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Rev. in tho Cloister, or 



'ill and True," l.y tin- Autlii.r of " Th 

 1 an.! The CloUter;" " Devotions of the 

 !, Texts, and Lyrics, illustrative 

 ;d of tho Offices and 

 -...us of the Church," by Rev. N. G. 

 Allen. \\ ; 'h an i nt roil act ion by Bishop Clark ; 

 -pd Church Short Sen ice, selected 

 Order of Moniiu^ Prayer of Christ'* 

 Church, I.*>ng\vood, for the use of the Broad 

 Church in America, with suggestive views of 

 Faith .-<!! Iwtrine for Christian Meditation, 

 authori/cd by the Gospel Church; " "Devotion 

 to tli Virgin Mary in North America," 



by Rev. Xavier IX Macleod, with a memoir 

 :o author, by Most Rev. John Purcell, 

 D. IX, A rchbi.shop of Cincinnati ; "The Fruitful 

 h, tho Centenary Sermon preached before 

 -\\ark Conference," by Rev. J. T. Crowe, 

 D. D. ; " Sermons preached on different Occa- 

 sions during the last twenty Years," by Rev. E. 

 M. (ioulburn, D. D. ; "Royal Truths," by Henry 

 WardBeeoher; " The Home Life in the Light 

 of its Divine Idea," by James Baldwin Brown ; 

 " The Life and Light of Men, an Essay," by 

 John Young; "The Office of the Holy Com- 

 munion in the Book of Common Prayer, a Se- 

 ries of Lectures," by E. M. Goulbnrn, D. D. ; 

 "Mount Calvary, "with Meditations in Sacred 

 Places," by Matthew Hale Smith ; " A Walk to 

 the Communion Table," by Rev. J. R. Boyd ; 

 "Social Hints for Young Christians, in Three 

 Sermons," by Howard Crosby, D. D. ; "The 

 I!ook of Psalms, arranged according to the 

 < >rii:inal Parallelisms, for Responsive Reading;" 

 :iiii by Morning, or Daily Reading for the 

 Family or the Closet," by 0. H. Spurgeon. 

 " Aonio Paleario and his Friends, with a revised 

 Edition of 'The Benefit of Christ's Death,'" 

 by the Rev. W. M. Blackburn ; "A Week with 

 Jesus, or Lessons learned in his Company," by 

 John M. Lowrie, D. D. ; "Bible Emblems," by 

 tho late Rev. E. Seelye; "Sermons preached at 

 the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, 

 during the Years 1865 and 1866;" "In tho 

 ', not of the World, Thoughts on Chris- 

 tian Casuistry," by Rev. William Adams, D. D. ; 

 " Sermons on the most Important Subjects in 

 the Book of God," by Rev. William Barns. 



In tho domain of NATURAL SCIENCE the num- 

 ber of publications was somewhat larger than 

 usual, and was distributed through all its sub- 

 divisions. 



In Natural Philosophy, but a single work is 

 recorded; "A New System of Ventila: 

 by 1 1 ei try A. (iouge. 



In Chemistry, there were several important 

 works issued. Among thorn were : " The Stu- 

 dent's Practical Chemistry, a Text-book on 

 Chemical Physic?, and Inorganic and Organic 

 Chemistry," by Hc:iry Morton, A. M., and Al- 

 bert Leeds, A. M. ; "A Text-Book of Chemis- 

 try, for Schools and Colleges," by Henry Dra- 

 per, M. D. ; " Chemical Tables," by Stephen B. 

 Sharpies, S. 1?.; "Elements of Medical Chem- 

 istry, 1 ' by Howard Rand, M. D. ; "An Ele- 

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mcntary Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analy- 

 sis," by Maurice Perkins M.tt ProlV.- 

 Analytical Chemistry in Union College; "An 

 Introduction to Practical Chcmi.-try, including 

 Analysis," by John Bowman, F. C. 8., edited by 

 Charles L. Blown, F. C. S., with 107 illustra- 

 tions (reprint) ; " A Manual of Blowpipe Anal- 

 and Determinative Mineralogy," by Wil- 

 liam Elderhorst, M. D., third edition, revised 

 and greatly enlarged. 



In Botany tho only important works were : 

 " The Phenomena of Plant Life," by Leo H. 

 Grindon, Lecturer on Botany; " Cactus Gran- 

 . diflorns, its Pathogenesis, from Observations on 

 the Healthy Organism, and confirmed on the 

 Sick," by Dr. Rocco Rnbini, translated by Ad. 

 Lippe, M. D. ; " The Language of Flowers," 

 edited by Miss Ildrewe, with an introduction 

 from Thomas Miller, illustrated with colored 

 plates after Dore and others; "Bulbn, a Trea- 

 tise on Hardy and Tender Bulbs and Tubers," 

 by Edward Sprague Rand, Jr. ; "The Vegeta- 

 ble World, being a History of Plants, with 

 their Botanical Descriptions and Peculiar Prop- 

 erties," by L. Figuier (London print). 



In Zoology, one of the most remarkable books 

 of the year was Mr. Henry James Clark's 

 " Mind in Nature, or the Origin of Life and the 

 Mode of Development of Animals ;" " The 

 Structure of Animal Life, Six Lectures delivered 

 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January 

 and February 1862," by Louis Agassiz, Profes- 

 sor of Zoology and Geology in the Lawrence 

 Scientific School ; " Homes without Hands, 

 being a Description of the Habitations of Ani- 

 mals, classed according to their Principles of 

 Construction," by Rev. J. G. Wood ; "Life, its 

 Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena," by Leo H. 

 Grindon ; " The Game Birds of the Coast and 

 Lakes of the Northern States of America," by 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. 



In Palaeontology we have : " The Origin and 

 Antiquity of Physical Man, scientifically con- 

 sidered, proving Man to have been contempo- 

 rary with the Mastodon, etc.," by Hudson Tut- 

 tle ; " Diuturnity, or the Comparative Age of 

 the World, showing that the Human Race is 

 in the Infancy of its Being, and demonstrating 

 a Reasonable and Rational World and its im- 

 mense Future Duration," by Rev. R. Abbey. 



In Geography the principal works were : Mr. 

 James Monteith's " Physical and Intermediate 

 Geography;" "The Peruvian Coast Pilot," by 

 Captain AureDo Garcia y Garcia, translated 

 from the Spanish ; " Lippincott's Pronouncing 

 Gazetteer of the World, new revised Edition, 

 with nearly Ten Thousand New Notices accord- 

 ing to the Last Census ;" " A Narrative of an 

 Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, 

 ami of the Discovery of tho Lakes Shirwa and 

 Nyassa," by David Livingstone, LL. D. ; "A 

 Sketch of Chili, expressly prepared for the Use 

 of Emigrants from the United States and Eu- 

 rope to that Country, with a Map, and several 

 Papers relating to the Present War, etc.," by 

 Daniel J. Hunter; " The History of the Atlan- 



