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LITERATURE AND LITERAEY PROGRESS IN 1870. 



the style in which the extracts are presented 

 in English. Just here may be thrown in 

 a notice, omitted in its proper place, of 

 "Hermann and Dorothea," by Goethe, ad- 

 mirably translated by Ellen Frothingharn. 

 Plutarch's "Morals," a reprint of an English 

 translation " by several hands," corrected and 

 revised by W. W. Goodwin, Ph. D., with an 

 Introduction by R. "W. Emerson, is a first-rate 

 version of a second-rate classic. 



Illustrated works and gift-books are produced 

 in steadily diminishing quantity. One of the nov- 

 elties was illustration by photographs. "Con- 

 cord Sketches," being twelve photographs, 

 from drawings by May Alcott, with preface by 

 Louisa M. Alcott, and "Rip Van Winkle," with 

 photographic illustrations, are good examples 

 of the style. "The Song of the Sower," by 

 Bryant, a poem full of exquisite pictorial 

 effects, was published with engraved illustra- 

 tions that fitly " bodied forth " the poet's vis- 

 ions. To these may be added " The Sunny- 

 side Book," the themes of which are suggested 

 by the title, and are well depicted in the ac- 

 companying plates ; " Lays of the Holy Land," 

 from ancient and modern poets ; " Songs of 

 Home," being a second part of the admired 

 "Folk Songs;" "Light of the World," and. 

 other poems and hymns by eminent writers ; 

 "A Library of Poetry and Song," edited with 

 the aid of W. C. Bryant ; and " Our Poetical 

 Favorites," a collection of the best minor poems 

 in our language, by Prof. A. 0. Kendrick. 



Some changes and novelties in periodical 

 publications deserve notice. The Biblio- 

 theca Sacra, which has heretofore absorbed 

 into itself the Biblical Repository and the 

 Christian Review, has now also united in 

 itself the Theological Eclectic of New Haven. 

 A rumor went abroad that the North Ameri- 

 can Review was to be discontinued ; it was 

 happily without foundation, but the work 

 appeared with some reduction of size. Put- 

 nam 's Magazine, which inherited the name 

 and prestige of a publication that marked a 

 decided improvement in our s>eriodical litera- 

 ture, has been merged with Hours at Home, 

 in Scribner's Monthly ; and the Riverside Maga- 

 zine, a very cheery magazine for young people, 

 shared the same destiny. The new venture 

 has proved highly popular. Tlie Modern 

 Thinker, an organ for the most advanced 

 speculations in philosophy, science, sociology, 

 and religion, edited by D. Goodman, and 

 The Examiner (before referred to), " an 

 organ of Radical Christianity," are new under- 

 takings ; also The Christian Quarterly, an 

 able organ of the principles of the " Disciple " 

 sect, popularly named " Campbellites ; " The 

 American Antiquarian, a Quarterly Journal 

 devoted to the interests of collectors, etc. ; 

 The Medical Times, "a Semi-Monthly Journal 

 of Medical and Surgical Science ; " The New 

 Era; a monthly periodical devoted to the in- 

 terests of religion, and to the diffusion of 

 knowledge on Judaism and Jewish literature. 



The titles below represent an unclassified 

 variety : 



Sandwiches. By C. F. Browne (Artemus Ward). 



The Oldest and the Newest Empire, China and the 

 United States. By W. Sneer, D. D. 



My Apingi Kingdom. By Paul du Chaillu. 



The Capture and Escape, or Life Among the Sioux. 

 By Mrs. S. L. Larimer. 



The Eiver of the "West. Life and Adventure be- 

 yond the Epcky Mountains. 



The Maritime Canal of Suez : Memoir and Com- 

 parison of its Probable Eesults with those of a Ship 

 Canal across Darien. 



Interoceanic Ship Canals. An Essay on the Ques- 

 tion of Location for a Ship Canal across the American 

 Continent. By Henry Stuckle. 



Life in Utah. By J. H. Beadle. 



Crumbs Swept Up. By T. DeWitt Talmadge. 



The Children's Crusade. An Episode of the Thir- 

 teenth Century. By George Zabnska Gray. 



These for Those, or, Our Indebtedness to Foreign 

 Missions. By William Warren. 



Presbyterian Eeunion. A Memorial Volume. 



Men and Mysteries of Wall Street. By James K. 

 Medbery. 



The Metric System considered with reference to 

 its Introduction into the United States ; embracing 

 the Eeports of the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and 

 the Lecture of Sir John Herschel. By Charles Da- 

 vies, LL. D. 



American Political Economy. By Francis Bowcn. 



Pocket Dictionary. By William G. Webster and 

 William A. Wheeler. 



The Mysteries of Masonry. Being the Outline of 

 a Universal Philosophy. 



Templar's Manual. A System of Tactics, Drill, and 

 Ceremonial, appertaining to the Orders of Knight- 

 hood. By Order of the^ Grand Commandery of Illi- 

 nois. 



Masonic Prayers. By John K. Hall. 



The American Chess-Player's Hand-book. 



Woman and her Thirty Years' Pilgrimage. By W. 

 W. Bliss, M. D. 



Modern American Spiritualism. By Emma Har- 

 dingo. 



The Physics and Physiology of Spiritualism. By 

 W. A. Hammond, M. D. 



The Fountain, with Jets of New Meaning. By 

 Andrew Jackson Davis. 



Vital Philosophy, a Survey of Substance, and an 

 Exposition of Natural Eeligion. By J. S. McDonald. 



Traces of Picture Writing in the Bible. By Eev. 

 II. A. Miles. 



Cosmology. By G. M. Eamsay. 



The Composition of Indian Geographical Names. 

 By J. H. Trumbull. 



Fur, Fin, and Feather. A Compendium of the 

 Game Laws of the United States and Canada; to* 

 gether with a list of Hunting and Fishing Locali- 

 ties, etc. 



REPTJBLICATIONS. The demand for standard 

 English literature continues to call out fresh 

 and cheap editions, while contemporary writ- 

 ers in our language have the continued privi- 

 lege of instructing and delighting a transatlan- 

 tic public with small profit for the most part 

 to themselves. The novels of Scott, Lord Lyt- 

 ton, Dickens, Thackeray, Mrs. Craik, "George 

 Eliot," Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, ap- 

 pear in numerous forms, some of them in com- 

 peting editions. The publication of " Lothair " 

 has revived the public interest in Mr. Disraeli's 

 other novels, and an aside in the Byron con- 

 troversy evoked a reprint of Godwin's " Caleb 

 Williams." New editions of Miss Yonge's and 

 Grace Aguilar's works are in course of publi- 



