them to a stiff froth, and add the beaten eggs. Beat the whole to a stiff snow; then turn it into a dessertdish.

Cake Pudding.-Three eggs, their weight in sugar, flour, and butter, a little grated rind of lemon. Whip the eggs up separately, then the butter to a cream, stir in the flour gently and mix all well together. Butter the cups, and bake them twenty minutes.

Persian Cream.-Dissolve gently one ounce of isinglass in a pint of new milk, and strain; then put it in a clean saucepan with three ounces of sugar broken small, and when it boils, stir into it half a pint of good cream; add this liquid at first by spoonsful only to eight ounces of apricot or raspberry jam; mix them very smoothly, and stir the whole until it is nearly cold, that the jam may not sink to the bottom of the mould. When the liquid is put to the fruit and has been stirred till nearly cold, whisk them briskly together; and last of all, throw in by very small portions at a time the strained juice of a good lemon. Put it into a mould, and let It stand at least twelve hours in a cold place before turning out.

Tea Cakes-Two pounds of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a pound of butter or lard, one egg, a piece of German yeast the size of a walnut, warm milk. Put the flour (which should be perfectly dry) into a basin; mix with it the salt, and rub in the butter or lard; then beat the egg well, stir to it the yeast, and add these to the flour with as much warm milk as will make the whole into a smooth paste, and knead it well. Let it rise near the fire, and when well risen form it into cakes; place them on tins, let them rise again for a few minutes before putting them into the oven, and bake from a quarter to half an hour in a moderate oven. These are very nice with a few currants and a little sugar added to the other ingredients; they should be put in after the butter is rubbed in. These cakes should be buttered, and eaten hot as soon as baked, but when stale they are very nice split and toasted; or, if dipped in milk, or even water, and covered with a basin in the oven till hot, they will be almost equal to new.

Apple Jam.-Peel and core the apples, and cut them in thin slices; then put them into a preserving pan or enamelled saucepan, and to every pound of fruit add three-quarters of a pound of white sugar, broken small, and put in, tied up in a piece of coarse muslin, a few cloves, a small piece of ginger, and the rind of a lemon very thin; stir with a wooden spoon on a quick fire for twenty minutes or longer. If the apples are juicy when sufficiently boiled, the jam will cling to the spoon. Remove the cloves, etc., and put the jam into jam pots, and when quite cold tie them down with thick paper or bladder. To be kept in a cool, dry place.

Chocolate Tart.-Mix two spoonfuls of rice-flour in a little milk, add ten raw eggs, beaten up in a quart of cream, and some salt. Simmer the cream, but take care not to curdle it, and then remove it from the fire, and add some powdered chocolate, taking care to mix it thoroughly with the cream. Afterwards cover the inside of a tart-pan with some thin paste, pour the chocolate cream into it and bake it. As soon as the tart is done, cover its surface with powdered loaf-sugar.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Cement.-A cheap and very useful cement is made by dissolving, say, two pennyworth of shellac in naphtha, a little at a time; when the mixture is of the thickness of thick cream, it will mend wood, China,

glass, jet, or anything in which a brown color is not a disfigurement.

Marble (to Clean).-One ounce of potash, two ounces of whitening, and a square of yellow soap, cut into small pieces; boil all together in a saucepan, until it begins to thicken; apply this with a large brush to the marble. If the marble is very dirty, let it remain on all night; if not, one hour will be sufficient. Then wash it carefully off with plenty of cold water and a sponge. Take care the mixture is not applied too hot. This is an old and well proved receipt.

Stains Caused by Scorching. For whitening scorched linen, it is often sufficient to wet it with soapsuds and lay it in the hot sun. Another method is, where milk is plentiful, to put one pound of white soap into a gallon of milk, and boil the scorched article in it. Another plan is, to squeeze out the juice of two middle-sized onions, which is boiled in half a pint of vinegar, with one ounce of white soap and two ounces of fuller's earth; the mixture is applied cool to the scorched part, and when dry washed off with clean water.

Cleaning Black Lace.-Wash it in skimmed milk, do not rub, but constantly squeeze it softly. When it seems clean, take it out, and put it into a little clean milk, also skimmed, give it another squeeze, and lay it out directly on sheets of stout paper; touch it every here and there with the fingers to draw out the scollops and edges, lay the sheets of paper over the lace, and a heavy weight over all till dry. If laid on anything soft, the moisture is absorbed, and the lace will not be so new looking.

To Clean Hair Brushes Quickly and Easily.—A dessertspoonful of hartshorn to a quart of cold water, in a wash-hand basin. Dip in the hair of the brushes, and rub them together until clean. Then rinse well with cold water; rub dry with a towel, and stand upright at an open window.

Cautions in Visiting Sick Rooms.-Never venture into a sick room if your are in a violent perspiration (if circumstances require your continuance there), for the moment your body becomes cold, it is in a state likely to absorb the infection, and give you the disease. Nor visit a sick person (especially if the complaint be of a contagious nature) with an empty stomach; as this disposes the system more readily to receive the contagion. In attending a sick person, place yourself where the air passes from the door or window to the bed of the diseased, not betwixt the diseased person and any fire that is in the room, as the heat of the fire will draw the infectious vapor in that direction, and you would run much danger from breathing it.

Necessity of Good Ventilation in Rooms Lighted with Gas.-In dwelling-houses lighted by gas, the frequent renewal of the air is of great importance. A single gas-burner will consume more oxygen, and produce more carbonic acid to deteriorate the atmosphere of a room, than six or eight candles. If, therefore, when several burners are used, no provision is 'made for the escape of the corrupted air and for the introduction of pure air from without, the health will necessarily suffer.

Hair Wash to Clean the Hair.-Add to a wineglass of cold water half a teaspoonful of sal-volatile, and with a small piece of flannel or sponge well wash the head and hair, dividing it into partings, so that every part is washed. This hair wash cleanses quickly, and that it preserves the color of the hair has been proved by an experience of ten years. Spirits of hartshorn may be used instead of sal-volatile, six drops to the wineglass, and applied in the

same manner.

TEACHING DEAF MUTES TO SPEAK.

A VOLUME which has lately been published, comprising the "Proceedings of the Eleventh Anniversary of the University Convocation of the State of New York," contains, among other valuable essays, an interesting paper, by Mrs. Charles Kelsey, of Cayuga Lake Academy, on "the instruction of deaf mutes," describing particularly the process by which they are taught to articulate. This process is not, as many suppose, a modern invention. A school for teaching it was founded in Leipsic, by Samuel Heinicke, in 1772, and is still in existence. But long before this, the method had been successfully tried. In the sixteenth century a Spanish monk, bearing a well-known historical name, Pedro Ponce de Leon, is said to have achieved remarkable results. One of his pupils, it is affirmed, became a priest, and another an officer in the army. In 1667 a work was published in Holland explaining the art of "lip-reading," and in the latter part of that century, Emanuel Philibert, Prince of Savoy, born deaf, is said to have learned to speak four languages. Other instances are given by Mrs. Kelsey, showing that the method has long been understood-though it has only very recently been reduced, by Mr. Bell, to a scientific form. The chief difficulty has always been in finding well-quali fied instructors. The system is one in which success depends almost entirely upon the teacher, who must possess a combination of qualities not often found together-quickness of apprehension, readiness in adapting the means employed to the varying capacities of the pupils, and withal and above all, untiring patience. Mrs. Kelsey evidently possesses all these requisites in an unusual degree. We quote a passage giving an account of the manner in which she commences the instruction of a new pupil, who has just been left in her charge, and who is apt, as she observes, to be at first almost as strange and shy as a frightened kitten:

"He had come to us without knowing anything in the world, feeling a strong attachment for father, mother, and home, and an intense dread of strange faces and places. We must begin his lesson as much with a view to amuse as to instruct. Taking a bit of paper, we place it on the back of the hand, and with the mouth near it we give the sound of the letter P, with force enough to send that bit of paper flying in the air. In nine cases out of ten, the little pupil will try the same experiment, and give the correct sound of the letter. Next we will show the little fellow that we can do the same thing without closing the lips, and by showing him the motion of the tongue we get the sound of T. H and S are but expulsions of the air with the mouth in proper position. Next we will try the articulate sounds. Our little pupil is easily attracted by the round shape of the mouth, so like the letter O we have put on the board. Placing one of his hands upon his own throat or chest, and the other on mine, he feels the vibration when I make the sound, and soon imitates it. 00 and W are the same, only that the lips are drawn into a smaller circle. In E the vibration can be felt under the angle of the jaws, or on top of the head, or back of the neck. In giving M, the pupil will see that the lips are closed, and at the same time he can feel the vibration on the throat and nose. Thus we pass through the alphabet, finding for each articufate sound some place upon the throat, head, or chest, in which the vibration of that sound can be distinctly felt. I do not mean to convey the idea that we have only to give all the sounds, and our unfortunate pupil can at once imitate us. Happy, indeed, would it be for both teacher and pupil if this were the case.

But for some sounds we may try weeks before they are mastered, and then only by holding the pupil's tongue in proper position while he gives the sound. K and G hard usually give more trouble than all other single sounds, and many times can only be mastered by first teaching the sounds of T and D, then letting the pupil give these sounds, at the same time pressing the tongue down with a paper-folder.'

As soon as the pupil has learned a few sounds, he is taught to combine them into words, at first regardless of the sense. Then the instructor passes on to short nouns, and so gradually to other words. The difficulties are great, but patience, gentleness, and skill overcome them in the end. Mrs. Kelsey adds, with the enthusiasm which marks the devoted teacher, "I have no expectation that the music of heaven will ever sound sweeter in my ears than has the correctly spoken word of some poor deaf child, when perhaps I had worked weeks to get that word properly articulated."

The pupils, it must be remembered, learn not only to speak, but also to understand, by the movement of the lips, what is said to them. On the question which of the two methods of teaching deaf mutes is to be preferred-that of articulate speech, or that of sign language (by movements of the fingers)-it would seem that there can be only a reasonable reply. Where a child is capable of learning how to speak and to understand what is said to him, that is surely the mode of instruction which should be preferred. But there seems no reason why both methods should not be taught to the same pupil. The sign language is easily learnt, and it has the advantage that those who understand it can converse without disturbing others.

Mrs. Kelsey, from her experience, strongly objects to any system which withdraws deaf mutes from the society of other children. They should be brought up together, play together, and, as far as possible, by taught together. A class of deaf mutes, who are learning to speak, should not, she remarks, have more than six or seven pupils, as each pupil must receive individual instruction; and she suggests that instead of special institutions, devoted expressly to this object, every academy in the State should have suitable provision for a class of deaf pupils. This suggestion, made by one so well qualified to advise on the subject, deserves the attention of the public authorities throughout the country. If it can be carried into effect, it will lighten the hearts of many parents whose children are afflicted with this sad defect, by giving the hope of seeing them restored in a large measure to society and to general usefulness. Earnest and thoughtful teachers, like Mrs. Kelsey and Mr. Bell, who are doing much to accomplish this end, are deserving of all honor and gratitude.

he asks, with enthusiasm, "Who then can, who will, doubt that a language with such a choice vocabulary, such vast resources, and such an enterprising population, is destined to become, at no distant period, the universal language on earth ?"

The learned lecturer, however, has apparently overlooked certain well-known historical facts, which do not favor this expectation. Under Alexander the Great and his successors, the Greeks were the dominant people in the civilized world. Their language was in nothing inferior, and in many respects far superior, to the English. It failed, however, to suppress other dialects, and in time became itself extinct. The Latin people had a still wider and firmer grasp of power. Their language had great excellences, which seemed particularly to suit it for the office of a general medium of intercourse. And such, indeed, it seemed on the point of becoming, when suddenly the great Latin empire broke up, and a dozen new nations and languages arose out of its ruins.

The English language has many claims to admiration. It is at once copious and succinct, simple in grammar, yet by its construction made sufficiently elear; and it has the advantage, like the Englishspeaking nations, of being made rich and strong by accessions from many widely different sources. On the other hand, it is harsh in pronunciation, and grievously irregular in orthography. It lacks the vivacity and precision of the French, the stately regularity of the Spanish, the musical grace of the Italian, and the happy Teutonic capacity of wordcomposition. Even in some of its special excellences -in succintness and grammatical simplicity-it is said to be far surpassed by the Chinese, which is now the general speech of one-fifth of the world's inhabitants.

The truth is that every language has its merits and its defects, and these are such as belong to the people who speak it. It is no more desirable that one language should be spoken throughout the globe than that all nations should be brought to a dull uniformity of character and mode of life. That such uniformity of speech and character is not required to ensure peace or prosperity, is shown by the example of the Swiss Confederation, where many communities, speaking various languages, and differing widely in mental traits, opinions, and ways of life, have been bound together for centuries in cordial and prosperous union. The great "FedePation of the world" may, and we trust will, come to pass, even though all the languages in which our indefatigable Bible Societies pursue their invaluable labors should continue to flourish, and the speakers of each tongue should remain convinced that their own cherished language is superior to all the rest.

THE BREATH OF LIFE.

THAT "the life of man is in the blood," and that the breath is the source of life, are two statements which seem to be, but are not, contradictory. The great discoverer of the circulation of the blood, Dr. Harvey, referred the origin of this circulation to the heart. It was left for a woman-one to whom education and science are alike largely indebted to demonstrate that the office of the heart is only secondary, and that the true source of the movement is to be found in the action of the life-giving air upon the blood, through the medium of the lungs. As long ago as in 1832, Mrs. Emma Willard formed this opinion, which, after careful investiga tion, she announced in an essay published in 1849. The proposition was favorably received by many physicians, but strongly combated by others. The eminent physiologist, Dr. John W. Draper, has 12*

finally given the seal of his high authority to this view, which may now be considered to be the accepted scientific doctrine.

The results of this discovery have been of great importance. Many persons have already owed to it their escape from death; and the more generally its purport is understood, the greater will be the benefits ensuing from it. In all cases in which persons have become insensible from suffocation, we now know what course is to be adopted. The method pursued in resuscitating drowning persons has of late years been entirely changed, and with happy effects. The great effort now is to promote respiration, and by this means the sufferer is not unfrequently restored to animation long after all appearIances of life have ceased to exist. In the cases of children perishing from croup, or any other ailment which causes a stoppage of the windpipe, the same method has been applied, with the like effect. In a late issue of the New Orleans Bulletin, an interesting essay by Dr. Thomas Nicholson, on "Practical Resuscitation," gives some striking instances which have occurred within the author's own practice or knowledge. Among other facts, he says:

"Ten years ago the writer was called to see a child who had the croup. When I reached the home of the child, I was told that it was all overthat the little cherub had died over half an hour ago. From the account I got of the child's illness, and his physical aspect as I saw him, I justly inferred that he died of suffocation. Being yet a little warm, I ask myself why not make a bold effort for his restoration? It can do no harm, and the attempt canI put my lips to his, and succeeded in inflating his not be wrong. I had the baby-boy made extra warm. collapsed lungs. To my great joy, his heart commenced to leap into action and life. I carefully watched and cherished this new-found life until perpetuity was beyond doubt; and I have good reason to believe the boy is living to this day.

"Two more cases of a similar character-one lately in New Orleans-I have brought to life again after every evidence of life action had been extinct for a considerable time. The windpipe, therefore, may properly be regarded as the royal road to re-estab fish life. In non-inflammatory croup, many a child perishes because the top of the windpipe or glottis spasmodically closes, and thus completely arrests the function of respiration, which will remain arrested forever if not set going again by artificial respiration."

Another instance, which the circumstances render even more remarkable, is thus related:

"Dr. Ely was one who had opposed and written against the theory. In the mean time, his son had cholera, and expired. His medical friends had left him, and crape was tied to the front door. Standing by the side of his lifeless babe, Dr. Ely said to himself, If this theory should be true, I might save my child and, profiting by the example of Dr. Cart wright in restoring the dead alligator (by inflating the lungs through the windpipe), he restored his child to life. Remitting his efforts too soon, again the infant ceased to breathe. And again, and yet the third time, the father restored him; and months afterwards the child was living and in perfect health. Dr. Ely then came promptly forward, and, like an honest man, reported the case as convincing of a truth which he had formerly opposed."

Dr. Nicholson accords to Mrs. Willard the entire credit of this beneficent discovery. Whenever the question of the capacity of woman for the investigation of scientific truths is mooted, this notable achievement should not be forgotten. Mrs. Willard herself, however, would have cared little for the personal distinction, so long as she knew that the world was benefited by the discovery. If we now seize the occasion of Dr. Nicholson's valuable essay to draw attention to the subject, it is with the hope that the method of resuscitation deduced from this discovery may be made more widely known, and may be the means of saving many precious lives.

POEM FOR THE LITTLE FOLK. THE STARS.

"SEE! the stars are coming

In the soft blue skies;
Mother, look! they're winking.
Are they angels' eyes?"

"No, my son; the lustre
Of the stars is given,
Like the red of roses,

By the God of Heaven."

"Mother, if I study

Will God let me know Why the stars He lighted, O'er the sky to glow ?" "Yes, my son, God made them Lights to shine above. Men should learn God's wisdom By His works of love." "Mother, you have told me Heaven is the angels' home; If I pray one softly,

Will the angel come ?"

"I said, my son, the angels

Of God have places given; Only God the FATHER

Hears our prayers in Heaven. "Day by day we ask Him For our daily food. Day by day God giveth All that He finds good. "And the blessed Saviour

Taught us how to pray; All mankind are children, All have lost their way. "Only God forgiveth,

For Christ's sake' 'tis done; Every soul forgiven

Is with Christ made one.

"And the little children

May have nearest place,
For in Heaven their angels
See our Father's face.
"Go to God, my darling,

Seek Him in your prayer,
Though we cannot see Him,
God sees everywhere,
"Sees us in the day-time,

Sees us in the dark,
Hears the sob of sorrow,-
Songs that wake the lark!
"Nor without His noting

Could a sparrow fall.
God's life bounds eternity,
His love encircleth all.

A REMINISCENCE OF LETITIA G. LANDON. THE recent death of John Forster, the biographer of Dickens, and author of various literary productions of some note, recalls to mind the fact that he was at one time engaged to be married to Miss Landon, and that the engagement was terminated under unhappy circumstances. A cruel calumny had been spread against her by an anonymous persecutor. At her request it was investigated, and was proved to be utterly groundless. But her sensitive nature was troubled by the fear that her future husband might find his mind disturbed by the mere fact that her fair fame had been subjected to suspicion. In an access of despondency, while recovering from a severe illness, she wrote to Mr. Forster that she could not allow him to consider himself bound to her by any possible tie. "I feel,” she added, “that, to give up all idea of a near and dear connection, is as much my duty to myself as to you. Why should you be exposed to the annoyance, the mortification, of having the name of the woman you honor with regard coupled with insolent insinuation? You would never bear it."

Mr. Forster took her at her word. Mr. Laman

Blanchard, to whom we owe these recollections, thus remarks upon the events which followed :—

"L. E. L.'s marriage with Governor Maclean, of Cape Coast Castle, and her tragic death, happened within little more than a year from the day when the foregoing was written to Mr. Forster. It has been often said, by many who knew the betrothed, that L. E. L. was piqued at the resignation with which Mr. Forster received his dismissal. That a feeling which was not love prompted her to accept the suit of Mr. Maclean was evident to all her friends. It is probable that the authoress of 'The Vow of the Peacock' expected her lover to treat her with extravagant chivalry; to refuse his congé though given again and again; to listen to no reasoning away of his love, and to worship his mistress only the more passionately for the dark clouds that had settled over her head. Whereas, she was met by a man of honor, who, while maintaining the completest faith in her innocence, and remaining ready to marry her, was sufficiently master of himself to defer to her arguments when she showed cause why their engagement should be at an end."

The only "argument" which Miss Landon used was one which, though proper for her to urge, hardly seems such as a betrothed lover should have been willing to accept as conclusive. Believing her innocent, he should rather, one would think, have been impelled to sustain her to the last under her unmerited wrongs. It would be unjust, however, to censure him without a better knowledge of the facts than we possess. One can only regret that such a wealth of genius and of noble qualities as Miss Landon possessed should not have availed to secure her the domestic happiness for which she yearned, and which, in a congenial union, she was so well qualified to confer. One may fancy, too, that Mr. Forster, in his laborious and somewhat troubled literary career, must have sometimes regretted the loss of that affectionate solace and intellectual aid which might have brightened his existence and lifted his mind into a serene sphere.

CINCHONA TREES IN INDIA.

NEXT to vaccination, perhaps, the most valuable "medical discovery" of modern times was that of the virtues of what is popularly known as "Peruvian bark"-the product of the cinchona tree. There is, indeed, this difference, that while there are some (as we think) unreasonable skeptics, who question the efficacy of vaccination, there are none who doubt the value of quinine. Poor Livingstone, when two of his bearers deserted, carrying off his medicine chest, noted in his journal that in the loss of his quinine he felt that he had received his death stroke; and so the event sadly proved. As the tree in its native region was fast disappearing, it is gratifying to know that the Indian government, with a wise forethought, is providing against the suffering which might result from this cause. In 1860, plants and seeds of the cinchona were brought from Bolivia to India. Large plantations were set out in the Neilgherry hills, where some millions of the young trees are now growing. In 1873 nearly 100,000 pounds of bark were furnished from these plantations, and of course the quantity will rapidly increase. An official report on the condition of India declares that "cinchona cultivation is now entirely out of the category of experiments: and soon the grand object will be secured, namely, the provision of an abundant supply of this invaluable febrifuge at so cheap a rate as to be within the means of the population at large."

As the Neilgherry hills have a temperate climate, the question arises whether there are not portions of our own country in which this valuable tree can be grown to advantage. In Texas, Southern California, and the intervening region, it would seem that there must be situations ell adapted to it. For the en

couragement of any one who is inclined to try the experiment, it may be mentioned that the plantations in India were already, in about twelve years from their commencement, yielding an annual income of $80,000,"with prospects of large increase in future years." Thus there may be more gain, as well as much more good, in a cinchona plantation, than in a silver mine.

ZENANA MISSIONS.-The remarkable and pleasing fact is stated, on good authority, that there are now no fewer than thirteen hundred zenana missions in Bengal and the northwest provinces of India. In so many instances Christian ladies are engaged in introducing the elements of education and religious knowledge into the women's apartment of the houses of native gentlemen; and the work is also extending in the other Presidencies. This fact shows that the ancient prejudices of the higher class of Hindoos against Christianity are vanishing. Such changes of sentiment, though slow in commencing, often go on with great rapidity; and it is not impossible that Queen Victoria may, before death, be happy enough to find herself the Empress of a great Christian land in the East.

Literary Rotices.

From J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Philadelphia:A NEW GODIVA. By Stanley Hope, author of "Geoffrey's Wife." This is a pleasantly romantic story of English life, agreeably seasoned with sensation, and of sufficient originality in plot to prove a pleasant surprise to the novel reader. It will doubtless be one of the favorite books of the season.

THE ATONEMENT OF LEAM DUNDAS. By Mrs. E. Lynn Linton, author of "Patricia Kemball," etc. Mrs. Linton has won a high place among English novelists. She has been compared to George Eliot for the strength and brilliancy of her style. This, her latest novel, is a charming picture of English country life, while the characters are sufficiently romantic to meet all the requirements of modern fic. titious literature.

PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. This is a "Centennial edition" of a publication which has already received notice at our hands. The original book was numerously and beautifully illustrated with views of Philadelphia and its environs. This edition contains a large number of additional engravings, illustrative of the Centennial Exhibition. Every visitor to Philadelphia during the season should obtain a copy.

From CLAXTON, REMSEN, & HAFFELFINGER, Philadelphia:

STORIES OF HOSPITAL AND CAMP. By Mrs. C. E McKay. This is an old theme, but one that possesses ever new interest. Stories of camp and hospital life will be told around the hearth for many years yet to come; and the little audiences will listen with never decreasing interest. Thus, when the audience is the public, the interest will still be the same, and as long continued. Mrs. McKay tells us that her story consists strictly of personal observations and experience during a period of forty months' service in military hospitals at various points. She is a woman of keen sympathies and close observation, and has made a very readable book indeed.

From J. M. STODDART & CO., Philadelphia:OUR BEHAVIOR: A Manual of Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society. By Mrs. E. B.

Daley, author of "What Women Should Know," etc. This is an innovation upon most books of its class, inasmuch as it takes this class of literature from the low literary level which it has hitherto occupied, and brings it up to a higher standard. It departs from European conventional rules of etiquette and behavior, and bases its laws upon broad, American ideas, suited to a republican, and at the same time a highly educated and polished people. It is a book which should be in every family, in order that the children may become familiar with all that constitutes best behavior. The book is handsomely printed, and most elegantly bound, and, in addition to its intrinsic value, will be prized as a handsome ornament for the centre-table.

From PORTER & COATES, Philadelphia:

THE PRIME MINISTER. By Anthony Trollope. Trollope's works are always among the most welcome to our table. This book received none the less hearty reception because it brought back to our notice old acquaintances, in whose welfare we have long felt a more than ordinary interest. The prime minister is none other than Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium; while his lively little wife, Lady Glencory, makes an exceedingly attractive and ambitious prime ministeress. Other old friends are recalled to memory, among them Phineas Finn, who has himself been the hero of two previous novels. There are new characters introduced, one of them, Ferdinand Lopez, being a somewhat original creation in literature. Any one who has read any of Trollope's works finds himself compelled to read them all; therefore it is only necessary to announce the appearance of this book.

From T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, Philada. :SELF-RAISED; or, From the Depths. By Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth. This is a sequel to "Ishmael; or, in the Depths," which we noticed last month. The story, in this volume, is brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The book is illustrated by a fine engraving of the residence of the author, upon the Potomac.

WASHINGTON AND HIS MEN. By George Lippard. This is the second series of the "Legends of the Revolution," and is a book which had much popularity a generation since, and which is now being reprinted at the present appropriate period.

From HARPER & BROTHERS, New York, through CLAXTON, REMSEN, & HAFFELFINGER, Philada. :—

DANIEL DERONDA. By George Eliot. In two volumes. Vol. I. The book which we have been promised, and for which we have so impatiently waited for months, has reached us at last. At least, the first volume is in our hands. Though it is most unsatisfactory to read half a story, and then be compelled to wait months for its conclusion, still it were better to read "Daniel Deronda" that way, than not at all. We are opposed, on principle, to giving a detailed account of the plot of a new story, and thus spoil its reading for others; so we can only make reference to this book in a general manner. Its hero is not, strictly speaking, a new type in fiction, but he is drawn with that conscientious fidelity to her ideal, and with that precision of touch, which make him almost to seem like one. The heroine is more of a novelty, and differs as materially from the heroines of other stories, as does George Eliot differ from other authors. She has all the brightness and sauciness of certain other characters created by George Eliot, while she possesses traits peculiarly her own. The story itself, at least that part of it which we are now favored with, is quite equal to its author's best.