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SALLusTs JUGURrHA CATILINE. With Notes and Vo-
cabulary. BY Noble Butler and Mnard Surgus New
York: d. Appleton Co. For sale by r. Farnham.
Washington, ID. c.
A portion of this work was done by Mr.. But
Ter, of Louisville, the victim of Matthew Ward !;
the rest, by Mr.. Sturgus, former President of
Hanover College, Indiana, both ripe scholars
and experienced teachers. 1t has been pre-
pared with great carefulness. The text appears
to be accurate the vocabulary is brief, but COM
prehensive, embracing the derivation, compo-
sit;on, and idiomatic use of words and phrases.
A practiced teacher tells us that the notes are
well calculated to aid and encourage the pupil
in the constant use Of the Grammar and Clas-
steal Dictionary, and, by brief and pointed COM
ments on the motives and actions of the princi-
pal characters, and by pleasant illusions to sim
liar operations in our own times, the dullness of
simple translation is greatly relieved.
The publishers have done their part well, the
Typography, paper, and binding, all being re-
markably good.
HOUSEHOLD WORDS. Charles Dickens Republished by
Dix & Edwards NewYork. November, 1855.
grand number. Its great attraction is the
"Wife's Story" in seven chapters-a produc-
ton of remarkable power.
The AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Edited by
Isaac Hays, NJ. ID. Philadelphia Blanchard X Lea.
For sale by Taylor Maury, Washington, d. C.
This Quarterly for October contains several
original papers, of more than ordinary value !;
and its quarterly summary of improvements
and discoveries in the medical sciences is very
full.
The CHRIST OF History. BY John Young, NJ. A. New
York: Robert Carter Brothers. For sale by Gray <
Ballantyne, 9Th street. Washington. ID. c.
1t is matter of regret that religious and the
illogical works should be SO often dull and COM
monplace. In "a majority of those issued from
year to year, there is nothing attractive in style,
original in method, or striking in illustration.
Among the noble exceptions, we rank this work
of Mr.. Young, at once commanding thinker
and beautiful writer. The author remarks
that the argument in its idea certainly in its
construction, differs materially from those by
which the truth it would establish has usually
been supported. Taking the admitted facts Of
the Life of Christ, and, for the sake of the ar
gument, leaving out of view all that is claimed
to be miraculous, he proceeds to deduce his
real nature. Demanding nothing more than
the simple humanity of Jesus Of Nazareth" he
ventures "from this platform to assert and ex-
pand his divinity. He rises with his argument,
gathering strength as he proceeds, almost rival
linge Butler in the rigor Of his logic, while he
excels him in beauty of illustration and glow of
language.
No intelligent reader, whatever his opinions,
even with an unawakened religious sense, can
fail to be interested in this production of genius.
INSIDE VIEW OF SLAVERY; or, A Tour Among the Plant
ers BY c. G. Parsons NJ. d. Boston: j. p. Jewett
& Co
This is simple, straightforward narrative,
as Mrs. Stowe terms it, of one whose relation
ship and business brought him into intimate
connections with all phases of Southern socie-
ty. In the fall of 1852, DR.. Parsons set out on
a tour in the Southern States, having relations
in Georgia whom he desired to visit. He spent
the rest of that year and a part of the follow
ing, travelling through Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas.
From time to time he engaged in occupations
that brought him in close contact with Slavery,
giving him full insight into its interior life. No
one, perhaps, could have better opportunities
for studying the system and its workings. All
the while he kept journal, and the facts of
this volume are taken from that
We need not say what a record they present
No one who knows what human nature is, and
what is the essential principle of Slavery will
be surprised at the fearful presentment, how
soever much he may be shocked. Wherever
read, it must serve to deepen the adherence Of
Despotism which the interrupted mind natu-
rally cherishes.
SCENES FROM TIE PRACTICE NEW YORK SURGEON.
BY Edmund H. Dixon, NJ ID. New York Dewitt &
Davenport. For sale by Franck Taylor Washington.
This volume belongs to the same class of
works as the Diaryofa Physician. Ofcourse,
it does not pretend to rival that production
but it abounds in stirring sketches, by writer
of extensive observation, active intellect, and
quick sensibilities. The experience
of every physician abounds in incidents of
profound interest although few, like DIR. Dixon,
have the industry and ability to embody them
in a volume.
MAUD, and other Poems By Alfred Tennyson, D. c. L.,
Poet Laureate. Boston Tickner & Fields. For sale
by Taylor Maury, Washington, D. C.
We have read this volume, and with the
growl of fogyissimus senissimus of Backwood
in one ear, and the overweight enthusiasm of
Putnam in the other, propose to give our own
opinion.
The movements of genius are somewhat anal
ogous to the waves of advancing tides. And
we have for some time regarded Tennyson as
on the ebb. His highest flow was in "the