The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-21
NEW BOOKS.

The STUDY OF LANGUAGES BR0UGHT BACK TO ITs
TRUE PRINcIPLEs, OR THE ART OF THINKING INA
FOREIGN LANGUAGE. By G. MARCEL Knt. Leg.
Hon.. author Of Language as Means Of Men,
tai Culture" etc.; "Premiers Principles d'Edu-
cation" etc., etc. New York: ID. Appleton &
Co., 1862 For sale In New Orleans BY A.
Eyrich, $50 Canal street.
Very few persons who acquire knowledge Of
foreign language by the study of its grammar and
vocabulary attain the art or the habit of either
reading or thinking in 1t directly They first think
in their own language, when they wish to express
their thoughts in another. They first translate
into their own language, when they wish to I'M
derstand what is spoken or written ia another. It
is this intermediary translation whicbth author of
the above work proposes to eliminate from the
process in either case, so that foreign language
may be used of hand and with the ss5ae directness
as the native tongue. His plan ia 10 follow the
order of nature, commencing in .adrcular and
ending In oral exercises. There cad be no doubt
that the system is based on sound principles-the
only principles that can lead to the thorough mas
terry, for practical purposes, of any living Ian.
guage. I'll
The wAvERLY NOVELS. By Sir Wdlter Scott. II.
Iustrated with steel and wood eDHravngs. New
York ID. Appleton 4 Co. New Orleans A.
Eyrich, $50 Canal street.
This is the latest instalment Of Appleton 4 Co.'S
elegant green and gold library edition of the
waverly Novels. 1t presents in one volume
Legend Of Montrose, The Talisu,an, The Anti.
quarry, Red Gauntlet, and st. RensE,s Well.
FIVE WEEKS IN BALLOON; OR, JOURNEYS AND.
DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA BY THRRE ENGLIsHMES.
Compiled in French by Jules Verne. from the
original notes of DR.. Ferguson; and done into
English by civilian Laclsnd," expressly for
d. Appleton & Co., New York. New Orleans,
A. Eyrch, $50 Canal street.
The reader no doubt has been lod by the title to
suspect the semisatirical and seniHctitious char
scter of this work. The aerial method of travel
is imaginary, and the adventures and wonderful
discoveries Of the travellers are fictitious. Yet
they look quite as credible as about half that is
told in English books of African exploration pro-
Tossing to aim at serious instruction. The work
gives abundant evidence of ingenuity and inven--
ton and entirely apart from its satirical object,
is amusing.
THE PHANTOM SHIP. By Captain Marryatt. New
York: ID. Appleton d Co. New Orleans, A.
Eyrich, 100 Canal street.
The latest volume Of Appleton & Co.'s cheap
$50 cents) edition Of Msrryatts novels.
THE FIsHERMAIDEN. A Norwegian tale. By
Bjornstierne Bjornson. From the authors Ger
man edition by M. 3. Niles. New York Leo
poldt q Holt
Scandinavian literature. His prose stories are
idyllic and poetic. The present is striking pic
ture of simple sea-cosst in Norway, and withouy
effort at fine writing and sensation, contains some
powerful and pathetic passages.
| THE GAIN OF A Loss. novel by the author Of
"The Last Of the Cavaliers" New York
| Leopold Holt. New Orleans; A. Eyrich,
$50 Canal street.
| The story is cleverly told In an easy, sutobio-
| graphic STYLE with plentiful character and incl
| dent and some dramatic situations.
MABEL CLIFTON. A novel. By Frank Brierwood.
Philadelphia: Clsxton Remsen and Hareldn-
ger. For sale 6y George Ellis, opposite the
Postoffce. New Orleans.
The freshness of this publication may be Judged
from the fact that on one of the fly leaves under
Its elegant cover. it bears dedication to Mrs.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman. Perhaps the author fsncies
that the promotion of Lieut.. Gen. Sherman to the
full generalship left his wife in the lieutenant
generalship. The scene is in the East and in Italy
and the movement of the story, without tedious
episodes reflections, is animated and sustained
to the end.
AND JOHNSON. BY Joe Barbiere, Lieut.. Col.
late g. b. A. Doylestown, Pa: W. II. Davis.
printer. Por sale In New Orleans by James A.
Gresham, 90 Camp street.
This book covers more ground than ts title would
induce one to expect. The first part of IL is an.
excellent synopsis from the pen of A. o. P. Mich.
olson, of Tennessee, of the encroachments Of the
Radical party. This Is followed by incidents Of
prison life. with Illustrations, and lists of ex.
changed prisoners.
TIE SHORTEST ROUTE TO CAIIFoRxrA, Illustrated
By history Of explorations Of the Great Basin,
OF Utah. etc., BY Brevet Brig. Gen. Simpson, A.
NJ, Col. Corps Of Engineers. u. 8. "A. PhIIa-
delphia: Lippincott & Go. New Orleans. j. "A.
Gresham, % Camp street.
Much useful Information is here condensed in a
small space.
The ladies' refreshment saloon in the vestibule
Of the Academy Of Music, serves cool soda and