The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-15

Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions.
Cicero on Oratory and Orations.
Punshon's Sermons.
Danesbury House.
History of Genghis Khan.
Arrangement Of the Debates of Congress. Vol.
Ia; ls39-ls43.
Steam for the Million.
The Three Clerks.
DR.. Smiths Smaller History Of Greece.
Debates of Lincoln and d. uglas.
The watch-Its Construction, Merits and De.
fects.
The Unon-A Poem.
The Little Beauty.
Fifty Years of Paygoer's Journal.
A New Age for the New Church.
Japan and the Japanese.
= History of the Republic of the United Slater.
Ida Randolph-A,Poem.
| Expose of Gambling.
Natural History, for the Use Of Schools and Fs.
miles.
MANUAL DE LA MAsoSERrA, manual of Masonry,
by Andres Cassard. Published by Macoy d
Sickles, N. Y.
This is a voluminous work Of over 1000 pages.
large octave, containing all the forms, ceremonies
and catechism used in the various stages Of Free
| Masonry. The author seems to hold an elevated
position in the Order, judging from the string of
titles appended to his name, such az Very Potent
| Grand Master Of the Sublime Grand Lodge of Per.
lection, Ia traternidad: Very Equitable Sovereign
Prince of the Grand Council of the Princes Of Jeru-
salem; Very Wise and Potent President Of the
Sovereign Chapter of the Rosicrucians; nustrious
Commanderin-Chief Of the Sovereign Grand Con-
sistory of Sublime and Valiant Princes of the ROYAL
Secret of the State Of New York; General
Representatives. the Grand Eastern Lodges Of
Venezuela, New Granada and Cuba, and Plenipo-
Tertiary TO the high Masonic Powers of the United
Stats &c., &c. The book Is dedicated TO the yerv
iustrious and distinguished brother, Albert Pike,
Gr..33, Very Potent Sovereign Grand Commander
of the Supreme Council of the Southern district Of
the United States Of America. The author declares
in the preface that he has been induced by the
scarcity of Masonic books 70 the Spanish language,
and the great necessity Of a manual, not only TO
serve for the instruction Of the brethren but "a
guide for Masters Of Lodges, Presidents of Chan
tors. &C., to publish this work. which, he says.
without disclosing the august mysteries or reveal
ing the sacred words that constitute the grand &C.
cret of Masonry, will be of great importance to tho
studous Mason. The volume Is handsomely illus.
trated with diagrams, figures, &c.
The BLACK GAcSTLEr-A Tale of Plantation liza
Ia South Carolina. BY Mrs. Henry r. school.
craft, wife Of the Indian Historian, and aathar ~
AFRICAN Letters" DC. Philadelphia: J. Lippin-
colt & Co.
The author of this interesting tale undertakes 70
refate the cant Of the abolitionists as well in re-
gard to the justice as to the moral and practical Ell
tects of the institution Of slavery. In the dedica
ton OF the book to her husband she remarks tina.
she has for twenty years studied the B,be
.s4i. tVfan ,,s.
book, and that vet, from Genesis 70 Re.
Violations, she cannot find sentence that holds
out the idea that slavery win ever cease whila
there are any heather nations In the world, and
that though Jesus Christ rebuked all kinds Of sin with
he unsparing energy of omnpotence itself he never
uttered one single word against slavery. She does
not, she says, own slave, nor ever again expects
% be STAKEHOLDER still she Ii satisfied that slavery
3 the school which God has established for tho
conversion Of barbarous nations; that, were aha
bsolute governor Of these United States her frat
enterprise would be TO send "a
africa TO bring It's heathens, as slaves 10 this
'hristian land, and keep them in bopdaee
nth compulsory labor had tanned their
castiiness and civilization, and Chris,ianftv
ad prepared them TO return az missionaries of pro.
ress TO their benighted black brethren. Starring
ON this point Of view, the author weaves into A
So interesting story pictures of plantation life In
sssb Carolina.
Mo-nKE's TRIALS. by the author Of MY LADY,,
Nes York: Harper Brothers.
A romance in which a baby. abaudona, Cor .or,.
expHeaele cause by her English parents, AZ
errnan watering place, is saved when she grows
womaniood, from marriage with her own
other The idea is not novel one, but the do.
lis are well worked up. and the book may tako
place with the ephcmeral romances of the dav
IIaY YrAns IN TIE Arctic Rscioss; or, Tux
ApvESTrEEs or hIR JoBN FRASKLrx d. W
Evans N Co., publishers, New York.
The adventures Of Sir John Franklin Ia the Arctic
yions will always afford the lover of thrilling
rratiye an inexhaustible source OF instruction
4 entertainment His indomitsbie courage. bis
wer OF endurance, his fortitude under the most
ing circumstances. and his tact in keeping nm
spirits Of his suffering companions, even when
tb had ended the suferings Of some Of tho
diest, are themes upon which the civilized world
always dwell with admiration. He lived The
Of q true hero, and sacrificed Il 20 science and
country's demands. The present volume %
lie up Of the most interesting portions of Or
MS own dispatches, and refer chiefly to his
expedition, undertaken In the year 1919. and
CHI resulted in the loss Of 40 many valuable
:. No one can read this volume OF thrilling
ats" without coming to the conclusion that
pitiable return hss been made,
er 10 science or commerce, Cor the
y valuable lives that have been sacrificed
The phantom Of . northwest channel. Tho
remarkable incidents % Sir Johns first expe.
n occurred during his overland journey through
Hudsons Ray Companys territory, across In.
table wids to tho Coppernine river, and