The republic., 1851-09-13
New Books.

The NILE BOAT; on GLIMrsEs OF THE LAND OF
EeYPT. By W. H. BARTLETT, author Of" Forty
Days in the Desert" 1851 New York. HARPEn
& BRoTHEns Washington: TAYLOR s. MAuRY.
This is one of the most beautiful volumes of the
day, and by its cheapness popularizes the marvels
of Egypt in style that we have not before wit
messed The author claims to have busted himself
mainly with the picturesque aspect of Egypt, and
with the attempt to give lively impressions of ac-
tual sights. His text is chiefly compiled from for
mer works, but his pictorial illustrations we're all
drawn on the spot, many of them with the Camera
Lucida. They are quite various, displaying the
principal movements of the earlier or Pharaonic
school, at Thebes; the later Ptolemac STYLE as at
Edfou and Phe, with some of the most beautiful
specimens of the Arabian, at Cairo. The sites of
Alexandria and Thebes, with their principal ruins,
are distinctly and integiby given. The illustra-
tons of the modern scenery of the Nile and of the
manners and customs of the inhabitants, are all
from actual sketches, with the figures as they stood
in life. They beautifully drawn ano engraved
The Typography, and whole getting up of the vol
ume in the highest style of art, and evince the
increased demand among all classes of readers for
the luxuries of literature. The HARpERs have been
for many years ministering most assiduously for
the necessities of the reading public. They have
done of late, and doing, great deal to
makes as pretty holiday present as could be pur-
chased at its cost
This beautiful volume may be found at TAYLOR
& MAURY's.
HAND Books OF NATURAL Philosophy AND As
TRoNoMY. By DIoNYsIUs LARDNER, ID. G. l..
Illustrated by upwards of four hundred engrav-
ngs, on wood. Philadelphia: BLANCHARD and
LEA. 1851.
There is no writer of the present day 80 success
ful in popularizing science as the distinguished au
thor of the volume before In order to meet the
wants of those who desire to obtain separate man
uals the different subjects embraced in the vol
ume, it has been arranged for binding either in
three parts whole. The first part embraces
Mechanics; the second, Hydrostatcs, Hydraulics,
Pneumatics, and Sound; the third. Optics. In pass
ing this volume through the press, the publishers
have availed themselves of the services of SCI
entiic gentleman, who has, corrected some of the
inadvertent errors which had escaped the author,
and has appended a series of questions and exam
pies, for the purpose of drawing the students at.
teution to the practical application of the various
laws and theories explained in the text.
For sale at FRAECK TAvLoR's.
The GIRLHooD OF SHAKsPEARE's HERoINEs. By
MARY CowpLER CLARKE. Tale VII, KATHA-
RINE and BLANCA. Tale VIII, OPHELIA. New
York GEO. p. PUTNAM.
These are two numbers of tales, illustrative Of
the girlhood of SHAKsPEARE's HERoISEs, by the
compiler Of the excellent Concordance of Shaks-
pcare. They written with great deal of skill
and cleverness; and PUTNAM has republished them
in very neat style. They may be found at
FRAHcK TAYLoR's.
REvERIEs OF AN OLD MAID, embracing important
hints to Young Men. New York: DEWITT and
DAvENPoRT.
The illustrations of this little volume are quite
spirited and Punchg, and the text is sufficiently
amusing for this very weather, when one
would not wish to be over exercised with laughter
1t is not quite SO sentimental as TX MARvEL's Reu-
cries Of Bachelor; and, as people arc rather
disposed to sentimentalize than to laugh over the
humors of single blessedness, we doubt if it will
reach so enormous a sale as its precursor Perhaps
however, if the old maids would rather laugh than
cry at their fate, and they may have good reason,
most of them, the volume will have numerous read
ers II NAV be found at TAYLOR and MAURY's.
LIrrELL's LIVING AGE, No. 3S3.-This number
opens with an interesting sketch of the life and
writings of Thomas Moore, from Chambers's Pa
pers for the People, and likewise contains a bio.
graphical notice of Carlyle.
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