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bach. Authors Edition. With Portrait OF
the Author and Biographical Sketch. BY
Bayard Taylor Charleston John Russell.
Auerbach is best known in this country by
son the Heights" work with which most
men who ever road q novel are already fnmil-
lar; and we risk nothing in saying that "Tbe
"Villa on the Rhine" Of which the first part is
before US, will be no less popular. The praise
of the United States and of Benjamin Frank
lin, which enters into the composition of the
present tale, will not, in itself, cause the book
to be read; but on the other hand, it will not
repel. The book will be taken up and will be-
come favorite because it is story OF life
life in every class, and because it analyzes and
weighs the actions Of men and Of women, as
each phase of their natures is turned to the
rays of the suns of power and brain and for
tune. There is enough Of charming descrip-
ton, of sketches Of character, and OF quiet
humor in the book, to make it pleasant to be
glanced over by the common romance reader
or lady fine; but beyond all this there is mine
of thought and reflection in which we may dig
and delve, finding on each page new idea Or
the suggestion of one. OF the precise purpose
of the work, we do not desire to speak, until
it is before us as whole; but wo can now un-
hesitatingly recommend "The Villa on tho
"Rhine" to every man or woman who cares to
read and is not afraid to think.
FIVE Wees IN BALLOON; or Surveys and
Discoveries in Africa. BY Three English
men. Done into Eng Iish by VIM. Lakeland.
n G. NJ HI,opla
John Russell.
This is the translation OF recent French
work, and gives On account OF pretended
Journey in balloon across the continent OF
Africa. The valuo Of the book lies in the accu-
racy with which the tribes, the animals, tho
physical foatures and tho natural phenomena
of the country are described; and it is. inter
esting from the attention to detail in the mar
rativc, as well as the ingenious contriSances
and hairs-breadth escapes of the daring trav-
elers. Price so cents.
The TN TRUMPET; or Hoads and Tails FOR the
Wise and Was yish. 4 New American Edi-
ton. New York D. Appleton & Co. Charles
ton John Russell.
The Tin Trumpet, BY the lato Paul Chadfeld,
NJ. D., was first published in London in 1886,
and was republished in this country, but has
long been out of print. In the present edition
all has been pruned away that appeared to
have no lasting interest, and many additions
have been made. Tho illustrations are stale
and poor; but tho book itself is often keen,
witty and amusing. Price so cents.
THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES BROUGHT BAGxTo IT'S
TRUE PRINCIPLES; or the Art of Thinking in
Foreign Language. By G. Marcel, Knit.
Leg. Hon. New York d. Appleton d. 20.
Charleston John Russell.
The object of the author is to. render the
knowledge Of foreign living languages accessi-
bic to every one, by taking for cur guide tho
natural method by which all 30 infallibly &C.
ouirc their native tongue. The principal fea'
lures OF his method are that every exercise
leads to the power of think ng in the language
to be learned, that curiosity and imitation are
the sources of progress. that grammar is
learned through the language, that exercises
in translating into the foreign languages are
not demanded of the beginner, that the phrase
ology is known before the words, that no les
son Is learned parrot fashion, that pronuncia-
ton is learned through the ear alone, that the
language, when spoken however fast is per-
fectly understood, that all the exercises provide
apainst the commission Of errors, and that an
instructor is required only for the pronunc'a-
tion. The work is well written and of interest
to every one who teaches or desires to learn
foreign language upon better SYSTEM than
the crude and unsatisfactory one now followed.