National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

AHlSIOkI Of GREECE FROM THE EARLIEST
lines TO THE PRESENT. By 7. T. TINAYENIS.
WIN maps and Illustrations. In two volumes.
NcE lork: D. Appleton 4 Co. Washington: W.
H&O =. Morrison.
The author has brought to his work in
'hs instance an ardent love of his native country,
shd IN his presentation OF the earlier Grecian eras
hAs been aided in his conclusions by his personal
knowledge Of the character aud habits and feel
'lSs 81 the AtheDisn race. His material has been
Dally drawn from Hellenic sources and he has
use!y followed the records left by HerodOtus, the
S'nrr OF history in portraying the herOism and
%I-nces Oh the innocent Greeks in their first war
NJ Independence and in delneating the character
q :, 'hal epoch. Thucidydes and Xenophon have
~ been taken as TO the eras of which
Nc! utajed, and their conclusions have been
SotFed in preference to those of Gibbon and
"iOe IL many particulars. This work would
,aVall and no doubt will, be adopted as text
SCVAi 10; schools and colleges and as such it will
L0'e OF great value. 1t is also a history that
snClia Ind place in every private library, not
va! IoE It's Importance as a correct work Of refer
~ ny haccouht Of its excellent arrangement of
SPOels eut The attractive manner in which it is
Silen makes it pleasant as well as instructive
-ea1Lig' One popularity will be at once per-
=" tA4ttN ia hCIiCLIlC
-U1ss ialo English the author has invariably pre-
ss''td the hard sound Of the Creek kappa, as he
i5V!s IN Perikies, Themselves, Phokis, in
'''"' VI using C. as is usual
iT M. POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. BY
Fg, ,aa5s DAEwIN, IL. D.. f. K. :, assisted by
TThANGS DARWIN With Illustrations New
%o II. Morrison W. '0ii "" H.
c,, - 9otanlsts and those engaged in plant
Ie This work viii be found of great value, de-
Ia-ylAs and connecting together several large
mo-, M VI movements common to all plants, the
prevalent Of which being essentially of the
r.. -'ture as that of the stem of a climbing
""eh bends successfully to all points of the
50 that The zip revolveS This movement.
toer. !i. Darwin calls circumnutation, is shown
Inn ~ every growing part of every plant; and
o,s, ...,s OASIS or groundwork are shown the most
r'.5u movements, according 10 the require
--eI''s Of the plant.
ANN; ID her HER CHILDREN. GLIMPSEs OF
NsEii1I!G: LIZ FROM THE AMOEBRA TO TIE
The Fsii-,.b ny AEABEILA B. BUCKLEY, author Of
Nar6 ~ ~ -: iand of Science" dc. With up
D Snr ~ one hundred illustrations. New York:
Mcr}SiSSooTT,' d Co. Washington: W. H. & o. II.
ora me main object of this work is TO ac-
young people with the structure and habits
81 ioTms oflife, and in more systematic
hiGo-" - Is usual inthe ordinary works on natural
,ooIgr,' ana more simply than in text books on
nent Se'en divisions are made in the treat
Sblo1s uie subject First, those simple forms
viii - Image to live without any separate parts
SOM ' -" 10 DO their work; second. those having
IbfrS +', OF weapons of attack and defense:
iOurrb -, the staT-fish, sea urchins. &C.:
Orgo., embracing Iaussels. snsils cutie. fish and
tss,;,,, MN including the creeping worms: sixth
s. -s o. The crabs and their c6mrauions IS we'll
,Il'lledes, spiders, &c; and, lastly an the
"'e animals. The author shows in every