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HuNoRops poEMs or sIf Phillips, Sampson y CO.
Epes Sargent. Bost1 very small opinion Of the
Although We aual attainments Of Mr.. Epes Sar-
literary Ne believe, of the Boston Transcript,
Y gent s Iatterly on his own hook as teacher and
E5SERfiimentator We are obliged to say that he has
turned out d very good edition Of Thomas Hood
The praise is not extensive, since could, by
any possibility, turn out q bad edition Of Thomas
Hoods works. There are some comp POSITIONS in it
copied, We presume, from, the late English editions,
which rival those earlier ones that rendered his
name famous wherever Che Angle.Saxon tongue III
spoken AL 8 ss3s5
Hood was genius, but it was the bitter genius ftf
punstery suffering and asfierce humor the World
hardly could comprehend certainly could not con.
troll The volume shows it all and every reader ots
WHAT is useful, ought to have copy.
e We may add that the publishers have gwen y .
very handsome Dress
SELEMENTs Of NATURAL Pun osoPHYsS foT schools
and m 81 W sp sagson a. g. Il
saThe Elements Of Natural Philosophy is an fex-
ceedinry entertaining and useful work. 1t teaches
II lie better learned from any other source,
and III reliable ii all paTtiea The work conlpre
hends nearly four hundred pages and is adorned with
II many useful and illustrative experiments.
i We: are indebted to Mr.. L. i. White, los CanaI
/ street, for copies.
BERENIcE a Novel. Boston !: Phillips, Sampson 4
CO. MI # s5 Il n 81 lls + 5#$
There are some very serious faults to be found with
the story of Q Berenicey as well merits to be
pointed out, by those who have time and space for
such labor. The writer should be more naticaly
correct, and more careful the plot It is, neverthe
less an interesting fiction, and has the merit Of org
nality in some Of it's scenery and architecture.
CoLoMBA BY Prosper Merimee. Translated from the
| French. Boston Phillips, Sampson & Co.
Printed in the good, fashioned and legible type;
handsome and ornate, and credit to the publishers
butnot oyersmuch 50 to the author, is Colombia. A
quaint strange story, of somewhat doubtful parent
age, but worthy Of perusal during an uneventful
evening. EFT
We are under obligations to J.sB. Steel, No so
Camp street for copies Of the last named works. for.
Warded US by the publishers. =.
EUTGw=, 4 Sequel to the Forayers BY W. Gilmore
Simms, Esq. New York :fRedfield.
volume Of nearly six hundred pages, from the
fruitful pen Of Simms- worthy Of a prominent place
wherever his productions are priced. The story il
well threaded and well told, and carries along to al
interesting denouement that which had interesting
commencement. The readers Of our current Ameri
can literature, should secure a copy. ,5
THE HERoEs OF, Greek Fairy Tales for NV Children
y5 By Rev. g. Kingsley. With Illustrations. Boston
4 Tcknor s. Fields. f.
very pleasant, pretty and correct story concern
ing Perseus, Theseus, the Argonaus, and other ole
NEUROLOGICAL beings It is beautifully printed, and
contains much valuable NEUROLOGICAL knowledge fol
the uses Of juvenity. As this knowledge will be O
i real advantage in subsequent days, we commend il
over and above the usual works with which children
are provided Axe '
! PUTNAM's MONTHLY.
We have received the May number of Putnam'f
4 Monthly very readable and interesting number
contains many miscellaneous articles of value and
soIne valuable matter of more standard character
without infringing upon the question of Southern
policy.
The YouTH OF THE OLD DOMINION. BY Samuel
Hopkins. Boston: John p. Jewett IL Co. y II
Mr. Hopkins, from the rare facilities with which he
has been favored has succeeded in writing very in
terestfg and entertaining story, which We are conf
dent will be read with pleasure by all into whose
hands it may fall 1t contains great deal Of yalu-
able information as well as much pleasant fiction
Moreover, it is handsomely printed and well bound
i Quincy. Two volumes Boston: Ticknor& Fields.
/ We have too often borne testimony of our regard
for DE Quincy as great, able and admirable writer
to render it needfu for to add anything in his
praise.
4 AL who have read the Confessions of an Opium
Eater will be anxious to obtain the last work from
the pen that wrote it. Those who never read it should
obtain for themselves the satisfaction that can be pro
4 cured from no other source
The manner in which the work is produced adds to
/ its intrinsic merit.
We are under obligations to J. C. Morgan, Elk
change Place. and to j. B. Steele No. go Camp street.
i for copies'of the foregoing
i THE TEACHER. Moral Influences employed in the
Instruction and Government Of the Young A New
4 and Revised Edition. By Jacob Abbott. With En-
/ cravings. New York Harper h Brothers.
Much more useful, much more valuable, and much
more instructive than the other books from the SAINT
pen is this one Of the Teacher'' It is well written
well printed and well illustrated. 1t contains much
sound information upon subject that in our country
is interesting to every and should be carefully
perused by oil who have to do with the educationa
concerns Of the country.
The TRAGEDIES oP AEscHyLus. Literally Translated
By L. A. Buckley. To which is added an Appen
dix, by George Burgess, A. NJ. New York Harper
4 & Brothers. =
4 Promethens, the Pelsans the Chophorri and the
Fures, with notes and criticisms of very valuable
character. In the long catalogue of TRANSACTIONS pub
lished by the New York and London house we recog
i nize no volume where the scholars work seems tt
have been better done, nor one which is turned
from the press with credit to the publishers. Al
Aeschylus stands at the head of the old Greek TRACE
dams, and thereby leads the world it may be safel,
supposed that the present edition of his works vii
have large perusal
4 The GREAT AMERICAN BATTLE, or, The Contes
i between Christianity and Political Romanism. B,
l Anna Ellen Carroll, of Maryland. New York ant
4 Auburn: Miller, Orion & Muigan.
Illustrated with portraits of Fillmore and Donelson
containing great deal Of sound matter, and bring
ing up some recollections which, from age and til,
progress Of time, had almost faded out of mems mem
Sies; we can safely commend the volume as an sefu
and instructive one, we written, handsomely illus
trated, and worthy Of general perusal.
/ 1t contains nearly four hundred pages of reading
matter, with numerous illustrations.
THE RISE OF THE DUTcH REruBL1c. A History, 8 vols
BY John Lothrop Motley New York: Harper &
/ Brothers.
We have not sufficient space to do justice this morn
ling, to Mr. Motleys valuable and instructive history
of the Dutch Republic. 1t is grand addition, moi
only to own, but to the worlds literature, and will
bv tbo Of