16.-Party Leaders. Sketches of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Randolph of Roanoke, including notices of many other distinguished American statesmen. By Jo. G. BALDWIN, author of "The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi." 12mo., pp. 369. New York: D. Appleton & Co. The design of this work is to give some account of the prominent events and personages connected with the political history of the United States. This the author has succeeded in doing, in a comparatively small compass. His review of the lives of the great names that appear in the title, and who have figured, and of the measures that have been agitated in the course of the eventful period extending through threequarters of a century, is quite comprehensive in its character. The author appears to be candid in the narrative and criticism, and his work is generally free from partisan bias or leaning. The blending of interest with instruction-uniting biography with political history, are features that will render his pages attractive to young men. Here rival leaders are placed in antagonism, and events and principles stand out in bold relief, and impart a striking expression to the characters he has sketched. 17.-Confessions of a Converted Infidel. With Lights and Shades of Itinerant Life, and Miscellaneous Sketches. By Rev. JOHN BAYLEY, of the Virginia Annual Conference. 12mo., pp. 408. New York M. W. Dodd. This volume will be read by many who are "seeking "what is termed "an interest in religion." In the first fifty pages of the book, Mr. Bayley describes the circumstances connected with his becoming "an infidel," bis conversion from infidelity, and his "call to the ministry." The other essays and sketches, forty-four in number, relate to a variety of subjects of a moral and religous character, as unsectarian as the reader would expect from one who has no desire to conceal his own position as a member of one of the denominations of the Christian church in the nineteenth century. 18.-Sabbath Readings in the Old Testament. By Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D. D., F. R. S. E., Minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown Court, Covent Garden, London. 12mo., pp. 363. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. New York. Sheldon, Lamport & Co. This volume is devoted to expositions of the Book of Exodus, is designed to elucidate customs, and explain difficulties with simplicity and clearness. It is written in the author's usual ready, flowing style. Dr. Cumming is one of the most notable preachers in London, and a very prolific and popular writer. He advocates the death penalty, maintaining that it is a Divine and permanent law. 19.-Ida Norman: or Trials and their Uses. By Mrs. LINCOLN PHELPS, Principal of Patapsco Academy, Maryland. Author of "Lincoln's Botany," "Phelps' Series of Natural Philosophy," "Fireside Friend," &c., &c., 12mo., pp. 432. New York: Shelden, Sampson & Blakeman. This story was commenced in 1846, and read in parts weekly to the author's pupils with the design of imparting moral instruction under a form more interesting to the young than that of didactic essays. It is eminently well calculated to effect the objects for which it was intended, and will doubtless create the same lively interest in the domestic, that we are informed it did in the school circle. 20.-Life of Chrysostom. Based on the Investigations of Neander Bohringer and others. By FREDERIC M. PERTHES. Translated from the German by Alrach Hovey and David B. Ford. 12mo., pp. 239. Boston: J. P. Jewett & Co. This work-to quote from its author-is neither a romance nor a history in the form of a romance, but a "piece of biography," containing good and evil intermingled, as they were developed in the fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian Church. To exhibit truths and facts, irrespective of the pleasure or pain they may produce, seems to have been the author's design. It appears to be written in a truthful manner, with a view of affording instruction, and in a liberal and catholic spirit. 21.-Memoirs of a Grandmother. By a Lady of Massachusetts. 18mo., pp. 142. New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Co. A veritable autobiography of a grandmother, we are told, replete with interesting and instructive incidents, sketched in a graphic style, varying with the subject, “from grave to gay, from lively to severe." The seemingly quiet life of a New Englani grandmother illustrates that oft-repeated proverb, that "truth is stranger than fiction." 22.—Our Parish; or the Annals of Pastor and People. 12mo., pp. 452. Boston: L. P. Crown & Co. In this work the scenes and experiences of a devoted Pastor, in the discharge of his various duties, are most beautifully sketched. It is not a connected history of the joys and sorrows of Pastoral life, as we find in many books of a similar character which have lately appeared;-the author has taken his pictures from the events which occur in almost every village, and which stand out from the monotony of everyday life. The sad scenes through which he was called to pass, with the families under his charge, are written with great beauty and pathos. The book is relieved by many sunny spots incident to his calling; every chapter has an interest peculiarly its own. The principal merit of the book lies in its natural simplicity and truthfulness. The characters, whether drawn from real life or not, exhibit a true picture of the workings of the human heart, and the various motives which actuate human conduct. In the perusal of these pages, we see how a small seed of dissension, sown in a Church by the thoughtless, will take deep root and bring about disastrous results. The book cannot fail to do good, its great aim being the promotion of mutual forbearance and goodwill in the intercourse of social as well as religious life. 23.—New Church Essays on Science, Philosophy, and Religion, Literature, and the Arts. By New Church Writers in America and Europe. Svo., pp. 448. Boston: Otis Clapp. New York: Fowlers & Wells. The design of this work, as stated in the preface of the compiler, (Professor Bronson,) is to show the connection and perfect harmony that exists between the word of God and the works of God. The sources whence these Essays are drawn are numerous and abundant. Dr. Bronson had access to more than one hundred volumes of New Church periodicals, and the writings of many of the living disciples of Swedenborg. Free from coutroversial articles, the selections are made with taste and judgment, and will doubtless interest a large class of the purest and most intellectually minded men and women of our time. It furnishes some of the best specimens of the literature, science, art, and religion of the New Church that we have ever met with in our various reading. We commend the work to the unsectarian lovers of truth. 24.-The Rose of Sharon. A Religious Souvenir for 1855. Edited by Mrs. C. M. Sawyer. 12mo., 304. Boston: A. Tompkins & B. B. Mussey. It is now seventeen years since this Rose of Sharon unfolded its fragrant petals, and each new year has witnessed its blossoming with renewed vigor and beauty. But, dropping the fair editor's metaphors, we shall be sustained by all who are familiar with the initiatory volume, when we say that each year it has evinced a degree of progress that more than suggests the idea that the motto of the editor, writers, artists, and publishers has been, and still is, " Excelsior !" The present volume contains thirtyseven original articles, in prose and verse, of varied length and merit, from some of the best names in religious literature. The plates, seven in number, engraved on steel by J. McRae and O. Pelton, are not surpassed by the best in preceding volumes of the same work. The subjects evince taste and judgment in the selection. 25.-The Virginia Comedians: or Old Days in the Old Dominion. Edited from the manuscript of C. EFFINGHAM, Esq, 2 Vols. 12mo., pp. 332 and 282. New York: D. Appleton & Co. This story, evidently the production of a Virginian, depicts, with dramatic effect, the passions, humors, and anomalies, scenes, and personages of "Strange Virginia in 1765, or ten years before the Revolution. Everywhere the author has endeavored to present the traits of the period, and make his characters flesh and blood. It has its playful and its bitter, its bright and its painful pictures. In the jovial utterances of the worthy soldier, and in the songs and laughter of a child," the reader will find much that is pleasant and agreeable. 26.-Scripture Portraits: or Sketches of Bible Characters. Especially Designed for the Family Circle. By Rev. JONATHAN BRACE, 12mo., pp. 341. New York: M. W. Dodd. This volume contains biographical sketches of more than twenty of the eminent men and women of the Old Testaments. They were originally published in The Mother's Magazine and Family Monitor," and received with much favor by the readers of that work. In the present form they will obtain a less ephemeral existence than the pages of a monthly afford. 27.-Complete Encyclopedia of Music. Elementary, Technical, Historical, Biographical, Vocal, and Instrumental. By JOHN W. MOORE. Royal 8vo., pp. 1,004. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman. The title, Complete Encyclopedia of Music, is not a misnomer. It is in every respect what its title imports, and as complete, in our view, as any human production of its kind can well be made. In its preparation, Mr. Moore entered upon an unoccupied field, no such work having been compiled before either in the United States or in the United Kingdom; the only work resembling it in the least, we are told, is a small Lexicon, published by the author some ten years since. It presents a view of the whole subject of music, elementary, technical, historical, biographical, vocal, and instrumental, each article being arranged under appropriate heads. The elements of music are clearly and comprehensively explained and exemplified. Definitions and explanations of more than 5,000 technical terms are given, in connection with much historical and valuable information. It contains a full, though not elaborate, history of the science of music from the earliest time to the present-a very full and complete musical biography, embracing a succinct memoir of more than 3,000 distinguished musical celebrities and composers, bringing many of the notices down to 1854. It contains two hundred or more short yet important essays upon various subjects connected with the art and science of music. In short it seems to embody all the necessary information which may be required by those who wish to arrive at eminence as vocalists or musicians. But it is not alone to that class that it will be useful; the man of letters and literary taste, whatever his profession, will find it a most valuable volume of reference, containing a class of topics which he can nowhere find so admirably classed and arranged. Its one thousand and four double columned royal octavo pages, would spread over twenty volumes in the London style of publication; and the type on which it is printed, though comparatively small, is very clear and distinct. Artistically or mechanically speaking, it forms one of the best printed and handsomest books that has ever been produced in this or any other country, and is in the highest degree creditable to the liberal enterprise of the publishers. 28.-Organic Christianity; or the Church of God. With its Offices and Government, and its Divisions and Vocations, both in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Times: embracing a thorough exposition and defense of Church Democracy. By LEICESTER A. SAWYER. 12mo., pp. 455. Boston: J. P. Jewett & Co. This work is designed as a text-book for the study of Ecclesiology and Church Polity in theological seminaries. It is divided into four parts. The first embraces a critical examination of the Church as instituted by Christ and administered and extended by the Apostles. The second part describes the gradual rise of Episcopacy and Papacy in the West, and Episcopacy and Patriarchy in the East; together with Monachism, and other deviations from Apostolic usages. The third part relates to the Patriarchial and Papal Churches, and the fourth to the revolutionary Churches of modern times. Presbyterianism and Congregationalism are examined; and the work is believed to be the most complete of its kind heretofore published. 29.—A Treatise on the Camp and March. With which is Connected the Construction of Field-Works and Military Bridges. With an Appendix of Artillery Ranges, &c., for the Use of Volunteers and Militia in the United States. By HENRY D. GRAFTON, Captain First Regiment U. S. Artillery. 12mo., pp. 83. Boston: Fetridge & Co. The accomplished author of this treatise has presented in a clear and concise form the rudimental principles of military tactics. It is all that its title imports, and may justly be regarded as the most comprehensive treatise of its class now accessible to the volunteer soldier. It should be in the hands of every military man in the country. 30.-Angel Whispers; or the Echo of Spirit-voices. Designed to Comfort those who Mourn. By DANIEL C. EDDY. 12mo., pp. 218. Boston: Dayton & Wentworth. This book may be read with profit and interest by all classes, although it is intended to supply a want which has been felt by those for whom it was specially de signed. The children of affliction are many, and this offering of sympathy to the bereaved is admirably adapted to meet the various conditions of sorrow which so frequently crush the wounded spirit, and to yield the consolation and comfort required. We would commend it to the tried and troubled as a solace in affliction, and to all who feel interested in the great truths which are here presented. HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. Established July, 1839, BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOLUME XXXI. CONTENTS OF NO. VI., VOL. XXXI. ARTICLES. I. COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XII. Grain-Provisions-Wool and Woolens-Hemp and its Encouragement-Flax-Bounty on Canvas-Irish Linen-Cot- ton-Silk and Wine-Tobacco-Rice made Unenumerated-Leather-Hat Manufacture and Trade-Rum-Paper-Ship-building-European Trade-The Enumerated List- Great Britain-Ireland-South of Europe-The West Indies-Trade with the Foreign Islands-Complaint of the British Islands-Reply of the Continentals. By ENOCH HALE, Jr., Esq., of New York.. II. A STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.-No. 1. General Aspect- Central Position of Illinois-Territorial Extent of Seven Largest States-Compared with other States and European Countries-Manufactures of Rhode Island and South Carolina compared-Mississippi Valley-Rivers-Temperature-Advantages of location of Illi- nois, etc., etc. By John D. PEYTON, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois..... III. PROGRESS OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES.-No. 1. The Census of 1850, being the Seventh Decennial Enumeration under the Constitution. By the Hon. GEORGE TUCKER, of Pennsylvania... IV. THE PROFITS AND WASTES OF AGRICULTURE. By Hon. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRA- Commercial Embarrassments-The Gathering and Bursting of the Storm-The Bank Panic- Condition of the Banks in New York, Boston, and Massachusetts-Illegitimate Banks and Banking-Deposits and Coinage at the Philadelphia and New Orleans Mints for October, and at all the Mints for the first Nine Mouths of the Year, and since the Date of their Organization -Receipts for Cash Duties at New York and Philadelphia-Imports at New York for Octo- ber, and since January 1st-Imports of Dry Goods-Exports from New York for October, and since January 1st-Shipments of Specie-Comparative Exports of Domestic Produce-Quar- JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Real and Personal Property in Chicago in 1854.. The California Gold Product... Trade and Gold Supplies of England..... Condition of the Banks of New Orleans The New British Stamp Act.-Hamburg Money-Changers.......... Moneys appropriated by the Congress of the United States.. Bank and Railroad Stocks.-The issue of Fraudulent Stock in Vermont.. Debts and Debtors in England..... PAGE. 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 732 Expenditures in Boston in 1803-4 and in 1853-4.-Condition of the Banks of Vermont in 1853-4. 733 Free Ships Make Free Goods-Treaty between the United States and Russia.. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 734 736 737 738 Act relating to Auctioneers in Minnesota.. 739 741 741 The Reciprocity Treaty in Canada.-Letters by the British Mail Packets.-Postage in France.. 742 Statistics of Trade and Commerce of Ireland.-Comparative Commerce of our Cities... 743 745 746 747 747 Navigation, Commerce, and Fisheries of Massachusetts. Kentucky Tobacco Trade in 1854.-American Commercial Enterprise in Australia.. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. Earnings and Expenditures of the Belgian Railroads.-Increase of Passenger Traffic on Railways 748 The Canals and Other Public Works of New York, No. VI., Analysis of the Present Business of the Canals.... Effect of Steamer Day at San Francisco....... Historical Notice of the Boston and Lowell Railroad. STATISTICS OF POPULATION, &c. Present Population of Mexico.... Population of Ireland from 1805 to 1853.-Figures about the Population of the World. 748 753 754 754 755 Corn Measures of European and other ports.-Public Lands for Actual Settlers and Cultivators 760 Iron Ore in Virginia for Iron Manufactures.-The Pacific Mill at Lawrence Commercial Importance of California......... How to Commence Business... What a Moralist says of Gold.-The Adventurous Spirit of American Commerce The Wife of a Merchant's Clerk.-The Honest Shop Boy..... The Camphor of Commerce-A Fact Touching It.-Acorn and Chicory Coffee.. 763 764 765 767 765 769 769 772 773 774 Progress of Free Trade in Europe.-Credit in Paris.-A Sample Clerk Wanted in a Drug Store.. 775 Iceland a Field for Commercial Enterprise.-The Material for Adulterating Tea...... 776 THE BOOK TRADE. Notices of new Books or new Editions 777-784 |