New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-10

Nearly AL the papers were originally pup
lished in Harper's Magazine, and the hand
some volume now presented proves the
value and success of the scheme. No SINH.
lar undertaking was ever attempted. It
traces the outlines of progress of inven-
ton, manufacture, development of the re-
sources of the !soil-agricultural and min.
eral-commercial activity, increase of popu.
lation, educational institutions, advance
and humane enterprises.
The work opens with an introduction on
Colonial Progress by Eugene Lawrence,
who also writes on Educational Progress.
Over hundred illustrated pages are de-
voted to mechanical progress, by Edward
II. Knight. Hon. David A. Wells writes Of
manufactures; Professor William Il
Brewer on agriculture; Professor T. S.
Hunt on the mineral, and Edward Atkinson
on commercial developments. Hon. Francis
A. Walker gives an article on population,
illustrated with maps. Professor William
G. Sumner describes the monetary develop
ment. The experiment of the Union is de-
scribed by T. D. Woolsey, D. D., LID.
The sciences are by DR.. F. A. P. Barnard
and Professor Theodore Gill; the fine arts
by S. S. Conant, with many illustrations
medicine by Austin Flint; humanitarian
and religious development by Charles l..
Brace and Rev. John F. Hurst. Next to
the chapters on mechanics and science, the
twenty pages of Benjamin Vaughn Abbott
on American Jurisprudence, and the fifty
on American Literature by Edwin P.
WhippIe, are the most entertaining. A
carefully prepared analytical index com.
pleres the volume.
PHEBE, JUNIOR; A Last Chronicle of
Carlingford. BY Mrs. Oliphant. New
York: Harper & Brothers.
Whatever Mrs. Oliphant writes is sure to
be we'll received. This last story will be
found as attractive as the CHRONICLES of
Carlingtord" or esquire Arden" One Of
the peculiarities of her novels is the intro
duction of the reader to the feelings of her
characters as they are brought in contact
with each other. PhHbe is not laxative,
but her thoughts are made to speak for her,
and the reader becomes equally intimate
with Ursula, the Copperheads and the rest
The story ends naturally, but, as usu al, moi
exactly as expected.
HISTORICAL STUDIES. By Eugene Lswr
ence. New York: Harper & Brothers.
This volume is a republication Of the
essays of Mr.. Lawrence published in Har
ia ho -
his preface, to show the slow advance Of
knowledge and the decay of ecclesiastical
tyranny. 1t contains ten articles on the
Bishops of Rome. Leo and Luther, Loyals
and the Jesuits, Ecumenical Councils, the
Vaudois and Huguenots, Inquisition, ct,
The authors object is to show that the chic
aim of the Roman Church has been thu
destruction of the intellect. In aid of THU
he brings q mind singularly apt at grasp
| ing at once the point of controversy, Z
persistent attack and widening of breach
once made, an untiring industry, great re
search, enthusiasm in the conviction thai
| he ia right, and . courageous and attractive
STYLE Taken altogether, the work is one o
| the best histories of the evil contained il
| the history of the Romish Church, ant
| written in moderate language withal tina
has yet been produced.
The New Orleans Medical and Surgical
Journal for September. Edited by DR..
NJ. Bemis, and published by Seymour s
Stevens. This valuable medical periodical
is to the physician what the daily paper il
to the politician or business mana necee
sity And even non practitioners will fnt
in every number great deal of interestin.
| information.