us
worthy of especial commendation are, in the plums, the Columbia, the
Coe's Golden Drop, and the Jefferson; among the pears, the Bartlett,
the Bosc, the Flemish Beauty, the Frederick of Wurtemburg; among the
apples, the Gravenstein, the Yellow Belle Fleur, the Dutch Mignonne,
Ladies' Sweet, and Red Astrochan. All the plates are, however, good;
and the work is, to all who love nature, invaluable.

The leading horticultural societies of this country have recently
endeavored to counteract the confusion which has heretofore prevailed
in pomological nomenclature, by adopting this work as the American
standard; and we learn that it has been so recognized and adopted, in
reference to this country, in London. Horticulture is greatly indebted
for the advances it has made within the last few years to the author
of this work. He is well known to all those who cherish the science of
the soil, as the popular editor of the Horticulturist, and as one of
the ablest, most scientific and enthusiastic horticulturists and
pomologists in the country.

_Tristram Shandy._--Original or not, Sterne gave to the literature of
this language that which must last and should last. This edition,
published by Grigg, Elliott & Co., is cheap, and should be cheap, for
it is got up for universal distribution. It is well illustrated by
Darley.

_The Medical Companion, or Family Physician, Treating
of the Diseases of the United States, &c. By James
Ewell._

This is a work long and well known to the nation; and the edition
before us, being the tenth, is an enlargement and improvement on those
which have heretofore appeared. Dr. Chapman has pronounced it to be
indisputably the most useful popular treatise on medicine with which
he is acquainted; and a large number of the most celebrated professors
of the country, as Caldwell, Shippen, Barton, Woodhouse, and others,
have very emphatically commended it to the confidence of the public.
The edition before us is a great improvement upon those which have
preceded it, having, in addition to corrections resulting from the
advance of the science, a treatise on Hydropathy, Homoepathy, and the
Chronothermal system. It is published by Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co.,
Philadelphia, and does, in general appearance and character, great
credit to those enterprizing publishers.

_General Scott and his Staff. Comprising Memoirs of
Generals Twiggs, Smith, Quitman, Shields, Pillow, Lane,