Y KINGSLEY, Author of Ravenshoe, etc.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields. For sale by D. Appleton & Co. New York.

A graphic novel of considerable ability, and more than usual interest.
The tone is highly moral throughout. The lessons on duelling are
excellent. Would that our young men would lay them to heart! The
characters are, many of them, well drawn and sustained--we confess to a
sincere affection for the Highlander, Gil Macdonald, and the Scotch
sheep-dog, Robin. Many of the scenes in which they appear are full of
simple and natural pathos.

HUSBAND AND WIFE; or, The Science of Human Development through
Inherited Tendencies. By the Author of the Parent's Guide, etc.
Carleton, publisher, 413 Broadway, New York.

A suggestive book on an important subject. The writer assumes that
'there are _laws_ of hereditary transmission in the mental and moral, as
well as the physical constitution. Precisely what these laws are, she
does not assume to state. Such as are well known will however be helpful
to all, and will facilitate the discovery of those yet hidden from us.
Women, who bear such an important part in parentage, should be the most
clear-sighted students of nature in these things. It is to woman that
humanity must look for the abatement of many frightful evils,
malformation, idiocy, insanity, &c., yet the principles pertaining to
the knowledge of her own duties and powers, which ought to be a part of
the instruction of every woman, are rarely placed before her. Much that
pertains to the same phenomena among the lower animals may properly
constitute a part of her studies in natural history; but with the laws
which govern the most momentous of all social effects--the moral and
mental constitution of individuals composing society--with the gravest
of possible results to herself--the embodiment of power and weakness,
capacity or incapacity, worth or worthlessness in her own offspring, she
is forbidden all acquaintance. Yet when she assumes the duties and
responsibilities of maternity, such knowledge would be more valuable to
her and to those dearest to her, than all of the treasures of the
gold-bearing lands, if poured at her feet.'

The laws of hereditary transmission make the staple of this book. It is
written by a lady, and will commend itself to all interested in this
subject. Pearl, in the Scarlet Letter, and Elsie Venner, are artistic
exemplifications of such disregarded truths.

VICTOR HUGO, by a Witness of his Lif