NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the Progress of the Survey during the Year 1852. Washington. 1853.

Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, Vice-President of the United States, delivered in the Senate and in the House of Representatives of the United States, December 8, 1853. Washington. 1854.

A Practical Treatise on Railway Curves and Location, for young Engineers. By William F. Shunk, Civil Engineer. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 106.

The Orator's Touchstone, or Eloquence Simplified. Embracing a Comprehensive System of Instruction for the Improvement of the Voice, and for Advancement in the General Art of Public Speaking. By Hugh McQueen. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854. 24mo. pp. 327.

A German Reader for Beginners. Instructor in Harvard University. Cambridge: John Bartlett. 1854.

Compiled by Bernard Rölker, A.M., Second revised and improved Edition.

Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland. Vol. IV. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854.

The Principles of Animal and Vegetable Physiology: A popular Treatise on the Functions and Phenomena of Organic Life, to which is prefixed a General View of the Great Departments of Human Knowledge. By J. Stevenson Bushman, M. D. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea. 1854. 12mo. pp.

234.

Astronomical Sermons in Two Parts. By H. S. Porter, D.D. Louisville : Hull and Brother. 1854. 16mo. pp. 400.

Lectures on Romanism, being Illustrations and Refutations of the Errors of Romanism and Tractarianism. By the Rev. John Cumming, D.D. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 728.

Leather Stocking and Silk; or, Hunter John Myers and his Times. A Story of the Valley of Virginia. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854. 24mo. pp. 408.

Feathers from a Moulting Muse. By Henry J. Sargent. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co.

1854. 16mo. pp. 270.

History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics. Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island from its First Discovery to the Present Time. By Maturin M. Ballou. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 230.

Library of Biblical Literature. Nos. 4-8. London: William Freeman. An Address in Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Lancaster, Massachusetts. By Joseph Willard. With an Appendix. Boston. 1853.

Unitarianism, or Liberal Christianity, in reference to the Doctrine of the Trinity, the Atonement, and Future Punishment; and in Accordance with the Communications from the higher Order of Spirits upon this Subject. By William S. Andrews. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854.

Third Annual Report of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association; presented May 12, 1854; including the By-laws, Names of Officers, LifeMembers, &c. Boston. 1854.

Russia and England: their Strength and Weakness. By John Reynell Morell. New York: Ricker, Thorne, & Co. 1854.

A Letter of Inquiry to Ministers of the Gospel of all Denominations, on Slavery. By a Northern Presbyter. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. 1854. Letters of a Lunatic, or a Brief Exposition of my University Life, during the years 1853-54. By G. J. Adler, A.M., Professor of German Literature in the University of the City of New York. New York. 1854.

Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts. By his Son, William H. Sumner. Together with a Genealogy of the Sumner Family. Boston: Samuel G. Drake. 1854.

Reminiscences. By William H. Sumner. Boston. 1854.

Report of the Joint Committee, on Public Health. Majority Report. New Orleans. 1854.

Counter Report of the Joint Committee on Public Health. New Orleans. 1854.

Report of Dr. J. L. Riddell, upon the Epidemic of 1853. New Orleans.

1854.

Report of the Board of Administrators of the Charity Hospital, for 1853. New Orleans. 1854.

Defence of Rev. A. O. Brickman, before the Lutheran Conference, on the Charge of having embraced the Doctrine of Swedenborg. 1854.

Reports of the Visitors, Trustees, and Superintendent of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. June Session, 1854. Concord. 1854.

Eighth Annual Report upon the Common Schools of New Hampshire; the same being the Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Education, June, 1854. Concord. 1854.

Speech delivered by Hon. Josiah Quincy, Senior, before the Whig State Convention, assembled at the Music Hall, Boston, August 16, 1854. Boston. 1854.

American Liberty and its Obligations: A Discourse for the Times, delivered in the Broadway Church, Chelsea, Mass., Sabbath, July 2, 1854. By Rev. Joseph A Copp. Boston. 1854.

A Sermon delivered on Wednesday Evening, June 21, 1854, at the Installation of the Rev. E. Smalley, D.D., as Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy. By William B. Sprague, D. D. Troy. 1854.

A Sermon delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, on Sab

bath Afternoon, July 20, 1854, immediately after the Funeral of Mrs. Harriet Chapin. By William B. Sprague, D.D. Albany. 1854.

The Perfect Man. A Sermon on the Death of Hon. John Davis, preached at Worcester, Mass., April 23, 1854. By Alonzo Hill, D.D. New York: Charles B. Norton. 1854.

Library of Select Novels. No. 187. The Dodd Family Abroad. By Charles Lever. No. 188. Sir Jasper Carew, Knt.: his Life and Experiences. By Charles Lever. No. 189. The Quiet Heart. From Blackwood's Magazine. No. 190. Aubrey. By the Author of "Castle Avon," etc. No. 191. Ticonderoga or, the Black Eagle. A Romance of Days not far distant. By G. P. R. James, Esq. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854.

Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the World. To be completed in Ten Numbers, with Seven new Maps. Nos. 1-3. New York: Harper & Brothers. Royal 8vo.

Romanism: a Sermon preached in the Church of the Third Religious Society in Dorchester, July 16 and 30. By Richard Pike. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854.

Influence of the Mechanic Arts on the Human Race. Two Lectures delivered by Charles Gayarré. New York: John Wiley. 1854.

Austria and its Polity. A Lecture, delivered at Astoria, N. Y., January 21, 1853. By Robert Dodge. New York. 1853.

The Rendition of Anthony Burns. By William I. Bowditch. Boston: Robert F. Wallcut. 1854.

Massachusetts in Mourning. A Sermon, preached in Worcester, on Sunday, June 4, 1854. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1854.

Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library of the City of New Bedford, for the year 1853 - 4. New Bedford. 1854.

Steadfastness in the Faith: a Sermon preached at the Unitarian Church, Washington, May 14, 1854. By R. P. Cutler. Washington. 1854.

Martin Merrivale, his Mark. By Paul Creyton. Nos. 5-10. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co.

Foot-prints of Famous Men. By John G. Edgar. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854. 16mo. pp. 369.

Substance and Shadows; or, Phases of Every-day Life. By Emma Wellmont. Boston John P. Jewett & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 320.

The Bible in Schools. Argument of Richard H. Dana, Jr., Esq., before the Supreme Court of Maine, in the Cases of Lawrence Donahoe vs. Richards et al., and Bridget Donahoe, by her next Friend, vs. the Same, at Bangor, July 22, 1854. Boston. 1854.

Works of Fisher Ames. With a Selection from his Speeches and Correspondence. Edited by his Son, Seth Ames. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. 1854. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 406, 452.

Russia. Translated from the French of the Marquis de Custine. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. 24mo. pp. 499.

Farm Implements, and the Principles of their Construction and Use; an Elementary and Familiar Treatise on Mechanics, and on Natural Philosophy

generally, as applied to the ordinary Practices of Agriculture. With 200 Engraved Illustrations. By John J. Thomas. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854. 24mo.

pp. 267.

Thoughts and Things at Home and Abroad. By Elihu Burritt. With a Memoir, by Mary Howitt. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 364.

A Course of English Reading, adapted to every Taste and Capacity. By the Rev. James Pycroft, B.A., Trinity College, Oxford. Edited, with Alterations, Emendations, and Additions, by J. A. Spencer, D.D. New York: C. S. Francis & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 283.

Poems, Plays, and Essays, by Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., with a Critical Dissertation on his Poetry, by John Aikin, M.D., and an Introductory Essay, by Henry T. Tuckerman, Esq. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 530.

The Seat of Government of the United States. A Review of the Discussions, in Congress and elsewhere, on the Site and Plans of the Federal City; with a Sketch of its Present Position and Prospects; also, Remarks on Monumental Structures and the Smithsonian Institution. Read (in part) before the New York and Maryland Historical Societies. By Joseph B. Varnum, Jr. Second Edition, with an Alphabetical Index. Washington : R. Farnham. 1854.

Shakspeare's Scholar: being Historical and Critical Studies of his Text, Characters, and Commentators, with an examination of Mr. Collier's Folio of 1632. By Richard Grant White. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. pp. 504.

Spenser and the Fairy Queen. By John S. Hart, LL. D. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell. 1854. 12mo. pp. 434.

A Sermon addressed to the Second Presbyterian Congregation in Albany, Sunday Morning, August 27, 1854, on the Completion of a Quarter of a Century from the Commencement of the Author's Ministry among them. By William B. Sprague, D.D. Albany. 1854.

A Sermon delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, on Sabbath Morning, August 20, 1854; commemorative of the Character of Mrs. Christina Lee. By William B. Sprague, D.D. Albany. 1854.

The Epistle of Paul to the Romans; with a Commentary and Revised Translation, and Introductory Essays. By Abiel Abbot Livermore. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 256.

Popular Tales. By Madame Guizot. Translated from the French, by Mrs. L. Burke. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 404.