Harper &' Brothers' List of New Books. 



MARCH'S PARSER AND ANALYZER. A 



Purser and Analyzer for Beginners, with Dia- 

 grams and Suggestive Pictures. By Francis 

 A. March, Professor of the English Language 

 and Comparative Philology in Lafayette Col- 

 lege, Author of "Method of Philological Study 

 of the English Language," "Comparative 

 Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language," 

 &c. 16mo, Flexible Cloth, 40 cents. 



The volume is small, but compact and serviceable. 

 Its design is to introduce beginners to the laws of the 

 English Language by appealing directly to their ra- 

 tional powers, and as little as possible to memory. 

 It abolishes mere recitation, and makes the work of 

 learning more nearly recreative than any attempt yet 

 brought to our notice. The teacher can easily per- 

 ceive its scope and purpose. It will not relieve him 

 of care, but will so change his duty that, instead of 

 sitting and hearing tasks, he will be called upon to 

 stimulate and guide development. The work unites 

 the pupil and teacher in their- theme, and the pro- 

 cesses of teaching and learning take an identity which 

 does away with estrangement and begets naturalness. 

 It combines all the benefits of object-teaching, by full- 

 ness of illustration, with that active inquiry common 

 to youth when matters touching history, biography, 

 geography, or every-day occurrences are suggested. 

 It is more and more seen that the duty of education 

 is to bring the pupil into direct relation with thtngs, 

 that he may reflect or exercise judgment upon them. 

 The lessons or suggestions in this work are so ar- 



with healthful development. * * * A look into it will 

 prove almost as profitable as a glance at nature. They 

 can learn without memorizing to a harmful extent, 

 and what they learn will not be forgotten. We com- 

 mend the work to general attention upon its merits. 

 Its author is one of the first philologists in the land, 

 and no man has a keener appreciation of our lan- 

 guage, or understands better the true methods of in- 

 troducing the young mind to its beauties.— PAz'iadei- 

 phia Press. 



Beginning with the definitions of simple nouns, the 

 lessons ascend by easy stages to the highest form of 

 grammatical construction. The diagram analysis and 

 illustrations are admirable aids to the student in the 

 lessons, impressing them upon the mind.— X V. Her- 

 ald, 



BARNES'S NOTES ON THE PSALMS. 



Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, 

 on the Book of Psalms. By Alhert Barnes, 

 Author of "Notes on the New Testament," 

 "Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity," 

 &c. Three Volumes, 12mo, Cloth, $1 50 

 per volume. 



* * * There is the same blending of the critical and 

 the practical, with constant expression of devout feel- 

 ings and sentiments, which, in a work on the Psalms, 

 is peculiarly congruous witli the book which Mr. 

 Barnes is interpreting. — Presbyterian (Philadelphia). 



These Notes on the Psalms are characterized by the 

 excellences which made Mr. Barnes's earlier exposi- 

 tory works so eminently successful.— -.American Pres- 

 hyterian. 



BALDWIN'S PRE -HISTORIC NATIONS. 



Pre-Historic Nations; or. Inquiries concern- 

 ing some of the Great Peoples and Civiliza- 

 tions of Antiquity, and their Probable Rela- 

 tion to a still Older Civilization of the Ethio- 

 pians or Cushites of Arabia.' By John D. 

 Baldwin, Member of the American Oriental 

 Society. l2mo, Cloth, $1 75. 



Mr. Baldwin has treated an interesting subject with 

 great lucidity and breadth, while his reading and re- 

 search are apparent on every page.— Examiner and 

 London Review. 



Both instructive and enggestive.— Aa^ioji. 



SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS in France, 

 Germany, and Switzerland ; or, Experiences 

 of an American Journalist in Europe. By 

 Edward Gould Buffum, Author of "Six 

 Months in the Gold Mines," &c. 12mo, 

 Cloth, $1 50. 



• • • A book at once entertaining and instructive. 

 • • * Fashionable tourists who are leaving this port 

 for a trip to Europe will find Mr. Buffum's "Sights 

 and Sensations in France, Germany, and Switzerland" 

 a delightful and serviceable traveling companion. At 

 the same time the thousands who are to spend the 

 summer at home, either in town, in the country, or on 

 the sea-shore, may, by the help of this little book, en- 

 joy many of the pleasures of foreign travel while they 

 escape its annoyances. * * * It witl doubtless be more 

 heartily welcomed by the public than any similar work 

 which has appeared. — N. Y. Herald. 



A refreshing and entertaining book, which will in- 

 terest every body. — N. Y. Evening Mail. 



Mr. Bufl'um's style is remarkably good and graphic, 

 and his descriptions df the scenes he has witnessed 

 are among the best we have seen— so simple, ani- 

 mated, and to the point. He seems to have had a 

 genius for observation and the happy management 

 of facts, and every thing he sees is distinctly seen by 

 the reader as well.— iV. Y. Times. 



It difiers from the common run of books of modern 

 travel by looking at life from a more practical — it 

 might be said, literal— side, and by describing things 

 not often touched in a sparkling and instructive way. 

 ~Co7iriregatio7ialist. 



It is one's self walking about, as it were, and say- 

 ing these things in his own ears with unexpected and 

 most admired cleverness. The story of the Mont Ce- 

 nis Tnnnel is quite the best description of that incredi- 

 ble miracle which has fallen under our observation. 

 Baden-Baden and Homburg seem as familiar to us, 

 on this bright traveler's introduction, as Long Branch 

 or Rockaway, and much more interesting. — N, Y. 

 Tribune. 



MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise 

 of the Dutch Republic. A History. By John 

 LoTHROP MoTLEt, LL.D., D.C.L. With a 

 Portrait of William of Orange. New Edition. 

 3 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $10 50. 



MOTLEY'S UNITED NETHERLANDS. 



History of the United Netherlands : from the 

 Death of William the Silent to the Twelve 

 Years' Truce— 1609. With a full View of 

 the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, 

 and of the Origin and Destruction of the 

 Spanish Armada. By John Lothrop Mot- 

 ley, LL.D.. D.C.L. New Edition. 4 vols., 

 8vo, Cloth, $14 00. 



GREENWOOD'S SEVEN CURSES OF LON- 

 DON. The Seven Curses of London. By 

 James Greenwood, the "Amateur Casual," 

 Author of "The True History of a Little 

 Ragamuffin," "Reuben Davidger," "Wild 

 Sports of the World," &c. 8vo, P.aper, 25 

 cents. 



James Greenwood, the "Amateur Casual," whose 

 revelations of " A Night in a Workhouse " created so 

 much excitement in England two or three years since, 

 in "The Seven Curses^ of London" discloses many 

 startling facts concerning the social life of the lower 

 classes. The seven curses treated of by the author 

 are : I. NeL'lected Children ; II. Professional Thieves ; 

 III. Professional Beggars : IV. Fallen Women ; V. The 

 Curse of Drunkenness ; VI. Betting Gamblers ; VII. 

 Waste of Charity. 



