The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-23


me number Of publications Aecumulssed Within
sew day, upon table alb ,ui two hundred and
my embracing large variety Of subjects, generally
ssedMable In their typography, and some Of them pas
sessipg q hnshed and elegant appearance On those
whose really valuable there 10 quite list
hese viii doubtless in the revie ~ and magazines Of
Ne country, become The jast subjects more extended
srSicsm. Bere some Of 'hems-
TIE corr OF NAPOLEON, OR SOCIETY UNDER THE
LIST EMPIRE. By Fpnk B. Goodrich, Illus
trstes by Jules Champagne. Derby jackson
y, hs en, New York.
ne copy before Us advance Of Ito publication II b
suarto Of upwards Of AGO pages printed on nne paper
Illustrated by oolored hhogrAphc portraits Of The beauties
and female wits who figured about the court Of tho nst
Napoleon The gliding and binding Of the book ahowa
hrse advance arts OF literary embellishment and
publication. and, whole, will be without rival
he coming h hdays The portraits are reduced from
me originals Iuch arsts Gerard David and Scheer
The anecdotes Of character which sparkle through Tho
volume unusually interesting One Of these en-
the brief OF American belle, Grace In
gersoi, o. New Haven, Afterwards Madame Grelet. I
b somewhat strange that bookmakers have mot yea
attempted the lives Of those Of fair countrywomen
who, aimee the Revolution, have allied themselves 70
SoreeIers and moved the best foreign society There
not court in Europe where they have not been
and &C mired. Mr.. Goodrich has given very Agreea
bic volume.
INV GRAsApA-TwENrY MONTHS IN THE ANDES.
~ Isaac F, Holton, Nj. A., Professor of Chemistry
ana Natural History, Niddlebury College
lsr, octave, with map and illustrations. Har-
ier Brothers publishers, New York.
his Is work much waited at the present moment.
kex Granada has been endeavong for years past
30 place herfef org the most liberal States Her in
seFnal resources, they could be properly developed,
wsuld make her wealthy but all the attempts Of any
Ashn rtxaH
read the capital, steamers on the Aagdalena,
owned by foreigners, ard various fuitless efforts
open the Dixie, and restore long ioet prosperity 70
CAStnseena show but little progress. Professor Holtons
bcok b q guide 10 those who seek for the reasons
eenerai address. before the Geographical So
esy OF this city has hitherto been the only good refer
OF date to which could easily be had
mo rostes of travel the rivers, the cities and towns
ne steamers, the habits and of the people,
Nose Of foreigners resident n the country the churches
NE priesthood the fo ests, the ans the natural pro-
asos Of the soil, and many judicious And valuable
neurological facts peasiDgly siven by our author
me wood cuts not At all equal execution 70 the rest
Of the work-a too common fault Of the publisherA
RoxE-CmIs,IAN AND PApAL. BY DR.. De Sanctis
formerly Curate of the Magdalene, Rome duode-
elmo. Harper 4 Brothers.
This Is . work by learned convert from the Romish
eharch late wAldensiAn preacher In Sardinia and
. Upiversity professor In Switzerland. The work Is .
nosucus correspondence between three persons,
representing Catholicism another Evangelical religion,
and tnrd Tractarianlsm Gaining by high position
n Rome borough acquaintance with its internal and
external AFFAIRS be has developed the system and the
principles OF the modern church. AID to those who
interest IN the subject, the book will be found very
aiming and instructive The description Of the exercises
Of 81 IgnAtius rs vel worth reading.
LFE IN IsRAtL-PoRrRAITuREs OF HEBREW
CHARAcrEs. BY Maria T. Richards. Sheldon,
Brakeman CO., publishers N. Y.
work ntenaed TO illustrate tie history and character
81 the Jewhh people, prepared with and worthy Of
perussl
SCIENCE VS.. MODERN SPIaIru AL1sx. A TREATISE
ON TURNING TABLEs: BY Count de Gasparin,
translated froL the French by Miss +. w. Robert,
syoung lady of this city. Higgins & Kellogg,
N. T., publishers.
Numerous works been written to oon.rovert the
slans Of 'pr ualsm, both In this country and England
Several Of rs facts have apparently been well proved
ihss some Of our clergy have eIdesvored to explain them
On the principle :. enonac poss sssion or innuen,s
Socrates believed that every had his demon, ana
proessed frequently vita his own. He would
have been delighted 70 have been . member Of > mo-
dern circle De parn show that whaever
there OF any f,rce in spri,ualsm, III, owing out fraud
and creduly a. part OF elements II Attributable TO
has defended his positions with all the s and grace Of
TrepchmGp and entyepches them With he Bible 10 his
hand Yet The BOOK does not produce at least In oar
MINDS full conviction 70 his explanation, which We
expected rom ~ perusaL The humbug eth lives.
TIT FOR TAT, A REPLY TO DRIED. By q Lady Of
New Orleans. Garrett Company, New York.
"Ta Tor Tas'' 10 an attempted retaliation Eng
sh friends having shown such regard for the slaves
In country when they neglect so many In their
own. The work intended 10 be q siasher OF Ensish
society and dsector Of the wrongs and gre,s 81 their
poorer classes.
BkLIsARICs, FABLE. BY Mr.. G. F. Morrison. De
Witt, publisher.
&" Beisarius" ns free Translation from the work Of
Marmonsel respectaby executed
ScENgs AND ADVENTURES IN THE Army. BY Colonel
Cooke, of the Second United states Draeoons.
Lindsay q Blakiston, publishers, Philadelphia.
1hs flowing, easy mar, alive Of service in the
Horthern Western Territories and the Indians
poRE: By A STROLLER IN EcEorE. Anonymous.
Harper Brothers, publishers.
This belong, 70 a c which may be called SPICY.
some American travellers o; years have ye1turcdto
20 INTO particulars which have something OF the
aye Of sc.rron, II they have not alssys
hts Wit Thus we are treated with masked balls,
in,rlgues ANECDOTES Of lorcttes, the scandals or
the opers stories Of Julie adventures OF travel aud SO
siety, skeched with free pens-tree Jules Janins
and b. DAD sander,ons The book suiis certain
prevalent In fsshionsble life aud viii be read.
very smusips, but would not do well for he tract
Society a. standard publication
BEAUHARcHAIs AND HIS TIMES. This work Is from
the French Of De Lomenie, translated by Henry
s. Edwards Harpet Brothers, publishers.
nj one Of those Interesting biographies Of which meme
but rsy Frenchmsn could be the subject French
WI the suihor. II carries back 10 tost period in
French literature when hstery dependent for Ia ALI
sent on memoirs and photographic THIS sketch OF
Bsa1marchas will take I've place among the bes, Of them
Leapne from obscure position in lie 10 brilliant
rom actual poverty 10 boubdless wealth, he vas the
architect Of his own fortune, and remarkable example
Of what talent tact and confidence may DO in this world
stalesmsn, nnaBcer, merchant, writer Of plays.
. dealer IN old muskev (nke Speculation Of modern
tmes), The companlon OF kings AMI princes and the
friend Of liberty, he seemed 70 have every chord
In heart Of others, and 70 have mastered them all
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