Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-20
BOOK NOTICES.
From :. 8. Waters.

Flint, Jr., NJ D.. Professor. Of P6ysoloqy and MI.
erosco0py in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
New ~ Ho aId S " &o New York D Appleton
Co fto ana 44o Broadway, 1866. PIP. sol.
This valuable addition to Physiological Science IS
from the pen of one who has already successfully
gathered auIeis from the field in which his father
(stll living has reaped great and merted distnc-
| ton. The work is intended to discuss pure Physi-
ology, and designs to treat of chemistry and the
tony OF tissues and organs only so far as these euc
| date the functions Of the human organism; at the
same time 1t is not the purpose of the author ig-
more the indispensable knowledge of these important
| aduvants.
The treatise is to be completed in four annual vol
umes, OF which the present embraces the introduc-
ton, and an elaborate analysis of the subjects of
! Blood, Circulation and Respiration. The book is
| handsomely gotten up by the publishers and filled
| as 1t Is with important knowledge, gracefully and
forcby expressed deserves place in the library Of
! every student Of physical science
MIND IN NATURE; or, the Origin OF Life and the
| Mode OF development of Animals. BY II enry
James Clark, A B. 3. s.. Adjunct Professor of Zoo
| logy in Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass,
&c, NC, NC. with over two hundred illustrations.
| New York-D. Appleton & Company 1866 PIP. 322.
Professor Clark has high reputation Zoologst
| and Microscopic, which will certainly suffer no de-
cline By the circulation and careful perusal of his
present effort. The volume embraces the substance
of the authors lectures in 1864 before the Lowell
Institute, in Boston, Mass, and gives evidence of
much thought and originality in the department of
| which it treats.
1t is divided into three general divisions subdi7ded
into chapters, which include tho Origin of Life, The
Five Great Ancient Groups and the mode of develop
mcnt Of animals, corresponding with the type of the
Grand Division to which each one severally belongs.
Naturalists cannot fail to be struck with the views
! of Professor Clark on The Theory Of the Egg; The
Anatomy Of Po'ypi; the Nervous System Of hlhsoria
the Relation Of the Spinal NarrOv to the FcrteJraE
AIjs, and number of other interesting topics. in
| which he displays much research, and original
| thought and description.
| ELEMENTS or INTELLECTUAL PHILosoPHY By Rev
Joseph Alden D. D. LII. D., late President Of JEFF
| terson College. New York, D. Appleton & Co.,
1866. PIP. 292.
This treatise is mot to teach system Of Philoso-
ply but to aid the student in studying subjects which
are adapted to promote xedness of attention and
discrimination of thought" and faithfully does it ad
here to the text TO all classes Of students this vol
ume will be seryiceabe. but especially to those who
| are making a mental foundation for themselves
without the aid of teacher. DiVested of the Ium-
Der of metaphysical disputation. and with no protein
sion to unusual Subtety, it, nevertheless thoroughly
discusses the various topics presented. For certain
classes of pups this work constitutes valuable text
book, while teachers may consult its pages with in
| terest and advantage.
AZ ~, lNTRoDUoTIoN TO TIE DEvoT5oy.L STUDY OF THE
Hoy ScsIpTuR RI 81, By Edward Mayriek Goqlburn,
| New York. D. Appleton & Co. PIP. 1913.
This is the first American. from the Seventh Lon
don edition Of instructive volume. which should
| have place in every household. 1t furnishes the
substance CT the devotional study of the
| Scriptures by the former rector Of the Chapel of
Rugby School, arranged in eleven chapters, under
appropriate heads. The style is marked by remarks
bic perspicuity. and every page teens with orthodox
religious sentiment and doctrine We cordially COM
mend this little volume as a great help in surmount-
ing the difficulties of the sacred text and inspiring
| fervent love of the Holy Scriptures.
| BALLADS ANO TRANSACTIONS. By Constantine T.
Brooks: New York, D. Appleton Il Co. London
| DC Little Brittany. 1866 PIP. IA.
With not few defects apparent in this contribu-
ton to literature are blended beauties and
Of no order. The author certainly has genius.
and understands rythm and cadence. The metres
are varied and admirably managed. The language is
well selected. and the sentiment glowing and highly
pOeti0al. Among tho ballads we were especially
pleased with "Eualie." and 'Lutzen," the latter of
which is in the of Hen ry Of Navarro" and
has much of the ring and spirit of Macauley. The
tranSlations ara chiefly from the Creek among which
The Spring. from AIacreon and the Extracts
from chorus in Alcestis probably the best. In
word, this little volume il earnest Of the ability
and promise Of its fair author
SUERY OF EAGLE MIST: or tho Memoirs OLA Staff
>.
Of CoI0nel ourry by John ESten Cooke, author of
the Virginia Comedians, with Illustrations New
York, Bunce u Huntington, 1866 PIP Ash
story OF the war in Virginia from the rel. l.,
point-fippant in style and oxtrayagar- in stoto,o,t
The love and murder episodes MIL; 10
abounds, are deoidedlv of tbo sensotoroI t,,o I'D
tn!l'a'e 6a state of digestion in the writer. The
INK" and the Mysteries of Udolpho" are tame
compared to the bloody night scenes in which Nor
daunt, "Fenwick." "Surry' and the Moor" are tn
conspicuous actors. Of course the right of secession
detestation of the Yankees, unbounded admiration
Of the +. f. VS. and elevation of the rebel generals
above all other military heroes, living dead, con
| sttute the chief staple of the volume before US.
OF its scientific accuracy the reader may form some
conceptiOn by referring to the duel scene in Holly
WOOD cemetery, described on pages twentyfour and
1--we. Fenwick is represented falling forward shot
through the lungs, but not mortally wounded i'm
mediately after which we are grayey informed that
had the bullet of his adversary passed the one
thousandth part of an inch nearer to the femora.
artery tho wound would have instantly proved fatal
Now the jtmoral artery happening to course through
the thigh, from which 10 cation derives its name
is somewhat difficult to understand how it could be
wounded or endangered by the passage of q bullet
through the chest The truth is this book is marked
by evidences OF extreme carelessncss, and as the
writer evidently possesses ability it is to be hoped
when next he ventures before the public he will give
us something more creditabe 10 head and heart than
the Surry Of Eagle Nest.
| MILDRED's WEDDING; Family History. BY Francis
Derrick $50 PIP. Bunce Huntington, New York;
This is an American reprint of an English novel.
which has attracted small attention on account of
the ingenuity Of its plot and the absorbing and sus
tanned interest of the narrative 1t is from beginning
to end intensely interesting
From Custlings q RaiIey.
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. By Mrs. Gaskell HarN
per Brothers, 1866
melancholy interest attaches to this last of Mrs
Gaskel8 books. Her pen was still busy on its con-
Guiding pages when death closed tho scene of her
abors. As it is the last, so in many respects it is
the best oft works of this gifted authoress It is
very carefully written, mature in conception, and
simple but exceedingly graphic in its life portrature
Its morality is of the purest type elevatng into al
most permanent creation character founded upon
righteous principle as contra distinguished from
that which is only good by temperament or impulse
In fine, the whole work is characterized by deli
cacy of delneation, dramatic force and beauty and
rigid adherence to the true in morals which cannot
fail to render it of the most popular books of the
day.
H. RPER'5 WEEKLY rFOR 1865. Harper & Brothers
franklin Square, New York.
The ninth volume of a splendid literary and picto-
rial journal, handsomely bound, with copioug gen
eral index of contents Its graphic illustrations of
the last eyentfulyear Of the for the Union make
it work Of value to the American reader while
its editorial columns marked by fearless crti-
csm of theories and events. and bold outspoken in
dependence which cannot fail to be admired however
the reader may differ from many of the opinions ad-
vanced. The average circulation of this paper for
the past year has exceeded 100000 copies per week
Each volume complete. in excellent binding is fur
nished free of freight charges to any part of the Uni
Ted States at the low price of seven dollars.
Guy DEvERELL A novel By J. Sheridan LIE Fanu.
author of Uncle Silas." etc. New YOrk-Ha~ner
" Brothers, publishers; 1866: PIP. 149.
In general ability and plot this is above the aver
age novels of the day, and will repay perusal.
From Henry Taylor & 90.
TIE COQUETTE; or, the Life and Letters Of Eliza
Wharton. novel founded on fact By a lady Of
Massachusetts with an historical preface and a
memoir of the author. Philad elphia-T B Peter
son & Brothers, 500 Chestnut ST.: pp 302
This Is the revival Of book published many years
ago, of great local interest in that part Of Nav Eng
land in which the actors resided and where their de-
scendants now liva. the "Coquette" is a deeply sad
bpt tzus narrative pointing moral to be needed by
those VINO prefer the exciements of fashion to old
fashioned. sober restraints Of home. It is the old
story Of indiscretoE CT the hand and desiCniug
Hbertinis the other The facts are presented with
out colorng or exaggeration in simple and chaste lam
suage. The accomplished seducer was Hon. Pier