The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-29

this country has IN preparation volume Tor popu-
lar circulation the comparative merits OF the
French and American constitutions.
MIR. MAcAULAY has at length completed two
more volumes of his History Of England and they
will be published the coming autumn by Long
mana, (and simultaneously, we presume ny the
Messrs. HARPER)
The Poems of Edith May, from the press OF L. H.
Butler of Philadelphia, will be one of the most
beautiful of the illustrated books Of the season. Mr.
Butler is an artist in book making and he has never
published any thing more elegant.
The HAPPENS have in press DraytOn, d Tale Of
american life in which ia traced the career of a
voune American from the workshop to places OF
trust and honor; and a friend, who has read the
manuscript, speaks in warm terms OF the frequent
beauty OF the style, the warmth Of the colorng, the
animation of the narrative, and the general pro-
gress and development of the story. The author
| Is THOMAS II. SHREvE, for the last ten or twelve
wears one of the editors of the Louisville Daily Jour
nal, and for twenty years we'll and most favorably
known by frequent and elegant contributions to
western literature.
The Rev. Mr. HUErINGToN, once village doc
tor, then congregational minister, next an Epis-
copal clergyman, and now Catholic priest, made
his mark year or two ago in the novel of Alice
the Mysteries, in which there was displayed great
deal of talent well as a very peculiar morality.
He has just added to his works (by Putnam tale
called Alban In which hero somewhat like HIM
self is conducted through various pursuits into the
faith, and by pleasantly related vicissitudes to
| good condition.
Dr. TYNa has added to the Memoir of the late Rec.
Edteard Bickerstsh, by the Rev. T. r. BIRKs, an
| Introductory chapter, and the work has been pub
| lshed in two volumes by the Harpers. Mr.. Bick-
ersteth of the most excellent and most in
eresting men in the English church, and this we'll,
| written memoir will have place among standard
| religious biographies. (For sale by TAYLOR s.
| MAURy, in Washington city)
| Home Book of The Picturesque, to be published by
Mr.. Putnam, will be upon the whole the most beau
tiful souvenir volume of the year. The engravings
1 10 a Nf Nam Vail
Beckwith; the Glove, Catskill, by Durand; the Al
| eghanies, North Carolina, by Richards; Snow
Scene on the Housatonic, by Gignoux; Catskill
| Scenery. by Kensett; Schroon Lake, by Cole; West
Rock, New Haven, by Church; Adirondack Noun
| tans, by Durand; the Juniata, Pennsylvania, by
Talbot; Cascade Bridge on the Erie Railroad, by
Talbot the Rondout, by Huntington; Church at
! West Point, by Weir; Wa-wa- yanda Lake, by
Cropsey, &C.; and these illustrated with letter
| press by Miss Cooper, Fennimore Cooper, Irving,
Bryant, Willis, Bayard Taylor, Magoon, Bethune,
and one two persons quite unworthy OF the asso-
citation to which the publisher admits them. The
Book of Home Beauty, also to be issued by Mr.
Putnam, we judge from a few proofs Of Mr. Mar
tins pictures which we have seen, will be much
| more attractive volume than any "Book OF Beau
typ published abroad The text OF this is all
from the pen of Mrs Kirkland.
| Mr.. MITCHELL book, the Diary Of q
Dreamer, ia in press by Charles Scribner, and the
| same publisher will issue for the holidays an edl-
ton of the ReverieS of bachelor, admirably Illus
| traed by barley, who seems indeed never to have
done better than in some OF his designs for it.
Mr.. LoNoFELLow has in the press of Ticknor,
| Reed & Fields of Boston, new poem, entitled
The Golden Legend 1t is the longest of his poetica
! works, making some $50 pages, and Will soon be
given to the public.
The third fourth, and fifth volumes of the
Works of John Quincy Adams have been Issued by
Little & Brown.
Mr.. PUTNAM publishes for the coming holidays
impression of the Memorial, which is incom
rtatl
| ever printed a gift book in this country. The
proceeds of the SALE it is known. are to be appro-
priated for the erection of q monument to the late
Mrs. Osgood, in Mount Auburn Cemetery. The
book is made up of original articles by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Chancellor Walworth, N. p. Willis,
Bishop Doane, G. p. r. James, s q. Goodrich,
John Neal, w. G. Simms, Richard b. Kimba,
George p. Morris, DR.. Mayo, Mrs. Sigourney,
Mrs Embury, Mrs. Cakes Smith, Mrs. Hewitt,
Mrs. Lynch and indeed all the best and most brill
liant writer's of the time; and it is beautifully IL
Illustrated.
HENRyC BArRp of Philadelphia has now in
press Handbook of Locomotive Engineers, by SEP
TIMus NoRnIs, of the celebrated house, Norris and
Brother. engine manufacturers; The Practical Metal
Worker's Assistant, by M. HoLTzAPHFEL, illustrated
with many engravipgs, and enlarged by the addi
ton of American matters; SCoTT's Cotton Spinner,
thoroughly revised by an American editor; new
edition of Mr. OvERMAN's important book on IRON;
The Practical Model Calculator, for the engineer,
machinist, manufacturer, &C., by Mr.. BYRNE, (to
be isBued in twelve semi monthly numbers;) a
Treatise on the american Steam engne, by the same
author; and several other books of this class
Mr.. PUTNAM in few days will publish new
edition of 'SiDaLotc Barn." profusely illustrated
by Mr. Strother, artist who seems perfectly at
home in the old Dominion, as (which may be
the case--all his life had been spent there.
We hope this edition of S,oalioto Barn will be 80
we'll received that the author will give us all his
other works in the same attractive style. Horse
shoe Robinson, Rob Of the Botp Quodtibet, and all
the rest, except the Life Of UNirt, arc now out Of
print and all have been greeted on their first APP
pearance with approval that should satisfy a
more ambitious writer than Mr.. Kennedy.
THE above summary we have abridged from
the September number of the International Maya
zine, the admirable miscellany published by
Stringer & Townsend of New York, and to be
, procured in Washington of TAYLOR & MAuRY,
who the agents for this city The International
before US contains some $50 pages of entertaining
and valuable matter, and Ia embellished by numer-
Gus wood engravings of great beauty and high
finish.
A New FIRE ANNIHIL AToR.-The Newark Id