New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS

tY- We have received q specimen of q
"NEw SYSTEM Of MUSICAL NOTATION" for the use Of
the Blind, by c. Mahony, graduate Of the New.Yosh
INSTITUTION for the Blind The plan Ia to simplify No
method Of printing music Ia the raised characters foe
the Blind by substituting the letters by which the noss
are known for the themselves highly compe
tent authority, Mr. Richard Storrs WillIs editor of TN
Musical World, expresses decided opinion la favor
Of the improvement lie says "tis difficult foe persoa
not himself blind, to appreciate a tho obstacles which
Mr. Msbony has overcome la invcnting this ingenious
musical system. To those whose only direct avenue
to knowledge s by the touch the lines OF the staff The
notes them, the stems Of the notes. the bars tho
rests and tho dots, must prove endless soure, Of
confusion and embarrassment; lor this reason ranr
musical characters ike other letter from the surface
must prove npractc able unless those characters bs
materially changed and smplifed. This has been sue.
cessuily effected In the present system. and the Ian.
gusee Of music Ia made simpler, even than Is usually
found Music Is SO nestimsble resource to the blind
that Mr.. Mahony deserves both encosrag smont and
consra,uls,ion for his most useful and phauthropbe
invention"
~ AUTooRArHs FoR FREEDon.p (I2mo.
PIP 263. Boston; Jsweu & Co Sold BY William
Hsrned) This Is a novelty in the world of gu
'"o'e"'P ~" 'h'f ''hluic - y fDilrCttDu OF auto
graphs by various persoas eminent for position, char.
seter or philanthropy The specimens OF hand writing
In each case. are accompanied with Original remsrss
by The writer In some instances comprising only few
hnes In others extending to the length Of an essay
poem, or q narrative Among the "signers," We lind
the nance Of Mr. Seward Mrs Stowe. Mrs Kirkland.
Mss M. sedgwick, Richard Hldretb, Horacs Mann.
Horace Greeley, Charles sumner Lewis Taposn,
GerIit Smith, John Perpont Frederick Douglass
Lord Carlisle, and many others The autograph Of
Horace Mann Is preceded by Characteristic sentence
NAME.
On betnS askod for HE AuoSyap1
Why ark Namei Small Is tue good Il brines.
name. are but breath. Dcsds DEEDS alone are Thugs
"" ELsMhSrs OF GEOLOGY" by ALosno
GAATsDd c ADAMS O2rno PIP a54 Harper Broth
ers) In hs treatise, the leading principles Of Geolo
are act forth In compact and intelgiblefor While
hpresepts general view Of the Geology Of the Amen
Can Continent according 10 the results Of The istsA
surveys, h also embraces in one
the facts snd deductions pertaining to the various poe
tons Of the globe. The connection Of Geology with 70
vesled religion deliberately discussed, and the mot
pisu,ble theores presented which claim 10 recoe
Gle iis discoveries with the statements Of Uo,v W.T.
AZ lucid summary Of the prndpsi facts Of the .csnee
general reader ss we'll
"" The ILLUSTRATED MAGAzEE Of AR,
No. l. Among the engra'ings in this specimen nun
Der Of new periodical the most attractive are pos'
nsn OF cAsueer, DIR. Johnson reading the Vicar d
Wskeheid Brother Alfus listening 10 the Song Of Tho
Brd Of Parable, Re,sehs Pegasus In Harness. Tbs
Duke OF Wellington at Windsor Castle, Napoleon =
fon'a'noleau, Wellington Funeral Procession Thes
are uncommouy well executed, and illustrate subjes
OF gepersl interest The number contains varictya
descriptive matter, Ia connexion with the ensrayinq
and both nthe arstie and the letter press Department
has made highly successfui beginning Alexsnd<f
Montgomery
II" MEMOIR Of MARy l.. WARE,'by Ed
WARD B. HAIL. An sfsctionate and discriminating n
butte to tbs memory of an admirable woman, The w
Of the lste Henry Ware Jr, of Boston ComprssVs