LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1870. 



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The Physical Basis of Immortality. By Antol- 

 lirown Blackwell. (Putnams.) 



!.'.!' History of Animals. By A. 8. Packard, Jr. 

 (Holt.) 



Hull-Hours with Insects. By the same. (Estes 

 & Lauriat, Boston.) 



Aiuihtu-ul Processes; or. The Primary Principle 

 of Philosophy. By Rev. William I. Gill. (Authors' 

 Publishing Company.) 



Chemistry. Theoretical, Practical, and Analyt- 

 ical, us applied to the Arts and Manufactures. By 

 Writers of Eminence. (Lippincott.) In parts. 



A History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy. 

 By Joseph Haven, D. D. (Sheldon.) 



Duty contemplated as Due-ty. That which ia due. 

 By Myron A. Miuisen. M. A. (Williams, Boston). 



The Religious Sentiment. Its Source and Aim. 

 A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of 

 Religion. By D. G. Brinton. (Holt.) 



The Analysis of Plants. By Mark W. Harring- 

 ton. (Sheehan & Co., Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



The Cosmic God. A Fundamental Philosophy in 

 Popular Lectures. By Isaac M. Wise. (Wester' 

 Mm.) 



Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1875. 

 H lit i-d by Spencer F. Baird, with the Assistance of 

 Eminent Men of Science. (Harpers.) 



Spiritualism, and Allied Causes and Conditions 

 of Nervous Derangement. By William A. Ham- 

 mond, M. D. (Putnams.) 



A Botanical Handbook of Common Local, Eng- 

 lish, Botanical, and Phannacopceical Names, ar- 

 ranged in Alphabetical Order, of most of the Crude 

 Vegetable Drugs, etc., in Common Use. (J. Camp- 

 bell. Boston.) 



The Modern Genesis : being an Inquiry into the 

 Credibility of the Nebular Theory of the Origin of 

 Planetary Bodies, the Structure of the Solar System, 

 and of General Cosmical History. By Rev. W. B. 

 Slaughter. (Nelson & Phillip*.) 



A Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 

 United States, including the District east of the 

 Mississippi River and north of North Carolina and 

 Tennessee, exclusive of Marine Species. By David 

 Starr Jordan, M.S., M. D. (Jansen, McClurg & 

 Co., Chicago.) 



The Ultimate Generalization. An Effort in the 

 Philosophy of Science. (C. P. Somerby.) 



From Dawn to Sunrise. A Review, Historical 

 and Philosophical, of the Religious Ideas of Man- 

 kind. By Mrs. J. Gregory Smith. (Lovell, Adam 

 &Co.) 



The Science and Art of Education. A Lecture. 

 By Joseph Payne. (E. Steiger.) 



Tables, Distribution, ana Variations of the At- 

 mospheric Temperature in the United States. By 

 Charles A. Schott. (Van Nostrand.) 



The Solar Theory of Myths. By Prof. John Do 

 Witt Warner. (Munsell.) 



The Ethics of Benedict do Spinoza. From' the 

 Latin. With an Introductory Sketch of his Life 

 and Writings. (Van Nostrand.) 



The Phenomena of Spiritualism scientifically ex- 

 plained and exposed. By Rev. Asa Mahan, D. D. 

 (Barnes.) 



Chemia Coartata ; or, The Key to Modern Chem- 

 istry. By A. H. Kollmyer. (Lindsay <fe Blakiston, 

 Philadelphia.) 



Archology ; or, The Science of Government. By 

 S. V. Blakeslee. (Roman, Sun Francisco.) 



Outlines of Lectures on the History of Philosophy. 

 By John J. Elmendorff. 8. T. D. (Putnams.) 



Life-History of Our Planet. By William D. Gun- 

 ning. Illustrate d by Mary Gunning. (Keen, Cook 

 & Co., Chicago.) 



The Wild-Flowers of America. Illustrations by 

 Isaac Sprague. Text by Prof. George L. Goodalc, 

 Harvard University. (Hurd <fc Houghton.) 



The Problem of Problems. ByC.Braden. (Chase 

 & Hall, Cincinnati.) 



VOL. xvi. 29 A 



The Land-Birds and Game-Birdi of New England. 

 With Descriptions of the Bird*, their Kent* and 

 Eggs, their Habits and Notes. By H. D. Miuot. 

 (Estes & Lauriat, Boston.) 



THEOLOGY AND RELIGION. In quantity, the 

 publications in this department do not fall 

 short of an average supply. But theru un- 

 fewer than usual of works claiming notice on 

 account of marked originality and power. I)r. 

 Philip Schaff, with his corps of learned schol- 

 ars and divines, has continued and nearly com- 

 pleted the issue of Dr. Lange's " Commentary 

 on the Bible," translated from the German, 

 with large additions (Scribners), making it 

 an exegetical library. Prof. Frederick Gardi- 

 ner, D. D., of the Berkeley Divinity School, 

 Middletown, Conn., has put forth a new 

 " Harmony of the Four Gospels, in Greek, 

 according to the Text of Tischendorf," with a 

 collation of the Textus fieceptits, and of the 

 most important critical texts, and an appendix 

 on the " Principles of Textual Criticism " (W. 

 F. Draper, Andover, Mass.). The appendix is 

 published separately. Dr. Gardiner has an 

 established reputation as a biblical critic, which 

 this publication will sustain and extend. Dr. 

 Henry Cowles, of Oberlin College, Ohio, con- 

 tinues his series of popular but not super- 

 ficial commentaries, by the issue of a volume 

 on " The Gospel and Epistles of John " (D. 

 Appleton & Co.). A republication of Theo- 

 dore Parker's " Discourse on Matters pertain- 

 ing to Religion," with an introduction by O. 

 B. Frothingham and a biographical sketch by 

 Hannah E. Stevenson (Putnams), is an attempt 

 of doubtful promise to revive interest in a 

 half-forgotten controversy, the parties to 

 which, on each side, have since changed their 

 positions. '' The Ministry of the Word : Yale 

 Lectures on Preaching," by W. M. Taylor, D. 

 D. (Randolph), and " Lectures on the History 

 of Preaching," by Prof. J. A. Broadus, D. D., 

 LL. D., of the Southern Baptist Theological 

 Seminary (Sheldon), each, in a different way, 

 shows how much freshness can be given to n 

 hackneyed topic by an independent and schol- 

 arly treatment. Two posthumous volumes 

 will receive, as they deserve, a welcome from 

 the lovers of sound and sober thought, and of 

 manly feeling, in the discussion of the weight- 

 iest themes: "Reason, Faith, and Duty," 

 sermons by James Walker, D. D., LL. D., late 

 President of Harvard College (Roberta), and 

 " Christ in the Life," sermons and poems, by 

 Edmund H. Sears, D. D. (Lockwood, Brooks 

 & Co.). A volume of sermons by the venera- 

 ble Orville Dewey, D.D., entitled "The Two 

 Great Commandments" (Miller) shows his 

 mental vigor to be unabated. Without further 

 particularization, we subjoin the following 

 titles : 



Being a Christian. What it means, and how to 

 begin. By Washington Gladden. (Congregational 

 Publication Society.) 



The Acts of the Apostles, with Notes, Comments, 

 Maps, and Illustrations. By Rev. Lyman Abbott 

 (Barnes.) 



