ERM AT ST. MARY'S. By the author of
'Rutledge,' 'The Sutherlands,' 'Frank Warrington,' etc. New York:
Carleton, publisher, 413 Broadway, 1864.

A book of school life, intended not less for teachers than for the
youthful maidens whose various typal forms act, love, hate, and suffer
through its very natural and interesting pages.

MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. In Twelve Books. New York: Frank
H. Dodd, 506 Broadway, 1863.

The text is a literal reprint from Keightley's Library edition. Print,
binding, and size all render the tasteful little book a pleasant form in
which to possess the greatest epic in the English tongue.

THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. By HENRY SPAYTH, Author of
'American Draught Player.' Buffalo: Printed for the Author. For
sale by Sinclair Tousey, New York.

This book has been pronounced by the highest authorities on checkers,
both in the Old and New World, the best work of the kind ever written.
It is said to contain 'lucid instructions for beginners, laws of the
game, diagrams, the score of 364 games, together with a series of novel,
instructive, and ingenious critical positions.'

PECULIAR. A Tale of the Great Transition. By EPES
SARGENT. New York: Carleton, publisher, 413 Broadway.

Mr. Sargent has given us a tale of the times--his scenes are laid in our
midst. He grapples with the questions of the hour, handling even
Spiritualism as he passes on. Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, George
Saunders, Senator Wigfall, &c., are sketched in these pages. The story
is founded on the social revelations which Gen. Butler, Gov. Shepley,
Gen. Ullman, the Provost-Marshal, &c., authenticated in New Orleans
after the occupation of that city by the United States forces. These
materials have been skilfully handled by the author of 'Peculiar,' and
the result is a novel of graphic power and sustained interest. It will
make its own way, as it has the elements of success. We must, however,
give a caution to our readers: 'Kunnle Delaney Hyde' and 'Carberry
Ratcliff' are true as _individuals_ of the South, but it would not be
fair to regard them as _typal_ characters. Let the magnanimous North be
just, even to its enemies. Slavery is a great wrong, as well as a great
mistake in political economy; men are by no means good enough to be
trusted with irresponsible power; slaves have been treated with savage
cruelty, and the institution is indeed demoralizing: all this, and a
great de