The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-12
TIE BOOK WORLD.
American Thought.

American Thought.
Tho renaii activities Of tho American people natives
aud mru alike, still mainly devoted, hereto
fore they have been frsto getting living, and next
10 makiugn fortune The aggregate already
the world, only by showing whrt has been done, but
bv disclosing unlimited prospects OF material wealth and
power. These activities stimulated to q high de-
gree by tho war; which also diverted them into channels
that have lead to tho present position of tho United
States as a grea, military nation. The war ending they
have returned with increased force into the ordinary
channels OF business lilo, aud beginning IN
overflow into fresh and hitherto almost unopened chan
nes which must lead 70 national spndcur in the spheres
OF science and literature. 50 build up the b.
in llat aser and ore to become
Political wirepulers are buster than ever with their
ntrgres They boast thai they make history and write
II and they do both with vergoanceTitncss the late
riots New 0rlcans But the popular mind s learning
scrutnllc susp eiousy their acts and msrerresentn
tnns II IS reviewing the principles OF government that
unGcrl;e the shifting politics of the dsy and u may vet
evolve loly and generous political philosophy which
SHAH replace sectional md parti prejudice by patti
olism broad as our continent. Egcn Dr. Belowsi
recognized but not utenpeatc exponent o. rnd,ca vio1s
,Iowedgcs in his recently published discourse, pobic
ifc ia Warrington, that. notwithstanding MI cbsrc
tons dritt OF public thought tends steadily and ire
ssl'blr towards the adoption Of President Johneona
ppc, % restoration Of the Uuicn-a ns.ion
cegogly 10 he wished.
scientific and Educational S"cicties.
INC HgeALDs report OF the sessions Of the National
Academy OF Science, at Northampton Mass atclts the
OF intellectual Ito that mny often lie expected
allcr r-Tiod Of war and civil oommoon Agassia and
his friend Guyot Pierce and Henry figure prominently
among tho me nbeIs prescnt and tho papers read this
week Indicate by their very titles the hgh plane OF
thought on wsis. scrnuco have zcalou s!y
entered
Tie th.ty-neventh annual meeting Of the Amer.cau
Institute or Instruction Burlington Vermont hss also
held during the pnst w.o. glad TO learn from
Of tho speaker The matter Of tho Hancock school for
gr al 10 oa that he IL in favor 81 n Last nholishing girl
whipping in Massachusetts as well slavery and the
hpugng Of witches B,ptists, and Quaker. There 10
hope yet that the old Bag State may up 70 the
times The President Of Tufts College predict the
abolition OF "thr hazirep Of Freshmen.
Educational Literature.
Educational literature l. largely occupvu the pub
isiiers both IN Great Britain aud in this country
particularly with TO the demand for during tho
coming iali The August number Of the London Pub
lshcT1 Circular viii DO entirely devoted 20 H. AID
lists oia all tho principal publishers Of books and
aurlos Tor school aud college urc. Two new volumes
have Dccn added 10 chanpbers excc,icn, Educaton-i
-. esi.endings In prose, and Headings IN poetry.
nnr seTlos has laioy bcen commenced by Constable,
wLigh Il a.so congructcd thoroughly GOOD system,
esch volume being advance the preceding and all
forn,ng perts OF harmonious whole. The delegate ~
the oxford Press have commenced tho publication
Important and complete seres ~ school bcoks and
manuals. In this connection. and a. tho bead Of
Announcements bs New York Publishers.
mug, mention what y directly interesting to
Amer especially q tc friends % eucaiicn In tho
south that T. D. Richardson Of New York, has secured
Tie cooperation o. saurv The distinguished 'ar' and
u tie Professors a The University o. virginia,
ciu aionai series which fall 10 attract universal
attsntoa Il will be called Tho southern University
Series. y. y. Narry LID, late superintendent % the
National observatory, and author " the "Physie, Cc
o.-npny OF the sea-" will prepare I've yolumoss--i
Lessons in Geography" the plan Of The object.
method q teaching; I: intermediate Geography
forming Par! H. Of series ~ biographies for junior
classes q Manual 81 Geography treatise Ms,h.
oinatlcal, C,v ard Physical Geography, forming
Part Ill a. series; 4 "Academic Geography com.
pfchcrs!yo trca,lso geography In all IL departments
.orrainr prt " ~ series designed FOR academies and
hgh schools .. "physeri Geography In which The
natural features % the earth atmosphcrcai phenomena
and animal and vegetable ife viii b. fully treated
Pna ~ smith, n tho unysrlty ~ virginia. will
furnish a ,resiise Natural Philosophy. George
III holmes LID, Professor 81 Hhtnry aod
General Literature In the same university, .
scries Of Pictorial Reader, With spolIsr and
speaker desgne for southern schools and families
oIrttssntary Engsh Gramuar,n and a Chronological
History o. thu United states * America" W. sctee de-
were H. D. Professor o. Modern Languages In the Uni
verslly of Virginia win prepare "Grammar IN French
IA two para and French Reader afro 10 parts;
Iagn l. cdcrleeyc RI. ~, Professor of Ancient Ian
guaee. IA the University u Virginia viii prepare Out.
inse n Latin GRAMMAR and Progressive Latin
READER aud Charles : vcnabe, Professor Of xshe.
rnstics in e University Of Virginia formerly Professor
IN the rnsyefsy 81 south Carolina, and 10 ina, Of
Georgia viii preraTe embracing Arithmctcs
Higher Ts8t Books 10 Mathematics"
&. n. Richardson, IN addition 10 thls educational -.
rie. announce. war Poetry u the SOUTH edited by W
Gilmore sirnms although We supposed that the Scstor
81 Southern ersiure hsf hson suticiras1d In this aed
~ The young and enierprsDg editor o. the Crescent,
xorthy Heroic Women o. The South, BY John Hssen
cooko and memoirs o. tho war In M southerp De
par,rso," BY Colonel Henry Les, new edition BY he
500, General X " lee.
sheldon A Co snncusse ~ forhconn ng . number ~
educational works.-smorg tssm, s's,oddsrds Nsibsua-
teal sri.s" The etucrn,s Manual ~ Eosish Liter.
sturo," beng q nee r,tasn u "stav's 0suoes. by
smith. u p. M s'tlsg!ssiy ,y!p1 s1is,as tss