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cis Hall's " Arctic Researches and Life among 

 the Esquimaux," a work of great interest, and 

 creditable to its author both as an explorer and 

 narrator ; the " Journal of the Discovery of the 

 Source of the Nile," by Captain John Banning 

 Speke, and of Mr. "W. Winwood Reade's " Sav- 

 age Africa : a Narrative of a Tour in Equato- 

 rial, Southwestern, and Northwestern Africa," 

 both rcf lints, were also important additions to 

 our geographical literature. Among other 

 original American works of this class we notice 

 " Man and Nature," by Hon. George P. Marsh; 

 Mr. Edward L. Clark's "Daleth ; or, the Home- 

 stead of the Nations, Egypt. Illustrated;" "A 

 Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England," 

 by Mr. Robert Carter ; " The Hawaiian Islands : 

 their Progress and Condition under Missionary 

 Labors," by Rufus Anderson, D. D. ; "From 

 Dan to Beersheba ; or, the Land of Promise as 

 it now appears," by Rev. J. P. Newman, D. D. ; 

 "Arizona and Sonora; the Geography, History, 

 and Resources of the Silver Regions of North 

 America," by Sylvester Mowry; Mr. J. Ross 

 Browne's " Crusoe's Island, Washoe, &c. ;" Mr. 

 Edward II. Hall's " The Great West : Emigrants, 

 Settlers, and Traveller's Guide and Hand-book 

 of the Pacific States and the Territories;" Rev. 

 Lewis Grant's "Zulu-Land; or, Life among the 

 Zulu-Kafirs of Natal and Zulu Land ;" Mr. J. 

 S. Campbell's " Idaho : Six Months in the New 

 Gold Diggings ; " " The Silver Mines of Nevada, 

 with Map ;" Rev. G. S. Bailey's " The Great 

 Caverns of Kentucky Diamond Cave, Mam- 

 moth Cave, and Hundred Dome Cave ;" Mr. 

 John Austin Stevens, Jr., " The Valley of the 

 Rio Grande : its Topography and Resources ;" 

 Rev. Joshua Leavitt, I). D., "Denmark and its 

 Relations;" Mr. J. Milton Mackie's "From 

 Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics ; " Mrs. H. 

 Dwight Williams' " A Year in China : and a 

 Narrative of Capture and Imprisonment, when 

 Homeward-bound, on board the Rebel Pirate 

 Florida;" anew and enlarged edition of Mr. 

 P. McD. Collins's " Overland Explorations in 

 Siberia, Northern Asia, and the Great Amoor 

 River Country;" a condensed narrative of 

 Moffatt's "Adventures as a Missionary in South 

 Africa ; " a compilation of great interest, en- 

 titled " Treasury of Travel and Adventure ; " 

 and Miss S. W. Lander's " Spectacles for Young 

 Eyes, Zurich." In the way of Maps, Guide, and 

 Hand-books, we have Colton's condensed 8vo 

 " Atlas of the Union;" the third year of Har- 

 per's " Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and 

 the East, prepared by Mr. W. P. Fetridge ; " 

 " A Guide Book of the Central Railroad of New 

 Jersey and its Connections through the Coal 

 Fields of Pennsylvania ; " Mr. J. Disturnell's 

 " Traveller's Guide to the Hudson River, Sara- 

 toga, Lake George, the Saguenay River," &c. ; 

 and " The Washington Sketch Book," by Viator. 

 The Essays were quite numerous. We have 

 already enumerated the principal ones on topics 

 connected with the war. Those on other sub- 

 jects may be classified into those discussing 

 religious and moral questions, literary or scien- 



tific, and reprints. Of the first class are Rev. 

 T. L. Cuyler's "Cedar Christian and other 

 Sketches ; " Mary G. Ware's " Death and Life ; ' 

 Rev. Orville Dewey's "Problem of Human 

 Destiny ; " Gail Hamilton's (Miss A. Dodge) 

 " Stumbling Blocks " and " New Atmosphere ; " 

 Miss Frances Power Cobbe's "Broken Lights," 

 an inquiry into the present condition and future- 

 prospects of religious faith, which though writ- 

 ten the other side of the Atlantic was primarily 

 intended for American readers ; Fenelon's 

 "Reflections and Meditations," with a memoir 

 by Mr. John R. G. Hassard; Mrs. L. Maria 

 Child's "Looking Toward Sunset; " Mr. A. B. 

 Muzzey's " The Blade and the Ear : Thoughts 

 for a Young Man ; " " A Pastor's Jottings ; " 

 " St. John's Land, a Retro-Prospectus ; " Mr. 

 Frank W. Ballard's "The Stewardship of 

 Wealth, as Illustrated in the Lives of Amos 

 and Abbott Lawrence." Of the literary, scien- 

 tific, and philosophic essays, the most important 

 were Mr. W. W. Story's " Roba di Roma ; " 

 Miss Henrietta's Wilson's " Chronicles of a Gar- 

 den : its Pets and its Pleasures ; " Rev. Dr. 

 Horace Bushnell's " Work and Play ; or, Liter- 

 ary Varieties ; " Jean Paul Friedrich Richter'a 

 " Campaner Thai and other Essays," translated 

 by 0. T. Brooks; Mrs. Eliza W. Farnham'g 

 "Woman and her Era;" T. Starr King's 

 "Patriotism and other Papers ;" Mr. Howard 

 Payson Arnold's " European Mosaic ; " " Auto- 

 graph Leaves of our Country's Authors ; " Ik 

 Marvel's (Mr. Donald G. Mitchell) "Seven 

 Stories with Basement and Attic ; " Mr. J. J. 

 Jarves's "The Art Idea ; " Mr. II. D. Thoreau'g 

 " The Maine Woods ; " " Jennie June's; " " Jen- 

 nie Juneiana : Talk on Women's Topics ; " Mr. 

 James Russell Lowell's " Fireside Travels ; " 

 " Eliana ; " hitherto nncollected writings of 

 Charles Lamb ; Mr. S. B. Ruggles's " Semi- 

 centennial Address to the Class of 1814 and the 

 Society of Alumni of Yale College, on the 

 Past and the Present ; " President Felton's 

 " Familiar Letters from Europe ; " " Autumn 

 Leaves," by the late Samuel Jackson Gardner; 

 " Wet Days at Edgewood," by Ik Marvel ; Mr. 

 Charles D. Drake's "Union and Anti-Slavery 

 Speeches delivered during the Rebellion ; " Mrs. 

 H. B. Stowe's "House and Home Papers;" 

 and new editions of Irving's "Sketch-Book;" 

 Headley's "Adirondack ; " Hawthorne's " Thrice 

 Told Tales ; " and Longfellow's prose works. 

 A few of the reprints were of some importance; 

 among them were Sir E. B. Lytton's " Caxton- 

 iana ; " two volumes of Francis Bacon's Works ; 

 the interminable A. K. H. Boyd's " Counsel and 

 Comfort Spoken from a City Pulpit;" Mr. 

 Herbert Spencer's "Illustrations of Universal 

 Progress," and "Essays: Moral, Political, and 

 ^Esthetic;" Madame D'Hericourt's "A Wo- 

 man's Philosophy of Woman; or, Woman 

 Affranchised ; " a new edition of D'Israeli's 

 "Amenities of Literature ;" Edmund About's 

 "Les Progrcs; " "Essays on Social Subjects," 

 from the " Saturday Review ; " " The Gentle 

 Life ; " u Essays in Aid of the Formation of 



