Insanity and Insane Asylums. By Edward Jarvis, M. D. Louisville, Ky.: Prentice & Weissinger. 8vo. pp. 40.

Syllabus to Lectures on Chemistry. By Charles Upham Shepard, M. Ď., Professor of Chemistry in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, and Lecturer on Natural History in Yale College. Charleston S. C.: S. Babcock & Co. 8vo. pp. 204.

MUSIC.

Parlour Melodies, comprising Music, Original and Selected, for the Pianoforte and Organ, with several Tunes for the Harp and Guitar. Adapted to a series of Original Songs, Moral and Religious. Arranged and edited by Mrs. M. B. Lloyd, and Miss M. E. Bailey. New York: Harper & Brothers. 4to. pp. 112.

Vocal Exercises and Solfeggios, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte. Adapted to the Wants of Private Pupils, or Classes in Vocal Music. Selected from Italian, French, and German Composers, by Lowell Mason. Boston: J. K. Wilkins & R. B. Carter. 8vo. pp. 56.

The Amateur's Musical Library; a Collection of Pianoforte Music, and Songs; embracing the most Popular Airs from the latest Operas, consisting of Cavatinas, Waltzes, Marches, Quicksteps, Cotillions, and many New Pieces by the Editor; as well as a large Number of Songs, Duetts, Trios, Quartettes, &c. The whole selected from the most distinguished European Authors; including also Numerous Original Compositions by Celebrated Authors in the United States. Edited by Charles Jarvis, Professor of the Pianoforte, and Organist and Leader of the Choir at the Church of the Epiphany. Philadelphia: Godey & McMichael. 8vo. pp. 200.

The Northern Harp; consisting of Original Sacred and Moral Songs, adapted to the most Popular Melodies, for the Pianoforte and Guitar. By Mrs. Mary S. B. Dana, Author of "The Southern Harp," &c. New York: Dayton & Saxton. 4to. pp. 100.

NEW PERIODICAL.

Wiley and Putnam's Literary News-Letter, and Monthly Register of New Books, Foreign and American. Published on the First of every Month, at 161 Broadway, New York. 8vo. pp. 8. Nos. 1, 2, 3.

NOVELS, TALES, AND ROMANCES.

Virginia; or the Lost and Found. A Tale. By the Author of "Constance, or the Merchant's Daughter." New York: Dayton & Saxton. 24mo. pp. 180.

ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

Christian Missions; an Introductory Lecture, delivered before the Boston Young Men's Society for diffusing Missionary Knowledge, December 29th, 1841. By Benjamin Franklin Butler. Boston; T. R. Marvin. 8vo. pp. 24.

The Obstacles and the Encouragements to Missionary Effort, in

the Ancient and Modern Church. A Lecture delivered before the Boston Young Men's Society for diffusing Missionary_Knowledge. By Samuel W. Fisher, West Bloomfield, New Jersey. Published by Request. Boston: Tappan & Dennet. 8vo. pp. 43.

A Lecture on the Life of Dr. Franklin, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, A. M., as delivered by him at the Liverpool Royal Amphitheatre, on Wednesday Evening, 17th November, 1841; with the Addition of a Prefatory Notice to the Reader, by John B. Murray, Esq., of New York. New York: Henderson Greene. 8vo. PP. 47.

The Duty and Rewards of Original Thinking: an Address delivered before the Adelphia Society of the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution, on Thursday Evening, December 23, 1841. By George W. Eaton, Professor of Civil and Ecclesiastical History. Hamilton: J. & D. Atwood. 8vo. pp. 24.

Introductory Lecture to the Course of Chemistry, delivered by Professor Draper. Session of 1841-42 [of the Medical Department of the University of New York]. New York: Hopkins & Jennings. 8vo. pp. 15.

The Concluding Lecture on the Theory and Phenomena of Heat, being Part of the Course of Chemistry, delivered by Professor Draper, Session 1841-2. New York: J. W. Bell. 8vo. pp. 16.

The Past of Life: an Address delivered before the Washington and Franklin Literary Societies of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, at the Annual Commencement, September 22, 1841. By John N. McJilton. Baltimore: John Murphy. 8vo. pp. 35.

Monstrat Viam; an Address delivered before the Independent Company of Cadets, on their Centennial Anniversary, October 19, 1841, at the Church in Brattle Square. By Rev. Samuel K. Lathrop, Chaplain of the Corps. Boston: John H. Eastburn. 8vo. pp. 59.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Ahasuerus; a Poem. By a Virginian. New York: Harper & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 46.

Gems from American Female Poets, with Brief Biographical Notices, by Rufus W. Griswold. Philadelphia: H. Hooker. 32mo. pp. 160.

Ideals and other Poems. By Algernon. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins. 12mo. pp. 102.

Ballads and other Poems. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author of "Voices of the Night," "Hyperion," &c. Cambridge: John Owen. 16mo. pp. 132.

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The Christmas Bells; a Tale of Holy Tide; and other Poems. By the Author of "Constance," 'Virginia," &c. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 221.

Poems and Lyrics, by Wm. B. Tappan. A New Collection. Boston: Crocker & Ruggles. 12mo. pp. 264.

Wakondah, the Master of Life: a Poem. New York: George L. Curry & Co. 8vo. pp. 24.

THEOLOGY AND SERMONS.

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gion. By Henry Ware, D. D., late Hollis Professor of Divinity in Harvard College. Cambridge: John Owen. In Two Volumes. 12mo. pp. 322 and 311.

Words in a Sunday School. Boston: Benjamin H. Greene. 12mo. pp. 194.

An Outline of the Argument against the Validity of Lay-Baptism. By Rev. John D. Ogilby, A. M., (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery,) Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 204.

Wreaths and Branches for the Church. By a Young Lady. Boston: James B. Dow. 12mo. pp. 232.

The Divine Life; being Suggestions to those who are about commencing a Religious Life. By Rev. William Law. With a Prefatory Notice by the American Editor. Boston: Joseph Dowe. 12mo. pp. 240.

Christ Crucified. A Sermon, preached at the Installation of Rev. John Wheelock Allen, as pastor of the Evangelical Trinitarian Church in Wayland, December 29, 1841. By Rev. William Allen, D. D. Published by Request of the Church and Society. Boston: Tappan & Dennet. 8vo. pp. 30.

The Great Awakening. A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefield. By Joseph Tracy. Boston: Tappan & Dennet. 12mo. pp. 433.

The True Messiah; or the Old and New Testaments, Examined according to the Principles of the Language of Nature. By G. Oegger, former First Vicar of the Cathedral of Paris. Boston: E. P. Peabody. 8vo. pp. 27.

The Position and Peculiarities of Baptists, defined and Illustrated. By Sewall S. Cutting, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Southbridge, Mass. Boston: Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 48.

The Church. A Discourse delivered at the Dedication of the New Church of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., December 29, 1841. By Barzillai Frost, Pastor of the Society. Published by Request. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 8vo. pp. 31.

Christ and him Crucified. Two Sermons, preached in the Bullfinch Street Church, on Sunday, November 29, 1841; being the Close of the Second Year of the Ministry of the Pastor. By Frederick T. Gray. With an Appendix. Boston: James Munroe & Company. 8vo. pp. 56.

Discourses on Human Life. By Orville Dewey, Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, in New York. New York: David Felt & Co. 12mo. pp. 299.

A Course of Lectures on the Doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church, as Revealed in the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg; delivered in the City of New York during the Winter of 1840-41. By B. F. Barrett, Pastor of the First Society of the New Jerusalem Church in New York. New York: Samuel Colman. 12mo. pp. 443.

The Object of the Ministry. A Sermon preached at the Installation of Rev. Samuel Osgood, as pastor of the Westminster Congregational Church, in Providence, December 29, 1841. By Ephraim Peabody. Providence: B. Cranston.

A Discourse delivered on the Occasion of the Death of John Vaughan, in the First Congregational Unitarian Church, Sunday, January 16, 1842. By William H. Furness, Pastor of the Church. With the Services at the Funeral. Philadelphia: J. Crissy. 8vo. pp. 32.

The End of the World not Yet. A Discourse, delivered in the North Church, Newburyport, on the Last Evening of the Year 1841. By L. F. Dimmick, Pastor of the Church. Newburyport: Charles Whipple. 12mo. pp. 48.

The Religion of Politics. A Sermon delivered before his Excellency John Davis, Governor, his Honor George Hull, LieutenantGovernor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, January 5, 1842. By Ezra S. Gannett, Junior Pastor of the Federal St. Church in Boston. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo. pp. 46.

Letters to Rev. B. Stow, R. H. Neale, and R. W. Cushman, on Modern Revivals. By Otis A. Skinner. Boston: Abel Tompkins. 12mo. pp. 144.

The Chapel Hymn Book. 4th Edition, with Additional Hymns. Boston: S. G. Simpkins. 16mo. pp. 288.

Think Soberly; a Sermon on Temperance, delivered in the Unitarian Church, Newport, Rhode Island, Sunday Evening, Feb. 6, 1842. By Charles T. Brooks, Pastor. Newport: James Atkinson. 8vo. pp. 18.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

The Amazonian Republic, recently discovered in the Interior of Peru. By Ex-Midshipman Timothy Savage, B. C., Member of the Philosophical Society of Williamsburgh, and of the Antiquarian Academy of Staten Island. New York: Samuel Colman. 12mo. pp. 177.

Travels in Europe and the East, embracing Observations made during a Tour through Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland, Lombardy, Tuscany, the Papal States, the Neapolitan Dominions, Malta, the Islands of the Archipelago, Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, Turkey, Moldavia, Wallachia, and Hungary, in the years 1834, 35, 36, 37, '38, '39, '40, '41. By Valentine Mott, M. D., President of the Medical Faculty of the University of New York, and Professor of Surgery, &c., &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 8vo. pp. 452.

Presidents, from Washington to Tyler. Boston: E. Leland & W. J. Whiting. 12mo. pp. 552.

JUVENILE BOOKS.

Liberty Tree; with the Last Words of Grandfather's Chair. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of "Twice-Told Tales." Boston: Tappan & Dennet. 12mo. pp. 156.

Grace and Clara, or Be Just as well as Generous. By Aunt Kitty, Author of "Blind Alice," "Jessie Graham," and "Florence Arnott." New York: Dayton & Saxton. 12mo. pp. 104.

Jonas on a Farm in Winter. By the Author of the Rollo Books. Boston: W. D. Ticknor. 12mo. pp. 180.

Jonas on a Farm in Summer. By the Author of the Rollo Books. Boston: W. D. Ticknor. 12mo. pp. 178.

Cousin Lucy at Study. By the Author of the Rollo Books. Boston: B. B. Mussey. 12mo. pp. 180.

Cousin Lucy at Play. By the Author of the Rollo Books. Boston: B. B. Mussey. 12mo. pp. 180.

Tales of Shipwrecks and other Disasters at Sea. By Thomas Bingley, Author of " Stories about Dogs," etc. Embellished with Engravings. Boston: Tappan & Dennet. 12mo. pp. 224. The Sunday-School Present; A Portfolio of an Ex-Superintendent. 12mo. pp. 140.

Collection of Stories, from the
Boston: William Crosby & Co.

Saint Nicholas's Book for all Good Boys and Girls. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co. 12mo. pp. 208.

The Rollo Philosophy. Part I. Water. Part II. Air. By the Author of the Rollo Books. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson. 12mo. pp. 192 and 192.

Wealth and Worth; or Which Makes the Mau? New York: Harper & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 204.

Willy the Wanderer. By the Author of "Young Rover," "Alnomuc, or the Golden Rule." Boston: James B. Dow. 12mo. pp. 144. The Juvenile Naturalist; or Walks in the Country. By the Rev. B. H. Draper. Autumn and Winter. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 232.

The Discontented Robins, and other Stories, for the Young; by the late Miss Mary Anna Fox; to which is added, The Canary Bird; translated from the German of Schmidt. Boston: Saxton & Peirce. 12mo. pp. 155.

Fresh Flowers for my Children. By a Mother. Boston: Samuel G. Simpkins. 16mo. pp. 140.

LAW.

Points in the Law of Discovery. By James Wigram, Esq., One of her Majesty's Counsel. With Notes and References to American Cases, by a Member of the Boston Bar. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown. 8vo. pp. 384.

Commentaries on the Law of Partnership, as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, with Occasional Illustrations from Civil and Foreign Law. By Joseph Story, LL. D., one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Dane Professor