A SUMMER IN SCOTLAND, BY JACOB ABBOTT. With Engravings. New-York: Harper & Brothers. We are fully disposed, in taking up a Book with the name of Abbott upon the title-page, to believe it readable and instructive; and certainly, the work before us has not disappointed our expectations. It is a series of lively and pleasant sketches, from the pencil of one who, in becoming a tra veller, did not forget that he was a man, and whose heart, as well as head, has left its impress on every page. We have never seen Edinburgh and its surrounding localities, so full of picturesque and historic interest, more skilfully daguerrotyped, than in this interesting volume. The engravings are good, and add greatly to the beauty of the book.

LAMARTINE'S HISTORY OF THE GIRONDISTS, VOL. 2. Harper & Brothers.

The second volume of this admirable and popular work, is out, and well sustains the reputation acquired by the first. Indeed it is difficult to conceive how greater interest and attraction could be thrown into the most exciting fiction, than that with which the author invests his analysis of the causes which led to the first French revolution, and the master springs which urged it forward in its sanguinary career. In his calm, yet fearless expose of the corruption and tyranny which prece. ded the explosion of '98, and the impartial judgment he passes on Louis XVI and his advisers, we recognize the patriot and statesman who is now so nobly serving his country in the Provisional Gov. ernment of France, while in the warmth of imagination and beauty of style which characterize the work, we see the scholar and poet, whose name has long since become familiar to the general reader as a household word. There is a fine engraving of the lovely and unfortunate Madame Roland in the second volume, and the work is altogether beautifully got up,

THE SKETCHES-THREE TALES. By the authors of "Amy Herbert," "The Old Man's Home," and "Hawkstone." New-York: D. Appleton & Co.

This very beautiful volume contains six colored engravings, in Eudicott's best style of lithography, which are illustrated by three different tales, each finely written, and full of the purest morality, and inculcating some important religious truth. The plan is a novel one, but it is well carried out, and both the Sketches" which are "in fact views of actual scenes," and the letter press designed to illustrate them, are very attractive and interesting.

LANETON PARSONAGE-A TALE-SECOND PART. By the author of "Amy Herbert,” “ Margaret Percival," &c. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

This book forms the 33 number of Appleton's Literary Miscellany," and together with the first volume, to which it is the sequel, is admirably fitted to interest and benefit juvenile readers. In the work before as, the trials and temptations of a school life are well portrayed, and the various shades of character among the pupils, are drawn by a master hand. As a descendant of the Puritans, we should wholly dissent from the high church views advocated in this and the other works of the same author; but with this exception, we can cordially recommend them to the perusal of our readers. THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST. BY CAPT. MARRYATT, R. N. Harper & Brothers. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON-SECOND SERIES. Translated from the French by J DE CLINTON LOCKE. We have submitted these works to our juvenile committee of publication, and as they have pronounced them "excellent," we think our verdict may safely be given in their favor. The external appearance is very attractive, and "The Swiss Family Robinson" has been so long known to the public, that we need only say, the present volumes are a continuation of their history on the island, to ensure their cordial reception by all classes. "The Children of the New Forest' somewhat re sembles, in character, the "Settlers in Canada," and like that, is full of interest for young, active,and enquiring minds, who love to find out their own resources, and sympathise with others in doing so. "THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS"-Or the Arabian Nights Entertainments -Published in twe re parts-ilustrated by siz hundred beautiful engravings on wood. New-York: Harper & Brothers. 82 Cliff-street.

This is an expurgated and exquisitely beautiful edition of a book which most of us will remember as constituting one of our sweetest sources of enjoyment in childhood. Indeed, we loved it so well that we are almost unwilling to examine it now, knowing as we do, that the charm is gone, dispelled by the cold and stern realities of life. Still it is pleasant, in this utilitarian world, to wander off sometimes, in imagination, among fairies and genii in the land of dreams, and for such a purpose, a better guide and text book than the one before us could not be devised.

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