New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-03

I'D IN
b,orobt IN their task large experience Acquire
the conpiIation of their New-York Dlgest anu -
editinO of their Practice Reports. WIN tha' 'l
ence and care and industry unusuai III tho "a
tion of works Of this kind, they nave plouue
book which cannot fail to be manual LOT lie uSO -
thc nrofession in advising upon and htga'ins Ino
offoirs nc corporations. The very rapid increase
tbrouphout this country OF incorporated ooui0'' "0
rreat variety and magnitude OF the eh.ei lni'.S
which they conduct, the importance OF the ln'io'"
intrusted to their charge have caused various ltri
cate and difficult litigatiOns. Almost separate
branch of jurisprudence has thus been createA
,nonuo of which cannot fail to be useful and timely
The Resources of California, by JOHN D.
UITrRII may be considered standard WORK. IL il no"
reissued by Roman Co., San Francisco WIN an hP
pendix containing account OF oregon anu Ne'au",
Including the White Pine mining district
Charles Scribner g. Co. have issued "new
and enlarged edition" of j. T. Headleys The Adirondack
mr. life in the Woods The book is twenty years DID, and
the enlargement consists Of one very short chapter
which has very little in 1t.
The proceedings at the dedication of the
sedpwck monument at West Point With the ADDRESS OF
Mr. George william Curtis, have been published IN aneat
pamphlet with a Photographic Illustration d. Van
Nostrand.)
d. g. J. Sadler publish a collection OF Lee
lures and Essays on Irish and other Subjects by HENRY
GILES Mr.. CHESS countrymen will value the book Tor
its patriotism and the general public will be Interested
in it for its cultivated and graceful STYLE its Keen cr
csn, and the attraction Of Its happy llustiatlohs
Carleton has issued very Opportuncly in one
duodecmo volume two ofvICToR HUGo's early sketches
Claude Gue,sr and The Last Day Of Condemned Man
Both are eloquent arguments against capital punish
ment and the latter has achieved considerable Celebrity
The translation is easy and spirited
We have received the first and second num-
hers OF Sponss Dictionary Of Engineering by OLIVER
BYRYE london: Z. and f. ~ Spon, an excellent and
comprehensive work which to be completed in about
GO fornighty numbers It embraces full explanations
OF technical terms English, French, German, Italian
and Spanish, and is eopiously illustrated
The Literature and the Literary Men Of Great
Britain and Ireland by ABRAHAM MILLS, A NJ. GIarper
g. Brothers), Is a work in two stately octave volumes
which has been for some years before the public, and is
now newly brought into notice. 1t deserves all the sue
cess which has attended and by the business OF It's
biographical and critical notices and the aptness OF It's
illustrative specimens OF styles will retain honorable
place among books Of the class to which II belongs
| The Committee on Library and Publications
of the American Institute of Architects has issued In neat
form two papers read before the NcwYork Chapter Of
the Institute one on Fe-PrOof Construction, 10y p b.
WIGHT. and the other The Architectural aud other
Art Societies Of Europe, by A. j. BLooE Mr. Boor gives
all account of the origin, history and organization OF
these societies. and makes many practical suggestions
relative TO the formation OF similar bodies In this country
| President WoOLsEY, of Yale College, has
TgsdU DirOTcc
and Dirorce Legislation, teh Special Refcrcce 10 ne
United States Charles scrbncr COZ, series Of articles
| contributed by him in 1867 and 1868 10 The Neur.
EHgla,tdcy. The articles valuable and suggestive
and well deserve preservation IN the shape into which
they have now been thrown Though he is no advocate
OF ultra strngeHcy in divorce matters President Wool
sey writes with just severity Of the axity Of our state
laws and OF much Of our church discipline IN this I'm
pOrtant matter.
We have received in book form Cipher, a
romance by JANE c. AUSTIN, which received with
great favor The Galarg where IL originally appeared
sheldon Coz; Uord ThHosophy or the Science Of Oh
| legation, by JAMES II. FAIRCHIGD, The sameG Parser
and Aualy=er for Beginners, by FRANCIS A. MARCH GTsr
per brothers,; Lore me Lite 10 Longby CHARLES
EEADE The same Part XIX OF tho American edition OF
Smiths Dictionary Of tie Bibic, tGIurd & Houghton me
Romance of Rich Toi,ag 06l. dIilton synel; The
Woman ia RCd q. b. Peterson BrOthcrs Hand H00t
Of Map. Darrg, by PETER KEAN and JoRN hIcKLEBoR-
oUGH Philadelphia: T. H. Butler & Coz; Lore aud
Land collection Of original patriotic poems by MICHAEL
SEAMAN Boston Patrick DonahoCj; The ih Wid0ir's
Son. story OF the rebellion Of g7 by Cos OIEAHY The
samoa Nora Brodys TOir, ajld Aod He Tesi two tales
by Mrs ANNA H. DORSEY Crhe samej Hstruchre CONF
ptniodtions from Spirit Lie written through the modI
umship Of MIS- s. T. PARK by tho fundamentally Of her
spirit-husband Boston: William White & cos and
A0eiea, Patriotism, or Nenoirs Of " Common Mcn"Dy
IpDNAub HpnWN does M0iups Rtahcad 4 MpllsIagcrI