be on exhibition to the whole world of tourists, and "the wilderness of Skye" will be a wilderness no longer. We should like to dwell longer on this charming volume, for it is "as full as an egg is of meat." We have been astonished as we have taken it up day after day to find how famous a place is Skye, and how much is going on in that far away island in which the world should take an interest! THE FREEDMEN'S BOOK.*-This book is in every way significant of the new order of things! It is an attractive looking volume, of some literary pretensions, edited by Mrs. L. Maria Child, and brought out by one of the most respectable publishing houses in the United States. The contents compare favorably with the best books of miscellaneous reading which are prepared for people of a whiter skin. The volume is dedicated to "the loyal and brave Capt. Robert Small, the hero of the steamboat Planter." It is worthy of notice that eighteen of the articles here published are contributed by eleven persons of African descent. BROWNELL'S WAR LYRICS.t-Here is a little volume which has at once placed Henry Howard Brownell in the very first rank of American lyrical poets! His lines are instinct with true impassioned poetic fire, and breathe the very spirit of that hour when Farragut in the maintop fought the battle of Mobile Bay. It is fitting that the heroic deeds of "the grand old chief" should be thus nobly sung by one who was with him in the terrible fight of the River and the Bay. We quote from "the Fight in MobileBay." But ah! the pluck of the crew! Still as the fray grew louder, Boldly they worked and well; Steadily came the powder, * The Freedmen's Book. By Mrs. L. MARIA CHILD. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1866. 12mo. pp. 277. New Haven: T. H. Pease. + War Lyrics: and other poems. By HENRY Howard BrownelL. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1866. 16mo. pp. 243. New Haven: T. H. Pease. Price $1.50. And if tackle or truck found hurt, Quickly they cleared the wreck; And the dead were laid to port, All a-row on our deck. Never a nerve that failed, And now as we looked ahead, (The firing to guide or check,) That a minute ago were men!) Red from mainmast to bitts! Red, on bulwark and waleRed, by combing and hatchRed, o'er netting and rail! And ever, with steady con The ship forged slowly by And ever the crew fought on, And their cheers rang loud and high. Grand was the sight to see How by their guns they stood, Right in front of our dead, Fighting square abreast. Ended the mighty noise, Thunder of forts and ships, Down we went to the hold O, our dear dying boys! How we pressed their poor brave lips (Ah, so pallid and cold !) And held their hands to the last, (Those that had hands to hold.) There are over thirty of these "War-Lyrics," besides a larger number of "Miscellaneous Pieces," some of which are of a humorous character. Of this latter kind, one of the best describes the uncomfortable feelings of a sea-sick "Parsinger" on a "Californy Steemer." "None of 'em seem to keer 62 cents Nur to talk to him—not even the saler MRS. BARRETT'S POEMS.*-Mrs. Barrett was the wife of Capt. Charles H. Barrett, who graduated at Yale College in 1852. She died of Asiatic cholera on board the merchant-ship which her husband commanded, on the voyage between Hong Kong and Shanghai, July 13th, 1863. This beautiful volume contains a collection of Mrs. Barrett's poems, some of which were originally published in the New Haven newspapers. An interesting account of her life, written by the Rev. S. Dryden Phelps, D. D., serves as a very appropriate introduction. WINIFRED BERTRAM.†-We have just received at the last moment before going to press another volume which comes from the popular authoress of the "Schonberg-Cotta Family," and the "Diary of Kitty Trevylyan." The publisher is Mr. M. W. Dodd, of New York City, whose American editions of her works, -as the authoress in a card informs the readers of her books,-" alone" have her "sanction." EVERY SATURDAY.-Messrs. Ticknor & Fields of Boston, the well known publishers of The Atlantic, and The North American Review, announce that on Saturday, Jan. 6th, 1866, they will begin the publication of a weekly journal, with the title which we have given above, which will be devoted to "choice reading selected from foreign current literature." This new magazine is intended for Town and Country, for the Fireside, the Seaside, the Railway, and the Steamboat. Its plan embraces Incidents of Travel and Adventure, Essays Critical and Descriptive, Serial Tales, Short Stories, The Poems of Elizabeth G. Barber Barrett.—New York: Hurd & Houghton. 1866. 12mo. pp. 453. New Haven: Judd & White. Price $3. † Winifred Bertram: and the World she lived in. By the author of the "Schonberg-Cotta Family." New York: M. W. Dodd, 506 Broadway. 1866. 12mo. pp. 479. New Haven: F. T. Jarman. Price $1.75. Poems, Biographies, Literary intelligence, etc., in connection with judicious selections from the admirable popular papers on Science which are constantly appearing in foreign periodicals." Every Saturday "is to contain each week thirty-two large octavo pages, handsomely printed in double columns, with an engraved title." Terms.-Single Numbers, 10 cents. Subscription Price, $5.00 per year, in advance. MONTHLY PARTS will be issued containing 128 pages each, handsomely bound in attractive cover, price 50 cents. Subscription price, $5.00 per year in advance. Clubbing Arrangement.—Subscribers to any of the other Periodicals published by Ticknor and Fields will receive Every Saturday for $4.00 per year in advance. Messrs. Ticknor and Fields, it will be remembered, are also the publishers of Our Young Folks. This magazine, so full of interest to children, reached during the first half year of its existence a circulation of over fifty thousand! The publishers announce that during the coming year (1866) they hope to make the magazine still more attractive and valuable. NEW PUBLICATIONS OF MESSRS. SEVER AND FRANCIS OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-The Ballad Book. Selection of the Choicest British Ballads. Edited by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, Author of "Day and Night Songs," etc. 18mo. 1866. pp. 397. The Sunday Book of Poetry.-Selected and arranged by C. F. ALEXANDER, author of Hymns for Little Children, etc. 18mo. pp. 335. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Ticknor & Fields. Blue and Gold. 24mo. pp. 240. Golden Haired Gertrude. A Story for Children. By THEODORE TILTON. With Illustrations by H. L. STEPHENS. New York: Tibbals & Whiting. Small quarto. pp. 40. Chastelard. A Tragedy. By ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, New York: Hurd & Houghton. '1866. 12mo. pp. 178. Vital Godliness.-A treatise on experimental and practical piety. By WILLIAM S. PLUMER, D. D., LL. D. American Tract Society. 12mo. pp. 610. New Haven: F. T. Jarman. John Vine Hall; or Hope for the Hopeless. An autobiography edited by his son, Rev. NEWMAN HALL, of Surrey Chapel, London. 12mo. pp. 264. American Tract Society, New York. Price 60 cents. New Haven: F. T. Jarman Analysis of Darwin, Huxley, and Lyell; Being a critical examination of the views of these authors in regard to the origin and antiquity of man. By HENRY A. DuBois, M. D., LL. D. Repulication from the "American Quarterly Church Review." 1866. 8vo. pp. 94. A Brief Memoir of Rev. Giles Firman,—one of the ejected ministers of 1662. By JOHN WARD DEAN, Vice President of the Prince Society. Boston: 1866. pp. 16. NEW AND IMPORTANT BOOKS, JUST READY AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO., 124 Grand Street, New York. Copies sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers. DR. BUSHNELL'S NEW WORK. The Vicarious Sacrifice. Grounded on Principles of Universal Obligation. By HORACE BUSHNELL, D. D., Author of "Sermons for the New Life," "Nature and the Supernatural," &c. In 1 vol., octavo, $3. HISTORY OF RATIONALISM. Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology. By Rev. JOHN F. HURST, A. M. 1 vol., 8vo., $3.50. The history of Rationalism is traced through all its stages of development down to the present time. The whole period passed over is about two centuries; and in giving a history of Rationalism during this time, it has been an object of the author to describe. indirectly, the state of Protestant Theology at the present time. The object of the work is to counteract the scepticism which is now coming into this country, by showing the evils it has inflicted on other lands. It is designed to warn the Church against showing any favor to such a dangerous enemy. It is not adapted to clergymen alone, but to laymen as well-to all who desire the growth of evangelical sentiment in the United States. A New and Revised Edition, with a Supplement, of the Cyclopædia of American Literature. By E. A. and G. L. DUYOKINUK. Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and selections from their Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. With 225 portraits, 425 autographs, and 75 views of colleges, libraries, and resi dences of authors, and elegant steel engravings of J. Fenimore Cooper and Benjamin Franklin. 2 vols., royal 8vo., cloth, $10; half calf, $16 When desired, the Supplement will be sold separately, in 1 vol., $2.50. } This new edition of the Cyclopædia of American Literature, which has been for some time out of print, will include a SUPPLEMENT, bringing the work down to the present gear. Many new articles relating to Old and Recent Authors have been added, with numerous Obituaries of Authors already included, and |