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There were also a few works of a strictly 

 Devotional character, which deserve a place by 

 themselves. The following were the principal 

 of these : 



The Blessed Eucharist, our Greatest Treasure, by 

 Eev. M. Muller. 



Eleven short Addresses during a Eetreat of the 

 Companions of the Love of Jesus, engaged in a 

 Perpetual Intercession for the Conversion of Sin- 

 ners, by Eev. E. B. Pusey, D. D. (reprint). 



Aid to those who pray in Private, by Eev. D. F. 

 Sprigg. 



The Spirit of St. Vincent de Paul : or. a Holy Mod- 

 el, translated from the French of A. J. Ansart, 

 by the Sisters of Charity, N. Y. 



An Epistle of Jesus Christ to the Faithful Soul that 

 is Devotedly Affected toward Him, by J. Lans- 

 pergius, translated from the Latin by the Earl of 

 Arundel (imported edition). 



Little Month of St. Joseph, by Eev. E. de Chazour- 

 nes, S. J., translated from the French. 



A Catechism of the Vows for the Use of Persons 

 consecrated to God on the Eeligious State, by 

 Eev. Father Peter Cotel, S. J., translated from 

 the French. 



The Child's Month of Mary, by the Author of St. 

 Francis and the Franciscans. 



Family Prayers for Four Weeks, edited by Eev. 

 John Hall. 



Occasional Services and Prayers used by the Stu- 

 dents of the General Theological Seminary. 



Catechism on the Lord's Prayer, for Parents, Teach- 

 ers, and Guardians, by J. P. Perry. 



Manual of Piety, designed to lead Young Persons 

 to a Devout Communion with their God and Sav- 

 iour, edited by Eev. W. Mason (reprint). 



Services for Congregational Worship (Unitarian). 



The works on Physical Science were some- 

 what more numerous than in former years, 

 and some of them of great value. 



The only volume covering the whole circle 

 of the physical sciences was : 

 Annual of Scientific Discovery ; or, Year-book of 

 Facts in Science and Art, for 1868. Edited by 

 S. Kneeland, M. D. 



In Natural Philosophy there was hut one 

 important volume : 



A Treatise on Optics ; or, Light and Sight Theoret- 

 ically and Practically Treated, by E. Nugent, C. E. 



In Chemistry there were eight volumes, 

 some belonging rather, perhaps, to Chemical 

 Technology : 

 A Manual of Inorganic Chemistry, by C. W. Eliot 



and F. H. Storer. 

 The Blowpipe ; a System of Instructions in its 



Practical Use for the Examinatidn of Metallic 



Combinations, by G. W. Plympton. 

 Lessons in Elementary Chemistry ; Inorganic and 



Organic, by H. E. Eoscoe. 

 A Practical Guide for the Perfumer, by Prof. H. 



E. Dussauce. 

 On the Original Formation of Gold from its Silicious 



and Sumhurous Oxide, by B. Hardinge. 

 Manual of Inorganic Chemistry for Students, by 



Dudley Peet,M. D. 

 Elements of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical, 



by W. A. Miller (imported edition). 

 Hand-book of Chemistry, by W. J. Eolfe and J. A. 



Gillet. 



In Zoology, including all its branches, as 

 well as the practical details of hunting, fishing, 

 and trapping, and horse-training, there were 

 sixteen volumes, all of considerable impor- 

 tance: 



The Birds of North America, by Daniel Giraud 



Elliot. Nine Parts already issued. 

 The American Beaver and his Works, by Lewis H. 



Morgan. 

 The Ocean World being a Description of the Sea 



and^its Living Inhabitants j from the French of 



Louis Figuier (imported edition). 

 The Insect World : a Popular Account of the Or- 

 ders of Insects. From the French of L. Figuier. 

 Horse Portraiture : Breeding, Bearing, and Train- 

 ing Trotters ; their Management in the Stable, on 



the Track, etc., by J. C. Simpson. 

 Cecil's Book of Beasts, by S. H. Peabody, M. A. 

 The Economy of the Animal Kingdom, considered 



Anatomically, Physically, and Physiologically, 



by Emanuel Swedenborg. Translated by Eev. 



A. Clissold. 

 The Butterflies of North America. With Colored 



Drawings and Illustrations, by W. H. Edwards. 

 A Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on 



those injurious and beneficial to Crops, by A. 



S. Packard, Jr., M. D. 

 What Makes Me Grow ? or, Walks and Talks with 



Amy Dudley. 

 Fur ? Fin, and Feather ; Containing the Game Laws 



of the United States and Canada. 

 The Hunter's Guide and Trapper's Companion. 

 American Fish-Culture, by T. Norris. 

 The Trotting Horse of America : How to Train and 



Drive him, by Hiram Woodruff. 

 The Hunter and Trapper, by H. Thrasher. 

 The History of the Eobins, by Mrs. Trimmer 



(imported edition). 



Of Geographical Worlcs, exclusive of those 

 of travel and adventure, which come under an- 

 other class, there were over twenty of varying 

 importance. The principal were : 



Kansas and the Country beyond on the Line of the 

 Union Pacific Bailroad. East Division, from the 

 Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, by Josiah Copley. 



Colton's Journal of Geography for 1868. 



Early Eecollections of Newport, E. I., from 1793 to 

 1811, by G. G. Channing. ^ 



The Earth and its Inhabitants. Intermediate 

 Geography, by A. Guyot. 



The Great Southwest ; or, Plain Guide for Emi- 

 grants and Capitalists, embracing a Description 

 of the States of Missouri, and Kansas, etc., etc., 

 by W. Nicely. 



First Lessons in Geography, by M. G. Maury. 



The World We Live in, by M. G. Maury. 



The Agriculture and Industry of Kennebec County. 

 Maine, with Notes upon its History and Natural 

 History, by S. L. Boardman. 



Chicago and Her Churches, by G. S. Phillips. 



Waiting's Guides of Various Eailway and Steam- 

 boat Eoutes. 



A Presentation of Causes tending to fix the Posi- 

 tion of the Future Great City of the World in 

 the Central Plain of North America, by J. W. 

 Scott. 



The City of New York ; a Complete Guide, with 

 Descriptive Sketches, by H. F. Walling. 



Polar Magnetism ; a Paper read before the North 

 American Institute, by John A. Parker. 



The Great Lakes, or Inland Seas of America, with 

 a Guide to the Upper Mississippi Eiver, by J. 

 Disturnell. 



Elements of Physical Geography, by J. Brockles- 

 by, A. M. 



In Mineralogy and Geology there were but 

 three volumes, all of them valuable : 



Sulphurets; What they are, how Concentrated, 

 how Assayed, and how Worked. With a Chap- 

 ter on the Blowpipe Assay of Minerals, by W. 

 Barstow, M. D. 



A System of Mineralogy ; Descriptive Mineralogy, 



