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His vivid pictures of mere information they give, and in fact, the manners and customs of the voy- because of the just and perfectly huageurs, traders and Indians, who are mane spirit in which the subjects are absorbed in occupations connected with treated, are worthy of attentive conthe trade in furs, recall the stirring sideration. narratives of Irving's "Astoria" and Bonneville," and give the reader the impression that, in this secluded portion of the continent, the past century has brought but little change. 66 The following list of some of the subjects treated by Mr. ROBINSON, will give an idea of the character of his volume: A Journey by Dog-sledge; Canoelife; the Half-breed Voyageur; the Hudson's Bay Company; Life in a Company's Hut: a Voyage with the Voyageurs; the Great Fall Hunts; the Fraternity of Medicine; the Blackfeet Indians at Home; Winter Travel; the Fur Hunter; a Winter Camp; the Frost King; a Half-breed Bull; a Wood-Indian Prade." 66 Rydberg's Roman Days. ROMAN DAYS, by the distinguished Swedish author, VIKTOR RYDBERG, embodies the results of careful historical studies in and out of Rome, touches lightly on its political questions, and gives (in the Roman traditions) some legendary matter not as yet brought forward by other The art criticisms are the work of a poet and scholar; the brief historical and topographical sketches those of a clear headed philosopher and eager traveller, a quick observer, a man of general and thorough culture. The book is a picturesque mosaic of many of the brilliant, sober, gay, comic, dramatic, tragic, poetic, vulgar elements. that make up the past history of that wonderful city, and the physiognomy it bears to-day. The Puritan and the Quaker. By R. G. B. The historical novel, when written in such a manner that the history does not overload the romance, and the romance is saved from mistreating the facts of history, is both a fascinating and a serviceable class of literature. The historian presents the narrative, and characterizes the actual personages of the time. To the historical novelist belongs the task of painting a picture of the times, of causing his reader to breathe the atmosphere of the period in which the events of history occurred. This is the success of Scott, of Manzoni, of Scheffer, and in our own country of Cooper, RECENT IMPORTATIONS. The author of the PURITAN AND QUAKER has attempted the task of reconstructing the period in the history of New England when the vital questions of society were those of theology, when the Puritans, fresh from the persecutions of the Thirty-nine articles, were trying to enforce, as the supreme law of the state and of society, the dogmas of the Westminster catechism, and were oppressing Baptists and Quakers who took the liberty of having convictions of their own. These were times that not only tried men's souls, but which kept their intellects sharpened, and made full test of their manhood and courage. 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PUTNAM'S SONS are in receipt of weekly shipments from London, and are at all times able to offer to their customers a choice selection of both new and second-hand English books at very moderate prices. Special attention is invited to the CLEARANCE CATALOGUE No. 2, now in press, in which a large stock of choice imported books is offered at ex "Wilkie Collins, in his best period, never invented a more ingeniously constructed plot, nor held the reader in such suspense until the final denoument. The most blasé novel reader will be unable to put aside THE LEAVENWORTH CASE, until he has read the last sentence and mastered the mystery which has baffled him from the beginning."-N. Y. Express. The Life of Louis Adolphe Thiers. By FRANÇOIS LE GOFF, Docteur-ès-Lettres, Author of a "History of the Government of National Defence in the Provinces," etc. Transl. from the author's unpublished manuscript, by THEODORE STANTON, A.M. Octavo, with Portrait, engraved on steel from the painting by Bonnat, a view of the House in Paris, and a fac-simile of a portion of the famous political Testament. 8° cloth, 2 25 This book is written especially for the American public by M. Francois Le Goff, of Paris, a French publicist of the Conservative-Republican school, who knew Thiers personally, and who is thorougly conversant with the history and politics of France. Besides the biographical narrative, which is enlivened by many fresh anecdotes, the writer attempts to present such a connected view of French political history for the last fifty years, as will throw light upon the present status in France, so incomprehensible to most Americans. The work will also be interesting as an able defence of the unity of Thiers' political life, a position rarely assumed by even the most ardent friends of the great statesman. The Great Fur Land; OR, SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE HUDSON'S A SELECTION FROM THE CONTENTS. A Journey by Dog-Sledge, The Fraternity of MediCanoe Life, The Half-Breed Voyageur, The Hudson's Bay Com pany, Life in a Company's Fort, A Voyage with the Voyageurs, The Great Fall Hunts, cine, The Blackfeet Indians at Home, A Wood-Indian "Prade." |