The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-08

souTH FERN MEDIcAL ,RFPoRJs Edited by 2 D. Fenner,
oil New Orleans Vol l, 1919 6vO, PIP. 472.
This is the first volume of what are to be the
Medical Annual Reports of the Southern States.
1t has been prepared with great care and much
judgement by Dr. Fenner, who has stolen into the
hours of the night to perfect his labors interrupted
as they have been by his practice.
The plan is an admirable one, and its execution
is highly commended by the profession. The book
should be found in the library of every Southern
physician. We quote single sentence from the
preface
''The motive that prompted the present under
taking, was desire to stimulate the physicians OF
the South 10 more jealous and energetic prosecu-
zion of the noble science TO which they have de-.
voted their lives and its object to establish cheap
and substantial medium of publication, through
which their labors may be united, nterchanged
among each other and handed down TO posteTity.' .
The book has been published at the risk of the
Editor, and we sincerely hope he may not prove a
loser by his love of science. The diseases of the
South deserve TO be studied by themselves Il is
for this reason, that believe the Medical College
of New Orleans, the best school to educate Physi-
clans for the South. When we have the yellow
fever, we want to be cured or killed by man who
has studied the disease from the living subject, and
not from lectures and books in Philadelphia.
The Reports can be found at the Bookstores in
the city.
GoLDsMITH's WORKS.
The fourth and last volume of Putnam's beauti
lu edition has just been received by J. B. Steel.
This volume contains his Poems, Plays and Mis-.
cellanes. A new edition, cheap and readable, has
long been demanded. Last year a friend from the
country wrote to US for Goldsmith, and we were
compelled to send one Of the cheap editions of the
4 Eo -
been the only one decent in point of typography.
We glad to see the works of the great minds OF
the English language republished in this country,
in such form as to please the eye, and yet so
cheap as to be in the reach of all. 1t is only in
such manner chat the tide of cheap literature,
with its demoralIzng influences, can be checked
Instead of filling their trunks with the ephemeral
literature of the day. we advise our friends in heir
preparations for long steamboat voyage, to take
" Goldsmith's Works." with Irving's life. Better
read again this most charming OF writers, than
pore over the scky novels forgotten as soon as read
Ell DORADO OR, ADVENTURES IN THE PATH OF EMPIRE
LIMO,
Mr.. Taylor is well known by his various works,
as an acute observer and agreeable writer. lie
describes the scenery, mineralogy, state Of society,
ETC., etc., with graphic pen, and the subject, in
Ieresting in itself, gains new interest under his
hand. The thousands who are looking to Califor-
mia as their home, will eagerly read the views of so
judiciou5 a traveller The book is at S,eel's
a DICrloNoRY OF MACHINES, MECHANICS, ENGINE
WORK AND ENGINEERING: By Oliver Byrne. Pub
lshed in Numbers.
We have repeatedly called the attention of Me-
chanics to this, Encyclopedia Of the Useful Arts.
The articles are prepared with great care, and the
whole learning of the age is exhausted. Every
Mechanic who feels pride in his trade, will GER
tainly place this book on his shelf. See Steel's
advertisement.