"when Providence raises up such men as Cæsar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to trace out to peoples the path they ought to follow; to stamp with the seal of their genius a new era; and to accomplish in a few years the labor of many centuries. Happy the peoples who comprehend and follow them! Woe to those who misunderstand and com

bat them! They do as the Jews did, they crucify their Messiah; they are blind and culpable; blind, for they do not see the impotence of their efforts to suspend the definitive triumph of good; culpable, for they only retard progress by impeding its prompt and fruitful application." Certainly, Cæsar had faith in his destiny, and confidence in his genius; but faith is an instinct, not a calculation, and genius foresees the future without understanding its mysterious progress.

ARCTIC RESEARCHES, AND LIFE AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX-Being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in the years 186061-62. By CHARLES FRANCIS HALL, of Cincinnati, Ohio. With Maps and 100 Illustrations. 8vo. pp. 595. $4 50.

The author gives a graphic account of his journey towards the North pole, entering with zeal upon his voluntary labors in behalf of humanity. He soon gathered round him many friends warm-hearted and sincere, and who did all they could to advance the primary object of his expedition. The daily life of the Esquimaux or Innuits, as they are familiarly called, is fraught with many scenes of vivid interest, and the kind and genial manner with which Mr. Hall so thoroughly identifies himself with their peculiar habits, shows him to be a thorough Cosmopolitan.

His religious observations show his mind and heart to be thoroughly imbued with a just conception of the plan of salvation, and many of his reflections are suggestive and useful. His descriptive powers show him to be fully up to the best writers of the day, and the Maps and Illustrations add to the clearness of the narrative, the value of the volume, and the interest of the reader.

WESTERN AFRICA-Its History, Condition, and Prospects. By Rev. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D.D., Eighteen Years a Missionary in Africa. With numerous Engravings. 12mo. $1 25.

The author is a Presbyterian Minister, a member of Harmony Presbytery, South Carolina, whose heart being deeply impressed with missionary zeal decided upon going to Africa and preach the Gospel of peace, and good-will to men, and there with all the carnestness of Paul he labored faithfully over fourteen years among that deeply interesting people. On his return he prepared this volume, of which the celebrated traveler, Dr. LIVINGSTON, says: "Mr. Wilson, an American missionary, has written the best book I have seen on the West Coast."

RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF CHILDREN-In the School, the Family, and the Church. By CATHARINE E. BEECHER. 12mo., pp. 413. $1 75.

The author is evidently in full communion with what is generally termed the "Broad Church," and has a very evident antipathy to good old-fashioned religion. She devotes a large portion of the volume to disprove the doctrine of native depravity, and to prove that any system of education founded upon it must fail. She writes with vigor and assails with the vehemence of an irate polemic the theology taught by her sainted father, the celebrated Dr. Lyman Beecher.

THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE CIVIL POLICY OF AMERICA. BY JOHN C. DRAPER, M.D., Professor of Natural History and Physiology in the New York Free Academy, and Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the University of New York. 8vo., pp. 315. $3 50.

This volume is an enlargement of Discourses, delivered at the request of the New York Historical Society. It treats with great power and thoroughness the subjects under the following heads: The Influence of Climate-The Effects of EmigrationThe Political Force of Ideas-and The Natural Course of Natural Development. The eminent position of the author, justly celebrated as one of the first scholars of the age, renders his opinions worthy the profound attention of every citizen of the United States. ARIZONA AND SONORA-The Geography, History, and Resources of the Silver Region of North America. By SYLVESTER MOWRY, of Arizona, Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, late

Lieutenant Third Artillery, U. S. A., Corresponding Member of the American Institute, late United States Boundary Commissioner, &c., &c. 12mo., pp. 287. $1 50.

This is a revised and enlarged edition of a work that has been extensively circulated in the western part of our country, mostly in California. The author is evidently intelligent, sagacious, and enterprising, and has given us a very readable as well as evidently valuable volume. All interested in the present as well as future prosperity of our country must study with special zeal the present and prospective development of our mineral lands.

"FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA;" or, The Land of Promise as it now Appears. Including a Description of the Boundaries, Topography, Agriculture, Antiquities, Cities, and Present Inhabitants of that Wonderful Land. With Illustrations of the remarkable Accuracy of the Sacred Writers in their Allusions to their Native Country. By Rev. J. P. NEWMAN, D.D. Maps and Engravings. 12mo., pp. 225.

This volume is the result of an extensive tour through the Holy Land. It is a valuable work to the lovers of sacred history. The details are minute and the researches of the author thorough, bringing down the most accurate and latest knowledge of whatever relates to its boundaries, agriculture, topography, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants, and he also verifies on the spot the reliability of the sacred writers in their allusions to their native country.

NOTES FROM PLYMOUTH PULPIT: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, with a Sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture-Room. By AUGUSTA MOORE. New edition, revised and greatly enlarged. 12mo., pp. 374. $2 00.

These Notes were first issued without the author's revision and circulated widely, especially in Great Britain. This volume has been carefully revised by Mr. Beecher, making large additions and writing an Introduction. It is an interesting collection of thought, and expressions, and sentences, from a man of genius.

RICHARD COBDEN-The Apostle of Free Trade, his Political Career and Public Services; a Biography. By JOHN MCGILCHRIST, author of "The Life of Lord Dundonald. Portrait and Engravings. 16mo., pp. 304. $1 50.

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This volume tells the whole story of Cobden's Life, and whilst his public labors are fully illustrated, and the origin and progress of the Free Trade and Corn Law aggressions are graphically set forth, it has also the interest attached to a personal narrative, and his inner life adds to the charm which will ever attach to the great name of Cobden. THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING FACULTIES-In the Family and the School; or, Things about Home, and How to Make them Instructive to the Young. By WARREN BURTON. 16mo., cloth, 75 cents.

This little book is calculated to do a great good, and it is wonderful what amount of interest is awakened in the heart of the parent when the teachings of a work like this are taken into consideration and acted upon.

CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By MISS MULOCK, author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." 12mo., cloth. $1 25.

The tone of this story is good, though not free from exaggeration, is written well, skillfully arranged, and sustains the interest of the reader to the close of the volume. AN ELEGANT LIBRARY EDITION OF VANITY FAIR. By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. With Illustrations by the Author, and a Portrait on Steel, engraved by Halpin after Lawrence's Picture. A new and elegant Library Edition, in Three Volumes, post 8vo., on Toned Paper. Cloth. $7 50.

This beautiful edition of Thackeray's greatest work must find its way into the hands of all who enjoy a true portraiture of human nature and human society as it exists and manifests itself at the present day.

QUEENS OF SONG.-Being Memoirs of some of the most celebrated Female Vocalists who have performed on the Lyric Stage from the Earliest Days of Opera to the Present time. To which is added a Chronological List of all the Operas that have been performed in Europe. By ELLEN CREATHORNE CLAYTON. With Portraits of Mrs. Billington, Madame Pasta, Madame Sontag, Madame Garcia, Malibran, Madame Giulia Grisi, Madame Clara Novello, Madame Viardot Garcia, Madame Marietta Alboni, Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, and Madame Marietta Piccolomini. 8vo. pp. 543. $3 00.

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We give the title in full of this beautiful book as the best description of its character. The love of music is one of the most agreeable traits of character, and its influence is rapidly extending in nearly all our churches. Choirs are being introduced and an earnest desire manifested by many to perfect themselves in this Divine art. all such this volume will have the fascination of a work of fiction, whilst its touches of real life will awaken the highest sensibilities of our nature; for, whilst the author does full justice to their queenly qualities as singers, she does not attempt to hide their weaknesses when the truth demands the record. The whole range of song for one hundred and fifty years has been explored, and the result prepared for the public by a lady of culture and refinement.

BARBARA'S HISTORY. BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. 8vo. 75 cents.

An interesting story in which social and school life in Germany are graphically set forth, and art-life in Rome told in a fascinating manner.

THE STORY OF THE GREAT MARCH-From the Diary of a Staff Officer. By Brevet-Major GEORGE WARD NICHOLS. With a Map and Illustrations. 12mo., pp. 394. $2 00.

PRISON LIFE IN THE SOUTH-At Richmond, Va., Macon and Savannah, Geo., Charleston and Columbia, S. C., Charlotte, Raleigh, and Goldsborough, N, C., and Andersonville, Geo., during the years 1864 and 1865. By A. O ABBOTT, late A Lieutenant First New York Dragoons, with numerous Illustrations. $1 75.

HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES. Imperial folio.

This history is published in numbers, and the publishers intend that it shall be a complete and impartial history of the Rebellion, based upon original documents, and illustrated with portraits, maps, views of every scene of interest, and authentic sketches of the most important battles. Each number consists of twenty-four pages of the size of Harper's Weekly, containing matter equivalent to an ordinary volume, and is sold at the low rate of thirty cents.

ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, 530 Broadway, New York. MAN AND THE GOSPEL. BY THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D., author of "The Gos pel in Ezekiel." 12mo., pp. 455. $200.

To Presbyterians the name of the author of this volume is familiar as "household words," and everything from his pen can be commended with pleasure and read with profit. This volume is a series of Discourses, nineteen in number, illustrating as many types of practical religion, all exhibiting the relation of man to the Gospel and the Gospel's influence over man.

Richly exuberant in thought, teeming with pointed analogies; the author's observation and experience enabling him to select from every department of history and science, he has prepared a charming volume calculated to do great good.

As an illustration of what ripe scholarship, a familiarity with science, and a love of nature will do for a Minister to aid him in interpreting and illustrating Scripture, this volume stands pre-eminent.

THE PARABLES READ IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT DAY. BY THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D. 12mo., pp. 200.

The portions of Scripture considered in this volume are certainly among the most interesting and instructive in the Holy Bible. But to render them practical for every day uses, to prompt, to encourage, and to so impress the reader that the teachings of the Parables can become part and parcel of a Christian's daily life and walk, and to do this intelligently, intellectually, and interestingly, requires a man of genius as well as wisdom. The author has succeeded.

EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON THE GOSPELS-For Family and Private Use; with the Text Complete. By Rev. J. C. RYLE, B. A., Christ Church, Oxford; Vicar of Stradbroke, Suffolk. St. John. Vol. I., pp. 422. $1 50. The author avows himself as belonging to that school in the Church of England which is termed "Evangelical," and he is an advocate of the "plenary inspiration" of every word of the original text of Holy Scripture. The plan of the commentary is to present first a portion of the Gospel, in the authorized version, then follows a general exposition of it, to which succeeds a large body of notes upon the verses in their order. He has been engaged a long while on the present work, and in the course of its preparation professes to have explored the whole body of Johannian comment, patristic and medieval, Protestant and Catholic, German, English and Scotch. The character of the work does not require critical disquisitions upon various readings, or philological investigations, yet the niceties of the original text are constantly adverted to in a way which puts the merely English reader in possession of some of the best results of recent textual criticism.

THE INTUITIONS OF THE MIND-Inductively Investigated. By JAMES McCOSH, LLD. 8vo., pp. 400. $3 00.

As a thinker, Dr. McCosh has the rare and inestimable faculty of constructive thought; not content himself with taking the dimensions or even repairing the flaws of other men's building; but raising tier after tier of solid masonry on its own account. His work on "The Intuitions of the Mind" seems to be the noblest contribution made to the speculative philosophy of Scotland since the days of Reid.

THE VOICES OF THE SOUL ANSWERED IN GOD. By Rev. JOHN REID. 12mo., pp. 360. $1 75.

No one reading this work can fail to be impressed with the fact that it is one of originality and power, and it is evidently the result of prolonged searching reflection and strong, earnest conviction.

WANDERINGS OVER BIBLE LANDS AND SEAS-Illustrated. By the author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family." 16mo. $1 25.

This delightful volume is the record, in the writer's inimitable style, of a journey through the hallowed localities of Palestine. It is, in fact, a word panorama of Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Hebron, Bethlehem, Sychar, Nain, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Tyre, Lebanon, and Damascus, as well as many other sacred places.

The same genius heretofore so signally displayed in depicting imaginary scenes here dwells on even more interesting localities. The result is a book of marvellous interest and rich with instruction.

MELBOURNE HOUSE. By the author of "The Wide, Wide World." 12mo. Illustrated. $2 00.

This is an engaging story, from the pen of one of the most successful authors of the present day. It is a history of inward trials and conflicts wrought out with great power, yet with a degree of naturalness truly charming. It illustrates the sustaining power of a decided and conscientious piety.

SHADY SIDE. By a Minister's Wife. 12mo., pp. 350. $1 25.

This touching story of the trials, the sufferings, the disappointments to which a minister's family can be and are, alas! too often subjected, ought to be read by every family in the Church. It will do great good. No one can read “ Shady Side" without an earnest determination to lighten the burdens of their minister, and become a considerate but earnest helper in the cause of truth.

M. W. DODD, 506 Broadway, New York.

In noticing the following works by the author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family," it is well to place on record the following Card: "The author of 'The Schönberg-Cotta Family' wishes it to be generally known among the readers of her books on America, that the American editions issued by M. W. DODD, of New York, alone have the author's sanction."

Mr. Dodd with commendable zeal and liberality has issued beautiful editions of them all, viz. :

CHRONICLES OF "THE SCHONBERG-COTTA FAMILY." By Two of Themselves. 12mo., pp. 552. $1 75.

This book is a History of the Life and Times of Martin Luther, portraying with vividness and power the eventful career of the great Reformer, tracing his influence upon the social condition of Germany, and giving a truthful exhibition of his public life. The peculiar style of the author adds to the fascination of the narrative, and her genius will forever render her works household volumes in every Christian family. The story is so truthfully told and so historically accurate, that the reader lives for the time in the heart of Germany. The social life of the people, their daily thoughts and utterances, the rumors and anxieties of that stirring period, follow each other with a naturalness truly startling.

THE EARLY DAWN; or, Sketches of Christian Life in England in the Olden Time. By the author of "The Schönberg-Cotta Family." With an Introduction by HENRY B. SMITH, D.D., Professor in The Union Theological Seminary, New York. 12mo., pp. 446. $1 75.

In this work the early Christian Life in England is told with all the clearness and power of the author. The stories and romantic legends of the early Christianity of England, from the time of the Druids down to Wickliffe, form the basis of the narrative, making an unusually entertaining volume.

DIARY OF MRS. KITTY TREVYLYAN-A Story of the Times of Whitefield and the Wesleys. By the author of "The Schönberg-Cotta Family." With a Preface by the Author for this edition addressed to her American readers. 12mo., pp. 436. $1 75.

As this author's works follow each other their power over the reader increases, and though the charms that abound in the preceding volumes referred to above indicate extraordinary genius and power, the Diary of Mrs. Kitty Trevylyan opens up with a freshness, a purity of thought, a clearness of perception, and a graphic power of illustration rarely if ever equalled.

WINIFRED BERTRAM, AND THE WORLD SHE LIVED IN. By the author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family." 12mo., pp. 479. $1 75.

In this work instead of transporting us to a former century our author most pleasantly gives us a picture of the actual life of to-day, as it ebbed and flowed in and around a quaint old house in one of the pleasant outskirts of London. The story is quite a lengthy one, and is marked by the excellence in character-painting, and the inculcation of Christian aims, which characterize all the works of the writer. THE SONG WITHOUT WORDS; LEAVES FROM A VERY OLD BOOK; DEDICATED TO CHILDREN-By the author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family.' Square 16mo., pp. 140. $1 00.

This is a beautifully illustrated, and printed, and most excellent Juvenile work, combining the fascination of the Fairy legend with the practical lessons by which the character is moulded, being thereby attractive and instructive.

CRUDEN'S COMplete ConcorDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT; or, A Dictionary and Alphabetical Index to the Bible; to which is added a Concordance to the Books called the Apocrypha. A new and improved edition. Royal 8vo., sheep. With Portrait. $5 00.

This is the only genuine edition of Cruden's great work, unabridged and entire, published in America.