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LITERATURE AND LITEEARY PROGRESS IN 18C5. 



Series ; " Sermons on Moral Subjects," by his 

 Eminence Cardinal "Wiseman ; " Of the Imitation 

 of the Sacred Heart of Jesus," translated from the 

 Latin of Rev. P. J. Arnondt," by Rev. J. A. M. 

 Fastre ; "Life in Heaven : there Faith is changed 

 te Sight, and Hope has passed into Blissful Fru- 

 ition," by the Author of "Heaven otir Home;" 

 5 " Arbor Vita? : or, the Natural History of the 

 "Tree of Life (London, 1741), privately reprinted ; 

 "Religious Duty," by Frances Power Cobbe; 

 "Mary the Handmaid of the Lord," by the 

 Author of the Schonberg-Cotta Family (Mrs. 

 Charles) ; " The Throne of Grace," by the Author 

 of " The Pathway of Promise; " "Words to the 

 Winners of Souls," by Rev. Horatius Bonar, 

 D. D. ; " The Office of the Dead, according to 

 the Roman Ritual and Missal, with Gregorian 

 Chants in Modern Notation ; " " Meditations 

 and Considerations for a Ritual of one day in 

 each month," compiled from the writings of 

 Fathers of the Society of Jesus ; " The Year of 

 Mary : or, the True Servant of the Blessed Vir- 

 gin," translated from the French of Rev. M. 

 d'Arville, edited by Mrs. J. Sadlier ; " The Cross 

 of Jesus : or, Heaven on Earth to Me," by Rev. 

 David Thompson ; " Plain "Words on Christian 

 Living," by Charles John Vaughn, D. D. ; 

 " Voices of the Soul answered in God," by Rev. 

 John Reid ; " The Parables read in the Light 

 of the Present Day," by Thomas Guthrie, D. D. 

 A new and cheap edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's 

 Progress. " Manna Crumbs for Hungry Souls," 

 consisting of Excerpts from the Letters of the 

 Rev. Samuel Rutherford, gathered by Rev. W. 

 P. Breed, D. D.; "Bible Blessings," by Rev. 

 Richard Newton, D. D. ; ""Wanderings over 

 Bible Lands and Seas," by the Author of the 

 Schonberg-Cotta Family (Mrs. Charles); 

 " Work : or, Plenty to do, and how to do it," 

 by Margaret Maria Brewster, a new edition. 



Works on MOBAL AND INTELLECTUAL SCIENCE 

 are not very numerous in any year, but 1865 

 had more than its predecessor, and of these, six 

 works of considerable ability were original. 

 They were as follows: "Practical Ethics," by 

 Rev. J. W. French, D. D., Professor of Ethics 

 U. S. Military Academy, to which are added 

 Lectures on Ethics and Jurisprudence; "Know 

 the Truth, a Critique on the Hamiltonian 

 Theory of Limitation, including some Strictures 

 upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and 

 Mr. Herbert Spencer," by Jesse H. Jones; "A 

 View at the Foundations: or, First Causes of 

 Character, as operative before Birth, from Hered- 

 itary and Spiritual Sources," etc., etc., by Wood- 

 bury M. Fernald ; " Brief Outline of an Analysis 

 of the Human Intellect; intended to rectify 

 the Scholastic and Vulgar Perversions of the 

 Natural Purposes and Methods. of Thinking, by 

 rejecting altogether the Theoretic Confusion, 

 the Unmeaning Arrangement, and Indefinite 

 Nomenclature of the Metaphysician," by James 

 Rush, M. D., 2 vols., 8vo; "New System of 

 Physiognomy, or the Art of Knowing Men by 

 their Eyes," by M. Aguirre de Venero ; " Phys- 

 iognomy, or Signs of Character, based on 



Ethnology, Physiology, and Phrenology." The 

 reprints, though few in number, were works of 

 great ability. They were " The Intuitions of 

 the Mind Inductively Investigated," by Rev, 

 James McCosh, LL. D., a new and revised edi- 

 tion; "An Examination of Sir William Ham- 

 ilton's Philosophy, and of the Principal Philo- 

 sophical Questions discussed in his Writings," 

 by John Stuart Mill, 2 vols., and " History of 

 the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Ration- 

 alism in Europe," by W. E. H. Lecky, M. A., 

 2 vols., ,8vo. , 



The works on PHYSICAL SCIENCE did not ma- 

 terially vary in number from those of the pre- 

 vious year, though their distribution in the 

 various sub-classes was decidedly different. In 

 Astronomy and Meteorology, but a single work 

 appeared, " The Report of the Meteorologist of 

 the New York Skating-Club." There were 

 indeed Meteorological Reports, in the Report of 

 the Agricultural Department, in the Journal 

 of the Franklin Institute, and some other publi- 

 cations, but no distinct work except the one 

 named, devoted to this science, and none to as- 

 tronomy, appeared during the year. In Geol- 

 ogy and Mineralogy, thanks to our mining in- 

 terests, the record is more extensive. Some of 

 them, too, were works of great value. Among 

 these were " The Geological Survey of Califor- 

 nia," by J. D. Whitney, State Geologist, vol. i. ; 

 "Carboniferous and Jurassic Fossils," by F. 

 B. Meek; "Triassic and Cretaceous Fossils," 

 by W. M. Gabb; "The Mineral Resources of 

 the Pacific States and Territories," a Lecture 

 by the Hon. William M. Stewart, U. S. Senator 

 from Nevada ; " Contributions to the Geology 

 and Physical Geography of Mexico, including a 

 Geological and Topographical Map, with Profiles 

 of some of the Principal Mining Districts : to- 

 gether with a graphic Description of an Ascent 

 of the Volcano Popocatapetl," edited by Baron 

 F. W. Von Egloffstein. The Geologists who 

 were conducting the Geological Survey of Can- 

 ada, added a volume to their report, published 

 jointly in Montreal and New York. It was 

 entitled, " Figures and Descriptions of Canadian 

 Organic Remains, Decade II., Graptolites of the 

 Quebec Group," by James Hall, 8vo., 21 plates. 

 Another contribution to geological science was, 

 "The Cooling Globe: or, the Mechanics of 

 Geology," by C. F. Winslow, M. D., author of 

 " Cosmography," etc. Dr. Worthington Hooker, 

 Professor in the Yale Medical College, in pur- 

 suance of his design of popularizing science, pub- 

 lished during the year as part third of his Science 

 for the School and Family, a Treatise on Min- 

 eralogy and Geology. The only reprint in this 

 sub-class was, " A Treatise on the Assaying of 

 Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold and Mercury ; " 

 from the German of Th. Bodemann and Bruno 

 Keil, translated by W. A. Goodyear, Ph. B. 

 In Zoology the number of works of a high char- 

 acter was very considerable. Mr. Daniel Gi- 

 raud Elliot issued part third of his admirable 

 monograph on the " Tetraoninro or Grouse Fam- 

 ily ; " Mr. Augustus Radcliffe Grote, the Curator 



