dly manufactured article,
which, like the melo-dramas referred to, will be received with delight
by a certain line of patrons, and, we presume, be also relished. It is a
first-rate specimen of a second-rate romance.

HEROES AND MARTYRS: Notable Men of the Time. With Portraits on Steel.
New York: G.P. Putnam, 532 Broadway. C.T. Evans, General Agent. 1862.
Price 25 cents.

The first number of a large quarto, exquisitely printed, biographical
series of sketches of the military and naval heroes, statesmen, and
orators, distinguished in the American crisis of 1861-62, and edited by
FRANK MOORE. The portraits of Commodore S.F. DUPONT and Major THEODORE
WINTHROP, in this first number, are excellent; while the literary
portion, devoted to WINFIELD SCOTT, deserves praise. The cheapness of
the publication is truly remarkable.

TRANSACTIONS of THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR
1861. Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, Printers, Transcript Building.
1862.

A work testifying to the great extent and efficacy of the labors of the
society, and one which, among a mass of merely business detail, contains
much interesting information. An article on the first discovery of the
heather in America, by EDWARD S. RAND, is well worth reading. Can any of
our wise men re-discover the lost Pictish art of making good beer from
that plant?

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BOOKS RECEIVED.

DINAH. New York: Charles Scribner, 124 Grand Street. Boston: Brown &
Taggard. 1861.

THE REBELLION RECORD. A Diary of American Events, with Documents,
Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, and Poetry. Edited by Frank Moore.
New York: G.P. Putnam.

THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT; OR, SPEAKING THE TRUTH FOR A DAY. By Mrs. Emma
D.E.N. Southworth. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. Price 25 cents. 1861.

THE AMERICAN CRISIS: Its Cause, Significance, and Solution. By Americus.
Chicago, Illinois: Joshua R. Walsh, 1861.

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EDITOR'S TABLE.

Step by step the vast net is closing in on the enemy,--little by little
the vice is tightening,--and if no incalculable calamity overtake the
armies of the Union, it is but fair to assume that at no distant day the
rebel South will find itself in the last extremity, overwhelmed by
masses from without and demoralized by want of means within. Government
at present holds the winning cards,--if they are only skillfully played
the game is its own. It is impossible to stud