Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-02

OUR Book TABLE.-lt affords US pleasure to
acknowledge the receipt from the we'll Known
publishing firm of D. Appleton Co., New
York, of a number of volumes from their large
establishment. The war broke off commune
cations between us, and, since 1861, we have
been strangers to one another. We take plea
sure in renewing with that house the agreeable
relations that heretofore subsisted between us.
The books received are as follows:
"Lyra Americana, or verses of praise and
faith, from the American Poets. Selected and
arranged by the Rev. George T. Rider, NJ. A. :;
u mo-, cloth, 80. The style in which this Gle
CANT volume is gotten up cannot be surpassed,
if equalled, by the most eminent European
publishing houses. 1t is truly gem.
GA Critical History of Free Thought in re-
ference to the Christian Religion" Eight lee
lures delivered before the University of Ok
ford in the year 1862, on the foundation of the
late Rev. John hampton, NJ. A., Canon of Sails
bury. By Adam Storey Farrar, NJ. A; l
volume, u mo-, cloth, 50. This book ovinces
great learning and reflection.
"Thackeray, the Huuiorist, and the Man of
Letters" This is the story OF the life and let
ters of one of the brightest literary geniuses of
the nineteenth century. 1t contains selections
from his characteristic speeches. Also, d" In
memOriam," by Charles Dickens, and sketch
by Anthony Trollope. With portrait and illus
trations VOL, y mo-, CLOTH 81 so.
cal. BY Herbert Spencer; ~ mo-, cloth, $3.50.
1.-THE Hand Book of Dining, or Corpuency
and Leanness Scientifically Considered. -
This capital and artistic production is French
,huSiaSt in the pleasures OF the table could
have written it. The name docs not express
lalfof the character of the book. 1t is really 4
learned volume, and full of amusing anecdotes.
1t presents the whole subject of epicurism
IN the most alluring form. 1t tells us how to
eat and drink, and what to eat and drink how
70 cook, and how to serve up what is cooked
1t Classics men according to their means, and
md their cost. The enthusiasm of the au-
.hOr on the subject of cuiSRe may be
Judged of by one or two citations from Il chap
ter entitled "AphoriSmS." Says he: "The
sTell me what you eat, will tell you what you
ire" 1.-The discovery of new dish does more
for the happiness humankind than the discovery
of a new planet" ''When you invite a man to
hat Oh
he is under your roof his happiness is in your
hands," lie tells chow to give dinner" say
ing the guests should not exceed twelve
Their occupations should be different, but their
tastes similar. The dining room should be bril-
liantly lighted, the cloth perfectly clean, and
the temperature of the room from thr-
teen to sixteen degrees, Reaumur. The
men must be clever without presumption,
dishes should be limited, but each excellent
and the wines first rate. The former should
vary from the most substantial to the most
light, and the second from the strongest to the
quietly, without hurry or hustle. Dinner being
the last business of the day, the guests should
look upon themselves as travellers who have ar
rived at the end of their journey. The coffee
should be very hot, and the liquors of first
quality. The guests should be retained by the
pleasant company, and cheered with the hope
that before the evening is over there is some
thing good in store for them. The tea should
not be too strong; the toast should be well
buttered, and the punch carefully mixed. No
one should leave before eleven, but every one
should be in bed before midnight.
This really appetizing book abounds in re-
cipes for preparing choice dishes, gathered
from the most eminent French cooks. The
author is Brillat Savarin, author of the " Ply
Siologie Du Gout. The translator is L. F.
Simpson. Cloth, 81 %.
"My Cave Life in vicksburg," with letters
Of trial and travel BY a Lady. II mo-,
cloth, 81.
% Two Pictures; or, What We Think of
Ourselves and What the World Thinks of
U.s." By Maria J. Mcintosh. l vol. % mo
cloth, 81 10.
Beatrice" BY Julia kavanagh, author of
e. Nathalie "Adele," "Queen Nab" &c.
sc. Three volumes in one. IL no., cloth. 50
Hints to Rihemen." By II. W. S. Cleve-
land. 30 mo-, CLOTH 81 so.
Thoughts on Personal Religion" Being a
treatise on the Christian life in its two chief
Standardization and practice. By Edward
| Meyrick Goulbourn, DID. IL mo-, cloth,
| 81 so.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
"The First Book in English Grammar"
Gan English Grammar" {" Primary History
| of the United States" and % History of the
United States" By G. P. Quackenbos, A. NJ.
Also, "Harkness' Latin Grammar" and
&c Hardness Latin Reader" for schools and
colleges. By Albert Hardness, Phi. D. Profess
sor in Brown University.
All of these books are for sale by Woodhouse
4 Parham, Booksellers, StatiOners and dealers
IN Piano FOrtes, Governor street, near Main,
Richmond, Virginia.