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THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN WORKS OF ART; With that of His Types, St. John the Baptist and other Persons of the Old and New Testament. Commenced by the late Mrs. JAMESON; continued and completed by LADY EASTLAKE. Second Edition, with 31 Etchings and 281 Wood Engravings. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. 42s. cloth, or 84s. handsomely bound in morocco. * Of these 312 Illustrations, all prepared specially for the present Work, nearly one-third of the whole number have now been engraved for the first time, LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS, Viz. the Angels and Archangels, the Evangelists, the Apostles, the Doctors of the Church, S. Mary Magdalene, the Patron Saints the Martyrs, the Early Bishops, the Hermits, and the Warrior Saints of Christendom, as represented in the fine arts. By Mrs. JAMESON. Fourth Edition. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with 19 Etchings on Copper and 187 Woodcuts, 31s. 6d. 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LONGMANS and Co. as is usually afforded by tables of contents and explanatory prefaces, or may be acquired by an inspection of the books themselves. With this view, each article is confined to an ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS of the work referred to: Opinions of the press and laudatory notices are not inserted. Copies are forwarded free by post to all Secretaries, Members of Book Clubs and Reading Societies, Heads of Colleges and Schools, and Private Persons, who will transmit their addresses to Messrs. LONGMANS and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, E.C. London, for this purpose. Literary Intelligence of Works preparing for publication will be found at pages 78 to 82. The Complete Works of Lord MACAULAY. They are by no means merely of Indian interest, for, while they were the commencement of a new system of law for India, they relate chiefly to general principles of jurisprudence which are of universal application. The contents are arranged in this edition as follows. VOLS. I. to IV. History of England since the Accession of James the Second. VOLS. V. VI. and VII. Critical and Historical Essays; Biographies; Report and Notes on the Indian Penal Code; and Contributions to Knight's Quarterly Magazine. VOL. VIII. Speeches; Lays of Ancient Rome; and Miscellaneous Poems. This last division of the work is completed by the insertion of the Cavalier's Song and the Poetical Valentine to the Hon. Mary C. Stanhope, two pieces which were not included in the editions of Lord MACAULAY'S Miscellaneous Writings published respectively in 1860 and 1865. Α The Conversion of the Northern Nations: the Boyle Lectures for the Year 1865, delivered at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. By CHARLES MERIVALE, B.D. Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. 8vo. pp. 230, price 8s. 6d. cloth. [December 8, 1865. THESE THESE Discourses, delivered at the Boyle Lecture in the present year, were intended to be a continuation of those of the year preceding, on the Conversion of the Roman Empire. In his earlier course the Author, treating principally of the preparation of the heathen world for the reception of Christianity, had said little of the progress of thought and opinion among the Christians themselves, which led to that development of Nicene theology to which he had pointed as the goal of Pagan conversion. To carry on his his torical view to the conversion of the Northern Nations had been from the first his wish and distant object; and he already contemplated giving such a sketch of the progress of dogma within the Church as might correspond with that of the revolution of religious opinion without it. To exhibit this correspondence more clearly, the present series of discourses commences with three at least, the subject of which may seem more closely connected with the earlier course than with the pre sent. The main object of both courses has been to impress upon the hearer or reader the conviction, which must be ever present to the mind of one who is accustomed to study the broad features of human history, of the gradual and constant preparation of mankind, from the earliest known periods of antiquity, for the full development of religious life under the revelation of Jesus Christ; that, as we can discover no entirely new creation in the progress of material things since the first beginning we can trace of them, so neither has there been any entirely new moral or religious revelation vouchsafed to us. The same God has been over all His works, both the material and the spiritual, from the beginning, animating, amending, informing, indoctrinating His moral creation, from time to time, in an appointed order and sequence, but never entirely breaking with the past or effecting a new creation without using the materials of the old. As in his former lectures the Author thought it right and just to show the elements of truth and goodness disseminated among the benighted votaries of the imperial schools and temples, so in these he has not shrunk from indicating the thread of moral and religious feeling which runs through the grovelling superstitions and intellectual darkness even of the Northern barbarians. N this work the Author proposes to complete אן the account of the organisation of the animal kingdom, which was commenced in a preceding volume, entitled 'Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals' (8vo. 2nd edit. 1855). The order of description and character of the illustrations are alike in both works, and, together, they constitute a condensed summary of the structure and functions of the whole animal organisation, as set forth in the Lectures delivered by the Author, as Hunterian Professor, at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In the Preface to the present work are defined the various kinds or ways of anatomical research, under the heads of Monographical,' Physiological,' 'Homological,'' Developmental,' 'Zoological,' Histological, and Palæontological' Anatomy. The structure of the vertebrate animals is treated of under all these relations, as far as was compatible with the size and form of the present work. The FIRST VOLUME includes the comparative anatomy and physiology of the cold-blooded vertebrates, preceded by a summary of the general characters of vertebrate animals, derived, first, from the phenomena of their development, and, secondly, from their adult organisation. By the latter are illustrated the piscine, reptilian, avian, and mammalian modifications of the vertebrate plan; while, in developmental characters, it is shown how the batrachians depart from the other reptilia of Cuvier to join the pisces; and how birds recede from other warm-blooded vertebrates,' and show closer bonds of relationship with the cold-blooded ovipara. The latter views are further supported and illustrated by instances derived from restorations of extinct vertebrates; by which, mainly, the Author shows the artificial character of the class Pisces of Cuvier, and the necessity, according to present knowledge, of recognising the 'Haematocrya,' or cold-blooded vertebrates, as a natural series, in which he characterises the sub-classes Dermopteri, Teleostomi, Plagiostomi, Dipnoa, and Monopnoa. The characters of the several orders of these sub-classes follow their anatomy and physiology being next treated of in chapters devoted respectively to the osseous system, muscular system, and modes of locomotion; nervous system, and organs of sense, with electric organs; digestive system, with the dentition, alimentary canal, and its glandular appendages; absorbent system; circulating and respiratory systems, with the air bladders' of fishes, and larynx of reptiles; urinary system; tegumentary system; peculiar organs and ductless glands; generative system; and, finally, the generative products and development of fishes and reptiles. The SECOND VOLUME commences with an account of the organic conditions and their mode of operating, productive of a high and fixed degree of animal temperature characteristic of the Hæmatotherma, or warm-blooded vertebrates. This series is divided into the class Aves and Mammalia. The characters of Birds are first given, with the principles on which the class is divided into orders; the 'binary,' 'ternary,' 'quinary,' and natural systems being exemplified. The anatomy and physiology of birds is then treated of in chapters devoted to systems of organs in the order adopted for the cold-blooded animals; and this part of the second volume terminates with an account of the eggs and nests of birds, and development of the chick. Then follow the characters, external and anatomical, of the mamanalian class, and the principles on which it is divided into sub-classes and orders. The osteology of the mammalia is treated of according to the several orders, terminating with the ethnological, cranial, and pelvic characters of the varieties of the human race, and the relations of the extreme modifications of the skeleton in man to the archetype. The second volume of this work terminates with Tables of the Synonyms of the vertebrate elements, and of the bones of the skull, according to their special and general homologies. Lists of the works referred to are appended to both volumes. The anatomy of the class Mammalia will be completed in VOL. III. which is nearly ready. The Horse, including a Treatise on Draught. By WILLIAM YOUATT. Revised and enlarged by WALKER WATSON, M.R.C.V.S. With about 60 Woodcut Illustrations. 8vo. pp. 598, price 12s. 6d. cloth.[January 5, 1866. THE first edition of this work was pubthe for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, with a view of supplying a work of reference in connexion with the natural history, general management, and treatment of the HORSE, in health and disease. Since then it has passed through several editions, the last of which, by the late Mr. GABRIEL, appeared in the year 1861. In undertaking the preparation of new edition, the Editor has endeavoured as much as possible to carry out the original intentions of the Author in accordance with the rapid advancement made by veterinary science in late years. In doing this, considerable alterations have been made. The remarks on the early history and the different breeds of horses, and the treatise on draught, are nearly unaltered. The illustrations of the age of the horse, and some remarks on Mr. RAREY'S method of breaking in the horse, from Capt. RICHARDSON's work, also remain as in the last edition. In other respects the present edition will be found to have undergone a thorough revision and arrangement; many fresh notices of diseases have been introduced, and the nature and treatment of others considered in accordance with the principles of veterinary science. The object of the Editor has been to make the work as practical as possible for all classes of readers, by avoiding as much as circumstances would permit those technical details which none but the scientific reader would comprehend. It follows that lengthened anatomical details have been omitted, but it is believed that sufficient anatomy has been retained to enable the general reader to understand the more important parts of the equine frame. This applies equally to the chapters on medicines and poisons. The Editor hopes and believes that his alterations and additions will tend to enhance the value of the work, and increase its utility and interest to general and professional readers. 68 subjects, easy of access, and the requisite instruction is given in a series of short Lectures delivered during many years at Rugby School, and found eminently successful in producing talented sketches from nature. In a succession of artistic tours principally in Switzerland and the Pyrenees, the various lessons are carried out and fully illustrated by a large number of sketches from these countries drawn upon stone and on wood by the Author. Those who wish to acquire the power of drawing from nature will it is hoped derive valuable help from this work, the drawings furnishing interesting copies for the pencil. Elementary Practice. Trees. CONTENTS. Foreground Studies: 1. Cottage Homes; 2. Shrubs and Garden Hedges; 3. Lane and Hedge Plants; 4. The Roadside; 5. The Heath or Common; 6. Meadow Grasses and Field Flowers; 7. Corn Fields; 8. The Stream and its Borders. Lectures and Miscellaneous Papers: 1. Drawing from Nature in Public Schools; 2. Hints on General Study; 3. Use of Water Colours; 4. Five Minutes' Solitude with a Glass of Water; 5. The Art of Lithography; 6. The Study of Rocks; 7. Modern Painters as Teachers. SYLVA EVELYN'S ReminisCountry. Forest of Fontainebleau. cences of the Vacation. Explanation of Alpine Terms. Alpine Sketching Tour. Artistic Effects and Incidents of Travel. Outline of a Tour in the Pyrenees. LIST of PLATES. 1. Foreground Plants; 2. Examples of Touch for Oak and Ash; 3. for Elm and Beech; 4. for Birch, Poplar, Willow, and Thorn; 5. for Scotch Fir, Spanish Chestnut, Larch, and Plane; 6. Brush Practice in Sepia ; 7. in Trees; 8. Group of Game; 9. Spanish Chestnut, Valley of Aoste; 10. Ash, Warkworth Castle; 11. Scotch Fir, Pont d'Espagne, Pyrenees; 12. Fer de Cheval; 13. The Eagle Rock, Glen Sligachan, Skye; 14. Les Autelets, Havre de Gosselyn, Serk; 15. Chêne de Sully, Fontainebleau; 16. The Matterhorn; 17. The Jungfrau from above the Staubbach; 18. Les Aiguilles Drue et Verte from the base of the Mer de Glace. North Italy in the Spring of 1865, in which they recount their various adventures, describe the people they met, the country through which they passed, and the everyday proceedings of everyday travellers. They spent seven weeks in Florence, and the letters from that city speak of the DANTE and the Statuto festivals, and other Italian fêtes; of modern Florence as a new capital; the social habits and manners of its people; the KING; the customs of the peasantry, and their amusements; the adaptation of old buildings to the requirements of the government; and the artistic and natural beauties of the place. Milan, Bologna, a few idle days at the Italian lakes, a journey over the St. Gotthard, a glimpse at Swiss life, and the return through France, fill up the remaining letters. The people and incidents of the way were illustrated at the moment the descriptions were written, by the pen-and-ink sketches now published with them. But it is proper to state that the above list is not intended to exhaust, or nearly exhaust, the names of statesmen fairly entitled to be called leading politicians of the day. Those included were chosen partly from accidental causes bringing special names recently into prominence, partly from the circumstance that special political careers were more familiar to the writer than those of other politicians of equal or greater note. There seemed no impropriety in adding estimates of the two great statesmen whom the nation lost last year, as their influence will not cease to be felt in English politics for many years to come. It should be added that the sketches do not pretend to be individually exhaustive of their subjects. They are for the most part opinions not hastily formed, but formed without any advantages except those of an outside but interested observer of the political world. |