New-York tribune., 1868-06-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

oA,not,est IN America by AkiliOH iiA
Harper Brothers p odi+od
- the Rev. ROBERT ARIs wILLMoTr, win "uu'Or''
g inc nv, handsome miniature edition by j. b.
are reprinted IN hahuson'0
Lppnoott q Co.
Tsosoas in Elementary CHEMISTRY 10y HENRY
poecop cou,ract manual for practical instruction.
q rspublished from the English edition by VIM WOOD
d Co.
Tho official Report of the Proceedings IN the
- =, ,,dr,, Johnson is published in Washington Oy
and 7 Rives. aud Geo. A. Bailey.-It forms large
o,tayo volume, and Is valuable as work o au'nenu'
reference.
The Tenth Annual Report Of the ChGmO@
Of Commerce Is published in an octave volume, co'
tagnumerous financial historical and statistical
Cf interest to the public at large as well as TO 'he
tile community.
Mechanical Movements, by HENRY 1. bko"N'
aomprlses description Of than five hundIou no'
uents i'm different branches Of machinery l""J u
are Of American origin, and have never poi'io -,
tanned in any collection Of the klnd' 'bio"H' '
CO..
A collection of Family Prayers y0T Io~
uz.,Is ripa and seected edited by JOHN HALL b.D'
', "oeNs ,ir A n r Randolph-The same publisher
~ hrorc,t ont an excellent book for the summer
.is, onrled lake George, by g. +. DE COSTA. llpie-
ent complete view Of tie picturesque scenery ana HIS
torieaI associations OF that delightful locality
Words from the Poets, edited by [. NJ.
VAUGHAN is new selection Of English poetry lhleh"eu
for the younger classes Of readers though not OF an OK
,lusivelv juvenile character. With the exception oi
Iongfeiow who largely represented in the volume,
few specmens are given Of Acucan poets but many OF
the best piecos are given from the standard Englsh
writers. Macmilan Coz
GOipq to Jericho, is the title of new volume
Of travels in Spain and the East by JOHN FRNNkLlN
SWIFT published by A. Roman Co. 1t was originally
published as correspondence in a san Francisco daliy
bOurnal and though naturally showing little concelt
and fippancy saucy humOr tempered with frequent
passages OF excellent description, and reeals OF Whim'
sical adventures. The ofhand manner Of the writer's
better than tie empty painted boxes containing ne'her
fruits nor flowers with which many popular tourists OF
the day pretend to feast the appettes OF their readers
A neat pocket edition of The Nelrc0meS, pub
hshed by Wyukoop Sherwood, enables the admiIer Ol
Thacberay who is not afraid Of fine print TO indulge his
taste without the burden Of large volume-Ile suc-
pessOrs OF that firm, ?. s WynkoOp Son, issue 6f"
papds Arithmetic, by JEAN MACE an admirable niue
work for teaching children the first lessons in the science
Of numbers II in the form Of pleasant narrative
anmg the cleaess and viyacity for which the author
has become sofayorably known TO readers III TINS country
by his Mouthful Of Bread" and other works designed
to smooth the way Of learning for juvenile students
Sheldon s, Co. publish a volume of Sermons,
by the Rev. NEWMAN HALL, ID, Of London, consisting
mostly Of dcouscs delivered during his recent tour in
this country The smooth, scfsatisfcd expression OF the
portrait prefxcd to the volume, with certain shrewd
twinkle Of the eye prepares the reader for the character
Of its contents The topics usually selected with a
happy adaptation to the Of the occasion,
and are treated with TO popular effect though de-
manding little force Of thought originality Of ustra-
ton of the disCouTsc read Ike the productions OF
map who was sure Of his fo0thod the beaten track,
and who had been encouraged by the smiles OF admirers
with whom seductive manner was Of more importance
than sodty of reasoning The preacher often indulgs
EXPLANATIONS and repetitons which remind one Of an
Inferior school Of French Oratory, though without its
warmth and passion His principal talent TO con-
sist dressing stale common places with the flowers
of rhetoric whose gaudy coong does atone for their
Of freshness aud fragrance The style Of eoquence
which he affects is best described by the odfashoned
word tongucy."
King Sham, by LAWRENCE n. GREENLEAF, Is
Evoume of humorous poetry, by an author who las wi
enough chsten his illusions "atrocities IN verse
He appears TO hail from Colorado but if his mining ~
BETTER than his rlymng nc has hit any veins O
precious metal We viii not say that more eXecrabe pun
than his cannot be pcrpctracd nothing is impossible
but we do not expect ind them till We have better
fruit than Strawberries. Think Of printing at the River
Side press in one urd Houghton's aesthetic editions
such stuff this
VERY CHAGRINISGi
Each Jealous thought TN drive away
Her love I'm sure Of winning;
vow is most chagriung!
DOGMATICAL BOGGEREL.
The Mayor procaims that ours must die,
The act is justly praised.
For when the mas Of dogs are slain,
kew dOg-nas won't be raised!
EXTRENE TENSION.
When ten avoid danger ten shnn III;
A muscle stretched, is called tension Bill:
When minds arc fixed, 10 is attention still!
Bad enough in an conscience, but the worst in the
volume which mercy readers, will not copy.
A collection of Mrs. Parton's contributions TO
the "New-York ledger" entitled Fo'ly as Flies LdAL
Nv FANNY FERN. dedicated Robert Bonner one
Of the Of Bonner Fern which for fourteen years
has trotted the road at 2O pace without snap Of
the harness hitch Of the wheels" is published by G..
W. Carleton & Co. No would suppose that great
length OF time had passed the head Of the writer
since she began hold pen. Judging from the fun and
froic the arch odnaured miscicyOusncss. the ju-
venle egOtism, and the sparkling Nyacity, which per-
petually bubble up from her racy pages Yet have
"Grandmothers Chat abOut Children" and other sage
diseOurses fun Of grave counscls and wCghty amoni-
tOns but never infected with the solemn duness which
usually makes good advice fan Ike lead reluctant
ears Mrs takes granted that all her readers
natural fools"a little presuuptuOus this per-
haps,-and she dashcs on at her sapping pace never
doubling that they win be able clear the road keep
IKE dust Of their eyes. The tone Of this volume ap
pears be little niugated from that Of some Of her
former productions e. plenty Of oats" make blOOd
perhaps less bold and saucy, but petuant less
satrca less strongly favored with personal dkes and
preudces and with frequent touches OF Tenderness
and pathOs which Oetray wOmans nature beneath the
garb Of masculine audacity.
Faith and Freedom in America, is the title of a
Sermon at the conservation Of the the Messiah
in this city, by the Rev. SAMUEL OSGOoD d. d. Pastor
1t is earnest and thoughtful production fun Of hope
Tor the asccndancy Of truly spiritual ana at the Same
time truly rational re Ous faith in American society
with fear that the influence Of philosophical aud crti.
cal speculation viii shake foundations Of Cristany
The spirit Of the Discourse is embodied in brief note as
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