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of Life and Death," by Rev. Hiram Mattison ; 

 " Man all Immortal," &o., by Rev. D. W. Clark, 

 D. D. Of Religious books of a more miscella- 

 neous character, the following are the most 

 important: "Redeemer and Redeemed," by 

 Charles Beecher ; ''Death and Life," by Mary 

 G. Ware; "Reposing in Jesus," by G. W. 

 Mylne : " Believer's Daily Remembrancer," by 

 Rev. James Smith (reprint) ; " Soldier's Armor 

 of Strength," by Pilgrim John; "The Virgin 

 Most Faithful," by Rev. T. Joslin; "Conscious- 

 ness Revealing the Existence of God, Man, and 

 Nature" (anonymous) ; " The Healing of the 

 Nations," by Charles Lenton; "Bethlehem," 

 by F. W. Faber, D. D. (Catholic); "Letters 

 to a Theological Student," by Rev. Leverett 

 Griggs; "The Marriage Gift," by Rev. James 

 Petrie; "The Right Use of Speech," by the 

 author of " The Formation of Christian Be- 

 lief; " " The Veil Partly Lifted and Jesus Be- 

 coming Visible," by Rev. W. H. Farne?s; 

 "Light in Darkness" (an answer to the pre- 

 ceding), by Rev. W. L. Gage ; " Origin of Evil 

 and Immensity of God," by Samuel B. Smith; 

 "Treatise on Homiletics." by D. P. EMder, 

 D. D. ; " Gleanings from-the Fields of Science, 

 Art, and History, or Incidental Testimony to 

 the Inspiration of Scripture," by Rev. A. B. 

 Rich; "The Prayer Book and its Story," by 

 Rev. R. M. Abercombie ; " Christian Union : 

 its Moral Obligation and the Only Mode of 

 Obtaining it " (anonymous) ; " The Red Sea 

 Freedmen," by Alexander Clark; "Religion 

 and Chemistry " (Graham Lectures), by Josiah 

 P. Cooke, Prof., etc. ; - The Voice of Blood in 

 the Sphere of Nature and the Spirit "World," 

 by Rev. Samuel Philips ; " The Bible and Mod- 

 ern Thought," by Rev. T. R. Birks; "Beauties 

 of Sacred Literature, a Compendium of Chris- 

 tian Doctrine, Faith, and Practice ; " " Briefs 

 on Prophetic Themes," by a Member of the 

 Boston Bar ; " The Predictions of the Prophets 

 which have been most Wonderfully Fulfilled 

 since the Commencement of the Christian Era, 

 and especially those Predictions concerning the 

 United States of America," by Rev. P. E. 

 Royce. Besides these, there have been several 

 Manuals of Discipline and Rituals published, 

 and a "Register for Army Chaplains," by Rev. 

 J. Tuttle Smith. 



In Moral and Intellectual Science, there have 

 been but few additions to our literature. Her- 

 bert Spencer's " First Principles " of his New 

 System of Philosophy, and " Classification of 

 the Sciences ; " Vol. I. of " Philosophy as Ab- 

 solute Science," &c., by Messrs. E. L. & A. S. 

 Frothingham ; Rev. Dr. Whedon on the " Free- 

 dom of the Will," and Mr. Rowland G. Haz- 

 zard's "Freedom 'of the Mind in Willing," are 

 the only noteworthy books in this department. 



The friends of the Spiritualistic Philosophy 

 have published several works in advocacy of 

 their views. Among these are : Mr. S. B. 

 Brittan's " Man and his Relations ; " " Spirit- 

 ual Influence as it relates to Sciences ; " " The 

 Davenport Brothers : their History, Travels, 

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and Manifestations," by Orrin Abbott ; " The 

 Constitution of Nature," theories intended tJ 

 unfold Nature and her Operations, 1 ' by Williair. 

 Andrew ; and " The Philosophic and Scientific 

 Ultimatum," by W. A. Allibaco. 



In Mathematical Science we notice " Manual 

 of Elementary Problems on the Lunar Pros- 

 pective of Form and Shadow," by S. Edward 

 Warren, C. E., Professor in the Rensselaej 

 Polytechnic Institute; "Elements of Design," 

 Book First, by W. Remmer ; " Dead Reckon- 

 ing ; or, Day's Work," by Edward Barrett. 

 Lieutenant Commander U. S. N. ; and " The 

 Laws and Principles of Whist stated and ex- 

 plained," by Cavendish. 



Philosophy and Chemistry have had some- 

 what larger contributions, and some of them 

 of great value. Dr. Alexander Wilcock's 

 " Thoughts on the Influence of Ether in the So- 

 lar System, its relations to the Zodiacal Light, 

 Comets, the Seasons, and periodical Shoot- 

 ing Stars," a paper read before the Ameri- 

 can Philosophical Society, and published in their 

 transactions, is one of the most important ; and 

 " The Correlation and Conservation of Forces," 

 a collection of Essays on the newly-propound- 

 ed principles of Natural Philosophy, edited. 

 with an admirable scientific introduction, by 

 Edward L. Youmans, M. D., is another. " Spec- 

 tropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions," also 

 belongs to this class, while in Chemical Science 

 we have Prof. John A. Porters " Principles of 

 Chemistry;" "The Elements of Chemistry, 

 Theoretical and Practical," by William Alien 

 Miller, M. D., LL. D., parts 1st and 2d (a re- 

 print) ; a new edition, by Prof. S. M. Johnson, 

 of Fresenius' "Chemical Analysis;" "Heat in 

 its relations to Water and Steam," by Charles 

 Wye Williams ; and the 3d part of Dr. F. H. 

 Storer's "First Outlines of a Dictionary of 

 Solubilities of Chemical Substances." 



In Astronomy and Meteorology, the Govern- 

 ment have published " Almanac for the use of 

 Navigators for 1866," and "Results of Mete- 

 orological Observations at the Patent Office 

 and Smithsonian Institute for the years 1854- 

 1859." 



In Zoology there has been remarkable activi- 

 ty, the monographs greatly exceeding those of 

 former years. Proceedings and Annals of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Natural Sciences, of the 

 Cambridge Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 of the New York Lyceum of Natural History. 

 and of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, were published during the year. Aside 

 of these, the following monographs also appear- 

 ed: "Monograph of the Bats of North Amer- 

 ica," by H. Allen, M. D. ; Daniel Giraud El- 

 liot on the " Tetraonidse, or Grouse Family; " 

 " Legends of the Birds," by C. G. Leland ; J* W. 

 Weidemeyer's " Catalogue of North American 

 Butterflies ; " A. S. Packard, Jr.'s " Synopsis of 

 the Bombycidse of the United States ; " " Live? 

 of Familiar Insects," by the author of " Vio- 

 let ; " " Observations on the Terrestrial Pul- 



