NDUSTRIAL BIOGRAPHY: IRON WORKERS AND TOOL MAKERS. By SAMUEL
SMILES, Author of 'Self-Help,' 'Brief Biographies,' and 'Life of
George Stephenson.' 'The true Epic of our time, is not _Arms_ but,
_Tools_ and _Man_--an infinitely wider kind of Epic.' Boston:
Ticknor & Fields.

This book may be considered as a continuation of the Series of Memoirs
of Industrial Men introduced in Mr. Smiles's 'Lives of Engineers.' The
author says that 'while commemorating the names of those who have
striven--to elevate man above the material and mechanical, the labors of
the important industrial class, to whom society owes so much of its
comfort and well-being, are also entitled to consideration. Without
derogating from the biographic claims of those who minister to intellect
and taste, those who minister to utility need not be overlooked.'

Surely the object of this book is a good one. The mechanic should
receive his meed of appreciation. Our constructive heroes should not be
forgotten, for the heroism of inventive labor has its own romance, and
its results aid greatly the cause of human advancement. Most of the
information embodied in this volume has heretofore existed only in the
memories of the eminent mechanical engineers from whom it has been
collected. Facts are here placed on record which would, in the ordinary
course of things, have passed into oblivion. All honor to the brave,
patient, ingenious, and inventive mechanic!

THE WIFE'S SECRET. By MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS, Author of 'The Rejected
Wife,' 'Fashion and Famine,' 'Tho Old Homestead,' 'Mary Derwent,'
etc., etc. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut
street.

MRS. STEPHENS has considerable ability in the construction of her plots
and their gradual development. Her stories are always interesting. The
wife's secret is well kept, and the _denoument_ admirably managed. The
fatal want of moral courage, the suffering caused by mental weakness,
the strength of love, the sustaining power of intellect, are portrayed
with ability in the book before us. The moral is unexceptionable
throughout.

THE VEIL PARTLY LIFTED, AND JESUS BECOMING VISIBLE. By W. H.
FURNESS, Author of 'Remarks on the Four Gospels,' 'Jesus and His
Biographers,' 'A History of Jesus,' and 'Thoughts on the Life and
Character of Jesus of Nazareth.' Boston: Ticknor & Fields. For sale
by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

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