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Text-Book of Zoology. By the same. 



Hand-book of Mineral Analysis. By Friedrich. 

 Wohler, Professor in the University of Guttingeii. 

 Edited by Henry B. Nason. 



Practical Treatise on the Differential and Integral 

 Calculus, with some of its Applications to Mechanics 

 and Astronomy. By William G. Peck, LL. D. 



The Teacher's Manual. By Hiram Orcutt. 



The Debatable Land between This World and 

 the Next. By Eobert Dale Owen. 



Sexual Science, as taught by Phrenology. By 0. 

 S. Fpvyler. 



Origin, Tendencies, and Principles of Govern- 

 ment. By Victoria C. Woodhull. 



TBAVEL AND ADVENTTJKE. The attempt to 

 lay out a telegraph-line to Asia and Europe by 

 way of Behring's Strait, which the success of 

 the Atlantic Telegraph superseded, has heen 

 productive of more good books than are often 

 due to more successful enterprises. The last 

 of these was "Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow- 

 Shoes," by R. J. Bush, a volume which, with 

 its life-like descriptions and pictorial illustra- 

 tions, gives the reader a lively idea of that 

 part of Siberia visited by the author, and a 

 very pleasant impression of the author him- 

 self. "Life and Nature under the Tropics; 

 or, Sketches of Travels among the Andes, and 

 on the Orinoco, Rio Negro, and Amazons," by 

 II. M. and P. V. N. Myers, is the work of two 

 undergraduates of Williams College, members 

 of an exploring expedition sent out from that 

 institution. They apologize for their youth, 

 but with little need. This modest volume, 

 with illustrations drawn by themselves, has 

 decided merit. Morelet's " Travels in Central 

 America" is translated by Mrs. M. R. Squier, 

 with introduction and notes by the Hon. E. 

 G. Squier. "A Russian Journey," by Edna 

 Dean Proctor, is not a continuous narrative, 

 bnt a series of brilliant sketches, that reward 

 the reader's attention. A unique work, a to- 

 pography of fiction, is " The Lands of Scott," 

 by James F. Hunnewell, describing the scenes 

 immortalized by " The Wizard of the North " 

 in his poems and novels. It was a pleasing 

 contribution to the interest of the Scott Cen- 

 tenary. "Nature and Art in the Old World; 

 or, Sketches of Travel in Europe and the 

 Orient," by John S. Lee, professor in St. Law- 

 rence University, Canton. N. Y., leads the 

 reader over a beaten track of travel, but the 

 volume has the interest of views by a fresh eye 

 and a scholarly mind. " Castilian Days," by 

 John Hay, combines the merits of a thought- 

 ful writer of travels with those of a graceful 

 essayist. To these titles may be added : 



Nautilus; or Cruising under Canvas. By John 

 N. Maffit. 



Rambles in Mount Desert ; with Sketches of Travel 

 on the New England Coast. By B. F. Da Costa. 



The Book of Travels of a Doctor of Physic. 



Mr. Greeley's Letters from Texas and the Lower 

 Mississippi. 



Mountain Adventures in Different Parts of the 

 World, selected from the Narratives of Celebrated 

 Travellers, with an Introduction and Additions. By 

 J. T. Headlcy. 



A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. By 

 Mrs. Stephen Griswold. 



Over the Ocean ; or, Sights and Sounds in Foreign 

 Lands. By Curtis Guild. 



My Winter in Cuba. By W. M. L. Jay. 



Eastern Sketches : Notes of Scenery, Schools, and 

 Tent-Life, in Syria and Palestine. By Ellen Clarke 

 Miller. 



And the following guide-books to desirable 

 places of resort : 



Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel. East- 

 ern Tour. [The same] Western Tour. 



American Sea-Side Eesorts. Edited by Charles 

 L. Norton. 



Eoute for a Month's Tour through the Alps of 

 Switzerland. By James D. Dana. 



Morford's Short-Trip Guide to Europe. 



The Virginia Tourist. By Edward A. Pollard. 



The Great Lakes. By J. Disturnell. 



Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California. Bv 

 J. M. Hutchings. 



THEOLOGY AND RELIGION. Under this head 

 several works of importance have appeared 

 during the year. Of works on the Bible, men- 

 tion should be made of Dr. T. J. Conant's re- 

 vised version of the Book of Psalms, with In- 

 troduction and Notes, the fruit of ripe learn- 

 ing, employed in bringing within the popular 

 apprehension more of the poetry and power 

 of the Hebrew lyrists than is conveyed by the 

 received version ; the Rev. Frederic Gardiner's 

 Harmony of the Gospels, Greek and English ; 

 Rev. C. F. Hudson's " Critical Greek and Eng- 

 lish Concordance to the New Testament," re- 

 vised by the very competent hand of Dr. Ezra 

 Abbot; Dr. Philip Schaff's Translation of 

 Lange's Commentary on the Gospel of John ; 

 and "The Revelation of John, with Notes, 

 Critical, Explanatory, and Practical," by Rev. 

 Henry Cowles, D. D. Among theological 

 treatises, the most important is " Systematic 

 Theology," by Charles Hodge, D. D., expound- 

 ing that form of Calvinism which is held at 

 Princeton, of which the author is the most 

 eminent expounder and defender. Two vol- 

 umes have been issued, and they do honor to 

 the author's learning, intellectual force, and 

 skill in exposition. The work will be com- 

 pleted by the third volume. " The Conserva- 

 tive Reformation," by C. P. Krauth, D. D., is a 

 very powerful defence of the Calvinism of the 

 Heidelberg Confession, as maintained in the 

 (German) Reformed Church, in distinction from 

 the Zwinglian type of doctrine which prevails in 

 the Dutch, Scottish, and American Presbyte- 

 rian schools. " Sermons to the Natural Man," 

 by Dr. William G. T. Shedd, is an attempt to 

 embody in popular discourse the sterner doc- 

 trines of the Augustinian faith. The dis- 

 courses are, as might be expected, thoughtful 

 and weighty. It may be presumed that the 

 author hardly expected to corne directly into 

 contact with the "natural" men whom his 

 book addresses, but that he had in view his 

 brethren in the ministry, and the influencing 

 of them to cultivate this style of preaching. 

 " The Mission of the Spirit," by the Rev. L. R. 

 Dunn, treats in a popular rather than scientific 

 manner a part of theology that has been com- 

 paratively neglected by recent Protestant di- 



