LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1876. 



is making is in the study of our own language 

 mid lit i- nature. Such a book as Mr. Hudson's 

 IVxt-Book of Prose" (Ginn, Boston), whirh 

 aims to make a reading-book a means of culti- 

 vating literary taste, and thoroughly imbuiug 

 tin- mind with the spirit of great authors, is a 

 move forward though it should be judged 

 that the selection of authors, in this case, is 

 too restricted. Mr. William J. Rolfe's selec- 

 tion from the poems of Gray, and his edition 

 of Shakespeare's "Richard the Second," with 

 notes (Harpers), making his authors a study 

 in language as well as in style, is an example 

 of a method of teaching that may be made as 

 pleasant as it is profitable. A similar method 

 is applied by Dr. Joseph Alden, President of 

 the New York State Normal College, in his 

 "Studies in Bryant" (D. Appleton & Co.). 

 The venerable poet, who enjoys in his lifetime 

 the honors of a classic, furnishes an introduc- 

 tion. For similar purposes Milton's " Masque 

 of Comus" has been edited, with notes and 

 grammatical exercises, by Homer B. Sprague, 

 M. A. (Schermerhorn). In the same connec- 

 tion may be mentioned "Representative Names 

 in English Literature," by H. II. Morgan (D. 

 Appleton & Co.), and "First Steps in Eng- 

 lish Literature," by Arthur Gil man (Barnes). 

 "Outlines of the Art of Expression," by Prof. 

 J. II. Gilraore (Ginn), is a manual that may 

 serve as an introduction not only to rhetoric 

 but to logic, and as a praxis for applying and 

 testing grammatical knowledge. To the same 

 general purpose is " Illustrated Lessons in our 

 Language ; or, How to Speak and Write cor- 

 rectly designed to teach English Grammar 

 without its Technicalities," by G. P. Quacken- 

 bos (D. Appleton & Co.). Among text-books 

 in physical science, the publication of the 

 second part of Prof. Edward C. Pickering's 

 "Elements of Physical Manipulation" (Hurd 

 & Houghton) completes a work deserving of the 

 highest commendation. Two additional vol- 

 umes have appeared of " Christian Greek and 

 Latin Writers," edited by professors in Lafay- 

 ette College (Harpers) selections from Athe- 

 nagoras and Tertullian. As authors to be read 

 in connection with or as supplementary to a 

 classical course, these selections are appro- 

 priate, and the editing deserves all praise. But 

 if these and other Christian authors are to be 

 substituted for the classic authors as instru- 

 ments for the study of the Greek and Latin 

 languages, we cannot but think it an error. 

 Among classical text-books may bo mentioned 

 with commendation " A Homeric Dictionary, 

 from the German of Dr. Georg Autenrieth," 

 translated, with additions, by R. B. Keep 

 (Harpers); "Elements of Latin Grammar, in 

 Connection with a Systematic and Progressive 

 Latin Reader," by Gustavus Tischer, LL. D. 

 (Sohermerhorn) ; Prof. William A. Stevens's 

 "Select Orations of Lysias," with introduc- 

 tion and notes (Griggs, Chicago); ex-Presi- 

 dent Champlin's "Selections from Tacitus, 

 prepared with Notes, Introduction, and a Col- 



lection of his Aphorisms, for College and Pri- 

 vate Use" (Allyn, Boston); " Scluctiouu from 

 the Satires of Juvenal, to which is uddcd tho 

 First Satire of Pontius, with Notes," by Thom- 

 as Chase, M. A. (Eldridge, Philadelphia,); and 

 "A Series of First Lessons in Greek, adapted 

 to Goodwin's Greek Grammar," by John Wil- 

 liams White, A. M. (Ginn). Also the follow- 

 ing, in ancient and modern languages : 



A Sanscrit Handbook, tor the Fireside. By Eli- 

 hu Burritt. (Brown & Gross, Hartford, Conn.) 



Rational Method, following Nature Step by Step, 

 to learn how to Head, Hear, Sjx uk und Write 

 French. By Claude Marcel. (D. Appleton <fe Co.) 



An Elementary Guide to Writing m Latin. By 

 J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough. (Ginn Brother*.*) 



A Latin Grammar for Beginners. By S. Z. Am- 

 mon. (Holt.) 



Aim's Complete Method of the German Language. 

 By D. P. Henn. (Steiger.) 



Goethe, Ausgewuhlte Prosa. [German Classics for 

 American Students.] Edited by J. M. Hart, (,1'ut- 

 narus.) 



A Short Latin Grammar. Part I. The Declen- 

 sions. By Edward Both, A. M. (Claxton, Philadel- 

 phia.) 



A Complete Dictionary to Caesar's Gallic War. 

 With Idioms and Hints for Translation. By Albert 

 Creak, M. A. (Barnes.) 



The Medea of Euripides. With Notes and an 

 Introduction. By Frederick D. Allen, Ph. D. 

 (Ginn.) 



German without Grammar or Dictionary. By Dr. 

 Zur Brucke. (Griggs, Chicago.) 



Grammar of the Biblical Clialdaio Language and 

 the Talmud Bible Idioms. By S. D. Luzzatto. 

 Translated from the Italian by T. S. Goldainmer, 

 D. P. (Wiley.) 



We add a few on a variety of subjects : 



The Science of Ethics. An Elementary Svstem 

 of Theoretical and Practical Morality. By Henry 

 N. Day. (Putnams.) 



Illustrated School History of the World. By J. 

 D. Quackenbos, A. M., M. D. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



A Treatise on the Theory and Solution of Alge- 

 braic Equations. By John Macnie, M. A. (Barnes.) 



How to write Letters. A Manual of Epistolary 

 Art. By J. Willis Westlake, A. M. (Sower, Potts 

 & Co., Philadelphia.) 



Buckley's Short History of Natural Science. (D. 

 Appleton & Co.) 



Steele's Fourteen Weeks' Course in Zoology. 

 (Barnes.) 



Nordhoff 's Politics for Young America. School 

 Edition. (Harpers.) 



Elements of Geometry. With Exercises for Stu- 

 dents, and an Introduction to Modern Geometry. 

 By A. Schuyler, L. B.T. (Wilson, Hinkle <fe Co., 

 Cincinnati.) 



Handbook of the Terrestrial Globe. By Ellen E. 

 Fitz. (Ginn, Boston.) 



A Manual of Arithmetic. A Handbook frr Teach- 

 ers. By E. A. White, A.M. (Wilson, Hinkle & 

 Co., Cincinnati.') 



Comparative Zoology, Structural and Systematic. 

 By James Orton, A. M. (Harpers.) 



Open Letters to Primary Teacher*, with Hints for 

 Intermediate Class Teachers. By Mrs. W. F. Crafts. 

 (Nelson & Phillips.) 



The Science of Arithmetic, for High Schools. N..r- 

 mal Schools, Preparatory Departments to Colle<f*>, 

 and Academies. By Edward Olnoy. (Sheldon A Co.) 



Higher Arithmetic. By Prof. E. Brooks. (Sower, 

 Potts A Co., Philadelphia.) 



Practical Botanv, Structural and Systematic. By 

 August Koehler, M. D. (Holt.) 



