tion of the Waverley Poetry is for the first time made complete; and we know of no single volume in our literature which furnishes a greater variety of poetic beauty.

Lavengro: The Scholar-the Gipsy-the Priest. By GEORGE Borrow, author of "The Bible in Spain," and "The Gipsies of Spain." NewYork: G. P. Putnam.

Those readers who became acquainted with Mr. Borrow's singular genius in his former works, will be glad to meet him again in Lavengro, and will also thank Mr. Putnam for the handsome manner in which the work is prepared for the public. It is now several weeks since it came from the press, and in that time it has been widely read; and though various opinions are entertained of its merits, it is universally conceded to be a work of great interest and power. Whether it be in reality an autobiography, as many imagine it to be, or a passing dream of sober study and wild adventure, as the author would have us believe, few will open its pages without soon yielding themselves to the spell which they weave around the reader.

Salander and the Dragon: A Romance of the Hartz Prison. By FREDERIC WILLIAM SHELTON. New-York: Samuel Hueston. 24mo, pp. 184. "The detestable habit of detraction" has in this little volume a most striking exposure, and if the volume fails to work in some minds a cure for that deadly evil, it will not be the fault of the author. Under the guise of an allegory, the book teaches what a monstrous and hateful thing slander is, even when shut up in the heart, and then what mischief it works when it takes wings and goes abroad over the world. We have rarely read a book of the kind with equal interest, and we commend it to all who either harbor slanders or let them go, as a volume for their special edification and profit. There are some characters in it which, for the honor of human nature, it were to be wished existed upon its pages only.

The Baptist Psalmody: A Selection of Hymns for the Worship of God. By BASIL MANLY, D.D., and B. MANLY, Jr. New-York: Edward H. Fletcher.

Another hymn-book! The preparation of this hymn-book was undertaken at the request of the Southern Baptist Publication Society, under whose auspices it appears. We have examined it with unusual interest, and with a good deal of satisfaction. There are too many hymns in it, we think;-a few not worthy of the place they occupy; but, generally, the selection is made with good judgment. The hymns belong rather to the ancient and impressive, than to the modern and pretty; and we are not surprised to hear that the book finds extensive favor even at this early day.

Crumbs from the Land o' Cakes. By "JOHN KNOX." Boston: Gould & Lincoln.

A delightful little volume-modest, and yet spirited-relating to storied scenes and famous characters in Scotland. It is published by Messrs. Gould & Lincoln in Boston, but if report speaks truly, it is from the pen of one of the members of an enterprising publishing house in New-York, who has lately visited the land of his nativity, and has here graphically sketched the scenes and incidents which made the deepest impression upon his mind. It is both instructive and interesting, and bears the marks of much pleas

ant reading, and of sprightly and intelligent observation of the peculiari. ties of the land he went to visit.

Notices of the Life of Theodosia Ann Barker Dean, wife of Rev. William Dean, Missionary to China. By PHARCELLUS CHURCH. Boston: Wm. Heath. 12mo, pp. 288.

We are inclined to think that the stranger is admitted in this volume too far within the sacred privacies of domestic life; but certainly the character of the lady here portrayed is one of unusual symmetry and loveliness, and can hardly be contemplated without profit.

The Works of Horace, with English Notes. For the use of Schools and Colleges. By J. L. LINCOLN, Professor of the Latin Language and Literature in Brown University. New-York: D. Appleton & Co. We have received, just as we go to press, a copy of this beautiful edition of the most delightful writer of the classic age. It seems to us well nigh to realize our best ideal of what an edition of Horace ought to be, as designed for the youthful scholars of the country. The text of all the writings of the Venusian Bard is here spread out on a clear, broad page, in which many a glorious line seems to gain new significance. The large body of notes at the end, and the genial sketch of the author's life at the beginning, are rich in instruction, and, what is not less important, they are gracefully suggestive of many a beautiful thought and pleasant sentiment, which the student of Horace will always fondly associate with the exquisite pictures of his glowing verse. The work, we are confident, will secure the warmest approbation of all classical scholars, and we hope will be earnestly studied by multitudes of the youth who are assembled in the schools and colleges of the land.

Ecclesiastical Manual, or Scriptural Church Government Stated and Defended. By LUTHER LEE. New-York: Wesleyan Methodist Book-Room. 12mo, pp. 264.

This volume is a fruit of the reaction towards Congregationalism, which in many minds has resulted from the high claims of Methodist Episcopacy. It has but just fallen into our hands, and we have had time only to glance at its pages. We are glad to infer from such brief examination that the writer is aware of the dangers of no-churchism as well as of highchurchism, and to believe that his protests against running to extremes in that direction will be salutary in the spheres in which his book will be read.

Responses from the Sacred Oracles; or the Past in the Present. By RICHARD W. DICKINSON, D.D. New-York: Robert Carter & Brothers.

This is a collection of moral portraitures from the Sacred Oracles. Many of them are drawn with spirit and effect, and all of them are designed to illustrate from the records of the Past types of character which belong to the Present. The author teaches us to find in the personages of ancient days emblems and representatives of ourselves; and from the responses of revelation concerning them, he would have us learn our own destiny and duties both to man and to God.

Mr. G. P. PUTNAM has published (12mo, pp. 456) a revised and beautiful edition of Mr. Theodore Irving's Conquest of Florida, by Hernando de Soto. Mr. Irving's work is a standard one on the subject to which it re

lates; and that subject, invested with the highest charms of heroism and adventure, can never fail to attract readers.

C. S. FRANCIS & Co., New-York, have published Dr. Brewer's Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, revised and adapted for use in families and schools. It comprises a large amount of scientific information within small compass, and in the familiar style of question and answer.

THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY has issued a 12mo volume of 488 pp., entitled, The Riches of Bunyan; selected from his Works. By Rev. JEREMIAH CHAPLIN. The selection embraces a wide range of topics in theology and practical religion, and is made with good judgment. It is introduced by a prefatory notice from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Williams, than whom few if any enter more fully into the spirit of the writings of Bunyan's time. There are many readers who could not be induced to read the treatises of Bunyan, but would gladly spend a few moments in meditating upon brief passages from his works, and be profited by them. To all such, and indeed to all lovers of Bunyan, this book will be welcome.—The Afflicted Man's Companion, (12mo, pp. 343,) containing the Rev. John Williston's "Directory for Persons and Families afflicted with Sickness or any other Distress," and Dr. Benj. Grosvenor's "Mourner, or the Afflicted Relieved," has just been issued.-The Society has likewise issued an abridged and revised edition (12mo, pp. 339) of the Memoir of that remarkable young man, the Rev. John Summerfield; and a small collection of Hymns, with music attached, entitled Songs of Zion.

ART. XI.-INTELLIGENCE.

MONUMENT TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.-Many of the leading men of Spain are now making efforts to erect a colossal monument to the discoverer of the New World; among the foremost in this movement are Martinez de la Rosa and Salvador Bermudez. A subscription for $100,000 has been started for this purpose, which is fast receiving the names of persons of every rank. We are glad to see that this honor, although tardy, is about to be awarded to one of whom Spain and the world may well be proud.

The Government of Naples is constantly increasing its list of prohibited books. Among the works now excluded are, Humboldt's Cosmos, Shakspeare's works, Goldsmith, Heeren's Historical Treatises, Ovid, Lucian, Lucretius, Sophocles, Suetonius, Victor Hugo, E. Girardin, G. Sand, Lamartine, Valery's L'Italie, Goethe, Schiller, Thiers, A. Dumas, Molière, all the German philosophers, and Henry Stephens's Greek Dictionary.

Dr. KARL AUGUST ESPE, who for many years has filled the post of editor to Brockhaus' Conversations Lexicon, the work which forms the basis of the Encyclopædia Americana, died recently at Leipsic. He was a man of great acquirements and unwearied industry, and was well known and esteemed in the literary

and scientific circles of the continent.

Neander's Church History is printed as far as the year 1294. He had continued the work in manuscript up to the beginning of the 15th century, so that Wiclif, Huss, and other important precursors of the Reformation, have found in it a place. The last volume of this great work will shortly be printed.

Little & Brown propose publishing by subscription a new and uniform edition of the Speeches, Forensic Arguments, and Diplomatic Papers of Daniel Webster;

with a notice of his life and works by Edward Everett. The work is to be comprised in 6 volumes of 500 pages each. Price $2.00 per vol.

The fourth volume of Mr. Hildreth's History of the United States, being the first volume of the post-revolutionary history, has just been published by the Harpers.

D. Appleton & Co. are preparing for publication: Rose Douglass; or the Autobiography of a Clergyman's Daughter. One vol. 12mo. (Just ready.) The Motherin-Law. By Mrs. SOUTHWORTH, author of "The Deserted Wife," etc. 8vo. The Millwright and Engineers' Pocket Companion. By WILLIAM TEMPLETON. From the seventh English edition; with American additions. 16mo. General Theory of Bridge Construction: Containing Demonstrations on the Principles of the Art, and their Application to Practice. With Illustrations. By HERMAN HAUPT, Civil Engineer, Supt. of the Pa. Railroad. 8vo. (Just ready.) Metallurgy; or Chemistry of Metals. By FREDERICK OVERMAN. 1 vol. 8vo. The Commercial Hand-Book of Chemical Analysis; or Practical Instructions for the determination of the Intrinsic or Commercial Value of Substances used in Manufactures, in Trades and the Arts. By A. NORMANDY. The Book of Nature: an Elementary Introduction to the Science of Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physiology. By Prof. SCHOEDLER. Translated from the German, by Henry Medlock. Chemical Manipulations. By MICHAEL FARADAY. 8vo. Christmas with the Poets. A beautifully-embellished volume. 8vo. A New French Dictionary: based on Spier's and others. One volume large 8vo, uniform with Adler's German Dictionary. A New Spanish Dictionary. By Prof. LEONNE AND VELAZQUEZ. 1 vol. large 8vo. Ollendorff's Method of Learning English, applied to Spanish. 1 vol. 12mo. of Oratory. By Prof. MARSHALL, of the Free Academy. New Practical Arithmetic. By Prof. PERKINS.

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Appleton's Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics, Engine Work, and Engineering, to which we have already alluded in this journal, is advancing steadily towards completion. The large promises of the publishers with respect to drawings of machines, and to accuracy of scientific and practical knowledge, have been faithfully kept, and the work, when completed, will be an honor to the country. Twentyseven of the forty numbers have already been issued; and the first volume, of near 1000 royal octavo pages, is a luxury to the eye. We are glad to believe that the cost of the work, which exceeds $15,000, will be repaid by a just public appreciation and a large sale.-The same publishers, with the present year, commenced the issue of their Mechanic's Magazine and Engineer's Journal, under the editorial care of Mr. J. W. ADAMS, C. E. Each number is designed to embrace five heads: Mechanical Science-Descriptions of Machines and Inventions, Scientific Papers, Practical Views, Reports, Queries, &c.; Miscellaneous-Miscellaneous Extracts from Scientific Journals; Reviews-Reviews of Scientific Works, and Notices of Engineering or Architectural Constructions; Patents-Notices of Patents; Correspondence. Three numbers are issued; and by the amount of intellectual and mechanical labor bestowed upon them, sufficiently assure the character of the work. The price of the work is three dollars per year, or twenty-five cents per number.

Messrs. Appleton & Co. are, we are happy to learn, preparing to issue an edition of Sprüner's Atlas of Europe in the Middle Ages, to be edited by Professor Greene, of Brown University, and adapted to the recent work of Mr. Greene on the History of the Middle Ages. Such an Atlas is greatly needed, and the accurate and beautiful maps of Sprüner are undoubtedly the best that could be selected to compose it.

Messrs. Gould & Lincoln announce in preparation A National Series of American History, adapted to the popular mind, and especially to the youth of the country. Illustrated by numerous engravings. The work, it is understood, will be prepared somewhat in the manner of Mr. Abbot's series of Biographies for the Young, and each volume will be complete in itself.-Also, A Cyclopedia of Anecdotes of Literature and the Fine Arts, by KAZLITT ARVINE, A. M. Also, by the same author, A Cyclopedia of Scientific Anecdotes. Mr. Arvine is already favorably known to the public

as the author of the "Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes." The first number will be issued immediately.-Messrs. Gould & Lincoln are also about to publish First Impressions of England and its People, and Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, by HUGH MILLER, author of "Footprints of the Creator," &c. &c. The Guiding Star: or the Bible God's Message, designed to illustrate the second and third Questions of the Westminster Catechism, by Mrs. LOUISA PAYSON HOPKINS. Also, The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature, by JOHN KITTO, D. D., in one vol. 8vo.

Mr. L. Colby has nearly ready, Struggles and Triumphs of Religious Liberty: An Historical Survey of Controversies pertaining to the Rights of Conscience, from the Reformation to the settlement of New-England. By EDWARD B. UNDERHILL, Esq. With an Introduction, by SEWALL S. Cutting.

The growing importance of the science of Bibliography in the United States, and our desire to aid in its promotion, lead us to notice an Alphabetical Index to he Astor Library, or Catalogue, with short titles, of the books now collected and of the proposed accessions, as submitted to the Trustees of the Library for their approval, January, 1851. 8vo, New-York, 1851, pp. 446.

This Index, which must not be mistaken for the Catalogue, has been compiled, as the author, Dr. Cogswell, remarks in his preface, to serve as a guide in collecting books for the Astor Library. It contains upwards of 10,000 abbreviated titles, including the 30,000 volumes which have already been purchased. The advantages of such an index to Dr. Cogswell in his proposed European book-collecting tour must be very obvious. Not only will it greatly contribute to the completeness and unity of the library, but it will also serve as a security against the purchase of du plicates. Prefixed to the Index is a carefully prepared list of the principal bibliographical works, highly important for those to consult who are in any manner connected with the formation and management of libraries, whether public or private. Occasionally the author has classified works of an important and general character, for his more special convenience; as for example, under the head of "Transactions of Scientific and Literary Academies and Societies," are brought together the titles of nearly 500 distinct works. The Index throughout gives evidence on the part of its author, of a thorough and careful study of the literature and bibliography of the various departments of knowledge. The Trustees and the public generally may well be congratulated upon having secured the services of a librarian so thoroughly accomplished, and so admirably well qualified for his work, as is Dr. Cogswell. Under his skilful management we may reasonably expect that before many years the Library founded by the munificence of John Jacob Astor will favorably compare with the older libraries of Europe. Then will the remark made by Mr. Justice Story on a public occasion, no longer be true: "There is not, perhaps, a single library in America, sufficiently copious to have enabled Gibbon to have verified the authorities for his immortal History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."

The Imperial Library at St. Petersburg, founded by Catherine II., has just been thrown open to the public of that city by the Emperor Nicholas. The books have received a new classification, and a new catalogue has been prepared and published. It appears that the library now contains 568,420 volumes and 15,471 manuscriptsa number which indicates full well that the Russian Emperors have not been unmindful of the importance of collecting books of literature and science at their capital. The duplicate copies are said to amount to 20,000, of which a part are to be given to the Geographical Society of St. Petersburg, and others to the Archæological Society. Those which are not thus disposed of are to be publicly sold.

There is now issuing from the press of the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburg a series entitled Mohammedan Sources for the History of the Southern Coasts of the Caspian Sea. The first volume has been published under the editorship of Bernhard Doon, Librarian of the Imperial Library. It commences with the mythical period, and ends with the year 1476, and treats of the various dynasties which ruled those regions, whose yet unexplored history is probably destined to ex