GAL ALBRAITH and HAUGHTON'S MANUALS of the Experimental and Natural Sciences.-The next work of this Series, a Manual of the Metalloids,' by JAMES APJOHN, M.D., is nearly ready. It will contain a condensed exposition of the more general doctrines of Chemistry, followed by a detailed discussion of the various elements destitute of the metallic character, and will be copiously illustrated by woodcuts. From its arrangement and plan it will be found suitable not only for students commencing the study of Chemistry, but for those also who have already made some progress in the science; and, at the same time, can scarcely fail to prove suggestive in the hands of competent teachers. The REVISED CODE.-Preparing for publi cation in SIX PARTS, fep. 8vo., of which PARTS I. and II. will be ready in a few days, The Grade Lesson Books, in Six Standards; each embracing Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, and Exercises for Dictation. Especially adapted to meet the require'ments of the Revised Code.' By E. T. STEVENS, Associate of King's College, London; and CHARLES HOLE, Head Master, Loughborough Collegiate School, Brixton, late Master of St. Thomas's Collegiate School, Colombo, Ceylon. Under the Revised Code, the larger portion of the Government grant payable to Schools will depend on the results of the individual examination of the children, and it has therefore appeared to the compilers of the Grade Lesson Books; That a carefully graduated Series of Books, suited to the several Standards, will be required; That Home Lessons must form a highly important adjunct to every school routine; That a Series, suitable not only for individual and simultaneous instruction, but also for Home and School Work, is desirable; and That each Book should contain the three subjects of examination, and be published at such a price as shall place it within the reach of almost the poorest child. It has been the aim of the compilers of the present Series to produce in each of their Standards a book that can be well read through by a class in about fifty days, so that each child eligible for examination may have been through it at least twice. The books, moreover, are so prepared that teachers may be sure of their Pupils passing the Inspector in all the subjects, if only they know their One Lesson Book well. STANDARD I. has been drawn up with great care, with a view to introduce the child systematically and by the easiest gradations to a complete knowledge of English Monosyllables. Two or three of the first Lessons comprise words of Two Letters, and a few common ones of Three. Then the simple Vowel Sounds are taken with single initial consonants. The words are placed in columns at the top of each page, and Lessons are formed of them-consecutive narratives, not mere disjointed sentences,-only those Words being introduced which are contained in the respective Spelling Lessons or in those preceding. A few easy Dissyllables are given advisedly, but only such as are compounded of words previously learnt; such as be-fore, a-gain, a-way, at-tempt. When the simple Vowel Sounds have been gone through, the Diphthongs are treated in the same way; and when the Words which have single consonants before the Vowel Sound have been exhausted, those with Compound Initial Consonants are taken. Silent Letters and 'ough' come at the end of the book, with the exception of three or four Auxiliary Verbs, which are introduced in Lesson 30, to aid in the construction of the Reading Lessons. A portion of each Reading Lesson is in script characters, to be copied by the Pupil at home or at school. The Arithmetic, like the Reading and Writing, goes rather beyond the requirements of the Standard, so as to introduce the Pupil to the one above. One great advantage of this book over others is, that it contains a Spelling Book, a Reading Book, a Book of Writing copies, and an Arithmetic Book all in one, and for the price of one. In each Standard the Reading Lessons are compiled or selected with the sole object of teaching Reading as effectually and as easily as possible. A few hints are given in each Book for the benefit of Pupil Teachers and Monitors. STANDARD II. will contain Reading Lessons, consisting of Stories, Poems, Adventures, &c., with easy Words of Two Syllables; carefully arranged columns of Spelling at the top of each page, with some hundreds of Sums in the Arithmetic required for this Standard; and the Multiplication Table. STANDARD III. will contain Reading Lessons similar to the above, with Difficult Words of Two and easy words of more Syllables; Columns of Spelling for each Reading Lesson; Dictation Exercises (to be copied at home and written from dictation at school) containing the Easier Words which have the same sound but differ in meaning; numerous exercises in Numeration, Notation, and the Simple Rules up to, and including, Short Division; also the Multiplication Table. STANDARD IV. will comprise more advanced Reading Lessons similar to Standard III.; Columns of Spelling, with Meanings; Dictation Exercises as in Standard III., but containing more difficult Words; Exercises in the Compound Rules (Money); and the Pence Table. STANDARD V. will consist of Advanced Reading Lessons, in continuation of the plan pursued in Standard IV.; Prose and Poetry alternate, consisting of Extracts from Popular Authors; Spelling and Dictation as in Standard IV.; Arithmetic, Compound Rules (Weights and Measures); and the Tables of Weights and Measures. STANDARD VI. will consist principally of Extracts from Newspapers, Magazines, Reviews, and other current literature; Scientific and other Terms, with Meanings; Difficult Dictation Exercises; a Section on Arithmetic-including numerous Examples of Bills of Parcels, Proportion and Practice; Explanations of Foreign Phrases and Sentences in common use; and an Alphabetical List of the Roots from which the Words in the Spelling Lessons are derived. ANSWERS to the Arithmetical Examples will be published separately. THE HISTORY of ENGLAND from the Accession of James the Second. By the Right Hon. Lord MACAULAY. 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SPEECHES of the Right Hon. Lord MACAULAY, corrected by HIMSELF. New and revised Edition LOR 8vo. price 128. ORD MACAULAY'S SPEECHES on PARLIAMENTARY REFORM .. 16mo. price 18. in 1831 and 1832. Reprinted in the TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY AND TO ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN TUITION. In small 4to. to be had gratis of all Booksellers in Town and Country; or forwarded free of postage on application to Messrs. LONGMAN and Co. 14 Ludgate Hill, E.C. CATALOGUE OF SCHOOL-BOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1863. WITH Educational Literature in general, Messrs. LONGMAN and Co. have, at the ITH the view of making this CATALOGUE of SCHOOL-BOOKS_available to some extent as a suggestion of several eminent teachers, had the various works classified as below on the basis of the valuable Lists formerly issued by the Committee of Council on Education. The whole of the classification of subjects adopted in the Committee's Lists is retained in the present CATALOGUE, with the addition of divisions devoted to Greek, Latin, French, and some other branches of education not taught in the Inspected Schools. A full ALPHABETICAL INDEX presents the advantages of the old alphabetical arrangement of the body of the CATALOGUE under Authors' Names. Under the above heads, as far as possible, the more elementary works are placed first in each division respectively, followed in a progressive order by works suitable for more advanced pupils. It is, however, obviously impracticable to adhere strictly to such an order; and almost equally so to separate books of a purely elementary character from such as are appropriate for an academic or collegiate course of studies. For this reason, a few lines of analysis have been added to almost every book of which the full title (in all cases given) does not appear to convey an adequate idea of its object, scope, and use. This feature has been found both to increase the utility and facilitate the use of this CATALOGUE to persons who consult it for practical purposes. 6POTTISWOCLE AND CO., PRINTERS, NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON THE object of this periodical is to enable Book-buyers readily to obtain such general information regarding the various Works published by Messrs. LONGMAN 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. 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BELL'S History of Feudalism BUTLER'S Modern Atlas, New Edition.... 350 348 FORMBY'S Inquiry into the Roman Catholic Religion 337 348 GRAVES'S Yachting Cruise in the Baltic.. 344 338 HALL'S Treatise on Calculus 352 HEYWOOD'S Vacation Tour at the Anti. 340 podes 344 HOME'S Incidents in My Life 339 342 JOHNS's Eton Latin Verse-Book STARK on the Westminster Confession of 349 351 Hymns and Melodies of the Chorale-Book MALING'S Indoor Gardening ... 347 for Family and Congregational Use.. 340 Nullity (The) of Metaphysics as a Science 346 Land Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Planta- ALTHOUGH there may be differences of opi nion on the immediate causes which have produced the civil war now raging in the American States, few even of those who believe that this struggle has not been caused directly by slavery, will deny that the peculiar institution' of the Southern States has been invested by this strife with a painful and grave importance. The right of holding men in slavery has been deliberately set forth by their leading statesmen as the cornerstone of their social state; and the controversy in this country turns in some measure on the character and working of the system. While it is commonly asserted that the Southern States would oppose the revival of the slave-trade with all their might-that from mere motives of selfinterest the planters keep their slaves in a comfort unknown to any free peasantry, and that the slaves are uniformly contented with their lot-the Author has felt it to be her duty to state her own experiences on a slave plantation. For the narrative she vouches as a record of facts which occurred under her own personal knowledge, or which she was enabled accurately to ascertain. The estate on which she lived had a very high reputation, and the owner was regarded as one of the most humane and considerate slaveholders. Viewing the working of the system under its most favourable aspect, the Author felt that by the test here afforded the system itself must stand or fall; and the experience so gained furnishes a complete A disproof of every single assertion which has been made to palliate or to excuse the institution of slavery. From the picture here drawn of the results of the system, as well on the master as on the slave, the English reader may be tempted to turn away in disgust; but it remains still the true picture of a state of things which the Author saw with her own eyes, and which the declarations of Southern statesmen have invested with a fresh political importance. In placing it before the English public, she has sought to bring forward nothing but the evidence of facts, from which the reader may form his own judgment of the influence which this system is likely to exercise on the future history of the Confederate States. MISS Post The Life of Amelia Wilhelmina Sieveking. The Principles of Charitable Work-Love, her for the care of the sick and poor in Hamburg, which has been the parent of many others in various parts of the Continent. The main object of the work is to enforce the truth contained in Mr. HELPS's pregnant axiom, that to perform any work of charity efficiently, we must begin by giving a great deal of thought,-a generosity of the rarest kind.' The purpose, therefore, for which a detailed account of the Hamburg Association has been given, is not, by furnishing a complete model for imitation, to save benevolent persons in England the trouble of thinking, but to illustrate by example the principles on which such works should be based. The working out of these principles must be modified by the national and ecclesiastical conditions of every country, and in several points no foreign institution can be an exact model for us; but many of the greatest problems of the work are the same everywhere, and it may be instructive for English thinkers and workers to learn how they have been successfully solved abroad. HU A Glimpse of the World. By the Author of 'Amy Herbert,' &c. Fep. 8vo. pp. 542, price 78. 6d. cloth. [March 27, 1863. UMAN CHARACTER is frequently far less complicated than it appears to be; and a course of conduct which may seem utterly inexplicable can be often traced to some one quality or temper of mind, to the exclusion of any deliberate design. The most intricate schemes are often the results simply of moral cowardice, a fault compatible with many good qualities. Among the chief characters in the present tale is that of one, gifted with great powers, with a keen natural sympathy for everything generous, manly, and disinterested, yet drifting away from the truth and honour against which he had never deliberately intended to sin. A moral cowardice, not checked or resisted, leads him to deceive others; and a dislike of seeing the infliction of pain withholds him from making confessions which would have prevented the infliction of incalculably greater pain. From this cowardice springs up a spirit of sophistry which denies the existence of any absolute Truth and Law, and a temper, which, never scrupling to resort to secresy when necessary for the furtherance of his designs, commits him in the end to the grossest treachery. With this man in his self-chosen downward course is contrasted the character of a girl, who, with few outward attractions and with a disposition misunderstood by those about her, believes herself to be one born, like many others, to have no place in the world and nothing to do in it, yet who, in spite of the depression and wretchedness thus caused, has always shown a faculty of persevering industry, along with a vivid delight in |