in a book; and now that the occasions which called it forth are forgotten, these paragraphs have lost much of that which gave them their original relish; yet the old jokes and repartees which once were copied into every newspaper from Maine to Missouri, and made the whole country ring, have still vitality enough in them to shake the sides of the reader right heartily.

THE ELEMENTS OF PERSPECTIVE.*-The elements of perspective are here presented, by a distinguished master and teacher of art, in their simplest and most comprehensive form, yet with sufficient fullness for all the ordinary purposes of the draughtsman and artist, and with special reference to the wants of learners. The problems are interspersed with occasional remarks by way of familiar illustration, and with observations on many practical applications of the principles taught, particularly in architecture and painting. The name of Ruskin is sufficient, of itself, to render the work attractive; while the beauty of the letter-press will still further commend it to favor. It would be an excellent book in schools, for the use of which it was professedly prepared.

SPIRITUALISM TESTED.†-This is a new edition of a little work entitled "To Daimonion," published seven or eight years ago under the nom de plume of Traverse Oldfield, with a supplementary chapter on the later history of Spiritualism, and the speculations in regard to its origin. The book attracted some attention when first published, as a learned and concise resumé of the leading facts bearing upon the subject, both of ancient and modern times. Such facts are fully admitted, and a theory is propounded to account for them. That theory ascribes the facts, not to trickery, nor to the agency of spirits, good or bad, but to the "nervous principle." This is regarded as distinctively the "spiritual medium," that is, a force or agency intermediate between mind and matter, by which the mind, through the nerves, produces outward

The Elements of Perspective, arranged for the use of schools, and intended to be read in connection with the first three books of Euclid. By JOHN RUSKIN, M. A. New York: John Wiley. 1860. pp. 144.

+ Spiritualism Tested; or, the Facts of its History Classified, and their cause in nature verified from ancient and modern testimonies. By GEORGE W. SAMPSON, D. D., President of Columbian College, Washington, D. C. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1860. pp. 186.

physical effects, and by which, under certain circumstances of diseased or abnormal action, it may, on this theory, become the source of the various phenomena of Spiritualism. As a candid and learned, though by no means complete examination of the subject, in a clear and attractive style, it is well worth the attention of those who are at all interested in the singular and abundant manifestations of the marvelous which have characterized the last few years and become the basis of what may be regarded as a new religious faith. Whether the author's explanation—which is essentially that of Rogers, Mahan, Count de Gasparin, and others does not itself need explanation as much as the difficult subject to which it is applied, we will not pretend to decide. To our mind, however, it leaves the solution of Spiritualism, in many respects, still an open question.

GOETHE'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH A CHILD.*-This beautiful volume, printed on the most delicately tinted paper, will open to many American readers a new page of German literature, and perhaps reveal to them a phase of German sentiment not easy to understand. The day of blind and passionate idolatry for Goethe is even in Germany slowly and surely waning; and with it, the value of such memorials as this correspondence contains, will, bye and bye, diminish, except as curiosities of Literary History.

BARTON'S HIGH SCHOOL GRAMMAR.†-This Grammar has been prepared with an especial aim at simplicity, without loss of fullness. We had hoped to find some improvement in the Syntax, but we find all the complex relations that ought to be philosophically distinguished, disposed of as modifications of the subject predicate and copula. We should not call, as the author does, on page 177, brother the grammatical subject of the sentence, "Brother William wrote to me yesterday."

LIFE'S EVENING.-This is a sequel to the handsome volume published by Messrs. J. E. Tilton & Co., under the title of "Life's Morning

* Goethe's Correspondence with a Child. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1859. 12mo. pp. 504.

+ High School Grammar; or, An Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language. By W. S. BARTON, A. M. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1860. 12mo. pp. 373.

‡ Life's Evening; or, Thoughts for the Aged. 1860. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co. 18mo. pp. 265.

and contains twelve essays, besides several original odes which are all prepared with special reference to the wants of the aged.

DEGERANDO'S SELF-EDUCATION.*-This well known and much valued work is now given to the public in a third edition, in a very handsome volume. It has our best wishes for its continued usefulness. Its quiet moralizing, its elevated ideal of life and character, and its benevolent and self-sacrificing spirit, need only the infusion of a more distinct recognition of a positive Christianity to make it the best book of its kind. Notwithstanding this defect, there is no book which can take its place.

THE GLORY OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.t-This book will be recognized by many as a reprint, under a new title, of a very popular work which was published in this country, in two volumes, about thirty-five years ago, under the title of "Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem." It was originally written in German, by a Christian pastor, Rev. Frederic Strauss, (not the notorious author of the "Life of Christ,") and was translated into English, and published in London with the title just named. It presents a picture of the Jewish people, in which their ecclesiastical and civil constitutions, their social and domestic life, are represented as they existed at the time when the advent of the Messiah was at hand. The general plan of the work cannot be better stated than in the author's own words. "A young Jew, who had been enamored of the prevailing Grecian philosophy, has returned to the observance of the law of his fathers, at one of those important crises in life which decide the character of succeeding periods. Bent on the fulfillment of the law, which he believes it impossible to accomplish anywhere but in the place where the altar of Jehovah is fixed, he makes a journey from Alexandria, where he had been brought up, to Jerusalem, in the spring of the year 109 before the birth of Christ, remaines there during the half year which includes the principal reli

Degerando's Self-Education; or the means and art of Moral Progress. Translated from the French of M. LE BARON DEGERANDO. BY ELIZABETH P. PEABODY. Third Edition, with additions. Boston: T. 0. H. P. Burnham. 1860. 12mo. pp. 468.

The Glory of the House of Israel; or, the Hebrew's Pilgrimage to the Holy City: Comprising a Picture of Judaism in the Century which preceded the Advent of our Saviour. By FREDERIC STRAUSS. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott

& Co. 1860. pp. 480.

gious festivals; becomes a priest; enters into the married state; and, by the guidance of Providence, after varied experience, attains to the conviction that peace of mind is only to be found in believing in Him who has been promised for the consolation of Israel." The story is told with great simplicity and beauty of style, and strongly enchains the attention of the reader. But its chief interest lies not so much in its attractiveness as a historical novel, as in the vividness of the picture it gives of the civil, religious, and domestic life of the chosen people, at the period referred to, and the consequent light it affords in the study of the Holy Scriptures. It will be read with avidity by those who would never think of consulting Jahn's Archæology, and cannot but leave impressions which, for truth and accuracy, as well as depth, no treatise on Jewish Antiquities would be likely to produce.

THE NEW EDITION OF LORD BACON'S WORKS.-We have seen a few specimen pages of the beautiful new American edition of the works of Lord Bacon, which Messrs. Brown & Taggard of Boston are soon to publish. This edition is to be stereotyped and printed by Messrs. H. O. Houghton, at the "Riverside Press," Cambridge, and will consist of fifteen volumes, crown octavo, of about five hundred pages each. We would advise those who wish to have occular demonstration of the princely style in which this work is to appear, to send to the publishers by mail for a specimen sheet.

THE PULPIT AND ROSTRUM.-This little 16mo. serial continues to furnish, in convenient form, phonographic reports of such orations and lectures, and occasional sermons, as are of general interest. The form in which they appear is very convenient for preservation. The contents of the last six numbers are as follows: No. 8. An Oration by the Hon. Edward Everett on the occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster, in Boston, September 17, 1859. No. 9. A Cheerful Temper. A Discourse by Rev. William Adams, D. D., delivered Thanksgiving Day, 1859, at Madison Square Church, New York. No. 10. A Tribute to the Memory of Washington Irving. An Address by Hon. Edward Everett, before the Massachusetts Historical Society, delivered at Boston, December 15, 1859. No. 11. Inauguration of the Mills Statue of George Washington, in the city of Washington, February 22, 1860. Oration by Hon. T. S. Bocock. Address by the Artist, Clark Mills, Esq. Prayer by the Rev. B. H. Nadal, D. D. No. 12. Travel, its Pleasures, Advantages, and Requirements. A Lecture

by J. H. Siddons. No. 13. Italian Independence. Addresses by Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, D. D., Rev. H. W. Beecher, Rev. H. W. Bellows, D. D., and Prof. O. M. Mitchell. These numbers average about thirty pages, and are published by Messrs. H. H. Lloyd & Co., No. 25 Howard Street, New York City.

THE MERCHANTS AND BANKERS' REGISTER, FOR 1860. To be continued annually. Published by J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine. 1860. Price $1.25. Copies mailed to order. Postage prepaid. This octavo volume of 190 pages contains a vast amount of statistical and other information indispensable to every banker.

THE FINE ARTS.

THE CARTOONS OF RAPHAEL.-We have had an opportunity of examining a set of Line Engravings of the celebrated Cartoons of Raphael, which for two hundred years have been regarded as the chief treasures of the Gallery at Hampton Court. The subjects, it will be remembered, are, I, St. Paul preaching at Athens; II, The Charge to Peter, "Feed my Sheep!"; III. The Death of Annanias; IV, Elymas, the Sorcerer, struck with Blindness; V, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes; VI, Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; VII, The Beautiful Gate of the Temple-Healing the Lame Man. It is not necessary to enlarge here upon the character of these great works of Art. They are everywhere known, and their value understood. Copies, literally numberless, of all sizes and degrees of excellence, have been circulated for centuries throughout Christendom. It may be well, however, to state that the Cartoons were produced by Raphael in the years 1513 and 1514. They are "drawn with chalk upon strong paper, and colored in distemper." They were originally prepared in order that tapestries might be worked to decorate the interior of the Sistine Chapel, where those tapestries still exist, although in a faded and dilapidated cond:tion. They were purchased by Charles I, acting under the advice of the painter, Reubens, and now occupy the Gallery at Hampton Court, which was built for their reception by Sir Christopher Wren. We have already said that engravings of these Cartoons have been made without number, but never, with the exception of the present series, have the copies been at all comparable with the great originals. The engravings of which we speak were made under the patronage of His Majesty, George III, by the late Thomas Holloway, assisted by R. Slann