; and is one of the richest productions of
American art.

_A Campaign in Mexico, or a Glimpse at Life in Camp. By
one who has seen the Elephant. Phila.: Grigg &
Elliott._

This work, though, perhaps, beneath the dignity of a formal review, is
still good reading, and we have gone through its pages with pleasure.

_Principles of Physics and Meteorology. By J. Mueller.
First American edition, Revised and Illustrated with
538 engravings on wood, and two colored plates. Phila.:
Lea & Blanchard._

This treatise on Physics, by Professor Mueller, is the first of a
series of works, on the different branches of science, now passing
through the press of Bailliere, in London. The American editor has
made many additions and improvements; and the work, as presented to
the public, is worthy of all praise and all patronage.

_The Primary School Reader--Parts First, Second, and
Third. By Wm. D. Swan, Principal of the Mayhew Grammar
School, Boston. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite &
Co._

These volumes have been prepared to supply the want of a system for
teaching reading in Primary Schools. The task has been well performed,
and the series will be found of value both to the teacher and the
taught.

_Greene's Analysis. A Treatise on the Structure of the
English Language, or the Analysis and Classification of
Sentences and their Component Parts. With Illustrations
and Exercises adapted to the use of schools. By Samuel
J. Greene, A. M., Principal of the Phillip's Grammar
School, Boston. Published by Thomas, Cowperthwaite &
Co._

The title of this volume sufficiently indicates its purposes and
character. It is a work calculated to contribute, in a considerable
degree, to improve the methods of teaching the English language.

_The Grammar School Reader, consisting of Selections in
Prose and Poetry, with Exercises in Articulation. By
William D. Swan. Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co.,
Philadelphia._

This work is well designed to correct prevailing vices of
articulation. There is much room for reform in this branch of
education, even our best public speakers being guilty of provincial
errors, and faulty enunciation. The rules are lucidly explained, and
the selections made with taste.

_Swan's District School Reader. Same Publishers._

This is a more advanced and more valuable branch of the s