIc.-The Publishers Messrs. Kerksieg
and Breusing have sent us q charming new Waltz by
strakosch, called the Forgetme Not. It will have a
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