dim, purple
haze, lulling the mind to repose in a soft, twilight enchantment,
without imparting any clear conceptions, or enlarging the boundaries of
either knowledge or taste.

D. Appleton and Co. have published a valuable educational work by GEO.
W. GREENE of Brown University, entitled _History and Geography of the
Middle Ages_, intended as the first of a series of historical studies
for the American Colleges and High Schools. It is founded on a work in
the French language, which describes, with clearness and brevity, the
condition of politics, literature, and society during the Middle Ages.
The high reputation of the author in every thing relating to Italian
literature, will secure attention to his work.

A. S. Barnes and Co. have issued a selection of Hymns and Tunes,
entitled _Christian Melodies_, by GEORGE B. CHEEVER, and G. E. SWEETSER.
It has been prepared with great care, and will no doubt be found a
highly valuable aid in the performance of choral service.

Crosby and Nichols, Boston, have reprinted from the English Edition, _A
Sketch of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton_, by Rev. THOMAS BINNEY, being a
popular lecture on the character of the great English philanthropist,
originally delivered in Exeter Hall, London, before the "Young Men's
Christian Association." It relates the most salient incidents in the
life of Fowell Buxton, with a running commentary remarkable for its
quaintness and vivacity. For young men in particular, to whom it is
expressly dedicated, it must prove an instructive and pleasing volume.

J. S. Redfield has published _The Manhattaner in New Orleans_, by A.
OAKLEY HALL, a collection of agreeably written papers, contributed, in
the first place, to a literary journal of this city, and containing a
variety of sketches of life in the Crescent City. Without any high
pretensions to force of thought or brilliancy of composition, this
little volume shows a lively power of observation, an active curiosity,
and an unaffected ease of description, which can not fail to win for it
golden opinions, among all classes of readers.

The same publisher has issued the second part of an ingenious treatise
on Physiognomy, entitled _The Twelve Qualities of Mind_, by J. W.
REDFIELD, M.D., setting forth a view of the subject which claims to be a
complete refutation of the principles of Materialism. The author writes
with earnestness and ability, and presents many fruitful suggestions,
though he does not succeed in el