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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Report on the World’s Fair. By Col. B. P. Johnson, Cor. Sec. 
N. Y. State Ag. Society. C. Van Benthuysen: Albany. 
This volume comprises a full description of Crystal 
Palace and the Great Exhibition, having reference more 
particularly, however, to those departments which have 
a practical bearing upon the interests of this country, 
and are most useful and important. Mr. Johnson had 
an excellent opportunity of judging correctly of the ex¬ 
hibition, as he was one of the jurors and a member of 
several committees, and has presented to the public much 
information of a desirable and reliable kind. The book 
contains a list of the awards to American contributors 
and descriptions of many of the more prominent articles 
of interest on exhibition. 
Life and Works of Robert Burns. By Robt. Chambers. Harper 
& Brothers. 
The world will never tire of studying the character 
and admiring the writings of the Poet Parmer. Those 
who are already familiar with the history of Burns will 
find enough that is new in this edition to repay a care¬ 
ful perusal. Though often open to criticism and sub¬ 
ject to censure, we cannot avoid saying in his own lan¬ 
guage, 
“ A man’s a man for a’ that.” 
Bishop Butler’s Analogy of Religion to the constitution and 
course of nature, with an analysis by Rev. Robt. Emory, D.D., 
and a life of the author. By G. R. Crooks. Harper & Brothers: 
New-York. 
This work, which in point of sound logic stands un¬ 
rivalled, which no study can exhaust and none but the 
deepest can comprehend, which no sophistry can sub¬ 
vert and no reasoning overthrow, has been published in 
an accessible form, with valuable additions. 
Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations. By Chas. Anthon, L.L.D. 
Harper Sc Brothers: New-York. 
Another ably edited volume of classics commends 
itself to the scholar. Its author and editor need no 
comment. - 
A School for Fathers— an old English Story, by T. GWynne. 
Harper & Brothers. 
An English gentleman, with court manners and few brains, 
attempts to make a fine gentleman and a statesman of 
his only son, who has passed his boyhood in the country, 
and has no taste for fashion and etiquette, the event of 
which is very unfavorable to the father’s purposes, re¬ 
sulting in a duel fatal to the son, which adds to the hap¬ 
piness of several other persons. 
The Personal Adventures of our own Correspondent in 
Italy, by M. Burke Honan. Harper Sc Brothers, New-York. 
Reminiscences of travel, in which more of character than 
local description, appears—more of incident than philo¬ 
sophy—more of private life and manners than political 
speculation. It is written in the free, hearty spirit of a 
man who has travelled for his own amusement, and writes 
a book for the same reason. 
The Institutes of Algebra. By G. B. Docharty, L.L.D., Prof, 
of Malhematics in the New-York Free Academy. Harper Sc 
Brothers. 
This treatise on Algebra proposes to make the science 
attractive and interesting to the youthful mind, as well 
as to advance the student as far as the requirements of a 
college course. Some of the more difficult processes 
seem to be simplified somewhat, but upon a careful ex¬ 
amination, we do not discover anything particularly origi¬ 
nal or distinctive in the work. The series of Davies and 
that of Robinson cover the ground so completely that 
other works are to a great extent either keys to them or 
servile imitations of them. 
Anna Hammer —A Tale of contemporary German Life—-translated 
by A. H. Gurnsey. Harper and Brothers. 
This makes No. 173 of Harper’s Library of Select Nov¬ 
els, and contains spirited portraitures of German life and 
character. -- 
The Clifford Family, a tale of the Old Dominion. By one of her 
Daughters. Harper & Brothers: New-York. 
This is a story written in the olden style, and savors 
more of the interest we feel in one of the Waverly novels 
than of the revolutionary style of fictitious writing, which 
Dickens, Bulwer, and Thackeray have introduced. It 
is carefully, methodically written, and tells a tale of do¬ 
mestic life, of which the home affections and moral vir¬ 
tues make a large part. 
Atlantic and Transatlantic Sketches, Afloat and Ashore— by 
Capt. Mackinnon, R. N. Harper and Brothers, New-York. 
The writer sketches in a graphic, pleasing way, his opin 
ions of our scenery, our customs, our character and des¬ 
tiny, as well as his adventures here and there, in his ex¬ 
tensive travels. We must do him the justice to say that 
he has taken a broader and more just view of this coun¬ 
try, than most Englishmen have done, and though he 
does not penetrate very deeply into the nature of things, 
he has, on the whole, flattered us considerably. 
Memoirs of The Life and Writings of Dr. Chalmers, vol. 4, 
by Rev. Wm. Hanna, L.L.D. Harper Sc Brothers, New York. 
This volume closes the biography of one of the most era 
inent divines the world has ever produced. In symme¬ 
try of character, intellectual strength, oratorical pow¬ 
er, and the influence which he exerted on his age, he is 
seldom surpassed. The present volume is peculiarly in¬ 
teresting, as it contains a full account of the secession of 
the Church of Scotland, and the controversy in which 
Dr. Chalmers was involved. 
Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, No. 27 —Bleak 
House, No. 6. 
We acknowledge the reception of the above Nos. of 
these popular works. 
The works of Messrs. Harper are for sale by E. II. 
Pease & Co., of this city. 
Fardorougha, the Miser. E. Littel! & Co : Boston, Mass. 
This story of Irish character has appeared in the num¬ 
bers of Littell’s Living Age, and abounds in scenes of 
thrilling interest. The characters are drawn to the life. 
Old Fardorougha is as inexorable as Shylock—-his money 
is his god and his life. Conner is a fine specimen of the 
generous, noble, warm-hearted Irishman, and the gen¬ 
tle Una is quite an ideal woman. The book is well 
worth the reading. —- 
Home and Social Philosophy. By Chas. Dickens. G. P. Put¬ 
nam: New-York. 
This is one of the series of Putnam’s semi-monthly 
library, some one of which every traveller must have 
met. This volume is compiled from Household Words, 
and like all the series is instructive and entertaining. 
