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THE BANKRUPT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
the Act of 1867, with General Orders and
Forms. By Avery Hobbs: Little, Brown
4 Co. Boston.
The eminent publishing house from
whose press this work emanates is a
primd fdcie guarantee of its worth, and
the inspection we have given the work
upholds the promise of the imprint 1t
contains the bankrupt acts of 1867 and
of IS4l, with the general rules and forms
of proceeding prescribed by the Supreme
Court of the United States. To these
are added copiOus notes from the leading
American and English authorities on
bankruptcy, with citations and marginal
references to prominent cases which have
been adiudicated in both countries The
matter is full and its arrangement is con-
yenient. 1t was prepared as manual
of bankruptcy practice, and supplies a
need in the profession which will doubts
ess make it the most popular of all the
works of similar scope now extant in this
country.
PHYsuoGY AND HYeIENE.-An educational
textbook. Huxley Il Youmans: D. Apple
ton 4 Co.
This is an elementary work for the use
Of schools, in which the rudimental facts
and principles of the subjects treated are
judiciously arranged
"Old Curiosity Shop" Barnaby
Ridge, David Copperfeld " and
a Sketches by Boz )" "KenilwOrth,"
" Waverly," "Guy Mannering" and
" Ivanhoe in tasteful paper binding
from the same press
THE GRAMMAR OF FRENcH GRAMMARs by V.
De Nivas: ID. Appleton Il Co.
This work comprises the substance Of
all the most approved French grammars
extant, and is modelled upon the French
work of the same title sanctioned by the
French Academy and University of
Paris.
OLD FRITz by l.. Muhlbach d. Appleton Il
Co.
This is the latest issue from the teens
ing pen that has furnished 50 much and
such attractive historical romance, in-
tended to throw light upon the great
events which controlled European States
and courts in the last few years Of the
eighteenth and the earlier portion of the
nineteenth centuries. The scene of this
is Berlin and the Court of Frederic vii.
liam, and it is equal in interest to any
that have preceded it
NoRwooD; or Village Life in New England. A
Novel by Henry Ward Beecher. Chas. Serb I.
ner 4 Co.
This is the first essay Of the Pastor Of
Plymouth Church in novel writing, and
we suppose it will be his last The aus
thor says in the preface, that when he
commenced to write at the instigation Of
Bonner, of the New York Ledger, the
owner of the famous trotter Dexter, he
thought the task as difficult as if he had
attempted to carve statue or build a
man>of-war, and from the criticisms his
book has received, we judge he would
have succeeded as wen at either of the
latter tasks as at this We have not read
it and probably never will, though it is
doubtless a readable book, for the great
Apostle to the Free-thinkers and Adolf
tionists is man of genius 1t appears
to have been a composition in the snm.
mer recreation from his clerical duties,
written under contract Ii has met with
ready sale from the nOtoriety of the
author, rather than its intrinsic merits.
1t is not equal in style to that mass of
falsehoods yclept Uncle Toms Cabin"
by his kinswoman, and will not enhance
his reputation as a man of letters, nor
add an inch to his moral stature.