s.

[17] "_Acoustics, Light and Heat._" By WILLIAM LEES, M.A. With
200 illustrations. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

* * * * *

LORD DUFFERIN'S "Letters from High Latitudes," describing the yacht
voyage he made in 1856 to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen, are so
well known that it is only necessary to say they are republished by
Lovell, Adam, Wesson & Co., a Canadian firm that has lately established
itself in New York. In reading these familiar and gossipy letters, one
is painfully impressed with a sense of the dreariness of the Northern
regions. Whatever there is of interest is carried there by the
traveller. The country itself, even including Iceland, adds little to
the narrative, and sea life, whether stormy or calm, is not provocative
of incident. But in spite of these inherent discouragements, the author
maintains his cheerfulness throughout with such uniformity that we
cannot resist a suspicion of its genuineness. He comes up to the
inditing of each epistle with the determined smile of a much battered
pugilist, when a new round is called--and we are very much in his debt
for his pluck.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

"_Sir Roger de Coverley._" J. HADBERTON. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.00.

"_Childhood of the English Nation._" ELLA S. ARMITAGE. The same. $1.25.

"_Modern Materialism._" JAMES MARTINEAU. The same. $1.25.

"_Acoustics, Light and Heat._" W. LEES, M.A. The same. $1.50.

"_Letters from High Latitudes._" LORD DUFFERIN. Lovell, Adam, Wesson &
Co.

"_Shadow of the Sword._" ROBERT BUCHANAN. The same.

"_The Splendid Advantage of being a Woman._" CHAS. J. DUNPHIE. The
same.

"_King Saul._" A Tragedy. BYRON A. BROOKS. Nelson & Phillips.

"_U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories._" F. V. HAYDEN. Vols. IX.
and X., and Annual Report for 1875.

"_The Jukes._ A Study in Crime and Pauperism." E HARRIS, M.D. G. P.
Putnam's Sons.

"_Waverley Novels_," Riverside Edition. HURD & HOUGHTON.
"_The Abbot._" $1.50.
"_Kenilworth._" $1.50.
"_Fortunes of Nigel._" $1.50.
"_The Pirate._" $1.50.

"_Heritage of Langdaler._" Mrs. ALEXANDER. Henry Holt & Co. $1.25.

"_The New Church._" B. F. BARRETT. Claxton, Remsen & Halffelfinger.

"_List of Merchant Vessels of the United States._" Government Printing
Office.

"_Smithsonian Report 1875._" Government Printing Office.

"_Six Weeks in Norway._" E. L. ANDERSON. Robert Clarke & Co.

"_Alexand