LITERATURE AND LIIKKAUY PROGRESS IN 1866. 



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. \\itli additional HIM! tor, 14 

 . and Engi- 



y Henry 1'allftf, illustrations; 

 anI Iron Founders' C uido, 

 ;i Brass Founding, Mould- 

 10 Metals and tlieir Alloys, etc., to which 

 : Improvements in theManufuc- 

 0, Steel liy (lie Bessemer Process," 

 y James B. Larkin, fifth edition, revised, 

 .-Iditions; "A Method of Com- 

 I.ines and Draughting Vessels, pro- 

 '. by Sail or Steam, including a Chapter on 

 Laying off on the Mould Loft Floor," by Sain- 

 . Pook, Naval Constructor, illustrated by 

 : " On Technological Education and 

 list ruction of Ships and Screw Propellers, 

 aval and Marino Engineers," by John W. 

 >m, second edition, revised, with additional 

 ; ; " The Silver Sunbeam, a Practical and 

 Theoretical Text-Book on Sun Drawing and 

 Photographic Printing, comprehending all the 

 Mid Dry Processes at present known, with 

 lion, Albumen, Gelatine, Wax, Resin, and 

 Silver, as also Heliographic Engraving," etc., 

 by J. Towlor, M. D., fifth edition; "Prof. 

 Blot's Lectures on Cookery;" "Practical 

 G ui<le for the Manufacture of Paper and Boards," 

 by A. Proteaux and L. 8. Le Normand, trans- 

 !>y II. Paine, M. D., with a chapter on the 

 manufacture of paper from wood in the United 

 S by Henry T. Brown, illustrated by six 

 ; "Construction of Ships for the Mer- 

 chant Service," by R. B. Forbes; "Treatment 

 and Uses of Peat and Peaty Material, designed 

 e.vj ressly for the Instruction of Farmers and 

 Owners of Peat Lands," by J. Burrows Hyde, 

 0. E.; "Mrs. Elite's Complete Cook, or Per- 

 fect Instructor in all branches of Cookery and 

 Domestic Economy ; " " The Modern Practice 

 of American Machinists and Engineers, in- 

 cluding the Construction, Application, and Use 

 of Drill*, Lathe Tools, Cutters for Boring Cy- 

 linders and Hollow Work generally, etc., etc., 

 !<-r with Workshop Management, Econ- 

 omy of Manufacture, the Steam-Engine, Boilers, 

 L Belting," etc., by Egbert P. Watson, 

 with 86 engravings. 



In Politics and Political Science, a class 

 necessarily permitting a wide range, the princi- 

 pal works were: "Great and Grave Questions 

 :' r American Politicians, with a Topic for 

 American Statesmen," by Eboracus (W. W. 

 Broom); "Reconstruction in America," by a 

 Mom her of the New York Bar; "Diary 18()3- 

 '64-'G5," by Count Adam de Gurowski ; " The 

 Origin of the Late War," by George Lunt; 

 "The Four Great Powers: England, France, 

 i, and America, their Policy, Resources, 

 and Probable Future," by Rev. C. B. Boynton, 

 D. D., Professor at the U. S. Naval Academy, 

 Chaplain of the House of Representatives; 

 "Public Life in Washington, or the Moral 

 Aspects of the National Capital, and the Ap- 

 t Tendencies of Political Thought and 

 Fooling in Congress and Cabinet, an Address 

 to his Own Congregation," by Henry W. Bel- 



lows, D. D. ; "Revolution and Reconstrnction. 

 Lectures Delivered in the Law School of 

 d College, January, 1865, and January, 

 1866," by Joel Parker, Royall Profeajor ; 

 " Jarnes Stephens^ Chief Organizer of the IrWi 

 Republic, embracing an Account of the Origin 

 ana Progress of the Fenian Brotherhood, being 

 a Semi-biographical Sketch of James Step! 

 etc.; "Life and Times of Andrew Johnson, 

 Seventeenth President of the United .^ 

 written from a National Stand-point bya Na- 

 tional Man;" "The Body Politic," by William 

 R. Barnes; "A Brief Treatise upon Constitu- 

 tional and Party Questions, and the History of 

 Political Parties, as I received it orally from 

 the late Senator S. A. Douglas," by G. Madison 

 Cutta; "A Political Manual for 1866, including 

 a Classified Summary of the Important Facts of 

 the Period, from President Johnson's Acces- 

 sion, April 15, 1865, to July 4, 1866," etc., by 

 Edward McPherson ; " Politician's Manual, the 

 Constitution of the United States of America, 

 the Amendments and Proposed Amendments, 

 also Statements defining the Powers and Duties 

 of the Departments of the Government, Statis- 

 tics of the United States," etc. ; " Celebration 

 at Tammany Hall of the Ninetieth Anniversary 

 of the Declaration of American Independence, 

 by the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, 

 July 4, 1866;" "The Most Bitter Foe of Na- 

 tions," etc. ; " On Democracy ; " and " The 

 Making of the American Nation, or the Rise 

 and Decline of Oligarchy in the West," both 

 by J. A. Partridge (London print) ; "Speeches 

 and Addresses of the Late Hon. David Cod- 

 dington, with a Biographical Sketch ; " " The 

 Constitutional Convention, its History, Powers, 

 and Modes of Proceeding," etc., by John A. 

 Jameson, Judge of the Superior Court of Chi- 

 cago ; " Papers and Correspondence of the 

 Joint Committee on the Italian Reform Move- 

 ment ; " " The Powers of the Executive De- 

 partment of the Government of the United 

 States," by Alfred Conkling. 



Of the Educational Works, the greater part 

 were school text-books, readers, speakers, ele- 

 mentary works on geography, grammar, his- 

 tory, penmanship, etc., which do not require 

 further specific mention. Some of these are in 

 French, German, Spanish, or Italian. A few 

 works on the principles of education deserve 

 more particular notice. Among these we may 

 name: "Principles of Education, drawn from 

 Nature and Revelation, and applied to Female 

 Education in the Upper Classes," by the author 

 of "Amy Herbert" (Miss E. M. Sewell). (a re- 

 print) ; " Notes on Polytechnic or Scientific 

 Schools in the United States, their Nature, Po- 

 sitions, Aims, and Wants," by S. E. Warren, 

 C. E., professor of descriptive geometry, etc., 

 in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: "The 

 Daily Public School in the United States;" 

 "The Teacher's Institute, or Familiar Hints 

 to Young Teachers," by William B. Fowle, first 

 New York edition ; " The Higher Education of 

 Woman," by Emily Davies (Edinburgh print). 



