New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

R"WoRps IN EARNEST" (l2mo. PIP.
qe2 Edward H. Flstcher) A collection OF Essays
on several Important moral subjects. namely, The
influence OF Cities The Thesier. Duties OF Em-
ployers and EMPLOYED Theory of Punishment
Plea for Children and The sabbath The authors
are Rev W w EyeYts Rev G.. w Alexander, Rev
William Hague, Prof G.. w. Anderson. and Kew
George B Cheever. The Essay on the Duties OF
Employers and Employed. by Rev William Hague,
sbounds in excellent suggestions. and Us views are
stated with precision and good sense. Prof. Ander-
sons discussion 81 Punishment IS scholastic IN It's
method and intensely Pagan IN It's spirit. He MAN
tains hs; punishment Is not preventive nor reforma
tory that lis legitimate purpose Is not 10 deter the
criminal from the repetition Of cnms nor TO warn
others bv his example still less to make bad man
good but only TO satisfy natural appetite for lac
infection OF evil on the eyd doer IA other woris 70
minister TO the passion for revenge which belongs
10 a certain condition Of humad n .ture HIS Essay
does not show the slg hiest glimpse Of the Sacred
evargel that vengeance belongs 10 the Supreme
Power no ray Of sympathy with Him VINO " came
not 10 condemn, but to save the world" Ills argu
meni may be Platonic, but It certainly Is not CHRIS
tian. and is sill less human
"a The Snow IMAGE AND OTHER Twice
ToLD TALES" by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 10 no.
DIP. l73 Tucker Reed & Fields.) This is anew
volume by the most original Of living stOry-ellerS
consisting OF articles which eit out of his for
meT COLI ctions, some OF them being among his
lest writings, which, as the author nayely remarks,
latter living for years IN manuscript skulked into
the ANNALS or magazines, where they have hidden
themselves ever since" curious ont OF auto
biography is given in the preface addressed 70 Iora
ITO Bridge, Esq, t. :. n:
Ifanybody is Irresponsible for my being a, this day
an author. II is yourself. | know not whence your
faith came but, while ne were lads together at a
country college,-gatheTng blue-oerres IN study
hours, under those tall academic pines or watching
the great logs, they tumbed along the current ri
the Androscoggn or shooting pigeons ana gray
squirrels IN the woods or bat fo~lng IN the sum
mer twilight CT catching iToutS IN mat sha1O"Y
little stream which, | suppose, Is still wandering
fiverwaTd through the foreSt,-though you and
viii never cast line IN /, again,-tao IDLE lads, IN
short las We need not fear 10 acknowledge now,
doug hundred things hat Lhe Faculty never heard
o. OF else II had been the worse for US stlll II VAS
your prognOstlc of your friends destiny that he w.
10 he a. writer Of fiction.
rv@ G.. 5. Francis & Co have ISSUED -
variety Of excellent juvenile works adapted to tue
season. which deserve the attention OF parents AMI
those who are in pursuit of appropriate gttS to their
Young friends. We notice as OF special value among
their publications, Mrs. HOLLANDS HoNE TALEs,'
an old iavorte with young readers TRUE SroRiEs
PROM MODERN HISTORY a collection OF interesting
narratives extending from the death OF Charlemagne
20 the battle Of Waterloo THE Book or ENTER
rAINMENr,' comprising large mass OF cunosit es
and wonders in nature and art MERRY TALES FOR
LITTLE Folks" illustrated with numerous engrav-
~ and IhEF.
forming a comprehensive and delightful juvenile
Library.
u Charles b. Norton has issued i
"HANpBooK or LIFE Insurance." explaining lhe
priacipes of the system, and maintaining view Of
l. directly the reverse of those in a recent art e
on the subject in "Hltnfs Merchants Magasaqs'
The same publisher has commenced series entitled
" The RAILROAD LIBRARY The first number IL
Dr. LArnAN's MAN and his Mgranons," an inter
esung and instructive workout demanding too
much attention for reading IN a railroad car Sc
res Of attractive stories biographies, and books Of
uayef neatly got up for that purpose would meet
with extensive patronage.
Il The NNETEETH CENTURY, on the
New DIsPEssATIoN," by LAYMAN. defense ofthe
claims of EMANUEL SwEDENBoRG as a teacher ofe1-
traordmay illumination together With an exposition
Of the leading points his theological system 1t IS
ABLY written often eloquent, and in far more iuci1
style than is usually employed by writer's OF me
Syedenborgian school Many Of its criticisms the
spirit of the age pungent and strongly sustained
a vein of masculine thought pervades its course or
argument and no one can read II IN a contempatlve
mood without receiving important and fruitful sug
gestons Q2mO. PIP. 425 John Allen Coz
n YOUNG AMERICAN ABROAD \
unique little volume, consisting OF arecord OF travel
An Europe by number of pupils and their instructor
his in the form of familiar letters 10 one of their
companions study at home, and faithfully describes
the impressions made on youthful minds by foreign
tour The volume is issued under the auspices Of
Rev DR.. CnouLEs, who, We presume performed
the functions Of "guide, preceplor and friend,' -
the young travellers 'Q2mo PIP. 81. Boston
Gould & Lincoln. Sold by \. d. + Randolph
70 An admirable series Ofjuyenlle books
from the pen OF Francis c. WooDwoRrH, wri:e,
for young people almost without a superior In this
country has been published III Boston, by Phillips
Sampson & Co., and is sold by strnges & Town
send The titles Of the little volumes are "The
DIVING BELL" THE PEDDLERs BAG" "MIkB
MARBLE and so forth. The STRAWBERRY GIRL"
Is another charming juvenile by the same alIhor
published by Charles ScToner.
"a "MEDlrATIONs IN AMERICA" by WILL
LIAN Ross WALLACE. second edition of poems,
which have found a large and apprecia,ye audi
ence among our countrymen nee their frs. appear.
aIce, and which give the promise Of continued
popularity, by their enthusiastic freshness, their
glowing patriotism, and their frequent bursts Of gen
uine poeLcal inspiration. ~ mo PIP. H3. Challe5
ScnbnsrJ
tV The IMPERIAL GUARD of NAPoLE-
ON by T. HEADLEY, forms an appropriate sequel
70 Napoleon and his Marsaals," the most charac-