14.-Life of Prince Talleyrand, with Extracts from his Speeches and Writings. By CHARLES K. MCHARG. 12mo., pp. 382. New York: Charles Scribner. No extended memoir of Talleyrand has appeared in his own land or language, a circumstance that rendered it exceedingly difficult on the part of Mr. McHarg to prepare such a work in our language. The information concerning the renowned statesman was fragmentary and scattered, and the author of the present volume has gathered up these fragments, and combined the most interesting and reliable portion, whether from French or English, into a very clever, if not perfectly harmonious whole, which was scarcely to be expected. It is known, however, that Talleyrand has written an autobiography, which, by the terms of his will, cannot be made public until 1868, when the required thirty years from the date of his death will be completed. The author's aim in the present work was to make an authentic and interesting narrative.

15.—Currer Lyle; or the Stage in Romance and the Stage in Reality. By LOUISE REEDER. 12mo., pp. 361. New York: E. D. Long.

The author of this volume, highly accomplished, and endowed with the treble gifts of genius, youth, and beauty, has thrown into a fictitious and romantic narrative her brief experiences of domestic life. Having retired from the stage, she has written to show young and inexperienced aspirants for theatrical honors "that the theater is not a palace of enchantment, but a mimic world of busy action, where all is real and earnest, and that the only laurels they may hope to win must be gathered from the fields of mental labor." The scenery and characters of this life-romance are American. A great part of the action takes place in New York, and in her sketches of real personages in that city, Miss Reeder exhibits stinging wit and scorching satire. The whole story is full of interest. Indeed, this is one of the best first books we have seen for a long time.

16.-The English Bible. History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue. With Specimens of the old English Versions. By Mrs. H. C. CONANT, author of "Translations of Neander's Practical Commentaries." 12mo., pp. 464. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co. Boston: Gould & Lincoln.

This volume is designed by the compiler to exhibit in a popular form, and within moderate limits, the history of our English Bible. Consulting the vast mass of literature of an historical and critical character, from its publication to the present time, she has contrived to glean all that was calculated to furnish the general reader with a clear, methodical, and at the same time comprehensive literary and religious history of that extraordinary book-the Bible. In her preface she expresses her thanks to our friend, George Livermore, Esq., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for loans from his private library, and it is a noteworthy fact that this library, collected by a layman, engaged in mercantile pursuits, contains the greatest variety of rare old versions and editions of the English Scriptures to be found in the United States.

17.-The Youth of the Old Dominion. By SAMUEL HOPKINS. 12mo., pp. 474. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co.

In view of the fact that many narratives of our early history, which are particularly designed for novices, are read as tasks, laid aside with weariness, and their statistical details soon forgotton, Mr. Hopkins has endeavored to give to the past the aspect and hue of life, and to excite a personal interest in events which would secure little or none as unclothed facts. While admitting something of fancy. all idea of fiction is disclaimed by the author, and a strict regard to historic truth is maintained throughout these pages. The volume is not encumbered with references, although the author in his preface acknowledges his indebtedness to Hilliard, Simms, Smith, Stith, Beverly, Keith, Campbell, and Force's historical collections. The narrative presents an attractive view of the Old Dominion in its youth, and while a readable, is withal an instructive, story.

18.-Rome, Christian and Papal. Sketches of its Religious Monuments and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, with Notices of the Jesuits and the Inquisition. By L. DE SANCTIS, D. D. 12mo., pp. 261. New York: Harper & Brothers. De Sanctis, the author of this work, was formerly Curate of the Magdalene, Professor of Theology in the Roman University, and Qualificator at the Inquis ition. He is represented as a man of no ordinary talents. A convert to the Protestant faith, he has for some years past labored as a minister of the Waldensian, or primitive Italian, Church at Turin, Sardinia. The book is designed not only for persons who are about visiting Rome, but for many who have already done so. It has reference chiefly to the ecclesiastical antiquities, institutions, and ceremonies of Rome, and is written in a readable and even attractive style.

19.-Home Studies.

By REBECCA A. UPTON. 18mo., pp. 246. Boston:

Crosby, Nichols & Co.

Mrs. Upton, judging from the character and contents of this volume, is an educated, practical, sensible woman, and her book is made up of the gleanings, gatherings, and experiences of a life-time. Her principal object seems to have been "to bring into the compass of one small volume such information as may be useful to both the housekeeper and gardener, whether residing in village, country, or city, and to keep in mind, through the whole work, the various fortunes of the American woman," whether spent in cities, on western prairies, or southern plantations. The receipts given she knows to be good from experience, and she says they almost all are original; that is, of family origin. The aim of the book is to increase the number of manual employments, and widen the horizon of observation for woman. It is an excellent family cyclopedia of common things. 20.—Silverwood: a Book of Memories. 12mo., pp. 408. New York: Derby & Jackson.

A series of some forty tales or sketches from "fair to middling," to use a mercantile term. These sketches are, to quote from the author's rhyming preface or

introduction,

"Records luminous, where brightly
Joy the sumbeam glows and shines-
Records with a throb of heart-break
Trembling all along the lines."

We take it, the author is of the feminine gender, for, to quote again, “If she has not filled her bosom with the full and ripened ears, 'twas because her eyes were clouded, and she could not see for tears!" Her prose sketches are more poetical than the nine stanzas which preface the book.

21.-The Iowa Handbook for 1856. With a new and correct Map. By NATHAN H. PARKER, author of "Iowa as it is," "Sectional and Geographical Map of Iowa," Minnesota Hankbook," &c. 12mo., pp. 187. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co.

The extensive sale of Mr. Parker's "Iowa as it is," previously published, and the continued demand for that work, induced the author to place before the public the substance of that work, as a cheap, concise, and reliable handbook, with statistics brought down to the present time. A beautiful and, we presume, correct map is attached to the present volume. We briefly noticed the larger work of Mr. Parker in the Merchants' Magazine, for November, 1856. 22.-Oliver Cromwell; or England's Great Protector. By HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT. 12mo., pp. 444. New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan.

This is a purely historical romance, from the pen of a very prolific and successful writer in several departments of literature. It was originally published several years since, "in a period of civil and commercial depression." It has long been out of print, and is now reproduced thoroughly revised and corrected by the author. The admirers of Mr. Herbert's recent works will not pass this earlier production unnoticed or unread.

23.-The Morgan Horses: A Premium Essay on the Origin, History, and Characteristics of this remarkable American Breed of Horses; treating the Pedigree from the original Justin Morgan, through the most noted of his Progeny, down to the Present Time. With numerous Portraits, to which are added Hints for Breeding, Breaking, and General Use and Management of Horses; with Practical Directions for Training them for Exhibition at Agricultural Fairs. By D. C. LINSLEY, Middlebury, Ct. 12mo., pp. 340. New York: Saxton & Co.

An outline of the contents of this valuable treatise are given in the title-page, as quoted above. The Morgan horse is described as a peculiar animal. ́ His short, light, rapid step, points to the great muscles which give him motion. His prominent, clear, eager eyes, set wide apart, testify to his courage and docility; while his clear, bright head, carried high, with short, pointed ears, gives grace and elegance to every motion. The Committee of the Vermont State Agricul tural Society, who awarded the premium to Mr. Linsley, for his elaborate, wellarranged, and carefully-prepared essay, commend it to all who are interested in that noble and useful animal. The author has collected all the facts pertaining to his subject, which intelligent research and thorough doctrine can furnish, and embodied them in an attractive form, and with a just discrimination. It is a most valuable contribution to natural history, and to what we may term the agricultural literature of the country.

24.-Poems. By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. Complete in Two Volumes. 32mo., pp. 778. Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

There is no poet of the past or the present, at home or abroad, that we read with more pleasure than our own Longfellow. Many of his thoughts and words are cherished in our memory, and have been to us the source of much that is strengthening and cheering in our march through "the world's broad field of battle." Hence we are under many obligations to our old friends, Ticknor and Fields, for this most complete and, in many respects, beautiful edition of our favorite bard, bound up in two as beautiful volumes as the arts connected with the mechanism of a book ever produced. These volumes contain all the published productions of the author up to the time of their publication, near the close of 1856. It is what may be denominated a pocket edition, but is printed on type clear and distinct-type that will not weaken the strength or impair the vision of even weak eyes.

25.-Whaling and Fishing. By CHARLES NORDHOFF, author of "Man-of-War Life," "The Merchant Vessel," &c. 18mo., pp. 383. Cincinnati Moore, Wilstack, Keys & Co.

The author of this and other similar sketches of "life on the ocean" has had some experience in that life, and while the titles of his books are calculated to interest the roving, adventurous spirit of young men, he aims to give such a plain, common-sense picture of that life, about which a false romance throws many charms, as shall induce the young man entering into life to make a sensible choice of evils, by looking elsewhere than to the sea for the adventurous existence which his spirit requires.

26.-Brazil and La Plata. The Personal Records of a Cruise. By C. S. STEWART, A. M., U. S. N., author of " A Residence at the Sandwich Islands," "Visit to the South Seas," "Sketches of Great Britain and Ireland," &c., &c. 12mo., pp. 428. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co.

Mr. Stewart has held for some time the office of Chaplain in the United States navy, and is the author of several similar works which have been favorably received and widely circulated. Besides giving an outline of the cruise of the United States ship Congress, and such observations of the places visited by her, Mr. Stewart has retained that which related specifically to the ship, sufficient, at least, to convey a general idea of life on board a man-of-war, and of himself, enough to throw light upon the position, duties, and influence of a chaplain in the naval service.

27.-The Principles of Agriculture, etc. By ALBERT. D. THAER. Translated by William Shaw, Esq., member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, etc., and Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq,, F. R. S., author of the "Farmer's Encyclopedia," etc. 8vo., pp. 550. New York: C. M. Saxton & Co.

The author of this elaborate treatise was born in 1752, and died in 1828. His first work," An Introduction to a Knowledge of English Agriculture," was published in 1798, and his last, on Wool, and Sheep Breeding, in 1825. The present work embraces the theory of the soil, the clearing of land, plowing, manuring, and irrigation, hedges and fences, management of meadow and pasture lands; the cultivation of wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, hops, tobacco, clover, and all the varieties of grasses; the economy of kine stock, breeding and feeding; the management of the dairy, and the use of manures, and the various systems of cultivation, keeping journals and farm records. In brief, it is a complete cyclopedia or circle of practical agriculture.

28.-Principles of Chemistry; Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries in the Science, and Outlines of its Application to Agriculture and the Arts. Illustrated by Numerous Experiments, newly Adapted to the Simplest Apparatus. By JOHN A. PORTER, A. M., M. D., Professor of Agriculture and Organic Chemistry in Yale College. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.

We have seldom, if ever, met with a scientific manual so clear and comprehensive. The author has succeeded in disencumbering chemistry of much detail, and, at the same time, the illustration of the more important phenomena of the science is brought within the reach of every school, and every individual student. The distinct features of the work are a more complete classification to chemical analogies, the explanation of chemical phenomena in ordinary language, as well as symbols, and the addition of a complete set of formula. The recent important discoveries are introduced, and the relations of chemistry to the arts and agriculture are considered.

29.-Narrative of the General Course of History, from the Earliest Periods to the Establishment of the American Constitution. Prepared with Questions for the Use of Schools, and Illustrated with One Hundred and Fifty Maps and Engravings.

This work is divided into three parts, and presents in a simple and connected narrative a general view of the great leading events which have occurred in the history of the world-beginning with ancient history the first, English history the second, and American history the third part. It is intended for Americans, and the narrative follows the line which leads to, and is the most directly connected with, the events of our own history. It is copiously illustrated with maps and well-executed engravings.

30.-Worth, not Wealth, and other Tales. By CouSIN ANGIE. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.

This very prettily illustrated story conveys ideas as to the objects and purposes of human life and pursuits, which it is well enough to inculcate upon children's minds, and which for those of " larger growth" are set forth in our own "Worth and Wealth." The stage, also, has caught the idea, and the playbills of one of our theaters, we notice, announces a piece entitled "Wealth and Worth."

31." It is Never too Late to Mend." A Matter-of-Fact Romance. By CHARLES READE, Author of "Christie Johnstone," "Peg Woffington," etc. 2 vols, 12mo., pp. 423, 424. Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

The moral of this is given in the title, and that moral is beautifully and forcibly illustrated in this "matter-of-fact romance." The other publications of Mr. Reade have secured for him a high reputation, among the best framed and most cultivated minds. The publishers have shown their never-failing good taste in the republication of the present volumes.