y definite direction had been given, it would have been
returned long since.

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MUSIC ACCEPTED: "The Gondola Waltz," by a lady of Georgia; "A Spring
Song," by C. T. P., of Chambersburg. Although accepted, the above cannot
appear for some months, as we have many previously accepted musical
compositions on hand.

FOOTNOTE:

[E] The "International Monthly Magazine," &c. New York, Stringer &
Townsend, August number, page 71.

EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE

From GEORGE S. APPLETON, 164 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia:--

LETTERS FROM THREE CONTINENTS. By M., the Arkansas Correspondent of the
"Louisville Journal." These letters will be found highly interesting to
the American reader; the views and reflections of the author, sustained
by lifelike and graphic sketches, being in unison with our republican
feelings, and illustrative of our free institutions.

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From LEA & BLANCHARD, Philadelphia:--

A SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE. By Dr. J. H. Kaltschmidt. In
two parts. I. Latin--English. This work has been highly recommended by
the best classical teachers in the United States.

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From JAMES K. SIMON, Philadelphia:--

SCENES AT HOME; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A FIRE SCREEN. By Mrs. Anna Bache.
This little work contains nine familiarly written stories on practical
moral duties, which the author has very properly dedicated to the young
ladies of this country. We hope her dedication will not be overlooked by
those to whom it has been made, and that they will duly profit by the
good sense and amiable qualities of her book.

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From HARPER & BROTHERS, New York, through LINDSAY & BLAKISTON,
Philadelphia:--

MELVILLE. _A Franconia Story._ By the author of the "Rolla Books." A
most agreeable and instructive book for the perusal of youthful readers,
appealing to the highest and purest sympathies of the heart.

FOREIGN REMINISCENCES. By Henry Richard Lord Holland. Edited by his son,
Henry Edward Lord Holland. This is neither a work of history nor a work
of romance; but, nevertheless, it is a work which will have its effect
on the nerves of retired politicians and superannuated diplomatists. It
is made up of such gossip and scandals as were ripe in Europe from the
commencement of the French Revolution to the period of the Restoration.
They are presented by an