which was presented to them in that magazine, some two or three years ago. It is now brought out, with two other novelettes by the same author, in book form and in a more full and satisfactory translation. We thank Mr. Field for his acceptable labour in introducing to us a writer with so ready a command of pathos and invention as the Countess D'Arbouville.

THALATTA: A Book for the Sea-Side. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1853. [From A. Morris, 97 Main Street.

ume they have issued-" Elements of Health and Principles of Female Hygiene"-is written with much grace and spirit, sound practical sense, and an excellent tone. It really contains hints of great value, admirable rules for bringing up infants, and conveys in delicate and pleasing terms a vast amount of intelligent counsel to women on the subject of natural laws. It is a work adapted to the wants of wives, mothers and maidens, inculcating sound views with care and wisdom. Dr. Tilt, the author, has long been connected with popular institutions for the treatment of disease; and by experience and sympathy proves himself equal to the task he has undertaken.

BOTANY.

We always open one of Ticknor, Reed and Fields' brown-covered and fair paper volumes, with the convic tion that a mental treat awaits us. The press whence has emanated the choicest works of Hawthorne, Longfellow, DeQuincey and Holmes never gives forth trash. It Now that the season of flowers approaches, many per is the most select fountain of literary refreshment. Under sons will be lured to the study of botany; and as an inithe above title this tasteful firm have just issued a choice tiative book we can recommend a little manual published selection of poems having reference to a “life on the at Philadelphia, by Lindsay & Blakiston,-The Princiocean wave," the sights, the sounds and the influences of ples of Botany, as exemplified in the Cryptogamia. It the ocean. Its pages distil a briny odor; gems as pure is a clear exposition of the function and organization of as the foam, and as pellucid as the sunlit billow are there plants-in their elementary forms—with apt illustrations. garnered. All the favorite lyrics-American and Eng. It is brief, scientific, and to the point.

lish-that celebrate the wonders of the deep and the beauty of the sea-shore are here brought together. A delectable array of titles and authors greet the eye as it skims over the table of contents. Those who at this seasou haunt the rocky shores of Nahant, walk the sands of Cape May, revel in the billows at Newport, imbibe the cheering breeze at Old Point Comfort, or enjoy the roar of the deep at Sullivan's Island, will do well to take with them "Thalatta ;" and those who are prevented from realizing those delicious sojourns will, through its charming rhymes, be transported at once, in fancy, to the scenes it so beautifully depicts.

HISTORIC DOUBTS.

There have been very few illustrations of Logic which have attained the popularity of Archbishop Whateley's celebrated little book-called Historic Doubts relative to Napoleon Bonaparte. We advise all debaters, lawyers, and men fond of argument for its own sake, to read this book. It will be to them an intellectual treat and a good practical lesson. It is the best instance we know of wherein a logician has undertaken to test his art in the abstract by analysis of a popular subject. James Munroe & Co.. of Boston, in bringing out the fourth American edition, have embodied the author's postcript and

latest emendations.

POPULAR WORK ON HEALTH.

REASON AND FAITH.

This title gives the clue to a volume of remarkable contributions to the leading British Review, written by Henry Rogers-a man of great religious sentiment and these Essays commend them to all thinkers. They poptheological knowledge. The acuteness and scope of ularize, as far as can be done, discussions which refer to the deepest problems of the age. The style is clear and vigorous, and no treatises of the kind have recently ap peared, which have so high a claim not only upon reli gious minds, but upon all philosophical readers. The volume is very neatly printed, and is published by Crosby & Nichols of Boston.

DR. ALCOTT.

This venerable and philanthropic vegetarian has, after publishing many popular books on Diet, Exercise, and other kindred topics, brought together into a single volume the results of his lite-long observation and studies. The "Lectures on Health" are very sensible, adapted to the popular mind, pervaded with reverence for God and love to man. What the good Doctor says about Ventiletion and Ablution needs to be proclaimed everywhere. Phillips, Sampson and Company, of Boston, have published, with a portrait, this excellent book-the cream of Dr. Alcott's many years' devotion, as missionary of health, doubt not they will possess themselves of his Lectures in to the physical well-being of his countrymen; and we this neat shape.

As a general rule we question the utility of hygienic books intended for common use; they are apt to be superficial and misunderstood. Some exceptions, however, and noble ones too, may be cited. Combe's "Constitution of Man," and his brother's treatise on "Mental Cultivation and Health," have done incalculable good. Lindsay & Blakiston of Philadelphia are judicious pub- Many Book Notices designed for the present number of lishers of medical works, and we find that the neat vol- the Messenger, have been unavoidably deferred.

CHARLES SCRIBNER,

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HAS JUST PUBLISAED

THE RECTOR OF ST. BARDOLPH'S;

OR, SUPERANNUATED.

BY REV. F. W. SHELTON.

Author of "SALANDER AND THE DRAGON." 1 vol. 12mo. Price $1.

This book belongs to that class of works at the head of which should be placed 'The Poor Vicar,' and 'Sunny Side. It is an unvarnished and simple tale of the life of a country parson, written in an unaffected style of pure English, and portraying with life-like accuracy the amusing incidents, the petty annoyances, the sore trials, and various events occurring in the experience of a faithful minister of the Gospel. There is a vain of quiet humor and satire running throughout the story, and the author admirably hits off the foibles common in a country parish. It narrates how Mr. Admuller (the Rector) came to receive his call, and how a new broom sweeps clean; how his people are puzzled with him: he waxes extremely popular; his crack sermon; his marriage, and the various surmises and remarks thereupon; the conduct of Mrs. Vosselingen, (an energetic woman;) how the Rector lost a little of his popularity; an account of some little misunderstanding with a new-comer, and the characteristics of Mr. Pipperell: trouble in the church choir; the arrival of a Boanerges, or Son of Thunder, and how the Rector disposed of him; a plea for clergymen's children, combating the opinion that they are more intractable than any other people's children, with the origin of the same; the Rector innocently preaches a sermon considered personal and gives offence, and the troubles ensuing, with a few words on the sufferings of the clergy; the character of Mrs. Sprangles; the poor of the parish; the Willwillows and their secession; the gradual working of the leaven of dis affection and the evil influence of Mr. Pipperell and Mr. Tubigen. How Miss Valeary's voice becometh cracked, and she is requested not to sing in the choir, and the fearful consequences which ensued, and how the Rector had to suffer for these nonsensical affairs. Mr. Admuller's health declines, and he is considered superannuated. A few remarks on Bronchitis. The old sexton. A short account of the last days of the Rector of St. Bardolph's.

'His pen makes marks that we love to see. In this volume he has produced a work founded on the experience of many a rural pastor, who has been tried and grieved, and worn to poverty and the grave, by the mean, petty annoy. ances of ignorance, pride, jealousy, worldliness, and intrigue of his parishioners.'-New York Observer.

The numerous readers of "Sunny Side," and "A Peep at Number Five," will here find something more of the same sort. The lights and shadows, and especially some of the latter, of clerical life, are well brought out.'-The Presbyterian.

'In it, he sketches, the life and duties of a country parson, not in the solemn, quaint manner of old George Herbert, but in the form of a continuous narrative. Mr. Shelton writes in a serious, simple style, and with a good deal of quiet humor.'-Evening Post.

An Essay on Calcareous Manures,

BY EDMUND RUFFIN,

A Practical Farmer of Virginia from 1812; founder and sole editor of the Farmer's Register; Member and Secretary of the former State Board of Agriculture; formerly Agricultural Surveyor of the State of South Carolina, and President of the Virginia State Agricultural Society. Fifth edition, amended and enlarged.

Published by J. W. Randolph, 121 Main street, Richmond, Va., and for sale by him and all other Booksellers; fine edition, 8vo., printed ou good paper and strongly bound, library style $2 ; cheap edition, 12mo, $1 25.

Either edition will be sent by mail post-paid, to those who remit the price.

A large proportion of this publication consists of new matter not embraced in the preceding edition. The new additions or amendments serve to present all the new and important lights on the general subject of the work, derived from the author's later observation of facts, personal experience, and reasoning founded on these premises. By such new additions, the present edition is increased more than one third in size, notwithstanding the exclusion of much of the least important matter of the preceding edition, and of all portions before included, that were not deemed essential to the argument, and necessary to the utility of the work.

"This work is from a Virginia gentleman whose contributions to Agricultural Science has already given an extensive popularity. Mr. Ruffin is a practical farmer of great intelligence, and is eminently competent to impart information on the subject, which has for so many years engaged his attention.--Methodist Quarterly Review.

The Southern Planter in speaking about the cultivation of Irish Potatoes and Liming, says: "But for the details of that business we would refer our correspondent to a book, which if he has not now, we beg for his own credit that he will get as soon as he goes to Richmond, we mean the final edition of Essay on Calcareous Manures."

June, 1853.

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