Page:Peterson Magazine 1869B.pdf/344

 REVIEW O F

A NEW PREMIUM ENGRAVING.- For next year we shall have another new premium eugraving, " Our Father Who Art in Heaven." The subject is one that will appeal to every true woman's heart. The picture is large-sized for framing, (20 inches by 16 ;) is executed in the best manner; and will, we think, be more generally liked than even "The Star of Bethlehem." Every person getting up a club for "Peterson" will be entitled to a copy of this really exquisite work of art. A very little exertion will enable you to procure three subscribers and earn this beautiful picture. With a little more exertion you can get five subscribers, which secures for you an extra copy of the Magazine in addition to the engraving. Or, a larger club, at lower rates per copy. and, therefore, easier got, will be remunerated in the same way. Be early in the field, before canvassers for other periodicals get arouud. The picture will be sent, carefully wrapped on a roller, postage paid. If, however, you prefer it, we will send either of our old { premium engravings, instead of the new one, viz., " Washington Crossing the Delaware," " The Star of Bethlehem ," "Bunyan in Jail," or " Bunyan on Trial." This is a choice which no other magazine offers. If you get clubs enough you can earn all the engravings. BONNETS are worn higher than ever. The newest way of fastening the veil is with a beetle, or insect of some kind, attached to a pin, and put in the center of the chignon at the back, where the ends meet. REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. The Horse in the Stable and the Field; his Management in Health and Disease. By J. H. Welsh, F. R. C. S. From the last London edition. With copious Notes and Additions, by Robert MClure, M. D., V. S. And an Essay onthe American Trotting Horse, and Suggestions on the Breeding and Training ofTrotters. By Ellwood Harvey, M. D. Illustrated with over eighty engravings. 1 vol., 12 mo. Philada: Porter & Coates.-This is the best-treatise of the kind which has ever come under our observation. It was written originally in London, bythe celebrated " Stonehenge," author of " British Rural Sports," etc., etc. Prior to it, republication here, Dr. McClure, a veterinary surgeon of eminent reputation, was employed to write notes to it, in order to adapt it to the American market. The result is a thoroughly comprehensive work, in which the diseases of the horse, and the reme dies for such diseases are discussed, so that, with its aid, a veterinary surgeon may, in almost every case, be dispensed with. The remarks on the management of a horse are also excellent. Dr. Harvey's essay on the American Trotter is very able. It compresses, into a comparatively short com. pass, all that can be said on the subject, and is itself worth the price of the volume to any one about to buy a horse, or already owning one. The engravings, illustrating the text, are all good. Famous London Merchants. By H. R. For Boume. 1 vol., 16 mo. New York: Harper & Brothers. - This book will be the delight of boys. Beginning with Whittington, in the fourteenth century, it tells the story of the most famous London Merchants, Crosby, Gresham, Middleton, Coutts, and others, down to our own time, ending with George Peabody, in some respects the best and most famous of them all. The illustrations are numerous and excellent. We have said it is a book that will delight boys, but we know at least one person of mature age, who has been as pleased with its chatty, anecdotical pages, as if he had still been in his teens. Rhetoric: A Text-Book. By Rev. E. O. Haven, D. D., LL. D. 1 vol., 12 mo. New York: Harper & Brothers.-A very excellent text-book for use in schools. Its author is President of the University of Michigan.

NEW

BOOKS.

309

Papersfrom Over the Water. By Sinclair Tousey. 1 rol. 12 mo. New York: The American News Company.―This is a collection of letters from Europe, in which the practical sagacity, which has made Mr. Tousey so successful in business, comes prominently to the front. Ilence it is that the book is different from, and in one sense fresher than, most works offoreign travel. We would recommend to persons about going abroad, and wishing not only to economize time and travel as much as possible, but to do their work thoroughly as far as circumstances allow, to buy this and one other book, " Latrobe's Six Months in Europe," and study them well before setting out. Mr. Tousey, as well as Mr. Latrobe, have been almost the first persons to realize that travelers, now-a-days, do not so much want descriptions of foreign sights, as they do intelligent hints how to see them for themselves in the best way, and with the least waste of time and strength. Having been over most of the ground which Mr. Tousey traversed, and followed nearly the same route as Mr. Latrobe, we know experimentally of what we speak. Credo. 1 vol., 12 mo. Boston : Lee & Shepard.-" This volume," says the author, "is devoted to those inquiries which now agitate the thinking world. It is committed to the care of the Christian Church. Its truths are God's, and will live forever ; its errors are the author's, and will be over-ruled, forgotten, and, he trusts, forgiven." We can add nothing to this, except to say that the work is a defence, and an able one, of the Christiau revelation. Lamps, Pitchers, and Trumpets. By Edwin P. Hood. 1 vol., 12 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.-Under this somewhat fanciful title we have a series of lectures on the vocation of the preacher, illustrated by anecdotes, biographical, historical, etc., the result being a rather quaint, but, on the whole, interesting book. Married Against Reason. By Mrs. A. Shelton Mackenzie. 1 rol., 8 ro. Boston: Loring.-A charmingly told story, the scene of which is laid in Germany. Mrs. Mackenzie, if we are not mistaken, is a native of that country, and her novel is full of local color. We commend the tale to all who wish to while away an hour pleasantly and yet advantageously. The Hollands. By Virginia F. Townsend. 1 vol., 12 mo. Boston: Loring.-This popular writer has given us here her best work. Her novels are always true to life. But in this one, the scenery, the characters, the customs of the people, come out, even more distinctly and boldly than usual. Uncle John's Flower-Gatherers. By Jane Jay Fuller. 1 vol., 16 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.-An agreeably written book, conveying much information on flowers, their structure, habits, etc., told in the guise of a story for children. Love and Liberty. By Alexander Dumas. 1 vol., 12 mo. Philada: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.-This is a new novel, by one of the most popular of the French novelists. It is a story of the Revolution of 1792, and very powerfully written. Countess Gisela. From the German of E. Marlitt. By Mrs. A. L. Wister. Part I. 1 vol., 12 mo. Philada: J. B. Lippincott & Co.- A very charming story, and admirably translated. The second and concluding part will follow speedily. An American Woman in Europe. By Mrs. S. R. Urbino. 1 vol., 12 mo. Boston: Lee & Shepard.-This is a journal of two years and a half spent in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy. It is rather above the average of such books. Philip Brantley's Life Work, and How He Found It. By M. E. W. 1 vol., 16 mo. New York: M. W. Dodd.- A ' eligious story, very well told. We think it may do much good.