The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-08
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,.yosrporH ON THE HIVE AND HONEY BEE. A
Eospor's Manual. By Rev L. l.. Langstroth.
Northampton, Mass. Hopkins, Bridgeman, 4 Co.
This is a hly-interesting treatise-proba-
hlv the most profound and elaborate that has
ever been issued in this eountry-upOn that
bsautiful and instructive branch of Natural
History. which treats of that model economist
that interchangeable little libertine, agsinst whose
uncertainties no flower is proof-that incarns-
ton of energy and perseverance-the Honey
Bee.
III health having debarred Mr.. Langstroth
from Officiating in his professional capacity, and
VET requiring him to be in tho air as much as
n,s.ible he has devoted himself to the culture
aod study of bees; and is the proprietor oil one
of the most extensive apiaries in the United
Gates and his assertions and statements are
vouohed for and substantiated by his expert
ence.
9, ,vs.v AND THE CHURCH. BY William Hosmer
Auburn, New York WIN. j. Moses.
Mr. Hosmer, after conducting, ably and en-
or ,et;eally, a long newspaper discussion upon
the subject of Slavery, has concluded to publish
b;s Iabors in a modified and more durable
(orm-hence this little volume. The greater
mart of it is devoted to an endeavor to contro-
vert the oft-urged plea that Christianity sane
tons Slavery. His arguments are sound logi'
cal, aud well put.
Tar NEW ORLEANS SKETCH Book. BY " Stahl
onthor Of the Portfolio OF u Southern Medical
Student" Philadelphia: A. Hart, late Carey 4
Hart For sale by Franck Taylor, Washington,
DC.
Funny, funnier, funniest, are the gradatiOns
one is carried through, on opening this book
II il composed of a series Of short sketches
originally written for and published in the N
Orleans Delta of which Stahl" DIR. G. M
Wbartonl is one Of the editors. The meaning
Of many points is specially local but each
sketoh possesses fund of wit and humor, rare
and original, and of catholic significance.
Some half dozen capital illustrations, by the
mapproachable barley, are scattered through
the volume
prry,N's MONTHLY. September, 1853. New York
GP Putnam & Co.
This is the American Magazine, and the
number before us fully comes up to its .prede-
cessors 1t is illustrated with views of the prin-
cipal churches in New York, and contains
seventeen articles. We give the titles of some
of the articles: New York Church Architect.
ure Curosities of Puritan History Salt Lake
and the New Saratoga; The Pacific Railroad
The Day Owls of North America; Our New
President; The Medical Profession Wensley-
a story; From the Summer Diary of Minerva
Tattle Editorial Notes, sc.
The KNIokERBocKER September, 1853 N. York
Samuel Hueston
Promptly with the month comes the Knick.
erbocker, and is always welcome. The Editors
Table is as rich and racy as ever, and the
up the River" correspondent continues his
lucubratiOns. The Fudge Papers are contin-
ued, and the usual variety is maintained.
BLAcKwooD August 1853. New York L. Scott
4 Co. For sale by Taylor Maury, Washington,
DC.
The leading article in this number is The
Narcotics we indulge in" in which the use of
tobacco is treated of at length The other ar.
ticles are: South American Travel and Adyen-
ture Napoleon and Sir Hudson Lowe; New
Readings in Shakespeare; The Instruction in
I L -. l.. -
stOry-and France in 1853.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. July, 1853. N
York L. Scott a Co. For sale by Taylor Maury
Washington, d. c..
This number commences n new volume. II
contains eight articles Annals of LELAND, by
the Four Masters Haxthausen's Notes on
Russia; Cancellations of Comparative Anato
my Shepherd ON Ecclesiastical Forgeres
Autobiography of Signor Ruffni; Count Fic
quelmOnt on the Palmerston Policy The Ok
ford Commission, and Memoirs of Thomas
Moore.
The EDNBURGn REVIEW. July, 1853 New York
Leonard Scott d Co. For sale by Taylor Maury
Washington, b. Z.
The Edinburgh opens with an interesting
view OF the Austrian Court in the Eighteenth
Century ID contains, also, q review of the con-
dtIon OF Popular Education in the United
States, ia which Englishmen are urged to ex-
tend the blessings of education to the masses.
increases the efficiency of a nation, promotes
temperance, aids religion, checks paupersm,
and diminishes crime. These considerations
deserve attention. The article on Quarantine,
Small Pox, and Yellow Fever, asserts that
there is no trustworthy evidence to prove that
ayellow-fever epidemic ever has been import.
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