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order of their dependence; and he has succeeded (in some important particulars, better than most writers of some works) in fixing on the truly scientific, and, therefore, the simplest methods; and the several series of questions are so arranged, as to lead by natural steps from easy and simple, to difficult and complex processes. It is mostly in the part devoted to "Mental Arithmetic," that the peculiar excellencies appear. The author's design and plan will be apprehended, in a measure, from the following extracts.

"It (the Arithmetic) should habituate the pupil to perform with ease and readiness, mental operations upon somewhat large numbers.'

"It should present these operations in their natural form, freed from the inverted and mechanical methods which belong, of necessity, to operations in written arithmetic."

"It should train the student to such a power of apprehending the relations of numbers, as shall give him an insight into the grounds of the rules of arithmetic; and, consequently, shall relieve him from dependence on these rules."

În a word, the work is an unusually skillful union of the mental calculation, first particularly and exclusively taught by Colburn, with the old system of rules, considerably improved. And when it is remarked,

what affectedly presented in the beginning,
with a mantle classically thrown over her
shoulders, and hand pressed upon her bo-
som, as if to give emphasis to the expres-
sion beneath: "Henceforth, to holier pur-
poses, I pledge myself"-meaning that she
has married a missionary. We don't ob-
ject to the fact, (which is highly praise-
worthy,) but to the expression in that
place. What is it to the profane readers
of "Fanny Forester's" stories?

The Sisters of Charity, 2 vols. gilt.
Julia Ormond, 1 vol. gilt. Dunnigan.
New York.

Well told stories, serving to illustrate the tenets and practice of the Roman Catholics. Beautiful presents they will make to the followers of that denomination; but we cannot say, that we think they are likely to win over many converts. As is usual in most of these books, much stress is laid upon the unity of the church, without adverting to the reason of that unity, to wit-implicit obedience to the will of one man, or set of men, which will insure unity everywhere. To those who are desirous of information on the doctrines of that communion, they convey much information in an agreeable form.

PALMO'S ITALIAN OPERA.-The Italian Opera being a purely scenic and musical entertainment, can only be appreciated “Which is as true, as truth has been of by those who have a taste for pantomime

late,"

that one half of the hopeful young gentle-
men graduating from our colleges, have
but a shabby acquaintance with arithmet-
ical" deductions," it will not appear
without reason, that we beg the generation
that is to instruct the generation that is to
be, somewhat more essentially in the
principles of this, or some other scientific
book as good. There can be no doubt,
that this study is one of the best means of
quickening the youthful mind of the
nation."

Alderbrook; a collection of Fanny For-
rester's Village Sketches, Poems, &c.
By MISS EMILY CHUBBUCK, 2 vols.
Boston, W. D. Ticknor & Co.

We must confess we could never discover any of that great merit in this lady's writings, which certain papers have accorded to them. She is, however, generally simple and natural in her style, and these sketches will prove interesting to young people. They are a sort of farewell contribution to literature; judging from the likeness of the authoress, which is some

Those

and a sense of musical expression.
who have a taste for this mode of repre-
senting the harmonies of love and the dis-
cords of hate by the concords and disa-
greements of musical notes modulated on
a theme, will find pleasure, if not extreme
gratification in the Operatic Drama; to
say nothing of scenery carried to the pitch
of a perfect delusion, and of a graceful
depicting of the passions by gesture and
attitudes. Apart from any opinion of the
Opera as it is managed in New York particu-
larly, we cannot but think it an agreeable
and by no means an immoral entertainment.
It brings reputable persons together to en-
joy a very elegant sort of trifling, not
without its use, perhaps, and cultivates an
ear for music, or creates one where it did not
exist. Assemblages of this kind have the
credit of promoting a humane and social
spirit, if they do nothing better; the
church is too sacred a place for the ex-
change of courtesies, or the display of
graces, the lecture-room tasks the under-
standing, and the theatre rouses if it does
not often allay and purify the sympathies;
but for a harmless, sparkling, folly, com-
mend us to the Opera.

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