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Messrs. APPLETON & Co., of New York have inst
issued the fourth volume of "The New American
CyclOpedia" 1t comprises a vast variety of arti-
Giles ranging between the letters B r O and CT A.
and embracing almost every possible subject that is
open to reference. We have heretofore expressed
high opinion of the merits of this useful pubica-
ton, and a careful examination of the contents of
the volume before us has only added to our convic-
ton of its value. On all subjects of special interest
to American readers it is remarkably full whilst
lis general accuracy is unquestionable. So great
mass OF information as is here presented could only
have been given by close condensation and a care
tul pruning OF all extraneous matter. 1t is in this
respect that the talent of the editors particularly
manifest Every thing that is essential in popu-
larmanual will be found under its appropriate head
Facts alone are given-the reader being left wholly
free to draw his conclusions So the work has
been carried out in perfectly Catholic spirit and
with careful regard to the wants of the American
public. To the articles usually introduced into
works of this class vast amount of original matter
has been added, not only in the arts and sciences
but also in general literature, and particularly will
this be found the case in those departments of
knowledge which are frequently touched upon too
lightly in foreign books of reference The New
American Cyclopeda is, moreover emimently prac.
teal. There is nothing speculative about it, The
great merit of the work is that it congresses, into
the smallest possible compass, large amount of in
formation upon almost every imaginable subject
while the style in which the articles are written
is peculiarly clear and chaste.
Published by Appleton g. Co., New York. For
sale by Henry Taylor, and Cushings & Bailey.
The TENANT House, OR EMBERs FROM PoyERTy's
HEARTHSToNE.
The author of this book, although his name does
not appear upon the title page, is, we believe, Mr.
a. Ill. DuGANNE, gentleman not unknown in the
literary world, and with whose occasional lyrics.
more terse than poetic, of readers are pro-
badly familiar As Chairman of Committee an
pointed by the Legislature of New York to investi
gate and report upon the evils of the tenant house
system Mr. Duganne, in the prosecution of the duty
assigned him, was enabled not only to lay before
the Legislature mass of valuable statistics upon
the subject, but also to gather in the course of his
perambulations, many of the facts and incidents
which he has worked up into the present
volume. Like the "Hot Corn" stories of Scion
Robinson, "The Tenant House" treats of low
life in New York, and may be correctly defined,
as body of facts dressed in the garb of a
Romance. The aim of the writer has been to
show how the poor outcasts of society live; the
temptations to which they are exposed; the vice..
into which they are betrayed, and the diseases TO
which their debased condition subjects them The
book itself, though of the sensaton' class CONVEYS
an impressive moral-many of its incidents being of
deeply tragic cast. 1t is vigorously written, and
as 1t has been warmly commended by quite num-
Der of New York Clergymen, it is doubtless des-
tined to acquire considerable popularity
For sale by Henry Taylor. Published by R. NJ
De Witt.
We have received from Lucas BROTHERS, the
baltimore Mercantile Calendar for 1859. 1t is
neatly printed sheet containing in addition to the
almanac for 1859, a list of the Banks and Banking
houses of this city, together with a considerable
amount of useful information with reference to our
Railroads, Steamers, Insurance Offices, CITY Gov
er nment, Foreign Consuls, &c.
We have received, also, from Mr.. n Hickman.
agent of Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co., publishers,
the November number of BLACKwooD, containing
the following articles Buckles History of Civil
cation; Part XVIII of Bulwers "What will he do
with ltT' Edward Irving Light on the Hearth
Part ILL., Cherbourg the Port and the Fortress; Lord
Canning's reply to the marlborough Dispatch.
We are indebted to Messrs Cushincs Bailey
for the November number of Harper's MAGAZINE