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1. BREMER. Life, Letters and Posthumus
Works ofFredrika Bremen. Edited by her sis
ter, Charlotte Bremen Translated from the
Swedish by Freda Milow In one vol, crown
sgo. Cloth. s..
"We have quoted so much from this charming
volume that We have no room for further quota
tions, bat i. is a book to be read.'-Eraniner,
London.
. THE OPEN POLAR SEA. Popular edition
By Isaac 7. Hayes, NJ. D. With nine iIlustra-
tions on wood, and a map. l vol, post vo.
Cloth $3.50 Fine edition, embellished with six
fun page illustrations, drawn by barley, White
and others, from DR.. Hayos's sketches; three
full page charts; twenty eight vignettes, and a
fne portrait Of the author. engraved on steel.
vol, Syo. Price s375; half-ealfs6.
"What we have said cf DR.. Hayes book will,
we trust, send many readers 70 its pages. The
Doctors heroism Is remarkable and he vel de-
serves to be braeketed with the late DR.. Kane in
Arctic holors.-Loador AMeHaum
3. SKETCHES ABROAD WITH PEN AND
PENCIL. BY Felix 0. c. barley With Is
full-Paged and smaller illustrations on wood.
a new edition with three additional vignettes
and printed On toned paper In ! vol, 4to
Price il cloth, $3.50 cloth gilt s.; morocco, SIS.
"Undoubtedly, Mr.. barley is the best draughts-
man in the United States; and judging him by
what he has here dope he have no superior
anywhere. His designs are engraved by accom-
plshed artists in The best style Of art, and taking
these. together with his own entirely natural and
unaffected description Of what he saw abroad, we
know Of no similar production wEich we should
be willing to recommend so unreseryedly. - Bos-
ton Courier.
4. OLD ENGLAND; Its Scenery, Art aud Peo-
pie. By James N. Hoppin, Professor in Yale
College. l vol, lGmo. Price IS.
''This book has the advantage Of eonciscly and
emphatieally pointing out many comparatively
neglected objects of interest and sources Of infor
nation and pleasure. odd England is Just the
book for the departing traveller to put in his pock-
ct to refresh his memory and make suggestive his
tour.-Boston Transcript.
5. ITALIAN JOURNEYS. By William D.
Howells, author Of ''Vanetian Life" vol.
crown syo. Price 50.
''There is no writer Of travels in our day so sim
pie, sincere enjoyable and profitable '-Brooklyn
UHioB.
'It is not so much what Mr.. Howells sees as
what he ignores that gives his readers the sense,
when they have finished his books, Of having
been lingering over a charming narrative
Boston Post.
6. VENETIAN LIFE Including Commercial,
Social, Historical and Artistic Notice of the
Place. By William D. Howells vols crown
8yo. Price, extra cloth, 50.
att is Venice directly. presented to the imagina-
ton, stepped in its own peculiar atmosphere, so
that we what the writer sees, share his emo
tions and are made the companion Of his walks,
rather than the reader of his pages. s.'--Boston
Daily Transcript.
Z. "REMINISCENCES OF EUROPEAN TRAv-
Ell. By Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., LID,
Preacher to Harvard University Price $3.50
'0n art, archite ,ture, laws, manners and socie-
ty, his criticisms are discriminating, kindly and
often original; and the volume contains more in
formation, less spite and more solid sense, than
many Of far greater size and pretensOn. '-iSatar-
day ReUie0, London.
10. TWO THOUSAND MILES ON HORSE
BACK. Santa Fe and Back. A Summer Tour
through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New
Mexico, in the Year 1866 BY Colonel Jas F.
Meline vol. crown svo. Price 50.
"He is a good traveller, and, combining the dis
ciplined mind Of a student with the training Of an
army officer, is well qualified to give opinion
upon what he observes. His mode Of travelling
has furnished him with excellent opportunities
for careful observation and with great variety Of
adventure in the prairie Standard, Ne'o Bed
ford Mass.
9. THE HANDBOOK FOR MOTHERS. A
Guide in the Care of Young Children. BY Ed
ward II. Parker, NJ. D. new edition. In one
volume, l2 mo- Clotk, Sl.50.
"The volume answers authoritatively all the
questions which mothers are continually asking,
and removes the painful doubts with which they
are continually troubled. II IS indeed Of suck
great practical value, and meets so general want
that there would TO be reason why it
should not be considered a necessity in every
family. "--BostoH Daily TranseriPt.
10. WOMAN IN PRISON. By Caroline II.
Woods. In l vol, 16mo. Cloth, sl.25
Mrs- Woods record Of the life of a Matron in A
State Prison, is unadorned fact.
II. THE DIARY OF A MILLINER. By
Belle Otis Caroline H. Wocds). In volume,
l6mo. Cloth, SIPS.
"a smart milliner could tell many a fine story.
smart milliner is Belle 0tis,' and that is Just
what she does. Her narrative has all the viyaei-
ty and piquaney which belong to woman. Now
it sends keen shaft, and then follows a sally Of
exquisite humor Albany Express.
l2. ESSAY on ART. By Francis Turner Pal
grave, late Fellow Of Exeter College, oxford.
One vol, l6mo, red cloth, gilt tops, Price,
SL75
Mr.. Palgrave'1 eanons Of art are eminently
cath olic, free from any tendency to sensational
ism; and, though his examples are confined chiefly
20 the current emenations Of British culture and
his style Of expression is such as carries the
weight Of authority, ,'-Boston Poet.
Is. THE Art IDEA; Sculpture Painting and
Arehiteoture in America. By James Jackson
JarTes. l vol, l6mo, cloth. Price S1.75.
aThe volume deserves the careful study Of in
telligent amateurs Of art and, whatever difference
of opinion it may call forth, its details viii be
found Of rare interest and full of instructive sug-
gestions. ."-Aer York Tribune. junei1