, 1869-01-12
NEW BOOKS.

IHEATlSk ON P1f BIOLOGY AND UY-
by y. Z. p.ITox. "; U. Professor Of passiol
oGy n TIC Goliefc Ct Phystcian. and sn genu.,
Ne. York; Wl1h 1llasrauons. New York: H.r-
IHs 4 Brothers. 1868. Chicago: Westera Nc~s
tor1laEy.
The sclcuce Of the natural actions OF the
living body, or physiology, md the scicuco
OF health, OF hygiene. arc concise'y taucht
III DR.. Dalton's textbook, now Offered to tho
public. The Gtst serfian Of the work Is de-
voted 10 those animal functions which arc
entirely mechanical : the second to those
VII ch arc physical or chemical In their na-
t,,c, and which provide for the nourishmcut
af tho body ; the thira to the actions Of tho
nervous system and the fourth and last to
the changes which the tody nndcrgoes
in lis Development from youth to age. Thu
book Is Intended for students and rcaae1e
VITO have no previous knowledge ou medical
sut3ccts- Besides arranging his statements
''nd descriptions SO that no scientific term
shall he used b,toFc 1t has been explained,
| DIR. paitou provides q glossary at the cud Of
his volume Of nj! professional terms used In
the wesk. The simplicity, cleasncss and
accuracy Of Dr. Dalton's exposition OF tho
| structure and laws OF the human bady, aud
the extreme Importance of the subject, should
commend his treatise to general attention as
u manual Of physiology md hygiene, skill
fully adapted 10 the wants OF ordinary pnntls
and readers. The Illustrations Of tho volume
are good, and its literary style attractive. II
IS 4 Look to interest MI Intelligent persons,
and tr,tu which few readers will full to derive
Instruction.
iuE RING AND TIE BOOZE. Br Rankar
nnowx1so. y; 4, Honorary Fellow Of tne Bal
Eoston F: Fieiot, Oteood { Co, 1853.
With onlv tho frat half Of Mr.. Brownicr's
new poem heforc It's, nc defer q spccial r.
view CT ''The Ring and tho BOOK" Du: VIC
can say now, upon view Of the present vol
time, that lovers Of tho poetry OF Robert
Browning will 1oa be disappointed In TIL.
latest work Of their fAvor1te. It could hard
Is be ttat a poet Of 70 much character as Mr.,
Browning has Invariably shown; such y1ro-
: quality, and dramatic power; sh uld mt he
characteristic, n least equal TO himself, If
> the most cons,lera1a: abor he has yet under
taken. So tur as this volume takes US there
is no falling oil III the fnrcc or the Aucuess of d
, genius which Is sometimes esteemed .ecoui
, to that OF no lIyl 2 mott. Il il unneces.at,
N ro,,,n,c Mr. nrnup,np with hi, ,t.st c,n
tcu: ora,ies. In estima,iur his Yalue as poet
He Ii uEquestEouaely not one Of tho CFcA
: singers u ho cas,ly catch thc nouular air. In
Il there Is a quality in. his sony which nom
u can Justly appreciate hnt 10 crc.t,,
e admire. Ills ipsi.o, into the dcn,bs Of hnma "a
l. nature, into the darker ,eccsscs. narticuinr,y
g Of human experience. aud BIS power /
- shadow ,o1th tic mysteries Of the soul, an
Il set in be full light the SECRETS Of The huua
e7orear. nlaee h,n, In &,e cnnnoanv of u
=, great poe,s OF tue world. There arc sucxc
"a tions in him OF shaksrcarc's universal pc
> ccpttou, Of unpte's tragic ytcor, and OF II
ri tender 4 race which las made Homer the e
Ct deared singer Of mankind, The c.mbiuas {
le of onati,ics in Browning Is unioue: II max
ot him an cuicma 10 common readers Int
~ nj, who have 50 eve for the VARYING aspce
-, ef the demonstration Of genius, noihl
ha which he writes can be unwelcomc. 4
story Of tho present work, a. far as VIC ha