, 1870-05-09

Htt~t 31 soAs -ooAnB Aou are especially vAluAr
ne ire1n Tie fact That they aze brought down
to TIC close Of tho 1ate civil wax. Another ex-
tellent feature Of thete histories IL the placing
Of Tie foreign pronunciation OF namcs after
them IN brackets. The histories arc written
In simple, concise, and digniaed manner, and
seem to be very eccuratc in statement
Tho LAND OsSEn for May Is out, containing
lta usual interesting resume Of real estate
news and the following illustrations: Rustic
As1dse IN Union Park, Chicago; portrait OF I.
y. hllsa, Esq; Rvsnston, = four-pago cartoon
N co'orai the Northwestern Univetsity and
Heck Hal st E,artton; Wate1ins Apparatus
used IN Tho Bois do Boulosne; tbs Phi1adel-
phiA Water Work. Stand Pipe: Residence Of
v. 7. Alien, Esq, at Riserside; aud the new
building Of The Mutu4l Lilo Insurance Com
pany, chicsCo.
EvEE1 6A1uaDA1 for Nay II contains tho
following 1lustrauous Tho head Of Christ,
from DA Vincis "I+ast Supper" " Sham
pooing in japan :" "Ea1ter Deeoratons;"
"hAy," 1 splendid fguro piece By Gavin
''Toboggin," the fayoriss winter amusement
in Canada; and the Japanese Ladies'
Toilet" Tho reading mattes, amongst other
interesting papers, includes two fresh chap
ttss Of Dickena' new story. In addition to
oiher attractive features which the publish
e1s arc constantly securing, they
hAve mads Arrangements with Mr..
Thomxs Mast for some Of hia cartoons
and with Sol Eytinge. The latter has already
furniahed Betsy Pris and sairey Camp, and in
the next issue viii present Dick SwiSeler and
j" the Matchioneaa."
We &1e indebted to E. speAkmAn l. Co., 1a2
Clark street. for tbs NKw IoaK TEACHER, and
and IN abominably printed little pamphlet,
publlehed BY J. ". schermeshorn L Co.,
| called "The Eible in the Pub,ic Schoola."
TIM MCacA1 lSpEPsSoKsr for May is just
out, and, lite its predecessors, is as good Al
wheat. The contents arc pretty poem called
"Lent to Heaven; tho third numbeE oi
Dudley Euck's valuable se1.cs OF papcrs or
s.The RelatIons Of Harmony and Melody" VI,
continuation Of tho musical story "Fnedo-
mann Bach; humorous extract from tht
London Musical World, called "Dellows
Doys"; continuation Of Heinrich Wohl
fhatt's "practica1 and Theoretical 6choo
Of Modulation"; an educational articl'
on "Tho American HAnA Tfade,na review o
Schoelcher's stLite OF Handel;" "6abbat]
School Music" severn! pages Of N lsical in
telligence, and sixteen pages Of noW music.
| HS NC llAtNtCA " AtAo PNDtoAVAy - Nt
wood Ze11, for Eos. 25 to q, inclusive, Of EEL
POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA AVID UNIVERSAL Dc
T1oxAar, which brings the work to the Hor
| "Hector," 30 that little more than one-half c
tho publication is now completed.
We arc indebted 10 8. c. Griggs l. Co., #
Mrs. Henry Woods lsst novel, 0zonaE ca.
1uEuEx's WILL, s bulky volumc, which tt
many admirers OF East Lynno" will undoub
edly .cad With pleasure also for DIBESEAN
, Vow, BY the popular novelist, Amelia B. E.
, wards and for very handsome paper COZ
, Of ToM BRowS's School DAfB, bes1ing the in
= print Of Harper L Brotlers. Too NM
!. editions Of the latter work ca
not DO issued. Tho popular d
!. mand is just as strong nc
as ever, and the charming book losea none
!. its freshness or originality with the lapse
, time. This illustrations in this number are
a Arthur Hughes and Sidney Prior HAll, II
form an admirable accompaniment to the te,
v. The second part Of Herbert Spencar's ''r1i
!. pies Of Psychology entitled TIE kpuc71o
), OF PSYCHOLOGY, has just been issued by t
r. Messrs. Appleton in ncat pamphlet form, a
"a is for sals in this city by ". B. ,Eeea l. Cool