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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS 



1867. 



A Cyclopaedia of Practical Masonry ; embracing the 

 whole of Bro. Oliver's Dictionary of Symbolic 

 Masonry ; with a comprehensive Supplement, ed- 

 ited byE. Macoy. 



The Signet of King Solomon, or the Freemason's 

 Daughter. By A. C. L. Arnold. 



The Virginia Text-Book ; containing a History of 

 Masonic Grand Lodges, and the Constitution of 

 Masonry, or Ahirnan Kezon, etc., etc. By John 

 Dove. Third edition. 



Guide to the Royal Arch Chapter. By John She- 

 ville and J. L. Gould. 



Masonic Law and Practice, with Forms. By Luke 

 A. Lockwood. 



Cryptic Masonry. A Manual of the Council, etc. 

 By A. G. Mackey.M. D. 



Masonic Ritualist. By A. G. Mackey, M. D. 



Another considerable section is composed of 

 books of instruction for games and sports. 

 Among them were the following : 



The Book of American Pastimes, containing the 

 History of the Principal Base Ball, Cricket, Row- 

 ing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States. 

 By Chas. A. Peverelly. 



The Base Ball Player's Book of Reference. By 

 Henry Chadwick. 



Haney's Handbook of Dominoes. ByToeschRin- 

 gold. 



Beadle's Dime Handbook of Yachting and Rowing. 

 By Henry Chadwick. 



Beadle's Dime Handbook of Riding and Driving. 



Base Ball, as viewed by a Muffin. Illustrated by 

 S. Van Campen. 



Peck's New Pocket Base Ball Score-Book. 



The Science of Self-Defence. A Treatise on Spar- 

 ring and Wrestling. By E. E, Price. 



The remainder well merit the title of miscel- 

 laneous, as the following list will show: 



The Invisibles ; An Explanation of Phenomena 

 commonly called Spiritual. 



The Albany Institute Transactions, vol. 5. 



The Debates and Proceedings of the General Tri- 

 ennial Convention of the Episcopal Church, Octo- 

 ber, 1865. 



Haney's Guide to Authorship : A Practical Aid to 

 all who desire to engage in Literary Pursuits. 



A Manual of Marine Insurance. By Manley Hop- 

 kins. 



Modern Palmistry : or, The Book of the Hand. 

 By A. R. Craig. 



The Mysteries of Neapolitan Convents. By En- 

 richetta Caracciolo. Translated by J. S. Redfleld. 



In GREAT BRITAIN, there were published 

 during the year, 4,144 new books and new edi- 

 tions, which were classified as follows : Reli- 

 gious books and pamphlets, 849 ; novels, 410 ; 

 minor works of fiction and children's books, 

 535; annuals and serials (volumes only), 257; 

 travels and topographical works, 272 ; English 

 philology and education, 210 ; European and 

 classical theology and translations, 196 ; his- 

 torical and biographical, 193 ; poetry and the 

 drama, 150 ; politics and questions of the day, 

 143 ; science, natural history, etc., 133 ; medi- 

 cal and surgical, 121 ; law, 101 ; trade and 

 commerce, 63 ; agriculture, horticulture, etc., 

 62 ; illustrated works (Christmas books), 62 ; 

 art, architecture, etc., 53 ; naval, military, and 

 engineering, 42; miscellaneous, not classified, 

 359. Of the English fictions, all the best were 

 reprinted here, and this was true also of many 

 of the religious and historical works. In biog- 



raphy, travels, theological and general litera- 

 ture, there were several works of great value, 

 which were not reprinted or put upon the 

 American market in editions. 



Among the BIOGRAPHIES were : Sir Edward 

 Cast's " Warriors of the Civil Wars of the Sev- 

 enteenth Century ; " the " Life and Letters of 

 Lord Plunkett," edited by his Grandson. ; a 

 "Memoir of General Oglethorpe, the Founder 

 of Georgia," by Mr. Robert Wright; M. Maz- 

 zini's fourth volume of his "Life and Writ- 

 ings ; " the authorized translation of M. Mont- 

 alembert's " Monks of the West ; " " Memo- 

 rials of the Taylor Family," edited by the Rev. 

 Isaac Taylor; a brief "Memoir of Smollett," 

 with selections from his writings, by Mr. Rob- 

 ert Chambers; Mr. Theodore Martin's "Me- 

 moir of the late Professor Aytoun ; " the Count- 

 ess Brovvnlow's amusing "Reminiscences;" 

 and Miss Winkworth's "Life of Pastor Flied- 

 ner, of Kaisers werth." 



Of books of TRAVEL the principal were : Sir 

 Samuel Baker's "Exploration of the Nile 

 Tributaries;" Mr. Hep worth Dixon's "New 

 America; " Mr. Henry Dufton's " Narrative of 

 a Journey through Abyssinia ; " the Hon. Lewis 

 Wingtield's " Under the Palms in Algeria and 

 Tunis;" Mr. Henry Latham's "Black and 

 White a Journal of a Three Months' Tour in 

 the United States;" the Hon. W. Elliott's 

 " Carolina Sports by Land and Water;" Cap- 

 tain Newhall's "Hog-hunting in the East;" 

 Mrs. Charles Thompson's " Twelve Years in 

 New Zealand ; " Colonel Adye's " Narrative of 

 the Mouutain Campaign on the Borders of Af- 

 ghanistan; the Rev. W. Ellis's "Madagascar 

 Revisited;" Mr. Leith Adams's " Travels and 

 Observations in the Western Himalayas; " 

 Mr. Lament's " Wild Life among the Pacific 

 Islanders;" Mrs. Edwards's "Missionary Life 

 among the Jews ; " and Lady Herbert of 

 Lea's "Cradle Lands," a narrative of travel in 

 the East. 



In THEOLOGY we may mention "Life in the 

 Light of the World, " a volume of sermons, by 

 the Archbishop of York; Dean Stanley's 

 "Miscellanies;" a volume of "Essays on Re- 

 ligion and Literature, " by various writers, 

 edited by Archbishop Manning ; Mr. Garbett's 

 "Bampton Lectures on the Dogmatic Faith ; " 

 Mr. Tristram's " Natural History of the Bible ; " 

 Mr. Perowne's " Hulsean Lectures on the God- 

 head of Jesus;" "Shipwrecks of Faith," by 

 the Archbishop of Dublin ; and the " Voice of 

 the Prayer Book," by the Rev. Nevison Lo- 

 raine. 



In GENERAL LITERATURE : Mr. Macfarren's 

 work on " Harmony ; " Mr. Matthew Ar- 

 nold's " Study of Celtic Literature ; " Mr. Wil- 

 liam Michael Rossetti's "Essays on Art;" 

 Professor Morley's "English Writers, from 

 Chaucer to Dunbar ; " Mr. Bagehot's "Essays 

 on the English Constitution ; " Sir J. Emerson 

 Tennent's "Monogram on the Wild Elephant 

 in Ceylon ; " and Chateaubriand's " Atala," il- 

 lustrated by Gustave Dorti 



