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Two More Of The Annual Tribe Are On Our Table-

1. Portraits of the Children of the Nobility, edited by Mrs. FAIRLIE. 2. Gems of Beauty, with Fanciful Illustrations in I'erse, by the Countess of BLESSINGTON. I. To criticize......

The Ninth Volume Of Mr. Murray's Edition Of The Decline

and flit begins to verge upon existing interests ; being chiefly de- voted to the career of Manosissr, and the progress of his creed. The map contains the European world, and......

Rudiments Of' English Composition, By Alexander Reid,...

attempts to make children good writers by arti- ficial exercises is useful or mischievous, has often been discussed. To put boys down to write a letter, or a theme, when they......

A Catechism On Heat, By Hucio Rain. This Is A

very valuable little publication, containing in a small compass the cream of the subject at a very trifling price. The principles, and most striking facts connected with heat,......

The 109th Number Of Lardner's " Cabinet Cyclopredia "...

the Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, by Mr. SWAINSO:S ; which is to be completed in two volumes.......

The Fourth Part Of Dr. Tax's Dictionary Of Arts, Manufac-

tures, and Mines, is rich in subjects of a practical and scientific nature; containing expositions of the principles and processes of Cutlery, Distillation, Dying, Embroidery,......

Mr. Westwood, The Secretary To The Entomological Society...

has revised and extended the principal articles contri- buted by him to the "British Cyclopmalia of Natural History," so as to form an interesting and popular introduction to......

" The Guide To Serrice." Two Numbers Of This Little

publica- tion are before us—the Chemist and Druggist, which contains a plain description of what a chemist's apprentice has to do; and the Dairy-Maid, whose duties are told in......

A Wreath Of' Wild Flowers From New England, By Frances

SARGENT OsGOOD. This volume contains " Elfrida, a Tragedy . ;" distinguisbed, like most modern dramas, for too much declamation and too little act ion ; and a collection of......

In Addition To These, We Have, As Usual, A Vast

number of pamph- lets on all subjects which can affect the body or the soul, im- prove mankind in this world, or fit them for the next. Some people take up the Church, some the......