Anthon's Series of School and College Classics-Concluded. *Anthon's Smith's Antiquities, Abridged. A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Abridged from the Larger Dictionary. By Wм. SMITH, LL.D. With Corrections and Improvements. 12mo, Half Sheep, $1 00. *Anthon's Latin-English and English-Latin Dictionary. A Latin-English and English-Latin Dictionary, for the Use of Schools. Chiefly from the Lexicons of Freund, Georges, and Kaltschmidt. Small 4to, Sheep, $2 50. The Latin-English Dictionary alone. 12mo, Cloth, $2 05. *Anthon's Riddle & Arnold's English-Latin Lexicon. A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon, founded on the German-Latin Dictionary of Dr. C. E. GEORGES. By Rev. JOSEPH ESMOND RIDDLE, M.A., and Rev. THOMAS KERCHEVER ARNOLD, D.D. First American Edition, carefully Revised, and containing a Copious Dictionary of Proper Names from the Best Sources. By CHARLES Anthon, LL.D. Royal 8vo, Sheep, $4 10. Mrs. Gaskell's Novels. That tender pathos, which could sink so deep-that gentle humor, which could soar so lightly-that delicate perception, which nothing could escape-that wide sympathy, which ranged so far-those sweet moralities, which rung so true. *** Mrs. Gaskell had not only genius of a high order, she had also the true feeling of the artist, that grows impatient at whatever is unfinished or imperfect.-Examiner, London. Whatever Mrs. Gaskell wrote she felt and entered into most thoroughly. When she rose to her highest point, she showed not only a thorough mastery of her subject and her materials, but a judicial command over her feelings. By her death the world of letters has lost a thoroughly conscientious, industrious, pureminded, imaginative, and vigorous artist.-Saturday Review, London. It is said that George Sand remarked to an English friend: "Mrs. Gaskell has done what neither I nor other female writers in France can accomplish-she has written novels which excite the deepest interest in men of the world, and which every girl will be the better for reading."-N. Y. Evening Post. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America-now Ceded to the United States-and in various Other Parts of the North Pacific. By FREDERICK WHYMPER. With Map and Illustrations. Mr. Whymper writes clearly and in a graphic style, and has given us a thorough and careful description of the vast region upon which he discourses.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. This agreeable book of travel and adventure. *** The purchase of Alaska by the United States Government has awakened a lively interest in that region; and whatever relates to its natural features, its inhabitants, its existing state, and its possible resources, comes to us with the twofold charm of novelty and material interest. Mr. Whymper was able to take with him the requisite qualifications for breaking ground in that new and, in many respects, rough and Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 50. uncivilized quarter, as the results of his exploration in the clearly written and cleverly illustrated volume before us testify. *** His graphic pictures of its physical aspects and of its people.-Saturday Review, London. We venture to say that Mr. Whymper's book will make Alaska more popular with the reading public than any one a short time since would have ventured to predict would be the case. The book is agreeable to read, is capitally illustrated from Mr. Whymper's own excellent sketches, and contains a fund of information that is new, interesting, and valuable.— Civil Service Gazette, London. good Americans who desire to see the ictures of the West before they die and ill find in Mr. Nordhoff a guide at once and considerate. The writer, with his ible facts, seems to be a very Gradmatter of figures-a beneficent Gradmigrants who need to know something den. The first part of the book is givruction of travellers, to definite details, places and expenses. The description ross the continent, with its palace cars and its unexpected little luxuries, reads like nothing so much as an Arabian Nights' tale wherein the happy possessor of the lamp or the ring or the purse summons any number of obliging and comfort-bearing genii at will.-N. Y. Tribune. This book stands, as few books do, one of the best tests for general interest. Open it where you will, and you find yourself at once attracted both by the subject and the style. Mr. Nordhoff knows how to use his eyes, and he knows how to use his pen.-N. Y. Times. rn California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. rn California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. By CHARLES NORDHOFF. IllusSvo, Cloth, $2 50. | alism, and an enthusiasm none the less agreeable because straitened in its expression, are his qualities.N. Y. Evening Post. s among our American travellers, and, od and All Along Shore. ed many readers.-Commercial, N. Y. well-written sketches.-N. Y. Times. r, of the Island World. With an exceptional talent for investigation, narrative, and description, he is never tempted into sensational writing by any provocations presented by scenery, statistics, or the wild hopes poured into his mind by the enthusiastic inhabitants of the promising tracts of country he traverses.-Boston Globe. The account of his visit to the great volcano is graphic and almost fearfully exciting.—Christian Ad By CHARLES NORDHOFF. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. A lively and agreeable volume, full of humor and incident. Boston Transcript. of the Island World. By CHARLES NORDHOFF. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 00. book, with pen-and-ink pictures of life in ava, Iceland, Ceylon, and New Zealand; nbining entertainment and instruction. Y. This charming little book, which will find its way to many hundreds of happy firesides, and gladden thousands of readers both old and young.-Evangelist, N. Y. nistic Societies of the United States. ›mmunistic Societies of the United States; from Personal Visit and Observation : ng Detailed Accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers; the Amana, Oneida, Aurora, Icarian, and other Existing Societies; their Religious Creeds, Social es, Numbers, Industries, and Present Condition. By CHARLES NORDHOFF. Illus8vo, Cloth, $4 00. f has derived his materials from person1, having visited the principal commus in the United States, and taken dilithe peculiar features of their religious actices, their social and domestic cusr industrial and financial arrangements. uing his researches, Mr. Nordhoff was xe extensive journeys, travelling from ucky and Oregon. With his exceptioners of perception, and his habits of pracion, he could not engage in such an in s for Young Americans. | quiry without amassing a fund of curious information, and with regard to facts which have never been fully disclosed to the comprehension of the public. In stating the results of his investigations, he writes with exemplary candor and impartiality, though not without the exercise of just and sound discrimination. He views the subject in its practical bearings, free from a cavilling and censorious spirit, and equally free from the poetical enthusiasm which would clothe a novel experiment with the coloring of romance.N. Y. Tribune. for Young Americans. By CHARLES NORDHOFF. 16mo, Half Leather, 75 cents. difficult to find, indeed, a safer guide | It is thus a treatise of political ethics and of political an getting ready to "cast his first bal- economy, and an excellent one.-N. Y. World. N. Y. very clear account of the reason of govhings which government can and ought things which it can not do and ought and the principles which ought to pre It is a book that should be in the hand of every American boy and girl. This book of Mr. Nordhoff might be learned by heart. Each word has its value; each enumerated section has its pith. It is a complete system of political science, economical__and umes of equal size, contains 1500 pages and 1100 engravings. As the plan, scope, and beauty of the work were originally developed, eminent literary men, and the leading presses of the United States and Great Britain, pronounced it one of the most valuable historical productions ever issued in America. The prime object of the author in arranging his plan was to reproduce the history of the American Revolution in such an attractive manner as to entice his countrymen to read the wonderful story, study its philosophy and teachings, and to become familiar with the founders of our republic, and the value of their labors. The maps, plans, and pictorial illustrations, which invest the work with so powerful a charm, are not mere embellishments intended to allure and amuse, but are the means of conveying accurate and important geographical and historical knowledge. These illustrations, which were prepared for the work at great expense, time, and labor, adapt it, in an admirable manner, to instruct all readers, and to lead them to form clear, discriminating, and exact ideas of the facts connected with our early history. An analysis shows that these illustrations exhibit 245 portraits, 475 autographs of eminent men, 183 celebrated buildings, 62 maps and plans of battles, fortifications, &c., 46 views of battle-grounds, 102 views of other historical localities, 96 sketches of curious historical objects, 26 fac-similes of manuscripts, 27 medals, seals, &c., 46 views of fortifications; sketches of 12 remarkable trees, 76 monuments, 24 old churches, 6 statues, 75 appropriate initial letters, and about a dozen miscellaneous fancy sketches. dex has been prepared for each volume, by the late Nothing has been spared to make this great national work complete, reliable, and eminently useful to all classes of citizens. Upward of $40,000 have been expended in its publication. The author has occupied more than four years, and travelled nearly ten thousand miles, visiting the prominent scenes, gath ering up the local traditions, and exploring the records and annals of the time. Lossing's Field-Book of the War of 1812. Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the last War for American Independence. By BENSON J. LOSSING. With 882 Illustrations, engraved on Wood by Lossing & Barritt, chiefly from Original Sketches by the Author. Complete in One Volume, 1084 pages, large 8vo. Price, in Cloth, $7 00; Sheep, $8 50; Full Roan, $9 00; Half Calf or Half Morocco extra, $10 00. Mr. Lossing not only writes excellent history, but ter and its consequences in a philosophical manner, as he collects the materials from which that history is Mr. Lossing discusses them.*** It is proper that the made, and we are reminded of Herodotus, who trav- history of such a contest should be given in a sound elled into many lands to obtain the materials from manner; and such is the work that Mr. Lossing has which his immortal work was composed, and whose placed before his countrymen, after immense exerskilfulness in acquiring knowledge, and sagacity and tions to make it worthy of their approbation. That truthfulness in using his acquisitions, modern research they will wel appreciate what he has done so thorand criticism are putting beyond all question, thus re- oughly, is a thing of course. For young persons who futing that ignorance which would have it that the would have correct views of their country's history, no Father of History was the Father of Lies. Mr. Los- better book can be named. Its minuteness, its livesing's industry is equalled only by his conscientious-liness, its accuracy, its high tone, and its exhaustive ness, which leads him to treat all parties to the War character, render it a fine opening work for youthful of 1812 with the utmost impartiality, and to give all readers, whose minds are always injured by the peruthe facts that throw light upon the contest, which is sal of superficial histories. ***The volume is perfecta novelty in writing about it, for never was the histo- ly printed, no European or American book ever having ry of an important war told in a more partisan man- come from the press in a more elegant state. The ner than that of our second conflict with England. *** paper and the binding are faultless. In fact, the book The time has come when it is possible to write of pleases the eye as much as it affords food for the mind. it with candor as well as with spirit, as Mr. Lossing It should be in every library, and in the hands of all writes its history; and the time has come, too, when persons who would understand American history, and we are beginning to understand its real effect on the who would acquire knowledge thereof from the highcountry, and when it is possible to discuss its charac-est available sources.-Boston Traveller. Lossing's History of the Fine Arts. Outline History of the Fine Arts: embracing a Review of the Rise, Life, Progress, and Influence of the Arts among different Nations, Ancient and Modern, with Notices of the Character and Works of many Celebrated Artists. By BENSON J. LOSSING. Illustrated. 18mo, Cloth, 75 cents. *Lucretius. ↑ Lucreti Cari de Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Recognovit Hugo A. I. MUNRO, M.A. Madame De Witt's Works. A French Country Family. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. A French Country Family. Translated from the French of Madame De Witt, née Guizot, by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." The translator says: "I leave the book to the warm little hearts by English firesides, doubting not that they will welcome their little French companions, and grow as fond of them all as the translator has done." An Only Sister. Madame De Witt is a charming painter of the nat ure and ways of children; and the author of "John Halifax" has done good service in giving us this English version of a book which will delight the inmates of our nurseries.-Athenæum, London. An Only Sister. Translated from the French of Madame De Witt, née Guizot. Edited by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents. Forming Vol. V. of Series of Girls' Books edited by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." See p. 160. The editor says: "Of this story, written expressly for itself. In it the author paints real French life, and for my series, I have almost nothing to say; it speaks the real Frenchwoman in her best and noblest type." Motherless. Motherless; or, A Parisian Family. For Girls in their Teens. Translated from the French of Madame De Witt, née Guizot, by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. Although the domestic tale called "A Parisian Family," "and translated from the French of Madame Guizot De Witt, by the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," is designed "for girls in their teens," we confess to having read it with no slight interest. The feeling of the story is so good, the characters are so Guizot's Corneille. clearly marked, there is such freshness, and truth to nature, in the simple incidents recorded, that we have been allured on, from page to page, without the least wish to avail ourselves of a privilege permitted sometimes to the reviewer, and to skip a portion of the narrative.-Pall Mall Gazette, London. Corneille and his Times. By M. GUIZOT. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. Guizot's Shakspeare. Shakspeare and his Times. By M. GuizOT. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. *Juvenal. Text. Juvenal and Persius. Edited, with Notes, by Professor ANTHON. See page 122. Juvenal. Translated. Juvenal, Translated by Evans. The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius, literally translated into English Prose. With Notes, Chronological Tables, Arguments, &c. By Rev. LEWIS EVANS, M.A., late Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. To which is added the Metrical Version of Juvenal and Persius, by the late WILLIAM GIFFORD, Esq. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. Juvenal, Translated by Badham. The Satires of Juvenal. Translated by CHARLES BADHAM, M.D., F.R.S. With an Appendix, containing Imitations of the Third and Tenth Satires, by Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON. To which are appended the Satires of Persius, translated by the Rt. Hon. Sir W. DRUM18mo, Cloth, 75 cents. MOND. The Breach of Promise. The Breach of Promise. A Novel. 8vo, Paper, 35 cents. Foote's War of the Rebellion. The War of the Rebellion; or, Scylla and Charybdis. Consisting of Observations upon the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the late Civil War in the United States. H. S. FOOTE. 12mo, Cloth, $250. By This book abounds in anecdotes and reminiscences | portance to all who wish to master the whole subject which throw light upon the events of the time. In view of the antecedents, character, and experience of the author, it must be considered of considerable im of secession, and the present position of the honest portion of the men who bore a part in that movement.-N. Y. Times. General R. B. Marcy's Works. Army Life on the Border. Thirty Years of Army. Life on the Border. Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains; Explorations of New Territory; a Trip across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting them; with Incidents in the Life of different Frontier Men, &c., &c. By Brevet Brig.-General R. B. MARCY, U.S.A. 8vo, Cloth, $3 00. This book is the matured result of a long, varied, adventurous, and honorable army career, speut mainly in a region and among people about whom there is a great deficiency of correct knowledge. It will supply this deficiency to a greater extent than any book we have ever read upon the subjects treated of. The author has enjoyed an unusually extended experience on our frontier, on the great plains, and in the Rocky Mountains, and is not only a keen and accu Border Reminiscences. rate observer, but a good narrator of what he has seen. His descriptions of the Indian tribes of the plains; his accounts of explorations of new territory; the thrilling history of his trip across the mountains in winter during the Utah war; his chapter on the habits of the Western game, and of the proper methods of hunting, together with the humorous incidents in frontier life, constitute a volume of extreme interest and of real instructiveness.-N. Y. Evening Post. Border Reminiscences. By Brevet Brig. - General R. B. MARCY, U.S.A. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00. A border soldier himself, the author writes with the a deliberate lie, but whose brilliant imagination, aidlife and piquancy which nothing but actual experience ed by a defective memory, led him into many a highcan impart. In fact, one merit of the book is that all flown Munchausenism, is a sketch not unworthy of the characters are portraits from real life, and all the the master-hand of the author of "Pickwick." *** stories and anecdotes genuine, the appearance of car- We heartily commend this book. It fulfils a twofold icature resulting, as in some of Dickens's best writ- mission-to amuse and instruct. The amusement is ings, merely from the minute exactness of the por- general and hearty, and the instruction of real practraiture. The picture of the "Major of the Old Ré- tical value. It is illustrated with many humorous gime," for example, who would not for the world tell | engravings.—Army and Navy Journal, N. Y. The Prairie Traveller: a Hand-Book for Overland Emigrants. The Prairie Traveller: a Hand - Book for Overland Emigrants. With Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific. By Brevet Brig.-General R. B. MARCY, U.S.A. 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Mr. Kay was commissioned by Cambridge University to travel through Western Europe to examine the comparative social condition of the poorer classes of the different countries. The results of his investigation were published in a volume, of which the American edition contains merely his chapters on England, and they constitute a hideous revelation of social misery and destitution among the lower and laboring classes of that country. It is a sad conclusion to which Mr. Kay is compelled to come when he says that "the poor of England are more depressed, more pauperized, more numerous in comparison to the other classes, more irreligious, and very much worse educated than the poor of any other European nation, solely excepting Russia, Turkey, South Italy, Portugal, and Spain." |