TWO NEW BOOKS BY THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. In a few days-Orders received by all Booksellers, PLAIN AND PLEASANT TALK ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS, & FARMING. By HENRY WARD BEECHER. Total Depravity. Thoughts for the Close of the Christ in you the Hope of The Day and the Desk. God's Pity. [Year. The Mountain and the Closet. A Rhapsody of the Pen. Glory. One Cause of Dull Meetings. Is Conversion Instantaneous? Sudden Conversion. that is Told. Troubles. The above volume contains, among other interesting matter, the celebrated "Theodore Parker" Articles on Total Depravity, and the now famous speech before the (Boston) American Tract Society, in answer to Daniel Lord, Esq., thoroughly revised by the author. Edinburgh: ALEXANDER STRAHAN and CO. (650) Printed by GEORGE ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, of No. 10 Little New Street, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London, st No. 5 New-street Square, in the said Parish; and Published by SAMPSON LOW, of 14 Great James Street, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, at the Office, 47 Ludgate Hill, in the Parish of St. Bride.-Friday, July 1, 1859. General Record of British and Foreign Literature CONTAINING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL NEW WORKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT CLASSICAL WORKS AND WORKS FOR COLLEGE USE.. ENGLISH, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY WORKS, GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY, MUSIC, ATLASES, ETC. FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, ETC. MISCELLANEOUS SALES BY AUCTION.. BUSINESSES FOR SALE.. ASSISTANTS WANTED... WANT SITUATIONS.... BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 329-332 333-336 337 338 339-341 341-343 341-343 344-381, 388 344-353 354-375 361 376-381 382-387 384 384-385 385 385-386 396, 387 47 LUDGATE HILL: July 16, 1859. IT T must be admitted that publishers do their best to contend against Ignorance, and facilitate Education; the recently issued bulky catalogue of the Kensington Institution, combining about two pounds and a half weight of Educational Book lists, and our own well-filled columns of to-day, presenting more concisely the leading current Educational books of each publishing house, evince this. Never has enterprise more varied and liberal, or learning and talent of higher class, been enlisted in the service of providing for a rising generation than at the present moment: the wants of every class and every section in all languages and for all ages in the school-room, lecture-hall, and study, appear to be amply considered. For the higher branches of learning, and the demands of Collegiate courses of study, we have the University Standard Classics, from the presses of Oxford and Cambridge, and the editions of Text-books issued by Messrs. J. H. Parker, Deighton Bell and Co., Macmillan and Co., and the Eton Press of Mr. Williams. In Science and Philosophy, the list of standard works issued by Mr. Churchill, Walton and Maberly's list, including the well-known names of Lardner, Potter, Latham, De Morgan, Smith, and Schmitz. In Mr. Weale's, the works of Tredgold, Barlow, Ryde, Templeton and 即 others (to be published in future, by-the-bye, by the new house of Lockwood and Co.) and in Longman and Co.'s, established Latin and Greek books, known under the names of their editors and compilers, Kennedy, Riddle, Bradley, White, and others. In Dictionaries and Works of Reference there is also Mr. Murray's successful and world-wide known series under Dr. Smith's editorship; and a perfect library by themselves of such works, in Longman and Co.'s list of great and little Encyclopædias, the latter known as Maunder's. Latin Lexicons of Andrews, Riddle, Smith, and Yonge; Greek of Liddell and Scott; Hebrew of Gesenius, &c., will be found detailed and advocated by their respective publishers. German and French books by Messrs. Williams and Norgate, and Parker and Son; the list of the latter house still comprising the works of De la Voye, Ventouillac, and Bernays. Outline and Elementary books in every branch of knowledge show conspicuously in nearly every list, especially in those of Messrs. Parker, Routledge and Co., Simpkin and Co., Arthur Hall and Co., Ward and Lock, Dean and Son, and Allman and Son. Atlases, Maps, and Charts are enumerated in the catalogues of A. and C. Black, Stanford, Varty and Co.; and those of the Bishop and the Rev. J. Butler's in Messrs. Longman and Co.'s list. The Irish School-books are represented by Messrs. Groombridge and Co.'s list; and the publications of the Scottish School-book Association by Mr. William Collins', of Glasgow. School Registers and other useful works for the school-room are in Messrs. Constable's list. Educational Music is given in an advertisement by Mr. Davidson. And last, although not least, to combine amusement with instruction in the school-room, a new advertiser appears- the London Stereoscopic Company, with a cosmoramic stereoscope with slides illustrative of history and geography. These few references are made from a hasty glance over our pages just before going to press. To ensure the fair consideration of all, however, the lists themselves must be consulted. The ordinary literary issues of the past fortnight are considerably under the average, both in number and importance, barely 150 books, including new and reprints, and of those two-thirds under 2s. 6d. in price, and but eight above 10s. 6d. The following summary comprehends the most noteworthy : In the Educational class there have appeared since our last-Stewart's Memoranda in Greek Grammar; a third edition of Donaldson's New Cratylus, in 8vo.; Juvenal, Perseus, and Sulpicia, a new version, in fep.; Professor Newth's Mathematical Examples, in crown 8vo.-a Graduated Series of Elementary Examples in Arithmetic, Algebra, and Mechanics. In Literature, Science, and Art.-Coleridge's Glossarial Index to the English Literature of the 13th Century; Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold, collected by his Son, 12mo.; Mr. Hotten's promised Dictionary of Modern Slang, a well-printed volume in the style of Mr. Smith's edition of Old Authors; a new and enlarged edition of Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms; Besant's Treatise on Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics, in 8vo. ; the First Division of the Rev. J. G. Wood's illustrated Naturalist's History; F. W. Fairholt's History and Associations of Tobacco, with illustrations, post 8vo.; Simms's Practical Tunnelling, a new edition, revised by Haskoll, in 4to.; and Marine Painting in Water-Colour, by Carmichael, sewed. In Travel.-Northumberland and the Border, by Walter White, post Svo.; Photograms of an Eastern Tour-Letters from Germany, in 8vo.; Practical Guides for Italy and Switzerland; To Cuba and Back, by R. H. Dana, Author of Two Years before the Mast. In History and Biography.The Second Volume of Lord John Russell's Life of Fox; Taylor's Pictorial History of Scotland, in 2 vols.; King's Continental Europe, from 1792 to 1859, fcp. Svo.; and Heroes of the Laboratory and Workshop, by Miss Brightwell, an admirable juvenile. In Law and Politics.-Statutes, 22 Victoria, in crown 8vo.; Lord Malmesbury's Correspondence on the Italian Question; The West Indian Encumbered Estates Acts, by Cust, fep. 8vo.; and Smith's Handy Book on the Law of Husband and Wife. In Medicine.-Wilks's Lectures on Pathological Anatomy, in 1857 and 1858. In Theology.-The Marriage Service, illustrated by Rogers, and printed and bound ornamentally for a Wedding Present; an edition of the Greek Septuagint, by Field; Summer in the Soul, by Henry Ward Beecher, reprinted from the American by arrangement with the Author; Contemplations on the Old and New Testament, by Hall, in 8vo.; the First Volume of Young's Readings in the Life of Our Lord; a shilling edition of Mimpriss's Harmony of the Four Gospels; Lenten Sermons, preached in Oxford in 1859; Sermons on the Christian Religion, by Harvey, fep. 8vo.; Rev. D. J. Vaughan's Three Sermons on the Atonement; Dr. Cumming on the Epistles to the Colossians and Thessalonians; Man in his Present and Future State, by Ross, in 8vo. ; and a Sequel to Lady Northesk's Sheltering Vine. In Fiction.-The Curate and the Rector, by Strutt, fep. 8vo.; Webb's Life and Adventures of Charles Durand, 12mo.; Frank Marland's Manuscripts, by Brandt, crown 8vo.; Helen Lindsay, or the Trial of Faith, 2 vols. 8vo.; Spicer's Old Styles, crown 8vo.; Lover's Handy Andy, in the Parlour Library; Power's King's Secret, in Hodgson's New Library of Novels; a cheap edition of Jack Ariel; and The Soldier of Lyons, in Routledge's Railway Library. In Poetry.—The Idylls of the King, by Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate; Heine's Poems, with Life by Bowring, post 8vo.; Hebrew Lyrics, by an Octogenarian, in crown 8vo.; The Burns Centenary Poems, edited by Anderson and Finlay; O'Neill's Hugh O'Neills, square; Poems, by Mona, 18mo.; The Royal Barracks, fcp. 8vo.; Gilbert Marlowe, by Whitmore; and The Three Gates, by C. H. Townshend. New Editions and Continuations.-The Eighteenth Volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica; the Third Volume of the new edition of James's Naval History, crown 8vo; the Twenty-ninth of Ranking's Medical Sciences; the Thirteenth Volume of De Quincey's Works. Mr. Bohn reprints in his cheap series the Fifth Volume of Irving's Life of Washington, completing the work, Vol. 1 of Johnsoniana, and The Convalescent, by N. P. Willis; and in his Illustrated Library, Petrarch's Sonnets, with Life by Campbell. A Second Edition of De Stael's_Corime, or Italy, translated by Hill; a Second Edition of Martel's Love Letters of Eminent Persons; a Fourth Edition of Hans Busk's Rifle, and How to use it; and a Fourth Edition also reached in a similar short space of time by Our Farm of Four Acres. Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co.'s List of New Books includes the following:-Through Norway with a Knapsack, the narrative of an active and intelligent traveller who walked through the country, knapsack on his shoulder,-illustrated with tinted views of scenery and the phenomena of the "Midnight Sun;" also a work by Mr. Tronsou, the surgeon of H.M.S. "Barracouta," which formed part of Admiral Stirling's squadron, narrating the leading facts of the expedition to Japan, the manners and customs of the Japanese, the scenery and productions of the Island, and various parts of the coast of China, Kamschatka, Siberia, &c., and the Island of Seghatieu. Messrs. Hurst and Blackett include in their List of Works in the Press :-The new work entitled A Life for a Life, by the Author of John Halifax, Gentleman, announced for immediate publication; Realities of Paris Life, by the Author of Flemish Interiors, &c.; Female Influence, by Lady Charlotte Pepys; The Life and Times of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham, by Mrs. Thomson; Raised to the Peerage, by Mrs. Octavius Owen; Almost a Heroine, by the Author of Charles Auchester; and New Novels by Wilkie Collins, John E. Reade, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Mrs. Howitt, and the Author of Margaret and Her Bridesmaids, &c. In addition to the announcements recorded in our last of Mr. Bentley's, are the following The Cruise of the "Pearl" round the World in 1857-8-9, with an account of the Naval Brigade in India, by the Rev. K. A. Williams; a re-issue, in sixpenny fortnightly parts, of Thiers' History of the French Revolution; and the Semi-Detached House, by Lady Theresa Lewis. Messrs. Chapman and Hall announce for immediate publication-A Secret History of the Austrian Government and of its Systematic Persecution of Protestants, compiled from Official Documents, by Alfred Michiels. Messrs. Constable and Co. announce, for the 23d instant, the publication of the Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art, and Historical Scotch Relics; with 200 illustrations. A limited number of impressions of this work will contain an engraving of the Lennox Jewel, illuminated in the highest style of art. Messrs. Groombridge commence, on the 1st of August, Recreative Science, a Monthly Record of Intellectual Observation: this work will be well illustrated, and the prospectus states "that its contents will be in all respects popular in tone and attractive in its subjects. It will be sustained by writers of the highest eminence in the several departments of Scientific Knowledge. In a word, it will be a Record of Discovery, Observation, and Intellectual Progress Instructor in First Principles, and an Exhibitor of the Accomplishments of Research." an Mr. W. Fordyce, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, known by his History of the County Palatine of Durham, has just commenced, to be completed in sixteen half-crown folio parts, A History of Coal, Coke, and Coalfields, Iron; its Ores, and Processes of Manufacture: with numerous engravings on steel and copper. Mr. James Blackwood has in preparation :-The Dudleys, by Edgar Dewsland; The Consequences of a First Fault, a Tale for Youth; Freshfield, by W. Johnston; Rosabella, 2 vols. ; also Religion of Geology, by Dr. Hitchcock, being the 1st Volume of his Monthly Library. Mr. J. F. Shaw announces a Bi-weekly Record of Events connected with the Present Revival of Religion, entitled The Revival. A Volume of Poems dedicated by permission to the Poet Laureate may shortly be expected, by a contributor to Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, named Ellis, a stonemason by trade. A Life of General Garibaldi, the Roman Soldier, Sailor, Patriot, and Hero, with sketches of his companions in arms, translated from his private MSS. and published with his consent, is announced, under the editorship of Mr. T. Dwight. We see it stated that Sir John Bowring, who was amongst the passengers unfortunately wrecked on board the "Alma" in the Red Sea, lost by that disaster "a large portion of valuable MSS., with public documents." A somewhat fierce onslaught has been made during the last fortnight upon the Shakspeare Folio introduced by Mr. Collier to public notice, and well known for its MS. notes generally quoted as "The Old Commentator;" few literary disputes have been conducted in a more illiberal and vexatious spirit, it would appear to us, than the question arising out of the opinions of the said "Old Commentator," and these have now arrived at a climax by the pretty broad insinuations thrown out that the discoverer of the Folio is the "Old Commentator." A letter from Mr. Hamilton of the British Museum, in the Times, has re-opened the dispute: the celebrated volume has recently been placed by its owner, the Duke of Devonshire, in the charge of the Museum, to afford the opportunity of public inspection, and the experts of the establishment have taken the opportunity systematically to test all its merits and claims. Mr. Collier replies to the attack in The Times of the 7th, and, fortunately for himself, states there his determination to make no other reply, as in the meantime nearly every literary journal joins in the fray, and his would-be antagonists, judging from the correspondents, are legion. We are inclined to think the Athenæum's summing-up is a fair and just one :-" All the warrant it has ever brought to reasonable critic is internal. It never pretended, so far as we know, to be corrected by the hand of the poet, or by the hand of any of his friends and contemporaries. It was, and is, a book brimming with most remarkable suggestions and criticisms made by an unknown hand; and having no tittle of authority as a Shakspearian gloss beyond that derived from the felicity of its hints and emenda tions. These stand or fall by their own strength. If anybody, in the heat of argument, has ever claimed for them a right of acceptance beyond the emendations of Theobald, Malone, Dyce and Singer, that is, a right not justified by their obvious utility or beauty, such a claim must have been untenable by whomsoever urged. The Folio derived no part of its authority from the supposition that it traced back to the seventeenth century, nor would it lose any part of its authority were it proved to have originated in the nineteenth century." The recent decision (27th ult.) in the appeal case in the House of Lords, in the case of Kyle v. Jeffereys, whereby is established the respondent's right to dispose of the copyright of Eliza Cook's Old Arm-Chair, determines this important point to publishers and authors-that a simple receipt from an author for the sum for which the disposal of the copyright is made, is legal proof of right of the person to whom it is given to enter the copyright at Stationers'-Hall in his own name. The decision of the Post Office authorities, to buy postage labels of the public at a reduction of 74d. in the pound, is a great boon to those who have been subject to their remittance as cash payments; and at the same time, for sums under 7s. it will now be the cheapest and best means of remitting to any extent above 7s., post orders will still be the cheapest medium. The associated press of New York, we read, have engaged Mr. J. T. Headley, the late Secretary of the State of New York, and Author of the new Life of General Havelock, to act as their special correspondent in Italy during the war-if he has started he will have but a short engagement. A leading literary critic of the U.S. press, concludes a very able article on Mrs. Stowe's writings, by the following opinion of The Minister's Wooing: "It contrasts as charmingly with the tumid vagueness of the modern school of novel writers, as the Vicar of Wakefield itself, and we are greatly mistaken if it do not prove to be the most characteristic of Mrs. Stowe's works, and that on which her fame will chiefly rest with posterity." Our New York correspondent writes, under date of the 28th ultimo : "Messrs. Appletons have published a new volume of their Cyclopædia, the Sixth,-from 'Cough' to 'Education;' the Harpers have reproduced the First Volume of Alford's Greek Testament; and Messrs. Lippincott and Co. have issued two very handsome books on Architecture, by Samuel Sloan, The latter firm, I am glad to note, advertise an arrangement with Messrs. Chambers by which they can supply the original edition of their new Cyclopædia at a less price than the Appletons can the American reprint. With the exception of these, our recent new books have been of a light and seasonable character. Without being literally at a stand-still, the business of both making and selling books is as dull as possible. The war is with us the absorbing topic, and the reading matter which it supplies is at present devoured by the daily and weekly press. The Canadian impost presses heavily on the home book-trade in the United States, and there seems to be but one opinion of its injustice. I am in business connection with a publishing firm, whose dealings with Canada have decreased, at the lowest estimate, fifty per cent. since the passing of this law of extra duty. Popular feeling here is against Mr. Dickens in his controversy with Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, but it does not affect the reception of his new tale, which is reprinted in several newspapers throughout the country, and is well received. It is produced in two official forms, viz. in Harpers' Weekly, with illustrations by McLenan, and in a reprint of All the Year Round, advertised as by special arrangement.' Harpers announce that they have paid $5000 for their early sheets, and if the American producers of All the Year have made a respectable bargain, Mr. Dickens will not have much to complain of his treatment in this country for this novel." Books and newspapers have multiplied to such an extent in our country that it now takes 750 papermills, with 2000 engines in constant operation, to supply the printers, who work night and day. These mills produced 270,000,000 pounds of paper the last year, which immense supply sold for about $27,000,000. A pound and a quarter of rags are required for a pound of paper, and 340,000,000 pounds were therefore consumed in this way." AUCTIONS DURINg the next FortNIGHT.-July 16, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, an important collection of Royal Letters and interesting State Papers. July 18, by the same, a collection of Engravings and Drawings. July 20, and three following days, by the same, the library of a gentleman, consisting of standard books, and a collection of missals. July 20 and six following days, by Mr. Hodgson, two Clerical Libraries, and a large collection of books in general literature. July 21, by Mr. John Burton, of Preston, the library of the late venerated Poet Laureate, William Wordsworth. |