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Hymns for the Church of England; with Proper Tunes. Edited by CHARLES STEGGALL, Mus. Doc. Cantab. Professor of Harmony at the Royal Academy of Music, and Organist to the Hon. Soc. of Lincoln's Inn. Imperial 16mo. pp. 224, price 4s. cloth plain, or 5s. cloth gilt. [February 18, 1865.

THE term 'Proper Tunes,' which appears in the

title of the present work, is used in its old signification: an appropriate Tune is assigned to each Hymn, and the same Tune is not made to serve for more than one Hymn. By this wedding together the words and the music, it is believed that in a short time they will become so associated, that the one shall suggest the other.

In the case of well-known Tunes, which, in this country, have been designated by certain names, as London New, S. Anne, &c. such titles have been retained; but with the others no attempt has been made to continue the practice, it being deemed preferable to follow the ancient custom of the church, with which accords the modern German fashion, of describing the Tune by the first words of the Hymn. Except where the excellent arrangements of the Rev. W. H. HAVERGAL have been adopted, most of the German Chorales with which the work is interspersed are taken from the Choralgesänge of J. SEBASTIAN BACH. In these, while the florid voice parts have been simplified, the better to adapt them to English use, the incomparable harmonies of the great master have been scrupulously preserved.

New Tunes for peculiar measures have been contributed by the Rev. Sir F. A. GORE OUSELEY, Dr. GANTLETT, the Rev. J. B. DYKES, Mr. G. A. MACFARREN, Mr. C. E. STEPHENS, Mr. G. B. ALLEN, Mus. B. Mr. J. STAINER, Mus. B. Oxon. and by the Editor.

Short Whist. By MAJOR A *** Sixteenth

Edition, newly edited and completely re-
vised; with an Essay on the Theory of the
Modern Scientific Game, by PROFESSOR
P*** Pp. 158; with a new Frontispiece
engraved on Wood. Fep. 8vo. price 3s. 6d.
cloth.
[December 28, 1864.

MODERN WHIST has become both deeper

and more attractive than even Short Whist was when Major A. first put forth this little book, which has now had thirty years of popularity, and has run through fifteen editions. Although, therefore, the sound principles laid down by the Major still remain unshaken, it has been thought desirable to add some further information in accordance with the most modern and approved theory and practice of the game. The laws

have been carefully revised and made to correspond with the code lately adopted by the principal London Clubs; but the whole work will be found specially adapted for the instruction, improvement, and encouragement of players in Domestic Circles.

The Philosophy of Health; an Exposition of the Physiological and Sanitary Conditions conducive to Human Longevity and Happiness. By SOUTHWOOD SMITH, M.D. Eleventh Edition, revised and enlarged; pp. 410, with 113 Figures engraved on Wood expressly for this Edition. 8vo. price 15s. cloth. [December 20, 1864.

THIS posthumous work of the late eminent sanitary reformer was one of the first efforts to render the main truths of physiology familiar to unprofessional persons, and was so successful in meeting a public want that it was reprinted ten times in its original form, the demand for it continuing even after the time had come when modern science required its revision. The Author devoted the last years of his life to this task, and added a considerable portion of entirely new matter: the present edition is the result.

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The work commences by pointing out the broad distinctions between organised and inorganised bodies, and between vegetable and animal life. It traces life from its lower forms up to the more complex organisation of man, and a chapter is devoted to what the Author calls the ultimate object of organisation and life.' ceeds to give an account of the structure and functions of the human body, describing the constitution and vital endowments of the various organs, processes, and circulating forces, arranging them under the heads of respiration, absorption, digestion, secretion, excretion, nutrition, &c. An entirely new section is added, containing an exposition of the nervous system. It enters at length into the constitution and action of the nerves and the centres of nervous force, concluding with the brain.

The Author's original object was to give in this work such a view of the physiological constitution of man as should be capable-whilst thoroughly scientific in all points-of comprehension by every educated mind. It was his opinion that a certain amount of knowledge on this subject is important to a large class of persons. A knowledge of the 'structure and functions of the human body,' he says, 'irrespective of the pleasure arising from the study as a most interesting branch of science, is necessary to a rational care of health, and is absolutely indispensable to those who have the charge of the health and well being of others,

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Railways (in a Letter to the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade): a Plan for the Systematic Reform of the Railways of the United Kingdom by Legislative Enactment. Second Edition; pp. 176. Post 8vo. price 3s. 6d. cloth. [January 27, 1865. HE object proposed by the Author in this work is to place future legislation, with respect to railways, on a defined system, with a view to making the railways more generally and extensively useful to the public, and more profitable to the shareholders; also to make full compensation to all railway companies for the withdrawal of any privileges already conferred on them by Parliament. The calculations in support of this proposed reform are based on the results of the post-office reform. If there be any analogy between the two, and it is assumed that there is some, the calculations show results not less favourable to the railways than the experience of twenty-four years has proved to the post-office.

Lectures on Man; his Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth. By Dr. CARL VOGT, Prof. of Natural History in the University of Geneva. Edited by JAMES HUNT, Ph.D. F.S.A. F.R.S.L. President of the Anthropological Society of London. Pp. 498; with 127 Figures engraved on Wood. 8vo. price 16s. cloth. [December 24, 1864. THIS

is a translation of Prof. VOGT's work published last year in Germany, Vorlesungen über den Menschen, seine Stellung in der Schöpfung, und in der Geschichte der Erde. The Author commences by pointing out that the study of man must be pursued with the same method as that of any other animal, and avowing his belief in the development of mankind from the inferior animals, as well as in his extreme antiquity. The modes of cranial measurement adopted by previous inquirers, and the pictorial representations of the skull, and race-portraits, are examined in detail, while some lectures are devoted to the structure of the brain in man, and to the examination of the other organs of the body. The portion of the

work in which the structure of MAN is compared with that of the APE is especially elaborate, and the Author has duly noted the relations to the inferior animals afforded by the idiotic and microcephalous members of the human family. In another Lecture on the NEGRO, Prof. VOGT contends that the marks of distinction between that race of mankind and the German are of much higher value than those between the two closely allied species of monkeys, the Cebus apella and albifrons. The subject of the antiquity of man occupies the latter 250 pages of the work. The Author reviews the evidences afforded by cave deposits and by the flint implements from the diluvium, and gives his own conclusions respecting the relics of ancient man found in the Kjokkenmoddings of Denmark, and the Lake-habitations of Switzerland.

A Popular History of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Establishment of the Federal Republic of the United States; in Three Periods: 1. The Discovery and Conquest of the West Indies and South America; 2. The Colonization of the United States; 3. The War of Independence and Establishment of the Federal Government. By ELIZABETH COOPER. Crown 8vo. pp. 458, price 8s. 6d. cloth. [February 25, 1865.

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HE object of this work is to furnish a compendious view of American History to those whose limited time and occupations forbid the study of the elaborate works of GRAHAM, BANCROFT, and HELPS; it is also intended to serve as a text book and introduction to the works of those historians. The book is divided into three periods, embracing the distinct eras of American History. The first comprises the period of the Discovery and Spanish Conquest of the West Indies and South America; the second, the Colonization of the United States; the third, the War of Independence and the Establishment of the Federal Government. The most authentic works have been carefully consulted for materials; and original sources and the testimony of eye-witnesses have been preferred wherever available.

As this work is especially written for the people, a simple narrative style has been uniformly adopted throughout; but for the use of students, of persons engaged in tuition, and of all who may themselves desire to investigate any particular point of American history, a list of the original authorities is appended, in which will be found respectively more ample information on every event succinctly narrated in the body of the present work.

Oxford University Middle-Class Examinations, 1865.

SHAKSPEARE'S HAMLET: with Notes, Extracts from the old Historie of Hamblet, select Critical Remarks, and other Aids to a thorough understanding of the Play. Adapted for use in Schools, and for Private Study. By the Rev. J. HUNTER, M.A. Instructor of Candidates for the Civil Service and other Public Examinations. 12mo. pp. 200, price 2s. 6d. cloth. [February 27, 1865.

THIS edition of HAMLET is designed primarily

Oxford Middle-Class Examinations of 1865, as the play forms part of their programme; but it is also hoped that it may induce the general reader to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the scope and details of the play, instead of resting satisfied with loose, inadequate, or wrong conceptions of the Poet's meaning.

It has often been asserted that SHAKSPEARE is best read without a commentary. But if the youthful reader wishes to study any one of his dramas with advantage, the help of a judicious commentary at the outset seems to be indispensable. In the present edition the faults which have brought many of SHAKSPEARE'S commentators into discredit have been sedulously avoided; and the Editor hopes that while superfluous comment has been excluded from the NOTES, passages more or less obscure have been accurately explained, and that the character and conduct of the plot have been more completely brought out than in any previous edition of this celebrated drama, the most profound and most difficult to analyse of all SHAKSPEARE'S Plays.

A School Edition of SHAKSPEARE's Tempest, with annotations and other aids for students and youthful readers, on the same plan as the present edition of Hamlet, and by the same Editor, will be ready in March.

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in language too difficult for them to understand, or as containing either too little or too much. In Part I. of this volume the learner is taught, by examining sentences of three or four words in length, to distinguish the parts of speech, the nature of what are called the definite and indefinite articles being carefully explained. In the second part he is made acquainted with the declension of nouns, the comparison of adjectives, and the conjugation of verbs; while in Part III. various errors in speaking frequent among young people, are pointed out and corrected. The few differences in detail which this work may exhibit in comparison with other manuals, have been introduced with the purpose of making the subject more simple to young learners.

Premières Lectures; a Selection of Instructive and Entertaining Stories from the best French Authors who have written for the Young, with English Notes: followed by a few easy Poetical Pieces suitable to be committe to Memory. By Professor CONTANSEAU, French Examiner for Military and Civil Appointments. 12mo. pp. 168, price 2s. 6d. cloth. [January 31, 1865.

IN pursuance of the plan adopted in the Author's

former elementary works, he has in the present volume collected and annotated, for English schools, a number of short easy stories, each complete in itself, from some of the best modern French authors who have written for the young; stories which, it is hoped, may be interesting not only to children, but also to more advanced pupils.

One of the best means of acquiring the French pronunciation and accent, is undoubtedly to learn something by heart and to repeat it frequently from memory, after it has been heard, and the pupil's articulation corrected by his master. A few easy pieces of poetry, suitable for such a purpose, are therefore subjoined. One of the numbered selections, or one stanza only (if the piece seems too long), may be repeated as a lesson; but on no account should the pupil be allowed to pass to another piece or stanza before he has thoroughly mastered the one he is actually learning. this means he may gradually but surely acquire competent readiness and facility in what may be termed the intonation of the French language; namely, the quantity of the syllables, the accentuation, and, above all, the vowel sounds.

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The late MISS BERRY.-Preparing for publication, Journal and Correspondence of Miss BERRY; edited, with Introduction and Notes, by LADY THERESA LEWIS.' To the readers of HORACE WALPOLE's letters, the names of Miss BERRY and her sister, the cherished friends of his old age, must be quite familiar. To the public at large Miss BERRY is known as an Author, and socially her memory is held in affectionate remembrance by all now living to whom she was personally known. Her life was unusually long and varied, and during several years of her life she kept a journal. The extracts from that journal, together with many of Miss BERRY'S Own letters, and many letters from her various correspondents, interesting either from the subjects on which they treat, or from the character or position of the writer, form the substance of the work now offered for publication. Unpublished letters and portions of letters from HORACE WALPOLE still remained amongst Miss BERRY's letters, and are now given to the public to complete the series of those addressed to her already in print. It was in compliance with Miss BERRY's own wishes that the duties of editorship have devolved on the present Editor.

An authorised English Translation of' MOZART'S LETTERS, edited by Dr. NOHL, and translated by LADY 'WALLACE,' is preparing for publication, in One Volume, post 8vo. It is from these letters,' observes the writer in a brief notice of the German Edition in the Saturday Review of February 18, 'that any estimate ' of MOZART's character must always be mainly derived, 'while they are so numerous, and so minute in their 'reference to the writer's affairs, as almost to preclude 'the necessity of a formal narrative. The great majo'rity of these letters are addressed to the writer's father, ' and the characters of sire and son stand forth with all

'the vividness of strong contrast. In these respects, and in many others, we are constantly reminded of 'the delightful correspondence of MENDELSSOHN. It 'should be added that many of the letters have hitherto been printed in a very imperfect form. "The present edition is a literal reproduction, except 'for the amendment of sundry orthographical mis'takes.' A large proportion of these LETTERS have never before been published at all.

New Work by Mr. JOHN STUART MILL.-In March will be published, in One Volume, 8vo. 'An • Examination of Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON'S Philosophy, and of the principal Philosophical Questions dis'cussed in his Writings.' By JOHN STUART MILL, Author of Principles of Political Economy,' &c.

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LITERATURE of the CIVIL SERVICE.-In March will appear, in 1 vol. fcp. 8vo. A Catalogue of Con'tributions to English Literature by the Civil Servants of 'the Crown and East India Company from 1794 to 1863: 'with Occasional Biographical Notes.' By LEOPOLD CHARLES MARTIN, of H.M. Stationery Office.

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For TRAVELLERS in SPAIN.-Nearly ready, in 1 vol. post 8vo. with Travelling Map, A Guide to Spain.' By H. O'SHEA.

A New Work, entitled Transylvania, its Pro'ducts and its People,' by Mr. CHARLES BONER, Author of Forest Creatures,' &c. will be ready in April in 1 vol. 8vo. with Maps and numerous Illustrations in Chromolithography and on Wood.

New Work by Dr. MANNING.-In the

press, in 1 vol. 8vo. The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost; 'or, Reason and Revelation.' By the Right Rev. H. E. MANNING, D.D. This work will treat of the relations of the Holy Spirit to the Church, to the Science of Theology, the Letter of the Holy Scripture, the Interpretation of Scripture, and the Tradition of Dogma.

The DIVISIONS of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Now ready, in 1 vol. post 8vo. price 7s. 6d. Christendom's 'Divisions; being a Philosophical Sketch of the Divi'sions of the Christian Church in East and West.' [To be followed by a History of the different Reunions which have been projected up to the present time.] By EDMUND S. FFOULKES, formerly Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford.

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New Work on the ATONEMENT.-In March will be published, in 1 vol. 8vo. The Catholic Doctrine of 'the Atonement; an Historical Inquiry into its Development in the Church: with an Introduction on the Principle of Theological Developments.' By HENRY NUTCOMBE OXENHAM, M.A. formerly Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford.-The scope of this work is not controversial but historical; but the Author believes that in tracing the history of the doctrine of the Atonement from the patristic age to our own, he is taking the surest means to vindicate it from attacks often founded on a misconception of its real nature. The first chapter gives a brief preliminary sketch of its relation to other truths of natural or revealed religion, and to modern controversies. The second and third chapters are respectively occupied with its treatment by the ante-Nicene and the later Fathers, including Erigena. The fourth chapter traces it through the scholastic period; the fifth deals with the various leading systems of the Reformation; and the sixth carries on the history to our own day, chiefly in connexion with French and German Catholic theology. The last chapter, besides a summary of doctrinal results, dwells on the moral lessons to be drawn from the Sacrifice of the Cross. Author's statements are supported throughout by references to the documents or writers under review; longer notes are added on STRAUSS' Estimate of the Belief of the Early Church, Recent Lutheran Theology, Contrasts of Christian and Heathen Civilisation, and some other collateral topics. There will be prefixed an INTRODUCTION, designed to enforce and illustrate the principle of theological developments.

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Dr. CHARLES WEST'S Work on CHILDREN'S | DISEASES.-Nearly ready, a New Edition, being the Fifth, revised throughout and enlarged, of 'Lectures on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood,' by CHARLES WEST, M.D. Physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, and Physician-Accoucheur to St. Bartholomew's Hospital

A new and improved Edition of Mr. W. B. KESTEVEN'S Manual of the Domestic Practice of Medicine' is nearly ready.-The work has been thoroughly revised; many additions, corrections, and omissions have been made, so as to render a second edition more exactly adapted to domestic use, its object not being to teach the science of medicine, but to give plain practical instruction to those who, not having medical aid immediately within reach, may nevertheless have occasion to treat disease, accidents, and slight maladies which may be cured by the mother or nurse if provided with such information as the Author has endeavoured to give in this book.

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PEREIRA'S MATERIA MEDICA ABRIDGED.-In April will be published, in One Volume, 8vo. A Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, being 'an Abridgment of the late Dr. PEREIRA'S Elements of Materia Medica, adapted to the use of Medical Practitioners, Chemists and Druggists, Medical and Phar'maceutical Students, &c. in conformity with the British Pharmacopoeia.' By F. J. FARRE, M.D. Cantab. F.R.C.P. F.L.S. Senior Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Lecturer on Materia Medica in St. Bartholomew's College; London Editor of the British Pharmacopoeia. Assisted by ROBERT BENTLEY, M.R.C.S. F.L.S. Professor of Botany in King's College, and Professor of Materia Medica and Botany to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; and by ROBERT WARRINGTON, F.R.S. F.C.S. Chemical Operator to the Society of Apothecaries, and VicePresident of the Chemical Society.

A New Work on the STEAM ENGINE, entitled A Handbook of the Steam Engine.' By JOHN BOURNE, C.E. Author of A Treatise on the Steam Engine,' and A Catechism of the Steam Engine,' is nearly ready for publication. This work is complementary to the Author's Catechism of the Steam Engine,' and its main purpose is to show in what manner the principles enunciated in that work are to be practically applied. It consists, consequently, chiefly of practical rules illustrated by examples worked out at length, exemplifying the manner in which every calculation connected with the steam engine is to be performed; and these elucidations are easily followed and easily applied to other cases presenting themselves for solution. The latest scientific discoveries in topics bearing on the steam engine, and the latest practical improvements in construction or configuration, are embodied or described; and the rules and examples given are illustrative of the newest and most approved methods of the present time in every department of steam engineering.

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SANSKRIT LITERATURE.-Preparing for publication, under the editorship of MAX MÜLLER, M.A. Taylorian Professor of Modern European Languages and Literature in the University of Oxford:-I. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners; II. The Second, Third, and Fourth Books of the Hitopadesa, Sanskrit Text, with English Notes.

A New SANSKRIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Professor THEODOR BENFEY, of the University of Göttingen and Correspondent of the Institute of France, is preparing for publication. The valuable dictionary of the late Professor H. H. WILSON has long been out of print, while the dictionaries now in course of publication in England and on the continent are planned on a scale which will require many years for their completion, and, like the Latin Dictionary of FORCELLINI, and the Greek Thesaurus of Stephanus, are designed for the use of advanced scholars only. A dictionary of moderate size is therefore much needed by those who wish to study the language for the sake of its literature and the aid which it affords to re

searches in Comparative Grammar. The present work, which is intended to supply this want, will give only those words which are found in the actual literature of the language, to the exclusion of those which rest only on the authority of Grammarians. The roots are, however, inserted, but all which have not yet been authenticated, are marked with a

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EARLY CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY.

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ready, in One Volume, Elements of Early Christian Chronology; or, Chronological Tables from B.c. 70 'to A.D. 70, including an Historical Harmony of the 'Gospels.' By THOMAS LEWIN, M. A. F.S.A. Author of The Life of St. Paul,' &c. The volume will be accompanied by a preliminary essay and other aids to chronological study.

BREWER'S HISTORICAL and GEOGRAPHICAL ATLAS.-Nearly ready for publication, a New Edition of An Elementary Atlas of History and Geography, from the commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time.' By J. S. BREWER, M.A. Professor of English Literature, King's College, London, and Reader at the Rolls. This work consists of a Series of Sixteen full-coloured MAPS, chronologically arranged, and accompanied by illustrative Memoirs. The New Edition has been carefully corrected throughout, both in the maps and letterpress.

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New Work on IRON-SHIPS by Mr. W. FAIRBAIRN.-Preparing for publication, in One Volume, 8vo. illustrated by Diagrams on Wood, Iron-Ship Building, its History and Progress, as comprised in a Series of Experimental Researches on the Law of Strains, the Strength, Disposition, and Properties of the Material of Construction, and the Results of an Inquiry into the Resisting Powers of Armour Plates to Projectiles at High Velocities.' By WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, C.E. LL.D. F.R.S. F.G. S. Author of The Application of Wrought and Cast Iron to Building Purposes,' and other works on practical engineering.

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