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POWER OF THE SOUL OYER THE BODY. 
By Dr. Moore. 
This book is fitted to dispose minds to reflection which may not 
have evinced any such tendency, and to the most reflecting it will 
not fail to supply welcome materials for thought.— British Quar¬ 
terly Review. 
THE USE OF THE BODY IN RELATION 
TO THE MIND. By the same Author. 
One of the pvofoundest works on mind and matter that we 
have seen for many years. It would be impossible, without making 
an analytical review of the work, to express its merits.— Louis¬ 
ville Journal. 
OMOO; or, Adventures in the Pacific. By Her- 
nan Melville. 
The phcBnix of modern voyagers, sprung, it would seem, from 
the mingled ashes of Captain Cook and Robinson Crusoe.— 
Blackwood. 
A stirring narrative of very pleasant reading, possessing much 
of the charm that has made Robinson Crusoe immortal.-- 'Doug¬ 
las Jerr old. 
MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS. By Leigh 
Hunt. 
Sketches, essays, and memoirs, by one of the raciest of modern 
writers.— Observer. 
About a “ little of everything,” written in a style and upon sub¬ 
jects amusing, instructive, and entertaining. A London Review 
says, with truth, that they are full of variety, beauty, and cheer¬ 
fulness. It is a book to lie in the cherished corner of a pleasant 
room, and to be taken up when the spirits have need of sunshine. 
—Christian Intelligencer. 
PRESCOTT’S CONQUEST OF PERU; Two 
vols. 8vo. Muslin. With Engravings. 
Elaborately woven from the thread of historical events, it is yet 
invested with all the interest of the most skilful and exciting 
romance.— Tribune. 
In some respects this important work is even more interesting 
than the “ Conquest of Mexico.”— Athenezum. 
LOUIS XIV. AND THE COURT OF FRANCE. 
By Miss Pardoe. 
We do not know of any work in the language which tells the 
“ same things so well and so prettily.”— London Iferald. 
An accession to our literature, as eminently useful as it is de 
lightful.— British Quarterly Review. 
THE GOOD GENIUS THAT TURNED 
EVERYTHING INTO GOLD. By the Brothers 
Mayhew. 
Delightfully written ; full of fancy. The many little fables that 
are introduced are all capital; and one, in particular, will live 
for ever.— London Gazette. 
A very pleasant fairy tale, full of change and variety, with a 
proper relish of wonders and surprises, and as agreeable a ma¬ 
chinery of magic as the most delicate taste could desire. George 
Cruikshank’s illustrations are exquisite.— Athenezum. 
There is novelty and freshness throughout the tale which will 
render it extremely popular.— Critic , fyc. 
SOUTHEY’S LIFE OF WESLEY; With Notes 
by Coleridge and Others. 
A standard work, which ought to be found upon the shelves of 
every library. The clsssic pen of Southey has given a biography 
of the founder of Methodism, as interesting as it is instructive, 
while the history of the great religious movement that followed is 
admirably drawn. The annotations of Coleridge are full of pith, 
while Knox’s graphic portraiture, brief as it is, is worth volumes 
by an inferior hand.— Prot. Churchman. 
HOWITT’S HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE 
POETS ; Two vols. with Engravings. 
Of this work we have to say that, which can be said of few of 
its class in the general run of our book-making and compiling age, 
viz. that it is bona fide, and the information not only thoroughly 
read for, but actively sought by personal travel and exertion, and 
the whole digested with ability and care. Nothing more could 
be done by an author.— London Lit. Gazette. 
PROF. UPHAM’S LIFE OF MADAME GUY- 
ON ; Two vols. with Portrait. 
Tiiis is a book that deserves the attention of the thoughtful, 
and of all who study the history of the human mind. The work 
is written with all the taste and refinement of an accomplished 
scholar, and with the feeling, devotion, and spirit of a true Chris¬ 
tian.— Springfield Rep. 
PROF. SCHMITZ’S NEW HISTORY OF 
ROME ; l2mo. Muslin, gilt. 
This volume is one that may with propriety be made a text¬ 
book in schools or in families, being a succinct but minute history 
of the Roman city. The chronological table, index, and explana¬ 
tion of Latin terms enhance its value, and make it a very desirable 
book for study or reference.— Observer. 
Dr. Schmitz has aimed at furnishing a history of Rome for the 
use of students in schools, which will be free from the gross errors 
common to all works of the kind now in use, and has availed him¬ 
self of all the labors of the learned in that department of histori¬ 
cal research since the publication ot Niebuhr’s first volume of his 
great, work. What was once history is now regarded as fable, 
and the youth of the present generation will be better informed 
on the subject of Roman antiquities than the sages of the past 
age. The history of Dr. Schmitz will prove a valuable addition 
to the school library, and will soon become a recognized text¬ 
book. — Standard. 
THE WORKS OP FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS; A 
New Translation, by Rev. Roeert Traill, D.D., with 
Notes, Explanatory Essays, and numerous Pictorial 
Illustrations. Parts I. to IV. now ready. Price 25 
cents each. 
This splendid edition of the writings of the Jewish historian, 
comprising all the works of the author known to be extant, will 
possess many important advantages over all its predecessors, in 
the novelty, beauty, and extent of its graphic embellishments— 
derived, in most instances, from ancient monumental relics, bas- 
reliefs, medallions, coins, architectural remains, &c ; also in the 
greater accuracy and beauty of its translation, and the further 
elucidation of the text by the aid of notes and expositions by 
Isaac Taylor, of Ongar. 
THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHING¬ 
TON. By Jared Sparks, LL.D.; 12 vols. 8vo. Plates. 
Vols. I. to V. now published. 
The great reduction in the price of this beautiful re-issue—be¬ 
ing less than half the original cost —will for the first time render 
this splendid national publication accessible to every person who 
venerates the name of Washington. Such a work may be said 
to be indispensable to every private library, and is, indeed, a 
literary treasure to every intelligent man. 
BLACKSTONE’S COMMENTARIES ON THE 
LAWS OF ENGLAND. Wendell’s Revised Edition, 
In 4 vols. 8vo. 
The text of this classical work is preserved without mutilation 
or addition, and has been rendered as pure and correct as possible 
by being collated with that of the edition published in 1783, which 
was prepared by Dr. Burn from the copy containing the Author’s 
last corrections. 
MONETTE’S HISTORY OF THE VALLEY 
OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 
This appears to be a thorough and elaborate work. It enters 
into the most minute details of the early history of a territory 
which comprises within Its limits many of the largest and fairest 
states of the Union. Being the fruit of much patient and labori¬ 
ous research among documents, most of which, relating to the 
early history of the Valley, are only to be found in foreign libra¬ 
ries and collections, it furnishes much information to which the 
public have not hitherto had ready access.— Christian Intelli¬ 
gencer. 
HALLAM’S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 
OF ENGLAND. 
To sum up our commendation of the work before us, we say, 
in all sincerity, that however well our library might be supplied 
with works on English history, we should consider it incomplete, 
nay, essentially defective, without it.— Christian Advocate and 
Journal. 
FRESH GLEANINGS ; or a New Sheaf from the 
Old Fields of Continental Europe. By Ik Marvel. 
Two Parts, paper covers. 50 cents each. Muslin 
gilt, $1.25. 
A narrative of pleasant, minute observations, written in a 
graceful, subdued style, slightly quaint, making the reader an 
easy-minded companion of the rambling traveller—a style quite 
new under the prevailing taste for rapid and vigorous writing. 
