8.-Experimental Researches on the Food of Animals and the Fattening of Cattle. With Remarks on the Food of Man. By ROBERT DUNDAS THOMPSON, M. D., Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, University of Glasgow. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton. The importance of the subjects discussed in the present volume with so much ability, will not be questioned; and the fact that the work is based on an extensive series of experiments, made at the instance of the British Government, will impart to it great weight, and secure for it the most serious consideration. The original object of the writer, was to determine the relative influence of barley and malt in feeding cattle; but as the opportunity seemed a favorable one for investigating some scientific problems of great importance to physiology, and of extreme value in the physical management of man and animals, advantage was taken of it, and the author obtained the permission of the government to extend the experiments so as to include these objects. It is an excellent work.

9.-Rationale of Crime, and its appropriate Treatment, being a Treatise on Criminal Jurisprudence considered in relation to the Cerebral Organization. By M. B. SAMPSON. From the second London edition. With Notes and Illustrations. By E. W. FARNHAM, Matron of Mount Pleasant State Prison. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton.

Mr. Sampson's work originally appeared in the London "Spectator," in a series of numbers, and was afterwards published by the Trustees of William Ramsay Henderson, of Edinburgh, who made a bequest for "the advancement and diffusion of the science of Phrenology, and the practical application thereof in particular." No one who reads the book can for a moment resist the conviction, that the treatise fully comports with this bequest. It takes a broad and liberal view of the whole subject, and is eminently calculated to subserve the cause of humanity. The notes and illustrations of Mrs. Farnham, the efficient and successful matron of the Prison at Sing Sing, add materially to the value and interest of the work. An appendix by Mrs. Farnham, embraces a number of accurate daguerreotype portraits of prisoners at Sing Sing, Blackwell's Island, etc., whose phrenological developments and corresponding characters, afford ample demonstration of the truth of that science, and forcibly illustrate its importance in education and the management of prisons.

10. The History of Civilization, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution. By F. GUIZOT, the Prime Minister of France; author of "History of the English Revolution of 1640," Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT. Vols. III. and IV., Nos. 17 and 18 of D. Appleton & Co.'s Literary Miscellany. Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton.

These volumes close Guizot's Lectures on the History of Civilization; and the four volumes in the elegant and scholarly translation of Hazlitt form, perhaps, the most valuable contribution that has been added to the historical literature of the world, daring the present century. The popular form in which the history and its philosophy are imparted, and the eloquence and power of the writer, will fascinate all, and secure a large class of readers who abominate dry details,-the lifeless body divested of the soul. But the more statistical reader will find in the chronological and historical tables, which occupy some two hundred pages of the last volume, facts enough to fill folios.

11.-Something for Everybody. Gleaned in the Old Purchase from Fields often Reaped. By ROBERT CARLTON, Esq., author of "The New Purchase," etc., etc. Alter et Idem. New York: Appleton & Co.'s Literary Miscellany.

The author of these letters, addressed to one Charles Clarence of Somewheresburg, during the year 1846, is evidently a gentleman of the "old school," that abhors phrenology, abolitionism, mesmerism, and all other isms. He holds a caustic pen, and wields the weapons of wit and ridicule with power and effect. Even when we do not agree with him, we cannot but enjoy the pith and point of his sarcasm and cleverly-turned humor, which is quite overpowering to the risibles.

12.-A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies, on the Plan of the Author's Elements of Reading and Oratory." By H. MANDEVILLE, Professor of Moral Science and Belles Lettres in Hamilton College. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

We are forcibly impressed with the plan of instruction so clearly and distinctly developed in this work. It is divided into three parts. The first relates to grammar, and contains a description of the different letters of the alphabet, and their various sounds; of syllables, and also of words as parts of speech. The second part contains a classification and description of all the sentences or formulas of thought, in every degree of expression, to be found in the English language, and is designed to render the pupil thoroughly familiar with sentential structure. The third part contains a series of exercises on paragraphs, &c. The advantages of Mr. Mandeville's system, which appears to be perfectly philosophical, are clearly pointed out; and it requires, we should think, only a careful examination, to secure the approbation of all intelligent instructers in our common schools and academies. 13.-Religious Maxims, having a Connection with the Doctrines and Practice of Holiness. By THOMAS C. UPHAM. Boston: Waite, Pierce & Co.

These maxims relate to the higher degrees of religious experience. They embody, in a concise and simple form, many of the principles which are laid down and illustrated at some length in a larger treatise on holiness, by the same author, noticed in a former number of this Magazine. The intellectual cast of the author's mind, combined with his great purity and benevolence of character, have secured for his writings a class of readers out of his own denomination who regard practical goodness with more favor than the dogmas of the sects.

14.-A Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language: to which are added, Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scriptural Proper Names, much improved, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names. By JOSEPH E. WORCESTER. Boston: Wilkins, Carter & Co.

This new and elegant dictionary covers nearly one thousand royal octavo pages, printed in a small, but handsome and distinct type. In the introduction, occupying eighty-five pages, will be found remarks on orthoepy, on pronunciation, orthography, etymology, a complete grammar, archaisms, provincialisms, Americanisms, and various other points of philosophy and lexicography, together with full explanations of the principles adopted by the compiler in the preparation of the work. The Dictionary of Johnson, as corrected and enlarged by Todd, and Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, have been made, in some degree, the basis of this work; but the words found in those dictionaries have been carefully revised, with regard to their orthography, pronunciation, definition, &c.; and a great part of them, especially such as relate to the arts and sciences, have been defined entirely anew. To the words found in Todd's Johnson, nearly twenty-seven thousand words have been added; and for these words authorities are given. The work contains a much improved edition of Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scripture Proper Names; and to Walker's Vocabulary about three thousand classical names have been added. It also comprises a Pronouncing Vocabulary of about four thousand modern geographical names. The several vocabularies are computed to contain upwards of one hundred and six thousand words. Great attention has been bestowed on pronunciation; and, with regard to words of various, doubtful, or disputed pronunciation, the authorities for the various modes are exhibited; so that this dictionary will show the reader in what manner these words are pronounced by all the most eminent English orthoepists. The grammatical forms and inflections of words have been given more fully than ever before in any English dictionary; and brief critical notes on the orthography, the pronunciation, the grammatical form and construction, and the peculiar, technical, local, provincial, and American uses of words, are scattered throughout the volume. The design has been, to give the greatest quantity of useful matter in the most condensed form, and to specify, as far as practicable, authorities in doubtful and disputed cases.

15.-The Sacred Mountains. By J. T. HEADLEY, author of “Napoleon and his Marshals," etc. New York: Baker & Scribner.

The design of these sketches is to render more familiar and life-like some of the scenes of the Bible. The idea of the author was a happy one, and beautifully and faithfully has it been carried out in this really splendid and attractive volume. The plates. eleven in number, are accurate drawings of Mount Ararat, Bethlehem, Mounts Moriah, Sinai, Hor, Pisgah, Carmel, Lebanon, Zion, Tabor, and Olives, as they now appear, with the exception, that from some of them, mosques have been removed, so as to give them their original form. The descriptions illustrative of the engravings, are written in the same glowing, eloquent style, that characterizes the author's "Napoleon and his Marshals;" with the loftier inspiration of a purer and more befitting theme. The engravings are from paintings by artists of unequivocal merit, and the engraver has furnished spirited, and we have no doubt, accurate copies. Though differing in some respects from the "annuals," it will not suffer by comparison in its typographic dress, with the best of them; and it possesses a value and an interest far more durable than any of them.

16.-The Rose of Sharon, a Religious Souvenir for 1847. Edited by Miss S. C. EDGARTON. Boston: A. Tompkins and B. B. Mussey.

This annual has outlived most works of its description, a fact that speaks well for the enterprise and liberality of the publishers, the taste and judgment of its accomplished editor, and the spirit of the times. It was an attempt, on the part of all concerned, to embody the great thoughts of the present, blending whatever in the past was worthy, from its intrinsic and immutable interest, with the progressive mind, that is becoming daily more and more identified with higher hopes, and a larger humanity. It is a “religious souvenir" in the truest meaning of the term--free from the jarring discords of sectarianism, but overflowing with faith in good, hope in God, and charity to the race. Its literature is chaste and pure, and at the same time manly. The artists, too, have lent their aid to render the work an ornament to the "centre-table" of the most refined "domestic circles." In few words, without attempting to criticise the character of the original productions, collected from a noble band of the "good and the gifted," we can heartily commend it to our readers as one of the best works of its class which we have ever seen.

17.-The State of the Departed. By JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State of New York. Fourth edition. New York: Stanford & Swords. Speculations on the state of those who have "shuffled off this mortal coil," will doubtless occupy the minds of men so long as the world stands, or until spirits shall return to earth, and disclose to the inexperienced the precise nature of man's destiny in the future; and if they but serve to make us wiser and better, enlarging our benevolence, and purifying our hearts, no good man can certainly desire that their place in our minds should be obliterated. The late Bishop Hobart has embodied in this volume the opinions of the wise and good in past ages, and given us his own on the subject.

18.-The French Revolution: A History. By THOMAS CARLYLE. In 2 vols. Parts 78, 79 and 80 of Wiley & Putnam's Library of Choice Reading.

19-On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures: Reported, with Emendations and Additions. By THOMAS CARLYLE. Wiley & Putnam's Library, &c., No. 69. 20.-Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh. In three Books. Wiley & Putnam's Library of Choice Reading, No. 74.

We have neither room or capacity to speak of Carlyle and his works, according to their merits. His French Revolution is considered one of the most remarkable works of the age-as at once the poetry and philosophy of history. That on "Heroes and Hero Worship" has interested us the most. It is full of original and stirring thought, and more easily comprehended than "Sartor Resartus," a curious affair, which we confess our incapacity to take in; indeed we have never seen any one who fully comprehended it; and we have somewhere seen it suggested, that it was probably understood wholly by nobody but the author. The reading, we mean the thinking public, (Mr. Carlyle gives and demands thought) will be glad that Wiley & Putnam have entered into a liberal arrangement with Mr. Carlyle to republish all his works in the admirable style of their "Library of Choice Reading;" with the exception of the "Miscellanies" which have been published by Carey & Hart of Philadel phia. The editions of W. & P. have been, (we quote from Mr. Carlyle's "Imprimatur" affixed to each work,) "read over and revised into a correct state for Messrs. Wiley & Putnam of New York, who are hereby authorized, they and they only, so far as I can authorize them, to print and vend the same in the United States."

21-Goethe's Autobiography. Poetry and Truth from my Life, from the German of Goethe. By PARKE GODWIN. In two parts, forming Nos. 75 and 76 of Wiley & Putnam's " Library of Choice Reading."

This last great work of Goethe's is a literary treasure. Called upon in mature life by a friend to furnish the connecting links to his numerous works-to state the times when, and the circumstances under which, his different productions were brought forth, he finds the causes of his various writings so interwoven with incident, and so connected with the history of the times through which he had passed, that it had become necessary for him to unfold to us his whole life, and the successive development of new traits of character, and each new train of thought. Goethe's very name possesses a charm, and any work of his has great interest; but this more than all others. It gives us the Man, not by the hands of another who could neither know nor appreciate him, but he shows himself to us, and we thank him for it. Even the mere student of history will prize this work, and far more the student of character. The translation of the book is well done, and entirely supersedes one made in England a short time since.

22.-The Spirit of the Age; or Cotemporary Portraits. By WILLIAM HAZLITT. First American Edition. New York: Wiley & Putnam's "Library of Choice Reading."

Several similar works by other pens have been produced since the appearance of Hazlitt's "Spirit of the Age;" but none of equal power. Indeed, as an essayist or critic, the author deservedly enjoys an enduring reputation. The men whose characters are here portrayed, were cotemporary with the writer, and with most of them he was personally acquainted. The statesman, political economist, the essayist, the poet and the novelist of the last quarter of the eighteenth, and the first quarter of the nineteenth century, are exhibited in bold relief, by the hand of a master; and the critical analysis of them has afforded material for the lesser lights of literature ever since the first appearance of the series.

23.-Notes on the Northwest, or Valley of the Upper Mississippi, comprising the Country between Lakes Superior and Michigan, East; the Illinois and Missouri Rivers, and the Northern Boundary of the United States; including Iowa and Wisconsin, part of Michigan Northwest of the Straits of Mackinac, and Northern Illinois and Missouri. By WILLIAM J. Å. BRADFORD. New York and London: Wiley & Putnam.

The ground covered in the present work is briefly described in the title-page, which we have quoted above entire. The work is divided into five parts. The first and second relate to the physical geography and history; the third, to the population, political system, civil divisions, municipalities, and topography; the fourth, to society, laws, pursuits, life, habits, and health of the Northwest, and to the public lands; and the fifth, and last, to the aborigines and the monuments. There is, besides, a copious and valuable appendix, touching the mineral resources, monuments, plants, etc., of that region of country. The author was, we believe, some time Secretary of State in Illinois; and the materials for his work are drawn not only from the most authentic sources of information, but from his personal observation. It is an instructive volume for the library; and, at the same time, though not strictly a guide, yet more useful to the emigrant than a book of mere details can be; imparting to him those general ideas of the country which will be always of no less value than a knowledge of minute particulars in relation to certain places.

24.-The Actor; or, A Peep Behind the Curtain. Being Passages in the Lives of Booth, and some of his Cotemporaries. New York: W. H. Graham.

Those who take an interest in theatricals, will find this quite an amusing, if not instructive little volume. The scenes and characters are cleverly described; and it abounds in anecdotes, not only o the hero of the narrative, but of many of his cotemporaries.

25-Memoirs of American Governors. By JACOB BAILEY MOORE. Vol. II. 8vo., pp. 440. New York: Gates & Stedman.

A very handsome octavo volume, containing the Lives of the six Governors of the ancient pilgrim colony of New Plymouth, to wit:-John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas Prince, Josias Winslow, and Thomas Hinckley; and the Lives also of the Governors of Massachusetts Bay, from 1630 to the Revolution of 1689, viz.: John Winthrop, Thomas Dudley, John Haynes, Henry Vane, Richard Bellingham, John Endicott, John Leverett, Simon Bradstreet, Joseph Dudley, and Edmund Andros; embellished with Portraits of Edward Winslow, John Winthrop, John Endi. cott, and Sir Henry Vane. Mr. Moore is well known as one of the active founders of the New Hampshire Historical Society, and editor of several volumes of valuable historical collections; and the manner in which the present work is executed, shows that he is abundantly qualified for the task he has undertaken. The second volume, now in progress, will contain the lives of the Governors of the other New England Colonies, to be followed by those of Virginia, New York, etc., embellished with portraits.

26.-Memoirs of the Life of Joseph Addison. By Miss LUCY AIKIN. Complete in one volume. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart's "Library for the People," No. V.

The celebrity of Miss Aikin's other biographical works will secure for this first American reprint of the "Life of Addison," the latest of her publications, a well-merited popularity in this country. The errors into which Miss Aikin has fallen, have been pointed out by Mr. Macaulay, in the Edinburgh Review; and the American publishers, availing themselves of his suggestions, have, without an omission, made every correction which he indicated, either by silent alterations of the text or foot notes, for which Mr. Macaulay is credited. It is one of the most attractive specimens of biography in the language, and doubtless fully equal in value and interest to the author's former productions of a similar character.

27.-History of the Kings of France, containing the Principal Incidents in their Lives, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to Louis Philippe; with a Concise Biography of each. Illustrated by SeventyTwo Portraits of the Sovereigns of France. By THOMAS WYATT, A. M., author of "Natural History," Elements of Botany," Manual of Conchology," etc. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart. The author of this volume has compressed into about two hundred and fifty pages biographical notices of all the kings of France, from Pharamond, the first king, to Louis Philippe, the present. The inaterials have been drawn from the most authentic sources; and in order to give the work an importance, not only in the library, but to the cabinet of the numismatist and collector of medals, it is embellished with fac simile portraits of seventy-two sovereigns who filled the throne from the foundation of the monarchy to the present reign, engraved by Ormsby, from a series of medals lately issued in France. The sources upon which the authority of each of the medallic portraits is founded, are given in a table appended to the volume. It is a complete cyclopedia of the kings of France, and contains information on the subject to be obtained from no other single source. The volume is handsomely printed, and tastefully, but rather frailly bound, for a work of such permanent value. 28.-The New Timon. A Romance of London. First American, from the third London edition. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart.

Glancing at this romance in rhyme, we have been struck with several passages; and it appears to be a work of genius. The first literary authorities of London speak of it in terms of high commen dation. The Literary Gazette says, it "is a composition which displays both beauty and power." We quote below from the critic of Hood's Magazine:

"The New Timon will bear comparison with any one of the poetic tales of Byron; and we say advisedly, justice will not be done to this noble work of genius, if lasting fame be not granted to its author. Yes; The New Timon' will become a standard study beside Byron. The author has many of the first requisites of his art. His mind is elevated and pure; his diction terse, vigorous, and mellifluous. There is thought, ideality in his lines; and in addition, a quality which in these days will be a great recommendation, his narrative is full of interest. There is much, too, of satire, keen, caustic, and severe-witness that on O'Connell. In a word, we think The New Timon' a production which will have a wide and lasting reputation."

29.-Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest, with Anecdotes of their Courts. Now first published, from Official and other Authentic Documents, Private as well as Public. By AGNES STRICKLAND. Volume IX. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.

It is rather singular that the biography of Mary Beatrice of Modena has never before been written, though abounding in circumstances of touching interest. "There are epochs in her life, when she comes before us in her beauty, her misfortunes, her conjugal tenderness, and passionate maternity, like one of the distressed queens of tragedy or romance, struggling against the decrees of adverse destiny." The materials for the biography have been chiefly derived from the unpublished letters, journals, and documents of the period. It forms the ninth volume of Mrs. Strickland's "Queens of England."

30.-Thoughts and Counsels for the Impenitent. By Rev. J. M. OLMSTEAD. New York: R. Carter. The character and design of this work is briefly expressed in the title page. It forms one of Carter's series of the "Cabinet Library."

31-A Treatise on the Laws Relating to Factors and Brokers. By JOHN A. RUSSELL, B. A., of Gray's Inn, Barrister at Law. Philadelphia: J. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers.

There is scarcely any portion of commercial law of more importance to the legal practitioner, and the merchant in our maritime cities and towns, than that relating to the functions of that class of agents known as factors and brokers. The subject, in all its bearings, appears to be discussed in a thorough and systematic form. The nature of the employment of factors and brokers, the persons who are qualified to fill those offices, and the modes in which they may be appointed, are described. It treats also of their duties and powers, their rights and liabilities, and of the means by which the relationship subsisting between them and the principal may be dissolved. The author has traced clearly and succinctly the nature and consequences of this relationship, from its commencement to its close, with marked ability; fortifying his doctrines of the law with an array of the most unquestionable legal authorities. It will be as valuable, almost, to the intelligent merchant, as to his legal adviser. 32.-Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1623 to 1636. Now first collected from Original Records and Contemporaneous Manuscripts, and illustrated with Notes. By ALEXANDER YOUNG. Boston: C. C. Little and James Brown.

The author of the present valuable work has brought to its execution the same pains-taking research and scholarly diligence which were exhibited in his "Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth." It contains every authentic document relating to the planting of the colony of Massachusetts, within the time specified, with the exception of Winthrop's history; and its margin is illustrated with valuable explanatory notes. Mr. Young is imbued with a profound veneration for the principles of the original founders of New England; and his labors have been devoted, in the present and the previous volume, to the exhibition of those interesting local circumstances which have borne upon their history. It is appropriately dedicated to the Hon. Lemuel Shaw, the eminent Chief Justice of the State of Massachusetts, and is published in an elegant and appropriate form. 33.-God in the Storm: A Narrative, by the Rev. L. P. W. Balch; an Address, by the Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D.; and a Sermon, by the Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D.; prepared on board the Great Western, after the Storm she encountered on her Recent Voyage. New York: Robert Carter. The nature and design of this little volume is apparent from its title. The occasion gave rise to its contents, which were all written on board the vessel, for the purpose referred to in each; and, although given without modification, or adaptation to the rules of refined taste, or of caustic criticism, there are passages in it of deep and thrilling interest.

34.-Outlines of Botany, for the Use of Schools and Private Learners. By C. LIST. Prepared on the Basis of the Sixth London Edition of the Treatise published under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., and Carey & Hart.

This work is designed to make the study of botany easy and interesting to the pupils of the common schools; and, in the clear and pleasing manner in which it presents the whole subject, is well adapt. ed to answer the design; and the beauty of its print, binding, and copious illustrations, appropriately represents the department of nature to which it is devoted.

35.-Life of Roger Williams, Founder of the State of Rhode Island. By WILLIAM GAMMELL, A. M., Professor of Khetoric in Brown University. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln.

Mr. Gammell, availing himself of original authorities, and the memoir of the late Mr. Knowles, (a work of great fulness and accuracy of information respecting not only the immediate subject to which it relates, but the general affairs of New England in that early age,) has confined himself to the task of illustrating the personal character of that eminent "apostle of religious liberty." It is, on the whole, a comprehensive and beautiful memoir, and furnishes us with the means of estimating aright the services he rendered to his own and subsequent times.

36.-Recantation; or, The Confessions of a Convert to Romanism. A Tale of Domestic and Religious Life in Italy. Edited by the Rev. WILLIAM INGRAHAM Kipp, M. A., author of “The Christmas Holydays in Rome." New York: Stanford & Swords.

This volume is the production of a lady, reprinted from one published in London during the last year. Mr. Kipp, the American editor, who has gained some celebrity by several recent works of a literary and religious character, and who passed some time in Italy, bears unhesitating testimony to the author's description of places. Almost every page arrayed before him some scene associated with the pleasant hours he spent in classic Italy. The whole aim of the work he pronounces truthful; and, as such, commends it to his young countrywomen. It strips of the romance which, to a casual traveller, surrounds Italian life, and reveals it as it really is-divested of every domestic feeling, heartless, and demoralizing.

37.-Annals of the Poor; containing "The Dairyman's Daughter," "The Young Cottager, “The Negro Servant," etc. By LEIGH RICHMOND, A. M. A New Edition, enlarged, with an Introductory Sketch of the Author. By JOHN AYRE, A. M. New York: Robert Carter.

These simple narratives are as familiar to most of our readers as household words; and the publishers have acted wisely in adding them to their "Cabinet Library" of moral and religious works.