The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-23

Literary Notices
m. HO,n.Oas o. Latter ~ Saiats ia the VALLEY Of hs
l,ysat Sail Lake history OF their rise and progress
peculiar doctrines, present condition and prospects, de-
lived from personal observation during a residence
among them. BY LieuL j. W. GUNSlsoS, Of the topo-
graphical engineers Philadelphia LIPPINoorT GRAM.
30 IL Co. 1882. tFor sale by TAYLOR MAUsY)
Lieut. Gunnlson attached 10 the Utah exploring
expedition, under Capt Howard Stansbury. whose off.
ca report has been heretofore laid before the public
The information Embodied in this volume obtained
during the abors OF that expedition and in part by the
aid OF its presence and consists in great OF such
facts as not within the scope OF Capt Sanburys
commission together with authentic account OF the
religious political, and domestic economy OF the Nor
mon Sect and of the lives and characters of oseph Smith
and his successors in authority. This singular people.
whose history gives another illustration oil what perse
yeraoce can accomplish and creduy believe nave now
become important element IN our republic and oe-
eupy TOO important position the highway to the Pa
cifc to be treated any longer with contempt We may
hold their faith to be absurd and their rites fanasca but
we are compelled respect the substantial results OF
their unexamped endurance their enterprise and their
dusry Prosecuted IRON their prosperous homes the val
lev of the Mississippi with consent they abandonthe
possessions. and taking up their weary and protraeed
march for the West at length they halt in the secluded
valleys of the Rocky mountains and seek subsistence
from most difficult and aborous, and artificial agrcu-
ture unseduced by the golden plains which lie just be
yond them and unerrifed by the savage enemies that
are intent on their determination We may say they
were controlled by fanaticsm in this of conduct
hut be il fanatcism wisdom question its
nuccess or it's importance What the future history OF
this people may be. and whether they have already
reached that point where decline begns questions
which eyery reader will desire to answer for himself,
and for determining which this valuable and reliable
work furnishes abundant information.
My Life and Acts IN Hungary i" the years 1913 and 1919
By ARTHUR GoRsEI New York. HARPER q BRorHERs.
1852 (For sale by FARNnAM)
Now that the enthusiasm which attended Governor
Kossuh has subsidized the public will be better prepared
To rive 10 this statement OF OF the most usous Of
the Hungarian generals the calm attention winch impair
allty demands II is evident that an unworthy ana Vu
uar rivalry existed great extent among the leaders OF
N. Hungarian revolution and TO TINS TACT may ne atribu-
tad il some measure the disasters OF that sangunay
s,,n0vle This memoir will enable to determine how
de.nly orpei himself actuated by that spirit OF in
subordna,on which he condemns in Others and to which
Kossuh refers the precipitation OF the hnal disasters OF
the war History alone settle the charges OF treason
and which each seeks to fasten the other
and we therefore welcome the publication of these memoirs
as part of the narrative of the actual events, and fur
nshng sort of standard Of comparison with the subse-
ouent publications which we may undoubtedly look for
The Insiutes of Algebra being the first part of Of
Mathematics, designed for the OF schools academies
and colleges. by GERARpUs BEEKMAN DocHARTY, LII D !,
Professor of Mathematics in the New York Free Acade
nv New York HARPER IL BROTHERS. 1852. (For sale
by FARsHAM)
AS we understand the author of this work on al
geba he has not attempted any radical changes in this
branch OF mathematical science, but has only made its
language more familiar and conormabe to the spirit of
the recitation room. Whether it has any other advan-
ages present standard textbooks, we have been
unable to discover Its chief merit perhaps, is that which
constitutes the aim of most Of the new school books
which are SO prousely issued in this age and especially
in this country wit the simplifying the formula and
adding more copous explanations and illustrations for the
assistance Of the tutor, that indifeentynformed
teacher or one that lacks industry, may STILL with the aid
Of the modern school books. maintain himself with credit
ia his school
Fus Principles of Chtisiry for the use of Cogts and
Schoei BY BEsIAMIS SILLMAs, jr, M A. Nj d professor
in Yale College, &C. With 423 illustrations. 25th edition.
rewritten and enlarged Philadelphia. PECK 81 BLIss
1852
In the fact that this is the 23th edition find pie
proof of the adaptation and value of this work text
book in chemical science The authors name. also,
Justly celebrated both by his abors and those of the
elder Silman is another guarantee fits ability and cr
cal excellence is we'll furnished with excellent and
original plates which add greatly TO the perspcuy of the
text, and the results of the latest researches in the
science are carefully imboded in this edition.
It is to be found al all the bookstores.