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shape. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the romantic story of the founders of the Moslem faith, is here told with a perspicuity and grace which has seldom been equaled. The demand for the work is of course such as the announcement of a new production of the distinguished author would not fail to produce.

SAINT LEGER, or The Threads of Life. George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway.

This is a very agreeable autobiographical romance, which appeared originally in a monthly magazine. The author is represented as of a highly descended Norman family of Warwickshire, whose ancestors received their patrimony from the lion-hearted Richard, as guerdon for services in the Holy Land. The interest of the story is well sustained, and the manner of its development, upon the whole, meritorious.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James II., 1688. By David Hume, Esq. A new edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements; to which is prefixed a short account of his life, written by himself. Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston.

The successive volumes of this great history, which, in an age of the brightest intellects, has, as yet, found no competitor-although the genius of Macaulay has added new lustre to the glories of English history-come promptly to hand, the fifth having made its appearance. The whole is comprised in a library edition of six volumes, of the most convenient size for reading, while the typographical execution is unexceptionable the size of the type, and the whiteness of the paper, enabling it to be read with the least fatigue to the eyes. In the hands of two such writers as Hume and Macaulay, the history of England is complete and most fascinating, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the present time, and the uniform edition of Messrs. Phillips, Sampson & Co., embrace both these.

THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS, or the Whaleman's Adventures and Whale's Biography, as gathered from the Homeward Cruise of the " Commodore Preble." By Rev. Henry T. Cheever. Harper Brothers.

The beautifully illustrated little volume gives life-like and vivid sketches of that most adventurous and bold occupation in which the seaman for years makes the great deep his home, and its most huge monsters his prey. It is precisely in this occupation, requiring the utmost skill, hardihood, and self-possession, that the American character shines out pre-eminent above that of all other nations which have attempted it. The little work sounds fully that chord of daring enterprise which is so prominent in every American breast.

POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THE REV. THOMAS CHALMERS, D. D., L.L. D. Edited by the Rev. William Hanna, L.L. D. Harper Brothers.

This valuable edition of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Chalmers has reached the eighth volume, forming the second of the Institutes of Theology, and far the most interesting portion to the general reader. The high position that Dr. Chalmers for so many years held in the theological world, was alike acknowledged in the old and new world, and his writings are of a character to make a strong impression upon the age in which he lived; as one of the great intellectual lights of the age, his works must be sought after as of authority on the subjects of which he treats. The edition of the Messrs. Harpers is at once the most compact and convenient for the private library.

A SYSTEM OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL GEOGRAPHY, for the use of Schools and Col leges. By Charles Anthon, L.L. D., Professor of the Greek and Latin languages in Columbia College, New-York. Harper Brothers.

The rising generation will owe certainly a large debt of gratitude to Dr Anthon, for the admirable works which he has contributed to lighten the labor of the learner and smooth the road to learning. This volume forms a complete text-book for the combined study of ancient geography and history. It forms a compact and easy reference to the sites and localities of the men and cities of ancient times, and is alike invaluable to the traveller and the student. To the former, it is a guide-book to every section of the land of ancient story; while it is at once so minute and comprehensive, as to familiarise the latter with all the scenes of historic event. Its execution is every way worthy of the prolific press of the Messrs. Harpers.

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