the day, that we are confident good will flow from their discussions. A more detailed criticism would be necessary to show how we agree with and how we differ from them. At the present we are only desirous of calling attention to their journal, and of expressing the hope that the number of their readers may constantly in

crease.

TEN ACRES ENOUGH.*-This little book has much of the charm about it of the best works of Defoe,-though it is a story of real life. It contains the results of an experience of "life in the country;"-that fruitful subject of day dreams! The author introduces himself as a small manufacturer with a large family living in his native city of Philadelphia; able to command, at the age of forty, only a few hundred dollars as the pecuniary results of years of hard work. He buys a farm of ten acres in New Jersey-and, after a few years' trial, he finds himself in better health than ever before; in better spirits; and better able to provide for his family all the necessaries and even luxuries of life;— and, above all, he finds that he is actually laying up money, every year! The account is given very much in the style in which Robinson Crusoe is made to tell his strange story, and has had very much the same effect upon every one of the half dozen readers of whom we had the testimony. It is a book that the reader is not likely to lay down till the last page is reached. There can be no better book for hot weather for those who have a taste for the country.

ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, 1864.t-The general student

* Ten Acres Enough; A Practical experience, showing how a very small farm may be made to keep a very large family. With extensive and profitable experience in the cultivation of the smaller fruits. New York: James Miller. 1864. 16mo. pp. 255. For sale by Judd & White. Price $1.25.

† Annual of Scientific Discovery; or Year Book of Facts in Science and Art for 1864. Exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Geography, Antiquities, &c. Together with notes of the Progress of Science during the year 1863; a list of recent scientific publications, obituaries of eminent scientific men, etc. Edited by DAVID A. WELLS, A. M., M. D. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1864. 12mo. pp. 351. New Haven: Judd & White. Price $1.50.

who wishes to be kept informed of the progress of scientific discovery, and the new applications of science to the practical affairs of life, will find this "Year Book," edited by Dr. David A. Wells, and published by Messrs. Gould & Lincoln, of very great service. The present volume is embellished with a portrait of General Gillmore.

PROF. HACKETT'S MEMORIALS OF THE WAR.*-The design of the compiler of this book has been to illustrate, by the simple narration of facts which have come to his knowledge, the "Christian principle and heroism" which have been displayed by the men who have made up our armies. The incidents narrated are nearly one hundred and fifty in number; and none have been inserted which have not with reason been supposed to be "strictly true." The book is one of deep interest, which is enhanced by the fact that it marks the sympathy in the objects of the war of one of the first of our American biblical scholars.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SECESSION.t-This very fruitful theme is treated by the author with great boldness of speech and with no little force of conception. The Principle of Secession, Slavery, The Democratic Party, The Romish Church, and other topics, are all discussed in the most energetic fashion. If it were possible for any deliverances to be too strongly expressed-perhaps exception might be taken to some in this volume, especially to the free use of personalities. But the sincerity of the author, and the truthfulness of the most of his representations, are fitted to reconcile the loyal reader to what would otherwise be deemed offenses against good taste. The author writes in a religious spirit, and with the earnestness and energy of strong convictions.

* Christian Memorials of the War; or, scenes and incidents illustrative of Religious Faith and Principle, Patriotism and Bravery, in our Army. With Historical Notes. By HORATIO B. HACKETT. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1864. 12mo. pp. 252. New Haven: Judd & White. Price $1.25.

The Natural History of Secession; or Despotism and Democracy at Necessary, Eternal, Exterminating War. By THOMAS SHEPARD GOODWIN, A. M. New York: John Bradburn. 1864. pp. 328.

KIDDER'S TREATISE ON HOMILETICS.*—This is a well arranged and elaborate treatise on the science of Homiletics, from the Methodist point of view. It comprehends pretty much all that has been said that is valuable by English writers on this subject, without adding much that is new or original. It sets forth the duty of study, logical method, and all fit intellectual preparation for the pulpit; while at the same time it upholds the dignity of preaching, making all human art and knowledge to be but subordinate and tributary to it. As might be expected the extempore method is vigorously advocated.

The chapter on Divine assistance in preaching discriminates fairly between that erroneous view which would lead a preacher to rely directly on Divine inspiration to put into his mouth what to say, and the equally erroneous opinion that a true preacher of Christ may not hope for special aid from on high, when using his own faculties faithfully and humbly.

There are doubtless self-made men who are good preachers, and no denomination has produced more of these than the Methodist; yet our author, like the accomplished and eloquent Olin, evidently holds that a good preacher is not injured by employing every possible means to educate and discipline all his powers for his great work.

THE COLOR GUARD.t-This is a book written by the Rev. James K. Hosmer, a Unitarian clergyman of Deerfield, Mass., who enlisted in the Fifty-second Regiment of Massachusetts nine months' Volunteers, in 1862. He held a corporal's position in a company where his younger brother was first sergeant. He had full experience of all the various phases of military life on land and sea, on the march, in camp, in hospital service, and in battle. Notwithstanding all the hardships he endured, he preferred to retain his place in the regiment, even when he might have exchanged it for a clerkship in Gen. Banks' office, of which he made trial for a single day. This book has the advantage of being written in a journal

* A Treatise on Homiletics; designed to illustrate the true theory and practice of preaching the Gospel. By DANIEL P. KIDDER, D. D., Professor in the Garrett Biblical Institute. New York: Carlton and Porter, 1864.

The Color Guard: being a Corporal's notes of military service in the Nineteenth Army Corps. By JAMES K. HOSMER, of the Fifty-second Regiment Mass. Volunteers. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 1864. pp. 244.

form by the pen of a ready writer, with all the glow and enthusiasm of a young and ardent and cultivated man, and it will engage the attention of all who begin to read it, until it is finished.

THE WHIP, THE HOE, AND THE SWORD.*-This book contains the experience of another Unitarian clergyman-Rev. G. H. Hepworth, of Boston. Mr. Hepworth went to New Orleans as Chaplain of the forty-seventh Massachusetts regiment. He soon felt that his position was too confined and without sufficient scope to suit his desire for work; and he therefore gladly accepted a commission as Lieutenant in the fourth Louisiana Native Guards, from which he was detailed to act as Aid-de-Camp to General Banks. Having had confided to him a general supervision of the experiment of employing freed laborers on the plantations, he had rare opportunities of getting an insight into Southern habits and modes of thought, and he gives us here select illustrations of the pride, ignorance, selfishness, and other characteristics of Louisiana society, black and white, under its present war aspects.

BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.-Messrs. Sever & Francis, of Cambridge, Mass., have added to their "Golden Treasury Series," a new and elegant edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, with illustra tions by Stothard.

POCKET SERIES OF FAVORITE STANDARD AUTHORS.-Frank H. Dodd, of New York, has commenced the publication of a "pocket edition" series of the works of the best English authors. Milton's Paradise Lost has already been given to the public. It is a 32mo., printed at the Cambridge University Press, on fine tinted paper, with type of admirable distinctness. The Paradise Lost is to be soon followed by Lamb's Tales from Shakspeare, and Isaac Walton's "Angler." This series will undoubtedly be a very popular one. Price, bound in vellum cloth, $1.25.

SPEECHES, LECTURES, AND LETTERS OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.Messrs. Walker, Wise, & Co., of Boston, have published in a handsome volume, (8vo. pp. 562), a selection from the Speeches and Lectures of Wendell Phillips. The volume is embellished with an admirable likeness of the distinguished orator.

*The Whip, the Hoe, and the Sword: or the Gulf Department in '63. By GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. pp. 298.

MRS. KIRKLAND'S SCHOOL GIRL'S GARLAND.-A second volume of poetical selections, by the lamented Mrs. C. M. KIRKLAND, bearing the title which we give above, had just been published by Charles Scribner, Esq., of New York, when the announcement was made of her sudden death. It is an unusually choice selection. (24mo. pp. 360).

WORKS OF LORD BACON.-The last volume of the new complete edition of Lord Bacon's Works, published by Taggard & Thompson, of Boston, has just been issued. We shall speak of it more at length in the next Number.

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED.

Orlean Lamar, and other Poems. By SARAH E. KNOWLES. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1864.

The Mystery of the Trinity Paralleled in Nature. An Analogical Argument. By W. R. HUNTINGTON. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1864. 24mo. pp. 24. Our State Militia: being a series of Articles originally contributed to the "Connecticut War Record." By FRANCIS WAYLAND, Esq. New Haven. 8vo. Pp. 24.

Certainty Concerning Christ, as the Divine Lord. A Sermon preached in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y. By RICHARD S. STORES, Jr., D. D. 1864. 8vo. pp. 32.

One who laid down his Life for his Brethren. A Sermon in Memory of ROBERT SEDGWICK EDWARDS; preached in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y. By Rev. R. S. STORRS, Jr., D. D. 1864. 8vo.

pp. 21.

Review by Rev. Dr. H. P. Tappan of his Connection with the University of Michigan. 1864. 8vo. pp. 52.

The Anglo-American Sabbath. By the Rev. Philip Schaff, D. D. Read before the National Sabbath Convention, Saratoga, August 11th, 1863.

Tract Society. 1864. 32mo. pp. 88.

In Memory of Albert Wilson Janvier. 1863. 8vo. pp. 11.

American

The Christian Element essential to the truest Patriotism; or, the Preservation of our Free Institutions impossible without the Gospel. By ABIJAH P. MARVIN, of Winchendon, Mass. 8vo. pp. 15.

The Throne of Iniquity. The Moral Contrasts developed by the existing war, in its Origin, Objects, and Prosecution. A Discourse delivered on the Day of National Thanksgiving, November 26th, 1863, at the Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo. By JOHN C. LORD, D. D. 1864. 8vo. pp. 32.

A Plea for equity in Church Maintenance. By MOUNTAINEER. Buffalo: 1864, 8vo. pp. 36.