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Winslow, D.D., "The Sympathy of Christ 

 with Man ; its Teaching and its Conso- 

 lation ; " a new edition of Cardinal Wiseman's 

 " Lectures on the Principal Doctrines and Prac- 

 tices of the Catholic Church." 



In Moral, Intellectual, and Political Science, 

 there have been several works issued of decided 

 merit. Among these may be named President 

 Mark Hopkins's " Lectures on Moral Science ; " 

 Mr. J. Bascom's ''^Esthetics, or the Science of 

 Beauty;'' President J. T. Champlin's ''First 

 Principles of Ethics : " Prof. C. K. True's "Ele- 

 ments of Logic ; " Mr. P. McGregor's " System 

 of Logic;" B. R. Curtis' Essay on "Ex- 

 ecutive Power;" Rev. M. D. Conway's "The 

 Rejected Stone ; or. Insurrection TS. Resurrec- 

 tion in America ; " and Furman Sheppard's 

 " First Book of the Constitution of the United 

 States." Several of the reprints in this class 

 are also works of great ability. Prominent 

 among these are Prof. J. E. Cairnes' " The Slave 

 Power, its Character, Career, &c; " Count A. 

 de Gasparin's " America before Europe ; Prin- 

 ciples and Interests," translated by Mary L. 

 Booth ; John Stuart Mill's " Considerations on 

 Representative Government," and '' The Con- 

 test in America." The elegant library edi- 

 tion of Lord Bacon's works, was completed 

 by the issue of the 3d, and 4th volumes. 

 Prof. F. Bowen, of Cambridge, edited with 

 notes, a new edition of Reeve's translation of 

 De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America." 



In physical and mechanical science, a depart- 

 ment for many years past diligently cultivated 

 in the United States, many important works 

 were issued. Among them were : the 4th vol- 

 ume of Prof. Agassiz' magnificent " Contribu- 

 tion to the Xatural History of the United 

 States ; " a revised edition of J. J. Audubon's 

 "Birds of America;" Prof. James D. Dana's 

 "Manual of Geology;" A. A. Gould, M.D ., 

 " Otia Conchologica ; Description of Shells and 

 Mollusks, from 1839 to 1862 ; " Hermann 

 Hagan's " Synopsis of the Xeuroptera of Xorth 

 America ; with a list of the South American 

 Species ; " William Stimpson's " Xotes on Xorth 

 American Crustacea in the Museum of the 

 Smithsonian Institution ; " Prof. James Hall's 

 third volume of the " Palfeontology, in the 

 Xatural History of Xew York : " Prof. James 

 Hall and J. D. Whitney's ' Report on the 

 Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin ; " 

 a new edition of Dr. T. W. Harris' " Treatise 

 on some of the Insects Injurious to Vegeta- 

 tion," edited by Charles L. Flint : Mr. John S. 

 Hittell's admirable essay on " Mining in the 

 Pacific States of Xorth America ; " Capt. A. A. 

 Humphreys and Lieut. H. L. Abbott's " Report 

 on the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mis^is- 

 sippi River ; " H. Ruttan's " Treatise on 

 Warming and Ventilating Public and Private 

 Buildings," developing his new and admirable 

 sysrein ; Mr. G. W. Tryon's " List of American 

 Writers on Recent Conchology," with the titles 

 of their memoirs and dates of publication ; and 

 the Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1862. 



Xew editions were also published of Dr. A. 

 Snowden Piggott's " Chemistry and Metallurgy 

 of Copper; " E. C. Perkins' " Practical Treatise 

 on Gas and Ventilation ; " Commander J. H. 

 Ward's " Steam for the Million ; " Prof. Gilles- 

 pie's " Manual of the Principles and Practice of 

 Road Making." and Engineer W. R. King's 

 ' Xotes on the Steam Engine, Propellers, &c., 

 for Young Marine Engineers, Students," &c. 



In philology, the most noteworthy books 

 of the year were the " Origin and History of the 

 English Language," by George P. Marsh, 

 LL.D., U. S. minister to Italy ; a work of pro- 

 found learning and research, by the ablest of 

 American Philologists ; and an edition of vol. 

 I of Hensleigh Wedgwood's " Dictionary of 

 English Etymology," with notes which more 

 than double its value, by Mr. Marsh ; while 

 Prof. R. L. Tafel's " Investigations into the 

 Laws of English Orthographv and Pronunci- 

 ation; " Messrs. R. Soule and'W. A. Wheeler's 

 "Manual of English Pronunciation and Spell- 

 ing;" Prof. William Henry Green's "Gram- 

 mar of the Hebrew Language," and Rev. M. 

 C. Pandosy's " Grammar of the Yakama Lan- 

 guage," translated by George Gibbs and J. 

 Gilmary Shea, and forming one of the volumes 

 of Dr. Shea's invaluable " Library of Linguis- 

 tics." are all important contributions to phi- 

 lological science. 



In mathematics the most remarkable books 

 are Mr. J. W. Xystrom's "Project of a New- 

 System of Arithmetic, Weights, Measures and 

 Coins," proposed to be called the Tenal System 

 with Sixteen to the Base ; and a scientific trea- 

 tise on the " Laws and Practices of the Game 

 of Euchre." In educational science, aside from 

 the new series of Dr. Barnard's American 

 Journal of Education, a work of great value 

 and importance, there was published an admi- 

 rably arranged " Graded Course of Instruction 

 for Public Schools, by William H. Wells, A.M., 

 Superintendent of Public Schools in Chicago ; " 

 a Manual of Instruction on the Plan of Object 

 Teaching, by Marcius Willson ; a report of the 

 "Proceedings of the Educational Convention 

 at Oswego, Feb., 1862;" and an able essay in 

 opposition to the so-called Object Method of 

 Teaching, entitled " Some Suggestions on the 

 Principles and Methods of Elementary Instruc- 

 tion," by H. B. Wilbur, M.D., Superintendent 

 of the Xew York State Asylum for Idiots. 



The number of new works on agriculture is 

 not large, though the agricultural periodicals 

 are liberally sustained, and some of them dis- 

 play a high order of talent. Two works were 

 published on wine making and the grape cul- 

 ture: one, Mr. A. Haraszthy's, with special ref- 

 erence to California, where wine making is 

 becoming an important branch of productive 

 industry; the other by Mr. John Phin. devoted 

 to open air grape culture generally. From San 

 Francisco, there comes also a Beekeeper's Direc- 

 tory, the keeping of bees having proved very ^ 

 profitable on the Pacific coast. 



Messrs. G. B. Emerson, M.D., and Charles 



