  Some of the Mistakes of Educated Men. A Biennial Address before the Phrenokosmian Society of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. By John S. Hart, M.D. Delivered Sept. 18, 1861. Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Son, 1861. An excellent address, which has attracted much comment and quotation from different journals since its publication. The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States. Based upon three former volumes of journeys and investigations by the same author. By Frederick Law Olmstead. In two volumes. New York: Mason Brothers, 1861. The best record extant of social or commercial facts and figures illustrative of the entire South. Lady Maud. By Pierce Egan. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers. We learn with regret that this is the only complete and unabridged edition of Lady Maud, since from a hasty examination of its chapters we judge that the more the work were abbreviated the better would it be for the public. Record of an Obscure Man. 'Aux plus dÉshÉritÉs le plus d'amour.' Boston: Ticknor & Fields. A work of very decided merit, though one advancing views and sentiments which can not fail to provoke opposition and argument from many readers. Of its interest, as well as of the talent of the author, there can be but one opinion. Spare Hours. By John Brown, M.D. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1861. A beautiful reprint of the HorÆ SubscivÆ, beginning with 'Rab and his Friends,' followed by many congenial sketches, the whole forming one of the most fascinating volumes of light reading which has appeared for years. The Southern Rebellion and the War for the Union. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Rebellion. New York: James D. Torrey, No. 13 Spruce Street. A well written, weekly current chronicle of the events of the war, prepared from copious sources. The arrangement of this work is excellent. Great Expectations. By Charles Dickens. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1861. Another addition to the excellent duo-decimo edition of Dickens's complete works, published by Peterson.
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