The Rock of Ages; or Scripture Testimony to the One Eternal Godhead of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. By Edward Henry Bickersteth, M. A., Incumbent of Christ's Church, Hampstead. With an Introduction by the Rev. F. D. Huntington, D. D., late Preacher to the University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard College, Rector of Emmanuel Church, Boston. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1860. 12mo. pp. 214.
Euripides ex Recensione Frederici A. Paley. Accessit Verborum et Nominum Index. Vol. I. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1860. 16mo. pp. 304.
Studies in Animal Life. By George Henry Lewes. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1860. 12mo. pp. 146.
The Physiology of Common Life. By George Henry Lewes. Vol. II. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1860. 12mo. pp. 410.
Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families. By Worthington Hooker, M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Yale College. Illustrated by nearly 300 Engravings. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1860. 12mo. pp. 382.
The Avoidable Causes of Disease, Insanity, and Deformity. By John Ellis, M. D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Western Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio. A Book for the People as well as for the Profession. - Marriage and its Violations. New York: Mason Brothers. 1860. 12mo. pp. 348, 48.
A Man. By R. J. D. Bell. Philadelphia: James Challen and Son. 1860. 12mo. pp. 462.
The History of Herodotus. A new English Version, edited with copious Notes and Appendices, illustrating the History and Geography of Herodotus, from the most recent Sources of Information; and embodying the chief Results, Historical and Ethnographical, which have been obtained in the Progress of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphical Discovery. By George Rawlinson, M. A., late Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford, assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K. C. B., and Sir J. G. Wilkinson, F. R. S. Vol. IV. With Maps and Illustrations. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1860. 8vo. pp.
The Lost Principle; or the Sectional Equilibrium: How it was created — how destroyed - how it may be restored. By "Barbarossa." Richmond: James Woodhouse & Co. 1860. 8vo. pp. 266.
Poems of George P. Morris: with a Memoir of the Author. New York: Charles Scribner. 1860. (Blue and Gold.) 16mo. pp. 366.
The Clevelands: showing the Influence of a Christian Family in a new Settlement. By Mrs. E. M. Sheldon. Boston. 1860. 12mo. pp. 87.
Agassiz, Louis, his Essay on the Origin of Species, reviewed, 528. Alexander, James W., his Forty Years' Familiar Letters, noticed, 287. Alexander, Joseph A., his Sermons, noticed,
Babington, B. G., his translation of Heck- er's work on the Epidemics of the Mid- dle Ages, reviewed, 438.
Babson, John J., his History of the Town of Gloucester, noticed, 565.
Bacon, Francis, new edition of his Works, noticed, 575.
Bancroft, George, his History of the United States, noticed, 567.
Bateman, Josiah, his Life of Daniel Wilson, noticed, 283.
Beck, Theodoric R. and John B., their Ele- ments of Medical Jurisprudence, noticed,
Bell, John, his Report upon the Importance and Economy of Sanitary Measures to Cities, reviewed, 438.
Blodget, Lorin, his Climatology of the United States, reviewed, 327. Boston, Charities of, article on, 149-im- portance of collecting the statistics of charitable institutions, ib. charity con- sidered as an agent and producer of good, 150 the school-tax, a contribution by the richer classes for the good of all, 151
other municipal expenditures for char- itable purposes, 152-parochial charities, 153-donations for religious objects in Boston in the last fifteen years, 154 - for charitable objects, 155 - for purposes of education, 156 -for monuments, 157 - for miscellaneous purposes, ib. -- need of condensing our charitable efforts, 158. and of uniting different societies, 159- other practical suggestions, 160 - relative proportion of these charities to the whole taxable property of the city, 161-need of larger contributions for the support of our higher educational institutions, 163
Clark, Henry G., his Draft of a Sanitary Code for Cities, reviewed, 438.
Clark, R. W., his African Slave-Trade, no- ticed, 282.
Clarke, James F., his Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, reviewed, 119 - his just appreciation of her character, 121-his translation of Hase's Life of Jesus, re- viewed, 130-excellence of the version, 146.
Climatology, article on, 327-invention of the mercurial themometer, 328-How- ard's work on the Climatology of London, 329-state of the science in England in the last generation, ib. - Humboldt's Es- say on the Distribution of Heat, 330- meteorological observations commenced under the auspices of the government of the United States, ib.-publication of Dr. Forry's work on the Climate of the United States, 331 increased interest in the science in the United States, 332 -importance of Mr. Blodget's work on Climatology of the United States, 333 - value of the scientific results of the dif- ferent explorations directed by the gov- ernment of the United States, 334-ver- tical topography of the United States, 335effect of altitude and proxim- ity to the sea on temperature, 336 interest of this topic, 337-comparison
of the temperate climates of the United States and of Europe, 338-principles on which isothermal charts are con- structed, 340-comparison of the tem- perature of different places in the United States as affected by altitude, 342-mod- ifying effect of winds on climate, 344- sources of rain, 345 -cause of the great change of temperature usually attendant on severe thunder-showers, 347 -cause of heavy local rains, 348 - modifications of temperature by change of latitude, 349-comparison of the temperature at different latitudes, 350- criticisms on Mr. Blodget's work, 351-improvements desirable in making meteorological ob- servations, 352.
Collins, Percy McDonough, his Voyage down the Amoor, noticed, 279. Cooke, Josiah P., Jr., his Elements of Chem- ical Physics, noticed, 267.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, his Novels, noticed,278. Coues, Samuel E., his Studies of the Earth, noticed, 572.
Coultas, Harland, his What may be learned from a Tree, noticed, 573.
Cummins, Maria S., her El Fureidis, no- ticed, 263.
Custis, George W. P., his Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, noticed, 265.
Dillaway, C. K.. his History of the Gram- mar-School, Roxbury, noticed, 282. Downing, A. J., his Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, reviewed, 12 merits of the work,
English Language in America, the, article on, 507-circumstances tending to pro- duce divergence between the ordinary speech of England and of this country, 508 - circumstances favorable to uni- formity of language, 509-influence of King James's version of the Bible, 510 comparative divergence of language at different periods, 511 what constitutes an Americanism, 512- conventional character of the English language, 515 failure of the attempts to produce regu- larity and consistency in the language, 516-difference between the conversa- tional language of England and that of America, 517-difference in the general standards of appeal in questions of lan- guage, 519-differences in the use and collocation of words, 521 et seq.- greater readiness in this country to admit foreign words, 523 divergence of pronuncia- tion, 524-abuse of the aspirate in Eng-
land, 526-general result of the com- parison, 528.
Evans, Marian, her translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus, reviewed, 130.
Everett, Edward, his Mount Vernon Papers, noticed, 289-his Life of George Wash- ington, noticed, 580.
Field, Frederick, his edition of the Septua- gint, reviewed, 1-its plan and execu- tion, 10.
Fleming, William, his Vocabulary of Phi- losophy, noticed, 582.
Flint, Charles L., his Grasses and Forage Plants, noticed, 277- his Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, noticed, ib. Foscolo, Ugo, article on, 213- publication of a complete edition of his Works, 214
his mother's birthplace, 215-his own birth, 216 his education, 217 - his teacher, 218-the first fruit of his studies, 219-production of his drama, entitled Tieste, 220 his residence in Milan, his early love, 222 publica- tion of the Ultime Lettere & Jacopo Ortis, 223 character of the work, 224 - his military career, 226 — his sec- ond residence at Milan, 227 — he trans- lates De Coma Berenices, 228 - he writes under the assumed name of Didimo Chi- erico, and translates the Sentimental Journey, 229 compared with Sterne, - his attachment for an English lady, 231 he translates Montecuccoli's trea- tise on the Art of War, 232 - his resi- dence at Brescia, 233- he writes I Se- polcri, 234-character of the poem, 235- he translates a portion of the Iliad, 236- he is appointed Professor of Eloquence in the University of Pavia, ib. - his Inau- gural Address, 237- his professorship is suppressed, 238 - his Hymn to the Graces, 239-his tragedy of Ricciarda, 240- his career after the fall of Napo- leon, 241- he goes to England, 242- position there, 243- insular antipathy to him, ib. calumnious stories in regard to him, 244- his literary labors there, 245 his private life, 246 his social life as described by Mr. Everett, 247 - his frequent changes of residence, 248- his death, 249-biographical value of his letters, 250 his literary friends, ib. - essays written by him in England, 251, note his personal appearance, 252— impression which he made upon different individuals, 253- parallel between Fos- colo and Byron, 254 his independence and moral courage, 255 - versatility of his style, ib.-relation between English and Italian literature, 256- popularity of his Works with Italians of both sexes, 258. Frieze. Henry S., his edition of Virgil's Eneid, noticed, 570.
Gannett, Ezra S., his Memorial of the Fed- eral Street Meeting-house, noticed, 270. Gardening, Landscape, article on, 12-
failure of Americans to appreciate the usefulness and beauty of evergreens as a feature in ornamental grounds, 15 prejudices against them, 16. - arguments in favor of planting them about a coun- try residence, 17-varieties which are best suited to general planting, 18- the acclimatization in cold regions of trees brought from the South, 19-best plan in planting them, 21 faults to be avoid- ed in laying out ornamental grounds, 22 necessity of a definite plan, 23 - dig- nity of the landscape-artist, 24- prepara- tion of the grounds for planting, 25 the laying out of carriage-roads and paths, ib. -the planting of trees, 26-precautions to be observed, 28 the proper distribu- tion of different kinds of trees, 29-ar- rangement of the walks, 30-and of gar- den scenes, ib. the use of shrubs, 32- the management of lawns, 33 their preparation, 34- the position of flower- gardens, 35-happiness to be derived from rural pursuits, 36- their attrac- tiveness to men of business, 37-in- creasing interest in these pursuits, 38 closing exhortation to the brotherhood of planters, 39.
Gilman, C. R., his edition of Becks' Ele- ments of Medical Jurisprudence, noticed,
Hackett, Horatio B., his Illustrations of Scripture, reviewed, 130 its worth, 148- his Notes on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul to Philemon, noticed, 569. Hadley, James, his Greek Grammar, no- ticed, 570.
Hall, John, his Correspondence with James W. Alexander, noticed, 287. Halsey, Leroy J., his Sketch of the Life and Educational Labors of Philip Lindsley, noticed, 260.
Hanna, William, his Wycliffe and the Hu- guenots, noticed, 262.
Hase, Carl, his Life of Jesus, reviewed, 130 characterized, 145.
Hawks, Francis L., his History of North Carolina, reviewed, 40-importance of the materials collected by him, ib. - -ear- liest settlements in the colony, 41 -mur- der of John Lawson, the Surveyor Gen- eral, 42 his account of the country, commended, 43 Brickell's work on the Natural History of North Carolina, characterized, ib.-imperfections of Wil- liamson's History, 44-and of Judge Martin's History, 45-other works relat-
ing to North Carolina, noticed, 46- Wheeler's Historical Sketches, criticised, 47 character and contents of Dr. Hawks's work, 48-abortive attempts to establish settlements on the eastern shores of North America, 49- the set- tlements at Plymouth and Jamestown, 50 - want of interest in the settlement at Albemarle, 51-expeditions sent to North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh, 52-loss of White's colony, 53 — char- acter of the first colonists, 54-sincerity of their religious convictions, 55 — emi- nent men among them, 56- Sir Walter Raleigh's connection with the enterprise, 57-plan of Dr. Hawks's second vol- ume, 59 peculiarities of the Proprie- tary government, 61-Locke's Funda- mental Constitution, 63-ignorance of the Lords Proprietors in regard to mat- ters affecting the prosperity of the col- ony, 64-differences between these col- onists and the people of New England arising from the peculiarities in the sys- tem by which Carolina was governed, 65 -character of the settlers under the Proprietary government, 66- strictures on the portions of Dr. Hawks's work re- lating to natural history, 68-other faults in his book, 70-interest of the later history of North Carolina, 71. Hecker, J. F. C., his work on the Épidemics of the Middle Ages, reviewed, 438. Holcombe, William H., his Poems, noticed,
Homer and his Heroines, article on, 301- relation of his poems to the history of Greece, 302-importance of the Greeks in the development of modern society, 303-position assigned to women in the Homeric poems, 305-manner in which the women of Homer are regarded by his men, 306 - manner in which the fe- male characters are grouped, 307- sketch of Eurycleia, ib. and of Penel- ope, 308-her passive courage, 309 her prudence, 310- the wife and daugh- ter of Alcinoüs, 311 vigor and inde- pendence of mind of Arete, ib. - char- acter of Nausicaa, 312- her pride, 313 - Hecuba, 314 — her exhibitions of feel- ing, 315- compared with Amata, 316- the contrast between Helen and An- dromache, ib. Helen's first appearance as an actor, 317-her connection with Paris, 318- how regarded by the other characters, 319-her want of firmness, 320 her knowledge and intellectual power, ib, difficulty of her position in Troy, 321 - her character as delineated by Virgil, 322- Andromache, 323 — her devotion to her husband, 325 - her af- flictions contrasted with those of Penel- ope, 326.
Hood, Thomas, Memorials of, noticed, 563.
Innes, Cosmo, his Scotland in the Middle Ages, noticed, 288.
need of an extensive knowledge of the affairs of France at the present time for its thorough comprehension, 193-ten- dency in France to exalt society at the expense of the individual, 194 - Ev- erard compared with Châteaubriand's René, 195 character of the hero,
- present condition of France, 197. Laya, Léon, his Duc Job, reviewed, 208 - character of the play, 209-1 -the hero- ine a type of the unmarried Frenchwo- man of the day, 210. Leslie, Charles R., his Autobiographical Recollections, noticed, 562.
Lindsley, Philip, his Works, noticed, 260. Lossing, Benson, J., his edition of Custis's Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, noticed, 265.
Lowell, R. T. S., his Faint Hearts that failed Three Thousand Years ago, noticed, 272.
Mc Cormac, Henry, his Aspirations from the Inner Life, noticed, 284.
Macaulay, Lord, his Miscellaneous Writ- ings, noticed, 559.
Mahan, Milo, his Church History of the First Three Centuries, noticed, 568. Marsh, George P., his Lectures on the Eng- lish Language, reviewed, 507. Massachusetts Historical Society, Proceed- ings of, noticed, 267.
Massey, William, his History of England, noticed, 578.
Morison, John H., his Disquisitions and Notes on the Gospels, reviewed, 130 merits of the work, 147.
Nichols, I., Remembered Words of, noticed, 284.
Norton, Charles E., his Notes of Travel and Study in Italy, noticed, 263.
Olmsted, Frederick L., his Journey in the Back Country, noticed, 571. Origin of Species, The, article on, 528- modesty of Mr. Darwin's style in his work on this subject, 529- his language criti- cised, 530-rarity of hybridism in na- ture, ib. Mr. Darwin's assumption that the stronger animal of a race sur- vives the weaker in the struggle for ex- istence, 531- slowness of geological changes, 532 -want of evidence that one animal has ever been converted into another, 533-the diversity of animals an objection to this theory, 534- Mr. Darwin's failure to account for the ori- gin of man, 536-inability of his theory to account for the essential differences in the structure of animals, 537 - want of a sufficient number of established facts to render the theory tenable, 358. Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, article on, 119 misapprehensions respecting her, 120 her early education, ib. - the charge of arrogance sometimes brought against her, examined, 122-and of a want of a re- ligious character, 123- her truthfulness, 124-her faith, 125-her Woman in the Nineteenth Century, commended, 126- her Summer on the Lakes, 127 — her papers on Art, Literature, and the Drama, ib. her Life within and Life without, 128-her Poems, ib.-excel- lence of the new edition of her Writings, 129.
Overstone, Lord, his Tracts and other Pub- lications on Metallic and Paper Currency, reviewed, 166.
Palfrey, John G., his History of New Eng- land, Vol. II., reviewed, 421 its merits, ib.his sketch of New England life at the epoch of the cofederation of the four Colonies, 422-cited as to the misrep- resentations of the early legislation of New Haven, 423- connection of the In- dependents of New England with those of the mother country, 424 — treatment of Gorton and his associates, 426 - re- lations of the colonists with the aborigi- nees, 427 -manner in which the latter were regarded by the founders of New England, 428- Mede's letter to Dr. Twiss cited in illustration of this subject, 429 missionary efforts of John Eliot, 431 character of Governor Winthrop, 432 instinct of self-government shown in the early history of Massachusetts, 434- complaints made to Charles II. by the Quakers, 436- - embarrassment oc-
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