“The Two Families,” a novel by the author of Rose Douglass. In one volume.
“Courtesy, Manners and Habits. By George Winfred Hervey.” A volume in which the principles of Christian politeness are enforced with much good sense and considerable force and brilliancy.
“Ivar; or, The Skjuts-Boy; a Romance,” translated from the Swedish by Professor A. L. Krause. An interesting and attractive number of the Library of Select Novels.
The Cavaliers of England, or The Times of the Revolutions of 1642 and 1688. By Henry William Herbert. New York: Redfield. 1 vol. 12mo.
This volume is composed of four exciting tales illustrative of English history, and are in every way worthy of Mr. Herbert’s powerful and vivid genius. In pictorial faculty, in the disposition and creation of incidents, in the delineation of the passions, and, especially, in the unwearied fire and movement of the style, these stimulating stories are among the best which the press has given forth for a long period.
An Exposition of Some of the Laws of the Latin Grammar. By Gessner Harrison, M. D. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 12mo.
The work of a ripe scholar, this volume is an important aid to all students of the Latin language desirous of comprehending the general doctrines of its etymology, its inflectional forms, and its syntax. It is not intended to supersede the common grammars, but to be their complement. The author is professor of the ancient languages in the University of Virginia.