The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-26
New Books.

TIE FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS AND RIY-
ERs. Ice AND GLACIERS. BY John Tyndall,
LII D., F. R. g., with Thirty-hye 1llustra-
tions. New York: D. Appleton Co.
Charleston Holpess Book House.
This book on the Forms Of Water is the
first volume of the international scientific Sc
rles. 1t was thought that compact and popu'
lar hand books. giving the latest results oi
scientific thought in its most important de.
partment, prepared by leading thinkers In va
rious ,pcounlrles, would be OF considerable
value to the cause of sound scientific educa
tIon. The first scientific men Of England
France and Germany entered cordially into
the project, and pledged themselves 10 con-
tribute each q volume. The treatises com.
posing the series will deal with the physical
and chemical aspects of nature, biology, go
cia development and the like. The first point
was to insure the accuracy of the series as well
as its popular form. This has been done.
The authors are pledged to the greatest sim
plIcity of exposition that Is possible consist
emily with clear and accurate demonstration.
It Is noteworthy fact that the Appletons
have agreed to pay. the foreign contributors to
the series the full rates of copyright that are
usually allowed to American authors. This Is
some mitigation of the national disgrace In
refusing legal protection to foreign authors
whose brain work we unhesitatlngly appro-
pirate.
Professor Tyndal's volume needs no lengthy
description. It treats Of subjects on which
he Is one OF the highest living authorities, and
is an admirable example of the vivid and
picturesque style for which he is distin-
guished.
For sale at Holiness Book House. Cloth,
PIP. 1872. Price 81 $1,000.
HART's MANUAL OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.
The favorable reception given to Professor
Harrs Manual of English Literature, published
last year, insures like reception for the
present volume. 1t embraces the names OF
almost every male Or female writer Of note In
the United States. A biographical sketch is
given OF the more celebrated authors, together
with selections from their writings. In method
and IN careful chronological arrangement, the
work leaves little room fer improvement,
while In Typography It Is nearly perfect. In
tended as text book Tor schools and colleges,
it Is nevertheless valuable handbook for
every profession, and more especially for edl-
tors and men of letters generally. 1t is not a
mere compilation. Original in its conception,
form and structure, it has also, to much
greater extent than is usual with such works,
the merit of originality In its materials. Fully
one-thlrd of the matter presented has been
collected by the author himself, and Is an
original contribution to the subject be has un-
dertaken to treat. Above all do we commend
the author for the justice he has done 10 many
of our Southern writer's. No similar work
published at the North has given Southern lit
erature 80 fair a showing, and In none. dow
discover 80 little of that sectional partiality
which has been the opprobrium Of the
Northern republic of letters, and the sufficient
cause of complaint and iIl-teeliDg at the
South. Hart's Manual should therefore find a
place In every Southern library. EIdredge &
Brother, of Philadelphia, are the publishers.