n affords us the more satisfaction,
because the superficial and flippant infidelity of Dr. Robert Knox has
been reproduced here by a respectable publishing house, and widely
diffused. The "Races of Man," by Dr. Knox, is what is called a clever
book; the Yankees might style it "smart;" but it is no more entitled to
consideration as an exhibition of scholarship, intellectual strength, or
fairness, than the rigmarole of the Millerite or the Mormon.

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THE HOMOEOPATHIC REVIEW AND QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, is a
new periodical, commencing with the year, of which the general character
is indicated by the title. It is edited by Dr. Marcy, author of "The
Homoeopathic Theory and Practice," one of the most eminent scholars
and successful practitioners of the new school; Dr. Herring, of
Philadelphia, whose name is familiar to the students of German
literature and science, and who was one of the most trusted friends of
Hahnemann; and Dr. Metcalfe, who has been known as an able lawyer and
ingenious critic, and who is regarded as a very accomplished physician.
Under such direction, the Homoeopathic Review can hardly fail of
success. It will certainly, we think, commend the doctrines of the
Hahnemannists to the favorable consideration of all thoughtful readers,
and compel those who have been accustomed to deride the new principles
to a courteous treatment of them. Mr. Radde is the publisher.

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The cheapness of good books and good editions is one of the wonders of
our time. American publishers have done much toward bringing literature
into the homes of the poor, but the cheap books manufactured in this
country have, for the most part, been badly printed, and in every
respect so wretchedly put together, that they were hardly worth
preserving after a first reading. The English are now competing
vigorously for the popular market here, and mainly, through the house of
Bangs & Brother of this city. Bohn and other great London publishers are
supplying us with well printed, well bound, and excellently illustrated
books, at prices altogether lower than those for which the American
manufacturers have offered or can afford them. To sell such a book as
_Lodge's Portrait Gallery_, in eight volumes, with all its finely
engraved heads, for ten dollars, one must have the world for a market;
and so with the long list of important writings in the compactly bu