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C. E., and the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences. 



The works on Political and Social Science 

 have also been numerous. The following are 

 the principal : " The American Theory of Gov- 

 ernment considered with Reference to the 

 Present Crisis," by Peter H. Burnett; "The 

 Results of Slavery " (Translation), by Augustin 

 Cochin ; " Ten Chapters on Marriage," by Wm. 

 B. Hayden; "Political Fallacies," &c., by Geo. 

 Junkin, D.D. ; " The System of Landed Credit," 

 &c., by George H. Macaulay ; " The Prisoner 

 of State," by D. A. Mahoney; "Four Acts of 

 Despotism," by the same author ; " On Liberty," 

 by J. Stuart Mill (Reprint) ; " The Problem of 

 American Destiny Solved by Science and His- 

 tory ;" " Arbitrary Arrests in the South, or 

 Scenes from the Experience of an Alabama 

 Unionist," by R. S. Tharin; "Address at the 

 opening of theNew Chamber of Commerce at 

 Mihvaukie," by T. Whitney ; " Reply to Prof. 

 Parker's Letter in the Boston Post," by Leonard 

 Bacon, D.D. ; " The Slave Power, its Charac- 

 ter, Career, and Probable Designs," by J. E. 

 Cairnes (Reprint) ; " Opinion of Attorney Gen- 

 eral Bates on Citizenship ;" " Present Condition 

 of Mexico,Report from the Secretary of State ;" 

 " Trial and Proceedings in the case of Clement 

 L. Vallandigham ;" " Record of Hon. Clement 

 L. Vallandigham, on Abolition, the Union, and 

 the Civil War ;" " The Bloody Week ; Murder, 

 Riot and Arson ;" " The Empire of the Mother 

 over the Character and Destiny of the Race," 

 by Henry C. Wright ; " Principles of Political 

 Economy, with some of their applications to 

 Social Philosophy," by John Stuart Mill (Re- 

 print), a work of great and permanent value; 

 " Lunsford Lane, or another Helper from North 

 Carolina," by Rev.W. G. Hawkins ; " French In- 

 tervention in America," by Vine W. Kingsley ; 

 " Neutral Relations of England and the United 

 States," by Charles G. Loring; "A Letter to 

 the Women of England on Slavery in the South- 

 ern States," by Edward Yates, M. A. ; " The 

 Federalist, with Historical Introduction and 

 Notes," by Henry B. Dawson, 2 vols. ; " Lia- 

 bility of the Government of Great Britain for 

 Depredations of Rebel Privateers considered," 

 by Charles P. Kirkland; "Money," by Charles 

 Moran; "Speeches of Hon. Benjamin F. 

 Thomas, in the 37th Congress;" "The New 

 Gospel of Peace, according to St. Benjamin," 

 parts 1 and 2; "Revelations, a Companion to 

 the New Gospel of Peace, according to Abra- 

 ham ;" " Book of the Prophet Stephen, Son of 

 Douglas ;" " Ye Book of Copperheads." 



There have been also some valuable contri- 

 butions to Mechanical Science and Technology; 

 among these were : " The Supplement to Ure's 

 Dictionary of Arts Manufactures and Mines," 

 edited in England by Robert Hunt, and re-ar- 

 ranged with valuable additions by E. L. You- 

 mans ; "Ewbank's Hydraulics," a new and im- 

 proved edition; John Rack's "French Wine 

 and Liquor Manufacture ; " " The Game of 

 Draughts" by Henry Spayth; "Introduction 



and Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture 

 in the United States," by Samuel Batchelder ; 

 " The Iron Manufacture of Great Britain," by 

 W. Truran, C. E. (Reprint), but with some addi- 

 tions to the American Edition ; " Experiment- 

 al Researches in Steam Engineering," by B. 

 F. Isherwood; "Ulrich's Complete Treatise 

 on the Art of Dyeing Cotton and Wool," revised 

 and improved by Prof. H. Dussauce (Reprint) ; 

 " The Dead Shot, or Sportsman's Complete 

 Guide," by Marksman ; " Bourne's Catechism 

 of the Steam Engine," new and revised edi- 

 tion; "A Practical Treatise on Mechanical 

 Engineering," &c., by Francis Campin (Re- 

 print) ; Pierre Blot's " What to Eat and how 

 to Cook it; " " How to Color Photographs; " 

 " Necessity of a Ship Canal between the East 

 and the West ; " " Theory and Art of Pen- 

 manship ; a Manual for Teachers." 



In philology, five dictionaries and vocabula- 

 ries of Indian languages have appeared, viz. : 

 " Thf Mutsun," by R. F. A. de la Cuesta; the 

 "San Antonio," by Rev. B. Sitjar; the " Iro- 

 quois," by Rev. J. Bruyas ; and two volumes 

 of the Chinook Jargon, by Geo. Gibbs, LL.D., 

 all published in J. Gilmary Shea's Library of 

 Linguistics ; a translation of the " Atharva 

 Veda, with Text and Notes," by Prof. W. D. 

 Whitney ; Max Miiller's " Lectures on the Sci- 

 ence of Language ; " Prof. W. H. Green's " He- 

 brew Chrestomathy," and new editions of Web- 

 ster's Imperial 8vo., and Pocket Dictionaries. 



The principal agricultural works of the year 

 were: Col. Haraszthy's "Grape Culture" (a 

 California book) ; J. M. Knowlton's " Our 

 Hardy Grapes," &c. ; Fearing Burr's " Field 

 and Garden Vegetables;" Isaac A. Hedge's 

 treatise on " Sorgo ; " two volumes of essays 

 on " Tobacco Culture : " two books on " Sheep 

 Husbandry," by H. S.' Randall, LL.D. ; Robert 

 Jennings' "Cattle and their Diseases;" "A 

 Manual of Flax Culture;" D. G. Mitchell's 

 " My Farm of Edgewood," and a reprint of 

 Liebig's " Natural Laws of Husbandry." Much 

 of J. S. Hittell's " Resources of California " is 

 devoted to the agricultural products and in- 

 terests of that State. 



The number of new medical works was large, 

 and few of them were reprints. The most im- 

 portant were : " U. S. Pharmacopoeia ; Fourth 

 Decennial Revision ; " Treatises on Consump* 

 tion and Weak Lungs, by Drs. Dio Lewis, 

 James C. Jackson, and H. I. Bowditch ; Man- 

 uals and Treatises on Surgery and Surgical 

 Operations, by Drs. F. H. Hamilton, Stephen 

 Smith, H. H. Smith, John H. Packard; T. 

 Wharton Jones ("Ophthalmic Medicine and 

 Surgery ") ; Chapin A. Harris (" Dental Sur- 

 gery ") ; A. Robertson (" Extracting Teeth ") ; 

 and Geo. McLeod (" Surgery of the Crimean 

 War ") Reprint ; Lectures and Treatises on 

 Obstetrics and Diseases of Women, by Drs. 

 Meigs, Simpson (a Reprint), G. S. Bedford, 

 H. R. Storer (" Anajsthetics in Child-Birth ") ; 

 Monographs on Special Diseases, by Drs. J. 

 B. Upham (" Cerebro-spinal Meningitis ") ; H. 



