4.-Dealings with the firm of Dombey & Sons, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. BY CHARLES DICKENS. With illustrations by H. K. BROWNE. New York: Wiley & Putnam.

The three first numbers of this serial work give abundant indication of the power of its author in his peculiar department of literature, and thus far it equals, if not surpasses, those early efforts of his genius, which gave him a world-wide fame. As everybody will read it, we commend the edition of Wiley & Putnam's, with their series of “Choice Reading," as the best we have seen.

5.-Mesmer and Swedenborg; or the Relation of the Developments of Mesmerism to the Doctrines and Disclosures of Swedenborg. By GEORGE BUSH. New York: John Allen.

The object aimed at in this work, we quote from the learned author's preface, is to elevate the phenomena of Mesmerism to a higher plane than that on which they have been wont to be contemplated. The fundamental ground assumed by Mr. Bush, is, that the most important facts disclosed in the Mesmeric state are of a spiritual nature, and can only receive an adequate solution by being viewed in connection with the state of disembodied spirits and the laws of their intercourse with each other. This able work of Professor Bush covers nearly three hundred duodecimo pages, and it is written in that spirit of honest sincerity and candor, that cannot fail of commanding the respect of the most sceptical. The case of A. J. Davis, whose clairvoyant power, a case altogether unique and unprecedented, is fully described in the appendix; the great learning and eminent ability, connected with moral qualities, far above reproach, give an importance to the statements and arguments of Dr. Bush, that few who read will be inclined to slight. We earnestly commend the book to all sects, in the full conviction that it will enlarge the range of thoughts, if it do not secure the assent of the understanding, to the author's facts and speculations.

6.-Eclectic Moral Philosophy. Prepared for Literary Institutions and General Use. By Rev. J. R. BOYD, A. M., Principal of Jefferson County Institute, New York, and author of "Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism." New York: Harper & Brothers.

The author of this treatise on moral philosophy lays no claim to what might be denominated an original work, but he furnishes us with one that combines, in a connected form, what he considers the best thoughts of the most gifted moral writers of the present century, not of those only who have written a systematic essay on moral philosophy, but of others. Although the writer goes to the Bible as the best of the sources of information with respect to moral duty, his work cannot be considered theological or sectarian. The morals found in the scriptures are exhibited, while the doctrines deduced from it are left to the province of the theologian. Not only is the theory of morals expounded in a full and explicit manner, but the greater and lesser moralities of life are exhibited in detail, and illustrated by appropriate anecdotes.

7.-An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs. By Rev. CHARLES BRIDGES, M. A., Vicar of Old Newton, Suffolk, author of an "Exposition of the CXIXth Psalm," ""Christian Ministry," etc. New York: Robert Carter.

The "Proverbs of Solomon" were well adapted to the rudeness and simplicity of the first ages, when books were few and philosophy little understood. The elegance and force of these proverbs are well described by their author, under the figure of "apples of gold in pictures of silver," and as "goads and nails fastened by the master," etc. The volume before us, covering nearly five hundred and fifty octavo pages, is a vigorous, though often far-fetched exposition of each proverb; but in a manner conformable to the views and sentiments of a learned and pious divine of the Church of England. The practical everyday character and tendency of the teaching of this book will commend it alike to the Christian and the moralist. It is a mine of wisdom.

8.-The Beauties of French History. By the author of "The Beauties of English History," "American History," etc. New York: Harper & Brothers.

The object of this little volume is to afford, accompanied by historical data, a correct idea of the most remarkable circumstances that have taken place, and the most extraordinary men who have flourished in the kingdom of France, from the earliest period of history to the times in which we live. Embodying the most illustrious characters, and the most instructive events of French history, it cannot fail of interesting the young, for whose use it seems eminently adapted.

9.-Parental Instruction, or Guide to Wisdom and Virtue; Designed for Young Persons of Either Sex. Selected mainly from the Writings of an Eminent Physician. New York: Harper & Brothers.

The selections embraced in this little work, chiefly from the posthumous writings of Dr. Percival, convey lessons of truth and virtue, in symbolic language, which is so happily adapted to the design of the compiler, as expressed in the title he has affixed to the vol

ume.

10. Works of the Puritan Divines.-Baxter. New York: Wiley & Putnam.

This is the fourth of a series of volumes reprinted by the American publishers from the English edition, devoted to the works of the most eminent of the old Puritan divines. The present volume contains an elaborate essay on the life and writings of Richard Baxter, and several of his most celebrated religious works, viz: "Making Light of Christ and Salvation," ," "A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live," "The last Work of a Believer,” “Of the Shedding Abroad of God's Love in the Heart by the Holy Ghost.” 11.-The Use of the Body in Relation to the Mind. ber of the Royal College of Physicians, etc., etc. New Miscellany, Vol. XX.

By GEORGE MOORE, M. D., Mem-
New York: Harper & Brothers'

This is an interesting and valuable work, designed to promote the study of a subject, than which, as there is none more important, so there ought not to be any of greater interest; for the right use of the body involves the whole doctrine of human economy, in regard both to society and to self, not only in relation to the present, but the future mode of existence. The topics are presented as they were felt by the author in the study and practice of his profession, and much of the work consists of moral deductions from physiological facts. It is one of the most valuable works in the series.

12.-A Memorial of Egypt, the Red Sea, the Wilderness of Sin and Paran, Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, and other Principal Localities of the Holy Land, visited in 1842; with Brief Notes of a Route through France, Rome, Naples, Constantinople, and up the Danube. By the Rev. GEORGE FISH, LL. B., Prebendary of Litchfield, and Minister of Christ Chapel, Saint John's Wood, London. New York: Robert Carter. The religious and classic associations of the countries and places visited by the reverend author of the present volume, will impart an interest to its pages, notwithstanding the many books that have been written by former travellers who have gone over the same ground. This unpretending volume, "a sketch, and nothing more,"— -we quote from the author's preface-"just what its title indicates; and primarily written to give my flock some instructive idea of the way in which the interval of my absence from them was spent." The writer's journey occupied about eight months, which seem to have been well improved, judging from the volume before us, which contains nearly five hundred pages, descriptive of the scenes visited, and interspersed with incidents of travel. As a preacher of the gospel, it was natural that his mind should frequently recur to the historical events and characters who figure in the scriptures, and gather from the manners, customs, etc., of the people, fresh evidence of the veracity of the sacred records. The volume will be particularly interesting to the Christian reader; furnishing, as it does, so many illustrations of passages of scripture, that without the light cast upon them by the intelligent traveller, would appear meaningless and obscure.

13.-Encyclopædia Americana: Supplementary Volume. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography. Volume XIV. Edited by HENRY VETHAKE, LL. D., Vice-Provost and Professor of Mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania, Member of the American Philosophical Society, author of "A Treatise on Political Economy," etc. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.

The present volume is supplementary to the Encyclopædia Americana, which was based on the seventh edition of the famous "Conversations-Lexicon." It is nearly fourteen years since the first edition of this work was published in the United States. The supplementary volume, before us, is extended, so that it embraces the improvements introduced into the German work. Professor Vethake, availing himself of almost every recent and reliable source of information, has posted up to the present date the matter contained in the previous volumes of the work. Independent of the improvements derived from the German work, the numerous important events that have occurred, and the facts that have been observed, during the lapse of fourteen years, seem to have been gathered up with care, and faithfully recorded. The biographical department is quite full, especially that relating to the many individuals who have emerged from comparative obscurity during that period. Omissions in the former volumes are also supplied; and, while the present includes all that is recent in the arts, sciences, literature, history, politics, and biography, it seems to complete and render more perfect the entire "Encyclopædia Americana."

14.-Small Books on Great Subjects. Edited by a few Well-Wishers to Knowledge. Nos. VI. and XI. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.

We noticed in former numbers of this Magazine the six previous numbers, and expressed our opinion as to their character. Number VI. contains A Brief View of Greek Philosophy, from the Age of Socrates to the Coming of Christ ;" and Number XI., some account of "Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century." It is rare to meet with such concise, and at the same time such comprehensive views of "useful and entertaining knowledge."

15.—The Lady's Receipt Book; a Useful Emporium for Large or Small Families. By Miss LESLIE Being a Sequel to her former work on Domestic Cookery; comprising New and Approved Directions for preparing Soups, Fish, Meats, Vegetables, Poultry, Game, Pies, Puddings, Cakes, Confectionary, Sweetmeats, Jellies, etc. Also, a List of Dishes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper Tables. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart.

The author's former work, "Directions for Cookery, in all its Branches," has obtained a wide-spread popularity in this country-indeed, we learn from the booksellers that it is considered the book for housewives. It has, at all events, passed through numerous editions, each of which has been enlarged and improved, so that its size could no longer be increased. The present volume is made up entirely of fresh accessions of valuable knowledge on this and other subjects, connected with the domestic improvement of our countrywomen, and forms, altogether, a most desirable addition or “sequel" to the former work, and must be equally acceptable to those for whose benefit it has been prepared. 16.-An Introduction to the French Language; containing Fables, Select Tales, Remarkable Facts, Amusing Anecdotes, etc. With a Dictionary of all the Words translated into English. By M. DE FIVAS, member of several literary societies. From the fifth English edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

We have in this volume selections in French from a work of acknowledged excellence, which has passed through five additions in England. The selections are from the most popular writers, and apparently well adapted to the wants of every student who is desirous of entering early upon a course of instructing or entertaining reading. There is a dictionary at the end of the volume, in which the meaning of every word contained in the book is given; an excellent arrangement, as it saves the discouraging labor and loss of time occasioned by the transition from a reading-book to a separate dictionary, in the early stages of learning a foreign language.

17.-Ghost Stories: collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions. With Ten Engravings, from Designs of F. O. C. DARLEY. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart.

This volume contains a collection of celebrated ghost stories, that in their time occupied the minds of the ignorant and credulous with fear and wonder. The whole theory of ghosts, however, is exploded; and the object of this volume is to dissipate the inbred horror of supernatural phantoms, which almost all persons derive from nursery tales, or other sources of causeless terror in early life. The examples in this volume, while they amuse the reader, are well calculated to dispel the flimsy phantoms of ghosts. 18.-A Pictorial History of Greece: Ancient and Modern. By S. G. GOODRICH, author of Peter Parley's Tales. Philadelphia: Sorin & Ball.

The design of the well-known and popular Peter Parley, in the present compilation, was to give an ample and faithful account of the ancient Greeks, and to present in detail a view of their manners and customs, their modes of thought, speech, and action. Considerable space is devoted to their celebrated men, including their philosophers, poets, historians, and artists. Its pictorial illustrations are numerous and well executed, and it appears to be well adapted for the use of schools and other seminaries of elementary edu.

cation.

19.-English Synonymes Classified and Explained; with Practical Exercises, Designed for Schools and Private Tuition. By G. F. GRAHAM, author of "English, or the Art of Composition," "Helps to English Grammar," etc. Edited, with an Introduction and Illustrated Authorities, by HENRY REED, LL. D., Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania. New York: D. Appleton & Co. "The great source of a loose style is the injudicious use of synonymous terms," so says Dr. Blair, in his "Lectures upon the English Language;" a fact that will not be disputed. There can be no manner of doubt as to the value of this book of synonymes in forming the chaste and correct writer. Its study is calculated to produce a thoughtful and accurate use of language, and thus impart, almost unconsciously, not only a critical but a moral habit of mind-the habit of giving utterance to truth in simple, clear, and precise termsof telling one's thoughts and feelings in words that aptly express them. It is thus that we may escape the manifold mischiefs of words used thoughtlessly and at random, or words used in ignorance and confusion. The snow white paper, clear and elegant type, and handsome and substantial binding of this educational work, features peculiarly belonging to the school-books of the present publishers, is worthy of all praise.

20.-Alderbrook: A Collection of Fanny Forester's Village Sketches, Poems, etc. By Miss EMILY CHUBBUCK. 2 vols. 12mo. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co.

Miss Chubbuck, the writer of the present collection of tales, sketches, and poems, is better known to the readers of our light periodical literature as "Fanny Forester," and will be, hereafter, as the companion of that celebrated missionary, Dr. Judson, whose name she now bears. The volume before us is thus dedicated:

"To him who is henceforth to be my guide through life, its sunlight and its gloom, these few little flowers, gathered by the wayside before we had met, are half-tremblingly, but most affectionately dedicated. May their perfume be grateful; their fragility be pardoned; and Heaven grant that no unsuspected poison may be found lurking among their leaves! Fanny Forester."

The power of the author over the purer and better sympathies of humanity is irresistible, and the social virtues so agreeably illustrated, will secure for the author a place at every fireside circle that finds its chief pleasure in the cultivation of the domestic affections. 21.-Beauties of English History. Edited by JOHN FROST, LL. D., author of "Pictorial History of the United States," etc. New York: Harper & Brothers. This little volume presents a connected view of some of the most striking points of English history, in a style of studied plainness and symplicity. It will create a taste for history, which, with all its uncertainties, is often stranger than fiction, and far more instructive.

22.-The Book of Anecdotes; or the Moral of History, Taught by Real Examples. By JOHN FROST, LL. D., author of the "Book of the Army," and "Book of the Navy." New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton.

Dr. Frost is quite as industrious and successful as Peter Parley in the production of entertaining and instructive books. The present volume contains more than one hundred anecdotes, drawn from history, each designed to illustrate the beauty of a virtue, and impart a meaning and force to the definition which explains, or the precept which commends that virtue. A single example of benevolence, courage, fortitude, or any of the virtues, recorded on the page of history, has often influenced the entire character of an individual, and led to high and noble aims in life. The volume, at once amusing and instructive, is handsomely printed, and each anecdote appropriately illustrated with neatly engraved cuts. 23.-The Emigrant. By Sir FRANCIS B. HEAD, Bart. New York: Harper & Brothers. There is in this volume an agreeable mixture of the grave and the gay; political history, hedged up by light and graphic sketches; and the incidents of several years' residence in Canada. Governor Head writes with a free pen, and in a manly spirit; and although, as republicans, we cannot sympathize with his aristocratic notions, we can appreciate the gentlemanly bearing, scholarship, and cleverness of the author and the man. 24.-Amy Herbert; a Tale. By the author of "Gertrude," ""Laneton Parsonage," etc. Edited by the Rev. W. SEWELL, B. D., Fellow of Exeter College. Appleton's Literary Miscellany, No. 21.

This story, we are told by the editor, was written by a lady for the use of a young member of her own family. It is calculated to interest the young under the form of a narrative, and at the same time exhibits a Christian tone and temper, and what the author conceives to be Christran truth, without obtruding either in a manner unsuited to a work of amusement. We are glad that it has been published in a form worthy of preservation, and added to the publisher's Miscellany," which thus far embodies so many excellent and choice works.

25.-The Family Prayer-Book; or, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; accompanied by a General Commentary, Historical, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Practical. By THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Connecticut. New York: Stanford & Swords.

This is a large and handsome volume, of nearly eight hundred pages, octavo. Its character is generally understood and appreciated by members of the Episcopal Church in the United States, and it has the cordial recommendations of the bishops and clergy of that communion, without distinction of "high" or "low." Indeed, these distinctions do not appear to interrupt the devotional part of Episcopacy;-besides, Bishop Brownell seems to occupy a sort of neutral ground in the Church; adhering to its principles, and endeavoring to enforce what he conceives to be the doctrines and duties of Christianity as they are understood by the Church of which he is a much respected and esteemed official and member. The work is compiled from the most approved liturgical works, various alterations and additions being made, to adapt it to the liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

26.-My Own Treasury; an Illustrated Gift-Book for Young Persons. Edited by MARK MERRIWELL. New York: Wiley & Putnam.

This very handsome book has quite an English look; and we more than half suspect it one of the first-fruits of the new tariff. Be that, however, as it may, its one hundred engravings are very cleverly designed and executed, and the tales, sketches, and histories, happily blend whatever is attractive in narrative, and graphic in description. It will prove a most attractive "Christmas-book" for the little folks.