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LITERATURE. AND LITERARY PROGRESS 



1869. 



anonymous, but ascribed to Prof. Townssnd, of 

 the Boston Theological Seminary; "Evidences 

 of Natural and Revealed Theology," by Charles 

 E. Lord; "Man in Genesis and Geology," by 

 Rev. J. P. Thompson. 



Of Devotional and Practical Works, we no- 

 tice, a compilation of "Devotional Thoughts 

 of Eminent Divines," by D. A. Harsha; " Miz- 

 pah, or Friends at Prayer," by L. 0. Loomis ; 

 "A Garden of Spices," selections from Ruther- 

 ford's Letters, with an Essay by A. 0. George ; 

 "Jesus on the Holy Mount," by J. Sanderson, 



D. D. ; " The Christian Worker, a Call to th,e 

 Laity," by Rev. C. F. Beach; " The Christian 

 Pastor," an excellent treatise on Homiletics 

 and Pastoral Theology, by Prof. J. M. Hoppin ; 

 " Sermons on the Lord's Prayer," by IL A. 

 Worcester; "The Holy Communion," by Dr. 

 Morgan Dix; "He that Overcometh," by W. 



E. Boardman ; " The Perfect Man; or, Jesus an 

 Example of Godly Life," by Rev. II. Jones; 

 " God's. Thoughts Fit Bread for Children," by 

 Dr. Horace Bushnell. 



IX. MEDICINE. Under this head we note 

 fewer publications than were recorded last 

 year, though the discrepancy may be more in 

 our enumeration than in the number actually 

 published. Among the principal may be men- 

 tioned, " A Treatise on Diseases of the Eye," 

 by J. Soelberg; " Sleep and its Derangements," 

 by W. A. Hammond ; Maxson's " Practice of 

 Medicine;" Paine's "Practice;" "Diseases of 

 Children," by A. Vogel (translation); "Struct- 

 ural Lesions of the Skin," by H. F. Damon; 

 " Compend of Materia Medica and Therapeu- 

 tics," by J. 0. Riley ; " On Intraocular Tumors," 

 by H. Knapp ; "Percussion and Auscultation as 

 Diagnostical Aids," by 0. Hoppe (translated) ; 

 "Pathology of Bright's Disease," by W. B. 

 Lewis; T. G. Stewart on the same subject; 

 "On the Wasting Diseases of Infants and Chil- 

 dren," by E. Smith ; " Causes of Infant Mor- 

 tality," by J. W. Thrailkill ; " Lectures on the 

 Study of Fever," by A. Hudson ; " Electricity 

 in its Relations to Practical Medicine," by 

 Meyer, translated, with additions by W. A. 

 Hammond; "Family Adviser," by II. Harts- 

 horn; "How to Bathe," etc., by E. P. Miller. 



X. LA.W. Besides reports of judicial decis- 

 ions, some important treatises appeared during 

 the year. "Law of Carriers, of Telegraph 

 Companies, of Innkeepers, and of Bailments," 

 by Isaac F. Redfield; Sherman and Redfield 

 u On the Law of Negligence ; " Parsons " On the 

 Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice in 

 Admiralty; " D. Roberts "On Admiralty and 

 Prize;" Hilliard's "Law of Real Property " 

 and "of Injunctions;" Abbott's "Digest of 

 the Laws of Corporations ;" " The Bankrupt 

 Law of the United States, with Rules, Forms,-" 

 etc., by E. C. Brightly ; Parsons's " Laws of 

 Business for all the States of the Union, with 

 Forms and Directions ;" G. T.Curtis's "Equity 

 Precedents ;" an enlarged edition of Redfield's 

 " Law of Railways ;" treatise on " The Laws 

 of Set-off, Recoupment, and Counter- Claims," 



by T. W. Waterman ; " Manual of Practice in 

 the Circuit Courts of the U. S.," by A. A. 

 Boyce ; " Court Rules of the U. S. Supreme, 

 Circuit, and District Courts," by J. H. Bissell; 

 Abbott's " U. S. Practice ;" " Law and Prac- 

 tice in Bankruptcy," byE. Bump; "American 

 Commercial Law," by F. Chamberlin ; "Man- 

 ual of the Laws of Massachusetts on Manufac- 

 turing Corporations," by S. Bach elder, Jr. ; 

 "Lectures in Harvard Law School and Dart- 

 mouth College," by Joel Parker ; " Treatise on 

 Proceedings in the U. S. Courts," by J. A. 

 Murray; Angell's "Law of Water-Courses," 

 edited by J. C. Perkins ; " Official Opinions of 

 the Attorneys-General of the United States ;" 

 "Everybody's Lawyer," by Frank Crosby. 

 Besides these, and Digests of Precedents, there 

 were books of local interest on the duties of 

 justices, supervisors, etc. 



XI. AET AND THE ARTS. Art proper is scan- 

 tily represented. " Art Thoughts," by J. J. 

 Jarves; "Sacred and Constructive Art, its 

 Origin and Progress," by C. N. Otis ; " Civil 

 Architecture," by E. Shaw, with "Treatise 

 on Gothic Architecture," by T. W. Silloway ; 

 " The Identification of the Artisan and Artist, 

 the Proper Object of American Education," 

 by Elizabeth P. Peabody, are the principal. 

 The Arts may, for the purpose of this re- 

 view, include the useful and ornamental, and, 

 speaking generally, the practical arts of life. 

 Books of technical instruction on a large vari- 

 ety of topics, from farming to chess-playing, 

 will find place. 



Leroux on the "Manufacture of Worsted 

 and Corded Yarns," translated by H. Paine 

 and A. A. Fesquet, and " Chemistry applied to 

 Dyeing, with Fesquet's Chemistry of Coal Tar 

 Colors;" "Manual of the Hand Lathe," byE. 

 P. Watson; "Painter and Gilder and Varnish- 

 er's Companion ;" Loring and Jenny's "Prin- 

 ciples and Practice of Architecture ;" "Prac- 

 tical Treatise on Portland Cement ; " " The Na- 

 tional Architect," by Woodward and Thomp- 

 son ; Clarke's " New Method for Reed Organs ;" 

 Strube's " Drum and Fife Instructor ;" Prof. 

 Welch's "Physical, Intellectual, and Moral 

 Culture " (Gymnastics, etc.) ; " Naval Archi- 

 tecture and Ship Building," by Commander 

 Meade, U. S. N. ; " The Metallurgy of Iron and 

 Steel, Theoretical and Practical," by H. L. 

 Osborne, LL. D. ; Prof. G.C.Caldwell's "Agri- 

 cultural Qualitative and Quantitative Chemical 

 Analysis;" "Long and Short Span Railway 

 Bridges," by J. A. Roebling; "Iron Truss 

 Bridges: Method of calculating Strain," etc., 

 by Brevet-Colonel W. E. Merrill, U,. S. A. ; 

 " Manual of the Mechanics of Engineering, vol. 

 I. Theoretical Mechanics," by Julius Weisbach, 

 Ph. D., translated by E. B. Coxe; Wallen's 

 "Service Manual for newly-commissioned Offi- 

 cers and the Rank and File ; " Arnold's " Notes 

 on Horses for Cavalry Service ; " " Earth Closets 

 How to make and use Them ;" by E. War- 

 ing, Jr. ; " The Carpenter and Joiner ; " " On 

 Seats and Saddles, Bits and Bitting," by F. 



