h in Ohio, was taken prisoner before the battle of Shiloh, in a
skirmish with Beauregard's pickets, passed some months in rebel
prisons, made his escape, and pleasantly tells the story of his
adventures. He reports that the large slave-holders and the wretched
clay-eaters are all Secessionists, but that a large middle class,
people who own but few slaves and till their own fields, are mostly
true to the Union, in the parts of the South he visited. The book is
one of incident, contains many curious pictures of life and character,
and will address itself to a large class of readers.

THE AMBER GODS, AND OTHER STORIES. By Harriet Elizabeth Prescott.
Ticknor & Fields, Boston. For sale by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

The many readers of Miss Prescott will be glad to welcome the present
collection of her very popular tales. It contains: The Amber Gods. In a
Cellar. Knitting Sale-Socks. Circumstance. Desert Lands. Midsummer and
May. The South Breaker.

Few writers have attained distinction and recognition so immediately as
Miss Prescott. Her fancy is brilliant, her style glowing, and culture
and varied information mark the products of her pen.

PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE; a Dramatic Romance. Ticknor & Fields, Boston. For
sale by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

An historical romance, cast in a dramatic and rhythmical form, by Henry
Taylor. It has been too long known to the community to require any
commendation at the present date. It has gone through many editions in
England. We are glad to see it in the convenient and pleasant form of
Ticknor's "Blue and Gold," so well known to American readers.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN; a Colonial Magazine. Published monthly by Messrs.
Rollo & Adam, 61 King street, Toronto, Canada West.

The articles of this magazine are of varied interest, generally well
written and able. "What is Spectrum Analysis?" given by the Editor in
the August number, is a contribution of research and merit.

THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER. Boston: By the proprietors, at Walker, Wise &
Co.'s, 245 Washington street.

Contents: Tertullian and Montanism. The Reality of Fiction. Rome in the
Middle Age. Zschokke's Religious Meditations. Henry James on Creation.
Loyalty in the West. Altar, Pulpit, and Platform, A Month of Victory
and its Results. Review of Current Literature. Theology.

The Continental Monthly

The readers of the CONTINENTAL are aware of the important position it
has assumed, of the influence whic