HISTORY. JUNE 15, 1863. With A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. By John William Draper, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Chemistry and Physiology in the University of New York, Author of a Treatise on Human Physiology," &c. Large 8vo, pp. 631. Index. Harper & Brothers, New York. The historical evidence of the mental progress of Europe is to be found in this volume. Dr. Draper intends it as the completion of his "Human Physiology," in which man is treated of as an individual. In this work he is considered in his social relation. It is the special object of this volume to demonstrate two propositions,-that social advancement is as completely under the control of natural law as is bodily growth, and that the life of an individual is a miniature of the life of a nation. Its contents are:-Chap. I. The Government of Nature by Law. II. Of Europe: its Topography and Ethnology; its Primitive Modes of Thought, and their Progressive Variations, manifested in the Greek Age of Credulity. III. Digression on Hindu Theology and Egyptian Civilization. IV. Greek Age of Inquiry. Rise and Decline of Physical Speculation. V. The Greek Age of Faith. Rise and Decline of Ethical Philosophy. VI. The Greek Age of Reason. Rise of Science. VII. The Greek Age of Intellectual Decrepitude. The Death of Greek Philosophy. VIII. Digression on the History and Philosophical Influences of Rome. Preparation for Resuming the Examination of the Intellectual Progress of Europe. IX. The European Age of Inquiry. The Progressive Variation of Opinions closed by the Institution of Councils and the Concentration of Power in a Pontiff. Rise, Early Variations, Conflicts, and Final Establishment of Christianity. X. The European Age of Faith. Age of Faith in the East. XI. Premature End of the Age of Faith in the East. The Three Attacks, Vandal, Persian, Arab. XII. The Age of Faith in the West. XIII. Digression on the Passage of the Arabians to their Age of Reason. Influence of Medical Ideas through the Nestorians and Jews. XIV. The Age of Faith in the West. Image Worship and the Monks. XV. The Age of Faith in the West. The Three Attacks: Northern, or Moral; Western, or Intellectual; Eastern, or Military. The Northern, or Moral, Attack on the Italian System, and its Temporary Repulse. XVI. The Age of Faith in the West (continued). The Western, or Intellectual, Attack on the Italian System. XVII. The Age of Faith in the West (continued). Overthrow of the Italian System by the Combined Intellectual and Moral Attack. XVIII. The Age of Faith in the West (concluded). Effect of the Eastern or Military Attack. General Review of the Age of Faith. XIX. Approach of the Age of Reason in Europe. It is preceded by Maritime Discovery. XX. Approach of the Age of Reason in Europe. It is preceded by the Rise of Criticism. XXI. Digression on the Condition of England at the End of the Age of Faith. Results produced by the Age of Faith. XXII. The European Age of Reason. Rejection of Authority, and Adoption of Scientific Truth. Discovery of the True Position of the Earth in the Universe. XXIII. The European Age of Reason (continued). History of the Earth. Her successive Changes in the Course of Time. XXIV. The European Age of Reason (continued). The Nature and Relations of Man. XXV. The European Age of Reason (continued). The Union of Science and Industry. XXVI. Conclusion. The Future of Eu rope. The Rebellion Record. A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, &c. Edited by Frank Moore, Au thor of "Diary of the American Revolution." Fifth Volume. With Fourteen Portraits on Steel, and Various Maps and Diagrams. 8vo. Diary of Events, pp. 94. Documents and Narratives, pp. 624. Poetry, Rumors, and Incidents, pp. 50. Index, pp. xvi. The illustrations are-Portraits of Major-General Joseph Hooker; Commodore Theodorus Bailey; Major-General Lewis Wallace; Commander Charles Boggs; Major-General E. A. Hitchcock; BrigadierGeneral S. W. Crawford; Major-General George H. Thomas; Commodore W. D. Porter; Brigadier-General J. S. Wadsworth; Brigadier-General W. S. Hancock; General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.; Brigadier-General Robert H. Milroy; Brigadier-General D. B. Birney; Major-General E. D. Keyes; Plan of the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. This volume embraces the period from May 1 to October 9, 1862, inclusive. BIOGRAPHY. Christopher North. A Memoir of John Wilson, late The present biography of John Wilson, by his daughter, is worthy, from its fulness and fairness, of a place by Boswell's Johnson, Crabbe's Life by his son, Moore's Byron, Lockhart's Scott, and Pierre M. Irving's Memoir of Washington Irving. This biography may be called the key to Blackwood's Magazine, and particularly to the "Noctes." In her preface the author says, "The many-sided character of the man I have not attempted to unfold; nor have I presumed to give a critical estimate of his works: they must speak for themselves. Now and then, in the course of the narrative, where letters are introduced referring to literary subjects, I have made a few observations on his writings; but in no other way, with the exception of those chapters devoted to Blackwood's Magazine and the Moral Philosophy Chair, have I departed from my original intention of giving a simple domestic memoir." The contents are-Chapter I. Boyhood. II. Glasgow College. III. Love and Poetry-Life at Oxford. IV. The Orphan Maid-University Career. V. Life at Elleray. VI. Marriage-The Isle of Palms. VII. Life in Edinburgh-The Bar-The Highlands-Elleray. VIII. Literature - Blackwood's Magazine. IX. Moral Philosophy Chair. X. The Professor and his Class. XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., Literary and Domestic Life. XVII. Closing Years. Appendix, containing list of Prof. Wilson's Contributions to Blackwood's Magazine from 1826, &c. The Story of my Career as Student at Freiburg and Jena, and as Professor at Halle, Breslau, and Berlin. With Personal Reminiscences of Goethe, Schiller, Schelling, Schleiermacher, Fichte, Novalis, Schlegel, Neander, and Others. By Heinrich Steffens. Translated by William Leonhard Gage. 12mo, pp. 284. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. The original work from which this is a selection as well as a translation is very voluminous and diffuse. It is in ten volumes, and covers four thousand pages. The translator, with consummate skill, has culled all that is interesting, preserving throughout the thread of an uninterrupted narrative. A gallery of portraits so graphic and yet so faithful is rarely offered to the inspection of the public. JUNE 15, 1863. Life of Stephen A. Douglas. To which are added | Good Thoughts in Bad Times; and Other Papers. By his Speeches and Reports. By H. M. Flint. 12mo. Life and Speeches, pp. 219. Speeches and Reports, pp. 187. With Steel Portrait. John E. Potter, Philadelphia. It has been the object of the author of this book to present to the people of the United States a truthful delineation of the character and qualities of one of our greatest statesmen. The public life of Mr. Douglas has been divided into five periods. First, from his entrance into Congress in 1843 to the close of the Mexican War in 1848. Second, from the close of the Mexican War to the passage of the Compromise measures of 1850. Third, from the passage of the Compromise to the passage of the Nebraska Bill in 1854. Fourth, from the passage of the Nebraska Bill to the third election of Mr. Douglas to the Senate in 1858. Fifth, from the commencement of his third Senatorial term in 1859 to his decease. LAW. Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, from the December Term, 1819, to the February Term, 1841, inclusive, which were embraced in Breese, and Volumes One and Two Scammon's Reports. With Notes referring to Prior and Subsequent Decisions illustrating the Doctrines of the Text. Containing a Table of Cases, and a complete Index. By Robert S. Blackwell, Author of "Blackwell on Tax Titles," and Compiler of "Scates, Treat and Blackwell's Revised Statutes of Illinois." Vol. I. 8vo, pp. 794. E. B. Myers, Chicago. The decisions of the Supreme Court of Illinois, from the organization of the court in 1818 until the present time, are embraced in twenty-six volumes, the original price of which was $130. The present condensed edition, at less than one-third of the price of the old series, cannot fail to be acceptable to the profession. The object of the editor of this edition of the Illinois Reports is to give a complete history of the jurisprudence of the State, not only of the statute upon which a decision was founded, but all prior and subsequent decisions of the Supreme Court which tended to illustrate the doctrine of the text. In order not to defeat the object of a judicial report, the author has followed this plan: First, To insert the opinion, in full, of the Supreme Court in all cases which involved questions of right; Second, Where the questions decided related to remedies and practice, pleadings or evidence, he has omitted the reasonings of the judges. RELIGIOUS. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. By a Returned Missionary. With Fine Illustrations, and a Map of Nestorian Country. 12mo, pp. 303. With Index. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. The materials of which this book is composed have been drawn from the letters and conversations of those familiar with the scenes described, and especially from Miss Fiske, whose labors for woman in Persia during fifteen years have qualified her in an eminent degree to render invaluable aid in a work like the present one. The History and Progress of the Female Seminary at Oroomiah will be found to contain much valuable and practical inThe illustrations are from sketches formation. taken on the spot by the pencil of a missionary brother. The map is an improvement on others previously published, and, besides adding to our geographical knowledge, will be highly useful to the friends of missions. Thomas Fuller, D.D. 12mo, pp. 397. With The author of this work lived and wrote in stir- Among the contents of this volume are-Sacra A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam. 12mo, pp. 60. Pro- Divine Breathings; or, A Pious Soul Thirsting after Christ. In One Hundred Meditations. 32mo, The Son of Consolation. A Sketch of the Character This sketch is from the pen of Dr. Tyng, who was intimate with Dr. Cutler from their early boyhood to the time of his decease. Appended to the biography are Tributes to the Memory of Dr. Cutler, Funeral Sermon, Action of Various Commit tees, &c. By the This little volume contains the religious aspirations of a little child, and the assurance of her entrance through the Golden Gate. "A Tried Stone," and The Life Look. Two Tracts, This sketch of one early devoted to the cause of JUNE 15, 1863. suffering humanity cannot be read without interest. As a teacher and as a missionary she shone with a bright radiance. FICTION. A Glimpse of the World. By the Author of "Amy Herbert," &c. 12mo, pp. 428. D. Appleton & Co., New York. Miss Sewell has written several stories, all with a serious tendency, but very catholic and uncontroversial. In A Glimpse of the World" she has taken a larger canvas and given bolder and freer touch. Her characters, as usual, are English; but she sends some of them on a foreign tour this time. Her heroine, Miss Cameron, is a charming and exemplary maiden, who is sustained by religion in some severe trials. As what may be called a religious novelist, Miss Sewell is superior to Miss SinClair and Mrs. Ellis, and this, her latest production, is certainly her best. Heine's Pictures of Travel. Translated by Charles Godfrey Leland. Fourth Revised Edition. 12mo, pp. 471. F. Leypoldt, Philadelphia. It is seldom that the mere work of translation attracts much attention apart from the ideas conveyed from the original, especially when the latter is a very racy work; but such was not the case with the very great number of reviews of the first edition of this book which appeared in leading literary journals in England and in Germany. In the leading German Review of foreign literature, a dis tinguished Berlin critic decided that Mr. Leland had raised the art of modern translation to a new and higher standard, and that in his version of the most difficult of all German writers he had, while adhering very faithfully to the original, shown that it was possible even in such a work to be singularly vigorous, piquant, and, so to speak, original, himself. It is remarkable that while Heine had been for thirty years the most popular writer in Germany, and at the same time, as Thiers declared, the wittiest Frenchman since Voltaire, no complete translation of any of his works had ever been made into English before the appearance of this book, but that since its publication versions great and small from this author have abounded. The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," &c. 12mo, pp. 479. Harper & Brothers, New York. This is meant to be the best collection attainable of the old-fashioned, time-honored, classic fairy tale. The stories have been traced with care to their original form, which, if foreign, has been re-translated, condensed, and made suitable for the children of the present day. The Initials. By the Baroness Tautphoeus, Authoress of "Quits," &c. 12mo, pp. 402. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. A new and neat edition of a work which has had remarkable popularity here and in England and has been translated into French and German. The author, an Irish lady, married to a Bavarian nobleman, writes with great knowledge of her adopted country. As yet she has not written a better story than "The Initials." | well covered that until the very end there is no room for suspecting how it is to be cleared up. Mrs. Tiffle, a talkative maid-servant, is one of this author's few humorous characters, and is well sustained. The volume is illustrated with numerous engravings from original drawings. The following series of books, eight in number, contain ten tales from the pen of Hendrik Conscience, translated from the original Flemish. They are published by Murphy & Co., Baltimore, and J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. The Curse of the Village. By Hendrik Conscience. Translated from the Original Flemish. Demi 8vo, pp. 165. This is a bold description of the ravages of intemperance. This tale is one of the latest additions to the charming sketches of Flemish life for which the author is so celebrated. The Village Innkeeper. Translated expressly for the American Edition. The "Innkeeper's Daughter" is a double illustration of the assumption of the nobility and of the upstart pretensions of the low-born, softened by the innocence of female virtue and the manly sense of an honest peasantry. The Conscript, and Blind Rosa. Two Tales. Translated expressly for the American Edition. Demi 8vo, pp. 116, 46. of miserable hovels, with their bereaved inmates, The author has selected a barren heath, a couple and especially three desolate females, one of whom is very young, to develop the dignity of labor and the power that is latent in virtuous but energetic poverty and good sense. drawn from humble life and represented with the "Blind Rosa" is one of those simple narratives delicacy which belongs in so eminent a manner to the pen of M. Conscience. The Poor Gentleman. Translated expressly for the American Edition. Demi 8vo, pp. 156. The heroine of this tale, unlike the others of this series, is from the educated classes, and her history serves to demonstrate the superiority of a genuine woman amid all the mishaps of fortune. Count Hugo of Craenhove. By Hendrik Conscience. Translated from the Original Flemish. Demi 8vo, pp. 168. There are in this story dramatic descriptions of scenes which occurred during the plague that desolated Europe, which equal in vividness the tragic details of Boccaccio and De Foe. The Happiness of being Rich. By Hendrik Conscience. Translated from the Original Flemish. Demi 8vo, pp. 144. This tale, like all the others of this distinguished author, possesses a simple beauty that charms and delights the reader. Its scenes are rendered the more entertaining by the under-current of humor that flows beneath its style. Ricketicketack, and Wooden Clara. Two Tales. By Hendrik Conscience. Translated from the Original Flemish. Demi 8vo, pp. 87, 119. Unlike many of M. Conscience's stories, this deals with the delicate emotions of the manly heart, and, at the same time, portrays the sufferings of a friendless girl. "Wooden Clara" is a picture of a mother's trials under the most afflicting and embarrassing difficulties that can assail married life. The Miser. By Hendrik Conscience. Translated from the Original Flemish. Demi 8vo, pp. 198. Few stories are to be found in which avarice, with its debasing tendencies and destructive results, is displayed in a more masterly manner. JUNE 15, 1863. POLITICS AND QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. An Historical Research respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers. Read before the Massachusetts Historical Society, August 14, 1862. By George Livermore. 8vo, pp. 215. John Wilson & Son, Boston. The author of this valuable work began his research as an individual effort, intending to print a few copies only for private distribution. The Massachusetts Historical Society, before whom it was read, presented a vote of thanks to the accomplished author and ordered the paper to be printed. Though the special object of this research was to ascertain the views of the founders of our Republic, it was thought pertinent, in relation to the employment of negroes as soldiers, to present also some evidence of the opinions and practice of contemporary British officers in America, thereby giving an impartial exposition of the general state of public sentiment at the time when our Government was established. Money. By Charles Moran. 12mo, pp. 228. D. Appleton & Co., New York. The object of this work is to analyze and discuss the subject of Money in its most important and practical phases. Some of the subjects treated of in this work are-Materials used as Money; Banks of Deposit; Banks of Circulation; Value of Money Regulated; Power of Government to Regulate the Relative Value of Gold and Silver; An Increased Production of Gold cannot appreciate the Value of Silver; Bank-Issues in Scotland and United States; Principles governing Paper Money; Effects of Volume of Money on Prices; Paper Money; Bank of England; Credit performs the Functions of Money; Volume of Bank-Issues Self-Regulating; Duty of Banks, &c. The Crisis. 12mo, pp. 95. D. Appleton & Co. N.Y. As may be seen by reference to the contents, this volume professes to discuss the principal subjects which are, or are supposed to be, the causes of the present political struggle in this country. The author sympathizes with the South and her institutions. EDUCATIONAL. Shelley, Byron, High-bred Tone in Writing. Burns, Keats, Shakspeare. VIII. The Moral and the Poetical, their Alliance in Gentlemanhood, The Generic, The "Liberal" Professions, Impartiality of Nature, Manners, Lord Chesterfield. IX. Honor, Personality, Pride and Vanity, Fashion, Vulgarity. X. Various Kinds of Gentlemen, Fragments, Ladyhood, Conclusion. The author of this volume is one of the most accomplished of American writers. Well read in classical and German literature, familiar with Ame rican and English poets, a philosophical critic and an eloquent orator, an observant traveller, a true poet, who has too rarely touched the lyre,—above all, a man who, with the entrée into the best society at home and abroad, made the best use of his opportunities,--Mr. Calvert is eminently qualified to discuss the long-mooted point, Who is the gentleman? He does this with a certain quiet and graceful dignity which contrasts most favorably with the "sensation" style recently too popular. He shows what constitutes a gentleman and what does not. Among his favorite specimens are Sidney and Charles Lamb in actual, and Sir Roger de Coverley and Don Quixote in imagined, life. He considers that Byron and George IV. were essentially not gentlemen, and that Washington, Shakspeare, and Burns is a true, thoughtful, and suggestive book. indisputably were. In a word, The Gentleman" Pre-Adamite Man. The Story of the Human Race from 35,000 to 100,000 Years ago. By Griffin Lee, of Texas. Second Edition. 12mo, pp. 408. Sinclair Tousey, New York. The author of this work does not believe Adam was the first man. He endeavors to demonstrate that a portion of ancient as well as modern history is false, and intended to deceive; that Adam was not the first man: in short, that pre-Adamite men existed on all the continents of the globe 35,000 and probably 100,000 years prior to the date usually assigned to Adam. Willson's Primary Speller. A Simple and Progressive MISCELLANEOUS. The Gentleman. By George H. Calvert. 12mo, pp. 159. Ticknor & Fields, Boston. Contents:-Chapter I. Introductory, Etymological-Prelusive. II. Bayard, Sidney, Moral Freedom, Esthetic Element. III. Charles Lamb, George IV., Princes. IV. Leicester, Hampden, Washington, Napoleon, St. Paul. V. The Ancients, Christian Influence, Roman Senate, The Duel, Banquet of Plato, Position of Women among the Ancients. VI. Cæsar, Brutus, Socrates, Grecian Mythology, Homeric Heroes, Ideals. VII. Shakspeare's Historical Plays, Prospero, Orlando, Antonio, The Real Married to the Ideal, Sir Roger de Coverley, My Uncle Toby, Don Quixote, Scott, Coleridge, Tales and Sketches. By Hugh Miller, Author of "The Old Red Sandstone,' 'My Schools and Schoolmasters," The Testimony of the Rocks," &c. Edited, with a Preface, by Mrs. Miller. 12mo, pp. 359. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. The greater number of these tales were composed during the first year of the author's married They were written by way of recreation after the daily routine over ledger and balancesheet. 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