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inferior to the "immortal Nobs." But though the accessories of the book are not to our taste, we have no fault to find with the Doctor's talk, which is its sum and substance. He is a man of culture, and of broad and liberal views, and he discusses the subjects of the day in clear, forcible style, without fear of reproach or censure. His disquisitions upon Government, Woman's Rights, Children, Calvinism, and the Slave-Trade are notable for not a little of good common-sense, and will attract the attention of thoughtful readers.

NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

THEOLOGY.

By C. F.

Debt and Grace, as related to the Doctrine of a Future Life. Hudson. New York: Rudd and Carleton. 12mo. pp. 489. Religious Lectures on Peculiar Phenomena in the Four Seasons. ward Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee, & Co. 12mo. pp. 176.

By Ed

The Law of Impersonation as applied to Abstract Ideas and Religious Dogmas. By S. W. Hall. London: George Manwaring. pp. 54.

Christ in the Will, the Heart, and the Life. Discourses by A. B. Muzzey. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 12mo. pp. 371. (See p. 141.)

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

Memoir of Nathanael Emmons; with Sketches of his Friends and Pupils. By Edwards A. Park. Boston: Congregational Board of Publication. 8vo. pp. 468.

POETRY AND FICTION.

The Partisan Leader. By Beverly Tucker, of Virginia. Secretly printed in Washington (in the Year 1836) by Duff Green, for Circulation in the Southern States, but afterward suppressed. New York: Reprinted by Rudd and Carleton. 12mo. pp. 195.

Hopes and Fears; or, Scenes from the Life of a Spinster. of the Heir of Redclyffe, &c. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

JUVENILE.

Minnie Carleton. By Mary Belle Bartlett. 18mo. pp. 245.

MISCELLANEOUS.

By the Author 8vo. pp. 365.

New York: M. W. Dodd.

Another Letter to a Young Physician; to which are appended some other Medical Papers. By James Jackson, M. D. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 16mo. pp. 179. (See p. 153.)

A Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling; containing a full Alphabetical Vocabulary of the Language, with a Preliminary Exposition of English Orthoepy and Orthography; and designed as a Work of Reference for General Use, and as a Text-Book in Schools. By Richard Soule, Jr. and William A. Wheeler. Boston: Soule and Williams. 12mo. pp. 467.

The Works of Francis Bacon, Collected and Edited by James Spedding, R. L. Ellis, and D. D. Heath. Vol. I. Boston: Brown and Taggard. 12mo. pp. 539.

Chambers's Encyclopædia; a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People. Parts 28, 29, 30, 31. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. (See last number.)

Volunteers' Camp and Field Book; containing Useful and General Information on the Art and Science of War, for the Leisure Moments of the Soldier. By John P. Curry. 24mo. pp. 146.

Hints on the Preservation of Health in Armies; for the Use of Volunteers, Officers, and Soldiers. By John Ordronaux. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 24mo. pp. 142.

The New American Cyclopædia; a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. Edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana. Vol. XII. Mozambique Parr. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 8vo. pp. 788.

PAMPHLETS.

"Essays and Reviews." Anticipated Extracts from a Work published in the Year 1825, and attributed to the Lord Bishop of St. David's. London: George Manwaring. pp. 14.

The State and the Nation sacred to Christian Citizens. A Sermon by H. W. Bellows. New York: James Miller. pp. 16.

By-Laws of the Home for Aged Men, etc. Boston: John Wilson and Son. pp. 22.

Truth not to be Overthrown or Silenced. A Sermon preached at Dorchester by Nathaniel Hall. Boston: John Wilson and Son. pp. 19.

The Sixteenth Annual Report of the Minister at Large in Lowell. Lowell: Stone and Huse. pp. 35.

The Necessities and Wisdom of 1861. A Supplement to the Sixth Edition of Slavery and the Remedy. By Samuel Nott. Boston: Crocker and Brewster. pp. 12. (The "Necessities" are, 1. The Spread of Slavery in the South and Southwest; 2. Union of all States east of the Rocky Mountains; and the "Wisdom," to accept this issue at once, without fighting.)

Earthquakes Instrumentalities in the Divine Government. A Sermon preached in Easton, Pa., by C. H. Edgar. Easton: Lewis Gordon. pp. 19. Exercises at a Consecration of the Flag of the Union by the Old South Society in Boston, May 1, 1861. Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son. pp. 16. A Sketch of the History and Present Organization of Brown University. Providence Knowles, Anthony, & Co. pp. 15.

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