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COUGH MIXTURES.-As this is the season ofthe year when The History of a Mouthful of Bread ; and its Effect on the coughs are prevalent, it may be as well to warn our readers Organization of Man and Animals. By Jean Mace. Transagainst the quack medicines so often administered forlated from the Eighth French Edition, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. coughs. Many of these do more harm than good, though First American Edition, reprinted from the above, carefully a few, probably, are beneficial. It is best, however, to use revised and compared with the seventeenth French Edition. 1 only what is known to be curative. For this reason we vol., 12 mo. New York: American News Company.- Under give a really useful preparation. Take of syrup of squills, this quaint title we have as interesting and instructive a paregoric elixir, and spirits of sal volatile, in equal propor- book as we have seen for a long while. A morsel of bread tions. Dose : a teaspoonful in a wineglass of water. The is taken, and its successive changes described, from the mixture should only be taken when the cough is trouble- moment it is put into the mouth until its digestion is comsome, and not more frequently than four times in thepleted. The whole of the processes, by which food is contwenty-four hours. For a child, not more than half a tea- verted into flesh and blood, and the wasto and repair of spoonful should be given. Should sal volatile be objected the system is effected, are thus made plain even to the least scientific. The author is evidently an accomplished to, sweet spirits of nitre may be substituted. physiologist and naturalist. TRUE ECONOMY consists, not in never spending money at Passages in the Life of the Faire Gospeler, Mistress Anne all, but in spending and saving alike judiciously. " Penny Askew. By the author of " Mary Powell." 1 vol., 12 mo. wise and pound foolish" is a capital old adage, for, like New York: M. W. Dodd.- Our readers, generally, we hope, most popular sayings, it hits the nail exactly on the head. are familiarwith the works of the author of " Mary Powell." "A stitch in time, saves nine," is another excellent pro- She is of the same school as the writer of the " Schonbergverb, equally applicable to this question of economy. Cotta Family;" but superior ; in fact, is the original, while Franklin's motto, " Take care of the pennies, and the dol- the other is the copyist. This, her latest fiction, tells, in lars will take care of themselves," is also full of sound the quaint, old world style she affects, the story of Anno wisdom, only it will not do to push this maxim to ex- Askew, a martyr in the time of Henry VIII. There is a tremes, or it will lead to positive meanness, if not to delicacy in the touch of this writer, which nowhere comes miserliness. out more pathetically than in this book. "THE EAGLE'S NEST."-This engraving illustrates an incident which actually happened, a few years ago, in one ofthe Orkney islands. A child had been carried away, by one of the large eagles of that vicinity, to an eyrie on the side ofan apparently inaccessible cliff. Inthis emergency, a young cragsman volunteered to go down for the infant, and descending by a rope, as shown in the picture, heroically rescued the babe. IF THINGS GO WRONG, do not despond, and do not lose your temper. Hope and cheerfulness, in the long run, will conquer almost any difficulty. SMALL CRINOLINES, for the street, are now indispensable, if you would be in the fashion. TRUE POLITENESS is doing to others as you would have others do to you. www. REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. The Waverley Novels. National Edition. By Sir Walter Scott. 5 vols., 8 vo. Philada: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.These enterprising publishers have just issued a new edition of Sir Walter Scott's fictions, under the title of the " National Edition of the Waverley Novels," and have issued it at such a price as ought to place it in the hands ofevery family in the land. The entire twenty-six novels, with the author's last notes and corrections, are contained in this edition, which is printed in five large, double-column octavo volumes, on superior white paper. Each volume is bound in cloth, with a handsome gilt back. The whole five volumes have altogether four thousand printed pages. Beyond all question, these fictions of Sir Walter Scott are the best in the English language, holding the same rank, among novels and romances, that the plays of Shakspeare hold in the drama. Fifty years and more have passed since they first began to astonish and delight readers ; and other successful novelists have tried to dispute the palm with them ; but they still maintain their supremacy, and, we believe, will always continue to maintain it. When a family begins to buy books, it ought to buy Scott's novels first of all. And this edition has no rival in merit and cheapness. The price is only fifteen dollars, on receipt of which sum the publishers will deliver the five volumes, freight pre-paid, to any town in the United States.

The Draytons and the Davenants. By the author of "Chronicles of the Schonberg-Colla Family," etc., etc. 1 vol., 12 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.-A story of the civil war in England in the time of Charles the First, done with that graphic and minute fidelity, those simple, home-touches, for which this author is celebrated. These qualities, added to the religious and moral tone of the fiction, will make the "Draytons and Davenants" as popular as any of its predecessors from the same pen. The Way of the World. By William T. Adams. 1 vol., 12 mo. Boston: Lee & Shepard.-The author of this novel is better known as " Oliver Optic," under which fictitious name he wrote several excellent stories for boys. He now aims at a work of more pretence, and, as we think, quite successfully. The volume is nicely printed. King Rene's Daughter. By Henrik Hertz. Translated by Theodore Martin. 1 vol., 12 mo. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. This is a lyrical drama, written by a Danish poet, and founded on incidents in the life of the " Good King" Rene. The story is full of romance; and as a work of art is perfect. The translation seems excellent. The Women of the Gospels : The Three Wakings, and other Poems. Bythe author of" The Schonberg- Colla Family." 1 vol.. 12 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.- This volume has been arranged by the author expressly for publication in America. It contains many poems never before printed. Nearly all the poems are of a religious character. Country Quarters. By Lady Blessington. 1 vol., 12 mo. Philada: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.-A love-story, and agreeably told. It is the best of the novels of the late Countess of Blessington, and has never before been reprinted in the United States. The Brewer's Family. By Mrs. Ellis. 1 vol., 16 mo. Now York: M. W. Dodd.-A new story by the author of "The Women of England ;" didactic, of course, but very good of its kind. We can honestly recommend it. Liffith Lank ; or, Lunacy. By C. H. Webb. 1 vol., 12 mo. New York : Carleton.- A burlesque of the novel of “ Griffith Gaunt." Sol. Eytinge, Jr. has contributed some racy illustrations to the volume. The Brownings. By J. G. Fuller. 1 vol., 16 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.-One of the best of the fictions which our late civil war has already begun to call forth. Full of stirring incident.