New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-12


health cannot fail to be of service to the reader what
ever NOV be his views concerning by dropahy as sys
tenn We are clad To witness such judcious efforts TO
nopula,ize knowledge Of the laws 10 which the hu-
man constitution Is subject II Is In this way that the
prevailing want Of vigorous health which is said oy Tor
eier ers to charsc ze countymen Il TO be rene
died A work ike the one before US k worth all the
qupine blaepl and cod liver oil between Newfound-
land and New Mexico IT. main doctrine Is that health
deuends Oh tenn perance toncs and that pure spring
wateris 4 more healing medicine, than all the oit'er
doses Of the shops. (Fowlers Wels)
T MEYERS UNIvERsUM," edited by
CH.KIEsA DANA No I. This Is an American edition,
greatly improved and enlarged, Of popular encyco-
peds German work. containing views OF the most re-
srkabie places and objects Of al countries In steel
epgravings with descriptive and historical text, oy en-
pent writers In Europe and America The Original
work sustains high reputation In Germany, and Is cir
cuaied more widely than any periodical ever puohed
In that country Its position in literature, may oe COM
pared 10 that Of Satilers Cosmoramas In painting sup
plying in sense the want Of foreign travel The
famous old cities cathedrals palaces, castles, legislative
halls. and natural in every part of the world are
represened by admirable engrsvngs, while the letter
press descriptions not merely dry detail OF facts,
but eloquent essays the historical and political asso-
Citations suggested BY the objects under consideration
The present edition preserves the main features OF the
original bat introduces such Improvements as adapt
10 the requirements Of the American public Arrange
ments have been made to present complete collecuon
of views from all parts Of the Western Continent Dis
,ineuh he'd artist. have been engaged for year ia
visiting the most romantic regions Cfthe United States,
Canada and Central America, whose sketches from ma
ture will due time be published, illustrated by dessrp
tive articles from the pens of popular American wrers
! The number now issued Contains views among others
Of Niagara Falls and the Tower Of London. Judging
from its general appearance, we think the work will
CONNIE nd itsef to the popular taste in this country and
find an extensive circulation. Giermann J. Meyer
"CoBBs SPEAKER" by LYMAN
COBB Q2mo. PIP. SO. J. C. Riker) This is a new
collection of exercises in elocuton by the weknown
author of various successful work. ia different branches
of elementary education Il consists Of extracts from
the best Anne ricsn and English writer's both in prose
and poetry many of which used for the fret
time in a manual of elocution. Among our native au'
thors of whose productions specimens are here gwen
we find Irving Everett, Bancroft, Prescott, Claiming
Lonpfeow, Webster, Emerson, and Others although
few selections are furnished from our moot eminent
Congressional orators The pieces are uniformly OF
correct moral tone and adapted 70 cultivate and relne
the taste The volume opens with a treatise on the
principles OF elocutOn with numerous examples tor
practice. We think taa this work will be found
yenient txt book by practical teachers especially those
Who incline TO drill their pupils in reading rather than
in defamation. The same publisher has also Issued
new editions of Cobbs series OF Readers which are
held In such universal esteem By instructors that any
commentator of them would be superfious
u "TRE NEW YORK Quarterly RE-
VIEW" No H. Edited by A. G. Remington. We have
received another number oftais new periodical which
shows considerable Improvement the fret issue but
"a still destitute OF the features essential 70 high place
among its quarterly competitors. The most interesting
article is chapter of personal "reminiscences OF Feni
more Cooper By Prof Greene, written with true feel
ing and great beauty We have also the lecture by the
same gentleman delivered before the Mercantile Library
Association on The Hopes Of the Liberal Cause OF
| Europe" An essay on American Art maintains the
inheritance of national democratic school Of Ain this
country free from serye loyalty to foreign masters
II is positive and dogmatc in It's tone and Inter persed
with various trenchsnt criticisms. The TRANSACTIONS OF
Goethe's Aphorisms continued There are several
other articles of less importance, but in general, they
are without sufficient point strength to make deep
impression Cornish, Lamport & Coz
rY7 "PUTNAM's LIBRARY FOR THE Poo
PIE" This popular series neatly put up in uniform
binding is well deserving Of place in school and social
libraries al well in private collections 1t contains
OLMsrEADs graphic sketches of English travel entitled
"W.tKs AND TALKS or An AMERICAN FARMER" IDA
PFytpFrR's JOURNEY TO ICELAND" translated by Miss
COOPER DIcKENs's HOME AND Social PHILOSOPHY
and "THE WORLD HERE AND THERE" from House
hold Words,n HOOPS "WHIMsIcALITIEs' AND =" UP THE
RHINE" "CLAREr AND OLIVES by REACH, ana
charming Book FOR CoRNER" by LEIGH HUNT.
Utmost of these volumes, we have spoken ayorsy at
the time of their appearance, and we do not cotton
to them any less now that we see them In colecuon
The neatness of their exterior as well as the interest oil
their contents gives them tgh place among the favor
tie serials of tie day. Geo r Putnam
|
~ "Tur LOST SENSES. DEAFNESS
AND BLINDNESS" By JoHN KIrro-This remarkable
volume gives description OF the personal experience
of the author as connected with the total depVaaon Oh
hearing which sense was destroyed by accident soon
after he had completed the twelfth year oil his age
relates variety of curious facts, illustrating tue eon
don If total deafness and also of the mental operations
in the use of external signs for the commanleauou
tboueht "A AN appendage TO the main subject the
author of the loss of sight, and presents the history
of several indiyiduls who have successfully struggled
with the difficulties arising from blindness The numer'
ous readers of bible Illustrations" cannot fail to be
deeply interested in this instructive chapter from the
autobiography OF the author. Q2mO pp 579' r. Carter
a. Brothers)
w" WoopBuRY's NEUE METHODS Eur
En1yRSuSc DER ExGLIscHEN sPRAcHE,' (dethod for
Germans to learn Engish) This is an excellent man
nal for the study of the English language and may be
unhesit.tngiy recommended to Germans who wish to
acquire that language without the aid of master Iii
on the same plan Woodburys German Grammar, the