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| IEE ADvNrrsE, OF PHuIP or his way
through tie world, showing who robbed
him, wb, helpeI him, AMI who passed
him by BY ". VI. Thackeray. New
lars Harper & Brothers, 1862.
MlHy our readers are already familiar
With fli- w1rs. AS il has appeared in sue
cg>-lr humber, oi Illrper's Nlw Monthly
Magazine The volume Is Il reprint Of the
s.me with Cd. the Illustrations, sixty in num-
/ Der. some OF these literal in their character,
others >,mh.Acal. and all good. There Is
also, hg wav of frlntispiees, a large wood
cut Hseua-> Of the author, which, no doubt,
give hi, expression as accurately as the pic
t0rili magazine ikenesses, 50 called, OF the
noted military aud political persons Of the
day, do fr those whom they uominally rep
resent. This work Of Ihaekeray is in his
well known style, clear and dry, hardly ever
decidedly humorous, sometimes touching. Of
t,n witty. and sficed high with satire. The
story is an English one, with plenty Of
ticles Of apparatus and attractive and easy
chemical processes We doubt no; the book
is a good one Of the kind but some how
we are not possessed very strongly with the
notion uf ,ettia, children to dabble in every
kind Of knowledge. More is gained and BET
ter gained. by leaving many subjects
chemistry for one, as we think-untouched
till q Later period, when the very freshness
of tbe subject will give the pupil, better able
% arpraclte it, an impulse which is worth
d great deal towards a really valuable attain
ment. For sale by 4. Williams l5 Co.,
Boston.
+. * G. W. BLrNr's CORRECTED MAP OF
WAsurNcroS and the Seat of War on the
Potomac.
Map. little and bis-maps OF battles
fought aud places where they are likely to
he fought, are abundant in these days. The
one before US, Of convenient size for ready
consultltilr, is one Of the neatest and best
We have seen. There ought to have been
scale Of miles on it. The minutes Of latitude
marked on the side, by reckoning every sew
en- Of them equal to nearly eight statute
mi es can De made available for that purpose
with sufficient accuracy. For sale by 4.
Williams E Co., Boston.
THr History or FREDERIck -uE SECOND, call
81 Frederick the Great By Thomas Ca1-
lyle vol. Ill Harper & Brothers, 1862.
Those who have read the first two volumes
Of this work, viii need no extra stimulus to
induce them to buy the third. 1t begins
with narrating the circumstances attending
Frederick's accession to the throne, the good
plans he talked of and the good things which
be did, hoN be was going to eurtail expenses,
and administer the gOyeI nment solely for the
good OF the people, followed by the open
ing Of the Silesian war and allthe compiler
ions in Europe whillowed and kept loqc
that quarter Of the world in a state Of bloody
embroilmsnt for a long time to come. The
volume covers about four years Of the life OF
Frederick Like all others of Carlyle's his
torical works, this one contains great deal
OF information. dished up in his peculiar
manner whereby, quite often, a remark from
the odd dress in which it appears gets cred
is for proiandity and originality which if
plainly dressed. nobody would think Of Civ
Ing TO il. Carlyle's style is not isvorits
with as. For,ssle bysAs. v Xiiiispsukr ~---.