Vi V' • I* f . . w t * Tt;;— HEW PUBLICATIONS* The following books are. published by Messrs. Appleton & Co., and received from Claxton.ltemsen Haffelflnger: —— Mr. Henry Morford, author of “Paris in ’67,” has achieved a rattling little “Short-trip Guide to Europe," to assist that well known variety of American traveler who must see every capital on the continent, must do it in a week apieeft and spend a maximum of six francs a day. Mr. Morford is a lively gossip and inyeterately merry companion, not always too Select in biß subjects (as witness the depth of meaning with which he alludes to the ivory lock, the only curiosity he mentions in the Cluny Mu seum), and, of course, when going at such a pace, scattering errors behind him like the wind. The most desultory examination will pick up these slips on'almost every page. "Why does he misspell buffetiers (128), trans late Avx Orands Homines la Patrie reconnaissante (“The grateful country to her great men”) on the pediment of Bt. Genevieve, by “to the great men remembered by their country,” (176) and speak of a “Vemet Gallery” to the Louvre? These mistakes, and those of, his ih-advised glossary, (the glossary, a bewildering nuisance, is becoming more and more useless with every year of the modern tourist-system) are not perhaps very important to the class of traveler Mr. Morford imagines fer himself. We object much more to the tone of shoulder patting and ear-wigging adopted by the author of the, “Short-trip Guide.” He is perpetually trying to coach the reader. If the space occupied by very superficial reminiscence and idle gossip were saved, the volume would eDjoy a great gain in porta bility and convenience of reference. We do not at all recognize as an American the sort of clown to whom Mr. Morford dedicates his work; the man who wishes to know “who that Shakespeare wsb, if he fit, or writ, which was it?” Now the ordinary American tourist, who iB at least as well read as out cabmen and newsboys, is only injured by the insulting fund of small knowledge which the “Guide” pours upon him. We should not care to instance the faults of so small and unpretending a work, but we fancy the whole library of American guide books is formed on superficial and mistaken principles. We are cohstantly annoyed with g»~ too many anecdotes, too many remarks. A guide-book is at best a necessary evil, con i' suited with sqme feeling of shame,-and then bundled into the wallet as quietly as possible. '‘When it attempts to buttonhole us with wit or.sentiment, it is like being offered bouquets and statuary at a railway station. We want facts, not flights of fancy, even in the fullest mid largest edition; when a compiler at tempts to condense, and give a “diamond” or ■ “pocket” guide, he surely should not, as Mr. Morford has done, leave out the facts and re double the pleasantries. The Poetical Works o$ Burns, in a thick, handsomely-printed pamphlet, quite good -enough for re-binding, furnished with glossa ;. ; Jrial notes, and introduced by Dr. Currie’s fc* : ; iLife, a little abridged.—The Heart of Mid !-i"Xothian, one of the neat plaid-covered Wa yerleys. —“Freight Computations;” a com plete work, embracing 88,223 calculations, from one inch (cubic) to 4,000 feet, at a series -of rates per ton, &c., calculated for every mode of transportation and for every class of Storage. The author, Mr. P. 0. Dart, of San PrancißCO, explains 'that having been for tnany years engaged in the transportation of merchandize, and being thoroughly versed in the business,he has devoted the last five years to perfecting a practical system of Tables, calculated to save a vast deal of time and to , rectify constant errors. Ail shipping clerks, j perplexed with intricate calculations, which J-jgenerally come upon them at a moment when Cthe greatest despatch is required, will see the value of this set of tables, for the accuracy of which the calculator vouches, inviting the most rigid criticism upon his results. Rimmel, the' great and greatly-advertised perfumer of London and Paris, had a shanty at the Exposition, in which he professed to exhibit the distillation of perfumes, and to expose a few rare South American flowers in alcohol. We entered the building twice, but Rimmel, whose virtues had procured him the place of Juror and Assistant Commis sioner, seemed to be always away. Perhaps he was writing the articles which, originally printed in the Patrie and Courrier de I'Eu ■Tope, form the bulk of this sleazy little voL ■ame, into which are incorporated Mr/' S. C, Hall’s engravings from the Illustrated Cata logue in the London Art Journal. The sym pathy between the little book and the lonely shed in the Champ de Mars is wonderful, and consists in narrowness, vacancy/a confirmed absenteeism, and a great deal of wood. To do Mons. Rimmel justice, however, there is less space devoted to his own particular item in the Exposition than might have been ex pected. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. A life of Oliver Cromwell, compiled for the young by Charles Adams, D. D., of Illinois Female College, is published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday School Union, New York. An excellent picture of the Protector, full of personal details, and those anecdotal reports , which are whispered on Jtho back stairs of history. Mr. Adams has no hesitation in re nouncing his individuality, and taking '.n the utterance of previous many of his chapters are a mosaic ot paragraphs taken from Neal, from DAubigne, and above all Carlyle. The little book thus prepares the juvenile mind for severer readings to come, and interests it in advance with the serious studies of the masters of history. For sale by Perkinpine & Higgins, 50 Forth Fourth street We receive from the oflice of the Soldiers Friend, No. 12, Centre street, New York, a humorous poem of the war entitled “The .New Yankee'Doodle.” A great quantity ot facts have been 3traine4 118 MartinFullor& Co.. Western, 8 . LOCAL DUD CTORfI i E. M. ARCHIBALD. H. B. M. C OEJ 111. Chairman. A A. LOW, of A. a. Low & Broa. EV'S. JA* FRAI. of E. 8 Jaffray A Co. RICH *RD IRVIN, of Hi-hard Irvin* Co. DAVID BALOMON. No. U W Thirty eighth street. J. BOORMAN JOHNSON, of.l. J.Uohnson A Co. JAMES STEWART, of J. A J. Stewart. E. tV. CROWELL, Resident Managor, No. 40 Pine street. N. 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