Publishers will confer a favor by mentioning the prices of all books sent to this Department. Rev. Kdward P. Smith’s Incidents of the 11. S. Christian Commission, {published by Lippincott, is made m> of well selected and carefully arranged materials, drawn from the al most exhaustless stores placed at the control of the Commission by its numerous agents and del egates. As illustrations of the religious spirit of the American people, of the high place of reli gious principle among the impelling and sustain ing influences under which our volunteer soldiers acted, of the wonderful presence of the Holy Spirit, converting the men, not only when wounded and dying, but when safe and well in camp, of the wisdom, seal and efficiency of the great Chris tian organisation Which brought a new phase of Christian activity before the world, and made our war appear a vast opportunity for doing good to the bodies and souls'of men, this volume has a value beyond any mere reckoning in dollars and cents. As a store-house of striking incidents, including those which figured so effectively at the anniversaries of the Commission/it will be sought by any one desirous of studying human nature tinder the extraordinary circumstances here presented. The narratives are concluded with an eloquent extract from Dr. Herrick John son’s address at the last anniversary in Wash ington. A full index accompanies the volume, and it is illustrated with two fine steel engra vings, emblematic of the attack on Sumter and the uprising of the people. Bvo. pp. 512. Barley’s Shuttle and What it Wrought, Mrs. Mary D. R. Boyd, without much incident or character, gives in a very pleasant, cheering way, the story of a pious, but sorely afflicted Scotch family of orphans, who, by the interposi tion of friends, coining te the rescue as their own stout hearts begin to fail, are raised to comfort almost as in a fairy tale. J. P. Skelly & Co. 18mo. pp. 169, large type, illustrated. The Ninth Volume of Dr. Sprague’s An nals of the American Pulpit has just been issued by Carter & Bros. This volume em braces distinguished names in the ministry of the Lutheran, Reformed Hutch, Associate, Associate Reformed and Reformed Presbyterian Churches. The plan of former volumes is adhered to. Bach denominational section is preceded by a histor ical account of the denomination in this coun try. Bach minister’s biography is briefly summarised, and the largest space is given to letters of their acquaintance, in which the ful ler details of the life and character of the sub ject are We need not enlarge upon the great value, the preciousness of these memorials of the lives of sainted men, or utter in advance, the thanks of coming generations, for a work of which we know the value, from the absence of suoh loving and faithful service in behalf of an earlier race of ministers, as Dr. Sprague is now rendering to those not yet out of his" reach. The volume is for sale at the Presbyterian House. Price 64. Not all powerful novels are mere, love-tales ; nor is it necessary to trespass upon the princi ples of immutable rhorality to make a story thrill ing and riveting in a high degree. These nega tive principles are illustrated, as we have seldom elsewhere seen them, in “ the Q-ain of a Loss, by the author of the Last of the Cavaliers,” just published by Leypoldt & Holt. The inter est turns upon a mystery hanging over the birth of two reputed twin brothers in a noble family of England, and the unscrupulous use made of the mystery by the machinations of the Jesuit Bather confessor, the widowed mother being an Italian Catholic. The proverbial wiliness of the Jesuit, the deep, cold canning, edged with ma lignity, which the tendercst and noblest ties and impulses of humanity cannot touch, the pliancy of one nature, the rebound of the genuine, hear ty English spirit against Jesuit repression, the revelation and discomfiture of the plot, the ex traordinary generosity of the hero, and the result of his policy make the story one of lofty Christian purity and Protestant tone, as well as of unusual dramatic power. Some of its renderings of in tense passion remind us of Jane Eyre. 12mo. pp. 439. The Fisher Maiden is a weird Norwegian Tale, translated from the Gorman, in which, as well as in his own tongue, the Norwegian author Bjbrnson wrote it. As a piece of Scandinavian literature by one’of the acknowledged literary geniuses of that race, it is. certainly carious, and the story is as strange and wild as the rocky and far northern land of the author. 16mo. pp. 217. The New York Bible Woman, by Mrs. J. MoNair Wright, author of the “ Shoe Binders of New York,” &c., just issued by the Presbyte rian Publication Committee, is. a welcome addi tion to our literature of Christian effort among the degraded poor. The Bible Woman is a jewel of Christian parity and cheerfulness, prov identially discovered amid the rubbish of the squalid quarters of the great Metropolis, and judiciously set to work and sustained ia that wide and needy field. The great part which intem perance has in the miseries and poyerty of the poor is well illustrated. The externals of the book, type, engravings, &0., .are, as usual, with the Committee’s publications, of the best. 16mo. pp. 279. Howe’s Musical Monthly, Vol, 1, has just been issued, containing 30 pages of piano music, including songs, well printed, on thick paper. Price 35 cents.. Boston: Elias Howe. Jii L. Peter?, of New York, has sent us some very, good numbers of his three musical month lies : “ Parlor .Companion for the Flute. Violin, and Plano,”" */ United States Musical Review,” and “ Monthly Glee Hive.” The price of the first and last of these is $3 a year, or 30 cents a month ; of the Review 62 a year. 198 Broad way, N. Y. PERIODICALS IKD PAMPHLETS. The Westminster 1 Review for January reaches us late. Its. tone, as we think, continues to be far less bitter against. Evangelical Christi anity than half a score of years ago. The high literary tone and general interest of its articles are well sustained; and in this number good Ber nice -to morals is done by turning the canons of • pathetic criticism against the painted abomina -tionsiof Swinburne and Whitman ti which some .of Our half-hatched American criticshave thought .they, must commend, in order to/,show their, im*. HE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1869. partial appreciation of “ high art,” aod their freedom from Puritan prejudices. Such cant ing criticism finds no support in the article on “Art and Morality” in this number. Mr. Dar win is, however, defended in the last Essay of the number, and the first notice in Cotemporary Literature—always the most “ advanced” part of the Review—shows the cloven foot, and proves the reformation, if it has taken place, to be very incomplete and perhaps but temporary. The list of articles is : Struggle for Empire with the Mahratts; Richardson's Clarissa ; Our Criminal Procedure, Especially in cases of murder; Mr. Bright’s Speeches ; Art and Morality; The Adul teration of Food and Drugs. Cotemporary Lit erature. Index to Vol. XC. New York : Scott Publishing Company. Phila.: W. B. Zieber. $4 a year. literaby intelligence. Two extensive and important literary treasures have lately been brought to light, which promises to be rich in historical results. One is the store of documents and works of art carried from Veni tia and Lombardy in the sullen retirement of the Austrians, and at various times in their long misgovernment of the provinces, but which re cently, in accordance with treaty provisions, they have returned to the Italian government. Amjong these, which it would require a column to enu merate, are the complete series of dispatches of Venitian ambassadors to the different courts of Europe during the .last ten years of the Repub lic’s existence : the decrees of the Senate based on them; a thousand original. parchments (some of them of the ninth and tenth centuries) which belonged to old suppressed religious corporations, &c.' The other case is that of a chest belonging to the property of the former East India Co., and transferred to the crown, which has: remained unexamined until recently. The librarian has now found that it contained nothing less than the library of Timour, collected by the Mogul in the course of his conquests. Among other trea sures, are documents of extraordinary value con nected with the biography of Mohammed. This great discovery is undoubted. When these trea sures are explored and the volumes are transla ted and published, which will soon be done, it is probable that a good deal of current history will have to be rewritten. —The Queen’s Chaplain, Zincke, has recently been traveling in this country, and in the book which he has since published, entitled: “Last Winter in the United States,” he says this deserved, but much grudged tribute to the purity of what may claim to be the American language: “It is a remarkable fact that the English spoken in America is not only very pure, but also is spoken with equal purity by all classes. This in some measure, of course, results from the success of their educational efforts, and from the fact whioh arises out of it that they are,, al most to a man, a nation of readers. But not only is it the same language without vulgarisms, in the mouths of all classes, but it is the same language without any dialectical differences over the whole continent.” —Miss Yonge, author of “ The Heir of Red clyffe,” is editing a shilling London: magazine, “The Monthly Packet.” This lady, born in 1823, has written several historical works, as well as the High Church novels which first brought her into notice. She devoted a great portion of the proceeds of “ The Heir of Redclyffe ” to fit ting out the' missionary schooner “"Southern Cross,” for the us? of Dr. Selwyn, then Bishop of New England and now Bishop of Lichfield, and gave ten thousand dollars, the profits of her « Daisy Chain,” for the building of a Missionary College in Auckland, New Zealand. —Lord Hatuerley-, the new Lord Chancellor of England, has just produced a volume ou the “ Continuity of Scripture.” For the last thirty eight years his lordship has been a regular Sun day School teacher in the parish in Westminter, where he has resided all that time. —The traffic in sermons is said to be increasing in- London. It has almost become, indeed, x one of the regular branches of commerce. One clergy man advertises that he will “lend” bis weekly sermon's for half a crown apiece, or four for ten shillings, warranted “ original, earnest, and evan gelical.” Here are four advertisements from The London Standard. “Original Manuscript Sermons. —Three Sermons on Fasting, with illus trations from the Fathei s-; seven sermons on the Penitential Psalms; and five sermons on the mean ing of the Four Colors and Gold in Vestments, at 2s. 6d. each. Apply to A. B. C., Sandal Magna, near Wakefield.” “Sermons, plain, striking, and original, confidentially supplied. Terms, 13s. fid. per quarter. Single MS. for any Sun day, fifteen stamps. Address Rev. M. A., 12 Joho-st., Bristol.” “Lenten Sermons now ready. Specimens MS;, post free, fifteen stamps. Address Rev. M. A., 16 Edgeware Road, Lon don.” “ Parochial Sermons. —Sound, prac tical, and original: Edited by an M. A. of Ox ford. Strictly confined and- confidentially sup plied to the clergy. 13s. 6d. per quarter. Spe cimen MS. Is: 7d. Address M. S. S., 57 Re gent’s Park' Road, N. W.” —Among Recent Issues and Announcements, we have from our Publication. Committee : The Lost Father: a Story of a Philadelphia Boy; The ,Tennessean in Persia, (’Rev. Samuel A; Rhea), by Rev. Dwight W Marsh; Upward, from Sin, through Grace ■to Glory, by- Rev. B. B. Hotchkin; True Story Dibrary, by the author of “ Almost a Nun.” —The Amer ican S. S. Union have published’ “Improved Question Book on the Life of Christ, with the Text: arranged for Classes of all Ages.” 134 pages. — Scribner, Welforu & Co , New York, have issued a new edition of “ Townsend’s Man ual of'Dates,” pronounced, by competent authori ty, one of the very best books of reference in our language. The number of the articles has been increa*sed from 7,383’t0 11;045, while the whole work’has been remodelled, iand every subject re examined from the original authorities. I,loopp. P. Putnam & Son have in press the Life and Journal of the Naturalist, Audubon, prepared by his widow.—S. C. Griggs & Co., Chicago, announce Col. Foster’s- work on the Physical Geography of the Mississippi Valley.— J.lB. Lipplncott & Co. announce' the concluding two volumes of Dr. Allibone’s “Dictionary; of English Literature,. and British and American Authors.” The MS. is now ready for the prin ter.—Warren & Blakeslee, Boston, announce the Story of'WiHiam the Silent, and the Netherland •Wail, by Mary Barrett.-—Putnams* have issued G. D. Abbott's* Mexico and the! .United States, Svo. pp. 407. 53.00. —Hurd & Houghton pub lish the works of Hans Christian Andersen, by authority. His new stories will appear in the Riverside Magazine. Felt & Dillingham, N. Y., announce the Life of John Bright.—Lippincoott & Co. announce: a cheap edition of Memoirs of Baron Bunsen, Konigsmark, and other Poems, by Geo. H. Bo ker.—Claxton, Remsen, & Go. have published Recollections of Men and Things at Washington, for Half a Century. By L. A. Gobright. 12tno. —Breed & Lent, Buffalo, have published: The One Great Force; the cause of Gravitation, Plan etary Motion, etc., etc. By C. Johnson. 12mo. 61. Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co., will hold their Third Semi-Annual Sale for thirty days, from March T 5 to April 15, 1869, during which period they will supply their publications at spe cial rates of discount. They announce as in va rious stages of preparation : The concluding vol ume of Browning’s vast poem; The Ring and the Book, 62; Revised Life of Horace Greeley, by Parton, 63; Vacation Adventures; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks, by Rev. W. H. H. Murray; 61.50; Our new way Round the World, by C. C. Coffin (“Carleton ”), profusely illustrated. 63; Men, Women, and Ghosts, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 61.50; and, finally, an entirely newnovel of 600 pages, by Mrs. Stowe : Oldtown Folks, 62. Harper & Bros, also announce a special Trade Sale from March 16 to April 24, when they will sell a special list at heavy discount. In England a new translation of the Koran, with Introduction, Notes, and an Index by Rev. J. M. Rodwell,. London, is promised. —Messrs. Blackwood of Edinburgh announce Lord Lyt ton’s long-expected translation of the “ Odes and Epodes of Horace,” also a “ Memoir of Sir William Hamilton,” by Prof. Veitch, of the Uni versity of Glasgow.—Sir Edward S. Creasy, author of “ The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World,” announces in five volumes, a “History of England, from the Earliest to the Present Time.” The first volume bringing the narrative down to the end of the reign of Edward the 1., will ap pear immediately. Among recent theological issues are : Al lies’ Formation of Christendom, Part 2, Bvo. 12s. 2d. Brown’s Misread Passages of Scrip ture, cr. Bvo. 3s. 6d. Legends of St. Augus tine, &c., in Carlisle Cathedral, Bvo. 10s. Leigh ton’s Works, by West, Vol. 2, Bvo. 15s. Sink er’s Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, cr. Bvo. 7s. 6d. Keble’s Memoir, by Sir J. T. Coleridge, cr. Bvo. 10s. 6d. Dawson’s Saviour in the Workshop, 18mo. Is. Eadie’s Commen tary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians; 10s. 6d. Elliott’s Great Prophecy from Horae Apoc alypticae, or. Bvo. 4s. 6d. Quesnel’s Devotional Commentary on St. Matthew’s Gospel; 7s. 6d. Of Scientific works,' we note : Owen's Palae ontology, a Summary of Extinct Animals, cr. Bvo. 7s. 6d. Bacon’s Advancement of Learn ing, ed. by Wright, 12mo. 4s. 6d; Moore’s Pre- Glacial Man and Geological Chronology, Bvo. 6s. 6d. Bowden’s Naturalist in Norway, cr. Bvo. 10s. 6d..—An eighteen penny edition of Mrs Stowe's Minister’s Wooing has just been issued England. MAGAZINES ANI» PAMPHLETS. Blackwood's. Edinburgh Magazine —No. DCXI —American Edition, Vol. LXVfill, No. 2, Februa ry, 1869. ! Contents:—Doubles' and Quits, Part IV; On-Army Organization; Cornelius, O’Dowd, My Will and Testament—Tips—-The TUrko-Oreek Af fair; In Life and in Death; The Chinese Mission to Christendom ; The Pulpit of the Olden Time; O why should a Woman not get a,Degree? Vapors, Fears and Tremors ; Mr. Gladstone and Disestablishment., Boyd —Stepping Stones over the Brook. By Mrs. Mary D. R. Boyd, author of “Barby’s Shuttle,”; “ Kitty’s Knitting Needle," etc. 16mo. 262 pp. 90 cents. Phila.: J. P. Skelly & Co. Pearls fob Prayer Meetings and for Protracted and Revival Meetings, and also; adapted for Family and Public Worship. Being a selection of the best and most popular hymns now in use. By a Pastor. 32m0. 161 pp. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. Philadelphia : Smith, Eoglish & Co. Muhlenberg —Christ and the Bible: not the Bible and Christ. By W. A. Muhlenberg. 16mo. 52pp. As above. Benjamin —Eleven months in Horeb. Being the period of the National and Religious Education of the Israelites. By E. Bedell Benjamin. 16mo. 94pp. As above. E. P* ADAIR, (Late of the Firm, of Smith Adair , 1126 Chestnut St.,) Manufacturer of SILVER PLATED WARE, No. 124, South Eleventh Street, dec 24 6mo. PHILADLPHIAi CARHART’S BOUDOIR ORGANS! OARHART’S OHUROH HARMONIUMS! CARHART’S MEIiODEGNS! Unequalled by any Reed Instruments in the world. Also Parmelee’s Patent Isolated V iolin Frame Pianos, a new and beautiful Instrument. Sole agent, H. M. MORRISS, nov26 21 North -Eleventh Street. JUST RECEIVED A New Importation of French Note Paper. A box containing four quires of fiae French Paper of the same Bise, or of four differeut sizes Btamped with initial with en velopes to match for $1 50. ALSO, A LARGE SUPPLY OF Black Bordered French Note Paper 5 from the very deep border to the very narrow' edge, at moderate prices. • ■, J French Paper, New Fancy Patterns Visiting Cards of the Finest Quality, Elegantly written »r engraved. Wedding Cards of the Latest. Sjtyles. 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It contains Tales, Sketches of Travel, Poetry, Editorials, and a Children's Depart ment, Illustrated, besides one or two Serial Tales by distinguished authors. Published weekly at $2 a year, or $1 six months, by GEORGE S. FERGUSON & CO., 25 North Sixth Street, Philadel phia, Pa. B fub2s 4w Wew York Scientific School and Miliiary Academy, Peekskitl. N. V. Refer to Faculty at West Point. Circulars may be bad of Z. S. SEARLE, Supt. B feb2s 4w WATERS’ Ne w Scale PIANOS! Willi Iron Frame, Overstrung Bass and Agraffe Bridge. MELODEONS, PARLOR, CHURCH AND CABINET ORGANS, The best manufactured. Warranted for 6 Years. 100 Pianos, Melodeons and Organs of six first class makers, at low prices for Cash, or one-quarter cash and the balance in Monthly Installments. Second-hand instruments at great bargains. Illus trated Catalogues mailed. (Mr. Waters is the Au thor of Six Sunday School Music Books; “ Heav enly Echoes,” and “ New S. S. Bell,” just issued. Warerooms, No. 481 Broadway, I. T. HORACE WATERS. TESTIMONIALS. The Waters Pianos are known as among the very best..—- [iVeic York Evangelist. We can speak of the merits, of the Waters Pianos from personal knowledge as being of the very best quality.— [Christian Intelligencer* The Waters Pianos are built of the best and most thor oughly seasoned material. —[Advocate and Journal ♦ Waters’ Pianos and Melodeons challenge comparison with the finest 'made anywhere in the country. —[Home Journal. Our friends will find at Mr. Waters’ store the very best assortment of Organs and Pianos to be found in the Uni ted States.— [Graham. 1 a Magazine. 1 • Musical Doings. —Since Mr. Horace Waters gave up publishing sheet music he has devoted his whole capital and attention to the manufacture and sale of Pianos and Melodeons. He has just issued a catalogue of his new in struments, giving a new scale of prices, which shows a marked reduction from formet rates, and his Pianos have recently been awarded the First* Premium at several Fairs. , .Many people of the present day, who are attracted, if not confused, with the flaming advertisements of rival piano houses, probably overlook a modest manufacturer like/Mr. Waters ; but we‘happen to know that his instru ments earned him a good leputation long before Exposi tions and the u honors” connected therewith were ever thought of j indeed, we ha ve one of Mr. Waters’ piano fortes nowin our residence (where ithas stood for years,) .of which any manufacturer in the world might well ba proud. We have always been delighted with it as a sweet toned and'powerful instrument, and there is no doubt of •its durability; -more than this, some of the beat- amateur players in the city, as.several celebrated peiw formed on: the said'piano, and all prouounoed it a superior ihHrumcnt. Stronger mdorsment we coukL not give.—[Nome Journal . B. M. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass.
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