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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1876. 



Common-Sense ; or, First Steps in Political Econ- 

 omy. By M. K. Leverson, 1). Ph. (Authors' Pub- 

 lishing Company.) 



History of the United States, prepared especially 

 for Schools. By John Clark Ridpath, A. M., etc. 

 (Jones, Bros. & Co., Cincinnati.) 



History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to 476 

 A. D. Compiled by K. F. Pennell, Professor in 

 Phillips Exeter Academy. (Allyn, Boston.) 



Studies in Articulation. A Study and Drill Book 

 in the Alphabetic Elements of the English Lan- 

 guage. By James H. Hoose, A. M., Ph. D. (C. W. 

 Bardeen, Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Illustrated Bible History of the Old and New Tes- 

 taments, for the Use of Catholic Schools. By Dr. I. 

 Schuster. From the fifty-eighth German edition, by 

 Mrs. J. Sadlier. (W. H. Sadlier.) 



The Universal Metric System. Prepared especial- 

 ly for Candidates for Schools of Science, Engineers, 

 and Others. By Alfred Colin, M. E. (D. Appleton 

 &0o.) 



Introduction to the Study of Chemical Philosophy. 

 The Principles of Theoretical and Systematic Chem- 

 istry. By William A. Tilden. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



Algebra, Self-Taught. By \V. P. Higgs, M. A. 

 (Spon.) 



Analytical Mechanics. By Prof. De Volson Wood. 

 (J. Wiley.) 



Manual of Geometry and Conic Sections. By 

 William G. Peck, LL. D. (Barnes.) 



A New System of English Etymology, consisting 

 of a Pupil's Manual and a Teacher's Closs-Book. 

 By William Smeaton. (Scribner.) 



Minnesota: Its Geography, History, and Ee- 

 Bources. A Text-Book for Schools. With a Manual 

 of Methods in General Geography, for the Use of 

 Teachers. By Eugenia A. Wheeler. (D. D. Merrill, 

 St. Paul, Minn.) 



The Normal Higher Arithmetic. By Edward 

 Brooks, A. M. (Sower, Potts & Co.) 



Dictionary of the French and English Languages. 

 With more than 15,000 New Words, Meanings, etc. 

 By Ferdinand E. A. Gasc. (Holt.) 



*A Drill-Book in Vocal Culture and Gesture. By 

 Rev. Prof. E. P. Timing, of the Brooklyn Lay Col- 

 lege. (Barnes.) 



How to Sing : or, The Voice, and How to Use it. 

 By W. H. Daniell. (Wells.) 



American Handbook of Industrial Drawing, for 

 Schools and Home Instruction. With a Complete 

 Explanation of the Use of Instruments as applied to 

 Architectural and Mechanical Drawing. By C. A. 

 Emery. (M. Bradley & Co., Springfield, Mass.) 



Complete Method for the Violin. By Julius Eich- 

 berg. (White, Smith & Co., Boston.) 



The Elements of Plane Trigonometry. By H. N. 

 Wheeler, A. M. (Ginn & Heath.) 



The Art of Projection: A Manual of Experimen- 

 tation, in Physics, Chemistry, and Natural History, 

 with Porte-Lumiere and Magic Lantern. By Prof. 

 A. E. Dolbear, of Tufts College. (Lee & Shepard.) 



USEFUL AETS. From the wide range of ap- 

 plied science and invention, and of trained 

 skill from the culinary art to steam-engines 

 and railway egineering is gathered an almost 

 bewildering variety. We submit it without 

 attempting sub-classification : 



Safety-Valves. By Kichard H. Buell, C. E. (Van 

 Nostrand.) 



How to build Ships. An Essay upon the Weak- 

 ness of Large Iron Ships, with Recommendations for 

 making them Strong. By Captain S. P. Griffin. 

 (Van Nostrand.) 



Graphical Statics. 2 vols. By A. J. Du Bois. 

 (Wiley.) 



Building-Stones in the United States. By Q. A. 

 Gillmore. (Van Nostrand.) 



Practical Instruction in the Art of Wood-Engrav- 

 ing. Also a History of the Art, from its Oriyin to the 

 Present Time. By William A. Emerson. (Williams.) 



The Lectorian System of Hand- Railing. Elucidat- 

 ing the Whole Subject by Fifteen Plates, with Let- 

 ter-press and Notes. By William Forbes. (Randolph 

 & English, Richmond, Va.) 



A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Roads, 

 Streets, and Pavements. By General Q. A. Gill- 

 more. (Van Nostrand.) 



Modern American Homesteads, illustrated by For- 

 ty-six Plates, including Descriptions, Specifications, 

 and Cost. By Daniel T. Atwood. (Bicknell.) 



Ladies' Fancy-Work. Hints and Helps to Home 

 Tastes and Recreations. By Mrs. C. S. Jones and 

 Henry T. Williams. 357 Illustrations. (H. T. Wil- 

 liams.) 



Railroad Appliances. A Description of Details of 

 Railway Construction subsequent to the Completion 

 of the Earthworks and Structures. Including a 

 Short Notice of Railway Rolling Stock. By John 

 Wolfe Barry. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



Orchids. A Description of Species and Varieties. 

 Prefaced by Chapters on the Culture, Propagation, 

 and Hybridization of Orchids, etc. ; the whole form- 

 ing a Complete Manual of Orchid-Culture. By Ed- 

 ward Spra^ue Rand ; Jr. (Hurd & Houghton.) 



The Sanitary Drainage of Houses and Towns. By 

 George E. Waring, Jr. With Diagrams. (Hurd & 

 Houghton.) 



The Poultry Yard and Market ; or, Practical Trea- 

 tise on Galline Culture. By A. Corbett. (Judd.) 



Villas and Cottages: or. Homes for All. Plans, 

 Elevations, and Views. Designed by William M. 

 Woollett. '(Bicknell.) 



The Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America. By A. 

 J. Downing. Second Revision and Correction, with 

 Large Additions, including the Appendices of 1872 

 and 1876, and containing many New Varieties by 

 Charles Downing. (Wiley.) 



Guide to Honiton Lace-Making. Compiled from 

 the Best European Authorities. ( J. H. Symonds, 

 Boston.) 



Narrow-Gauge Eailways in America. (H. Flem- 

 ing, Philadelphia.) 



Practical Treatise on the Construction of Iron 

 Highway Bridges ; together with a Short Essay upon 

 the Application of the Principles of the Lever to a 

 Ready Analysis of the Strains upon the more Cus- 

 tomary Forms of Beams and Trusses. By Alfred 

 P. Boiler, M. A. (Wiley.) 



A Brief Treatise on United States Patents, for 

 Inventors and Patentees. By Henry Howson. (For- 

 ter & Cpates.) 



Treatise on the Mechanical Theory of Heat and its 

 Applications to the Steam-Engine, etc. By R. S. 

 McCullough. (Van Nostrand.) 



National Cookery-Book. Compiled from Original 

 Receipts for the Women's Centennial Committees 

 of the International Exhibition of 1876. (Women's 

 Centennial Executive Committee.) 



A New Treatise on Steam Engineering, Physical 

 Properties rf Permanent Gases, and of Different 

 Kinds of Permanent Gases. By John W. Nystrom, 

 C. E. (Lippincott.) 



The Complete Practical Machinist. Embracing 

 Lathe-Work, Vice- Work, Drills and Drilling, Taps 

 and Dies, Hardening and Tempering, the Use of 

 Tools, etc. By Joshua Rose. (H. C. Baird & Co., 

 Philadelphia.) 



The American Iron-Trade in 1876, Politically, 

 Historically, and Statistically considered. By James 

 M. Swank. (American Iron and Steel Association.) 



Forest - Culture", and Eucalyptus-Trees. By El- 

 wood Cooper. (Cuberry & Co., San Francisco.) 



The Thornery System of Grape-Culture. From 

 the French. By M" Du Breuil. (Judd.) 



The Silk Industry in America. A History pre- 

 pared for the Centennial Exposition, by L. P. 

 Brockett, M. D. (Van Nostrand.) 



