resent,
it will present the most truly valuable series, yet the cheapest,
ever attempted in any age or country.--_Evening Gazette_.

The only authentic biography of the great composer that is extant
in the English language, and the events of his career are replete
with useful admonitions and warning to the sons of genius, and they
whisper to those whose present claims are not allowed that there
is a future full of promise. In his life Mozart was neglected and
impoverished, and he went to his grave with more than the bitterness
of death crowding on his thoughts, but fame has taken possession of
his memory, and among those who move as gods in musical art, few are
equal to him, none are superior. This biography possesses an interest
for all who feel interested in the great men of the earth. It is not
only remarkably well written, but has a completeness about it we have
never found before in any life of Mozart.--_Louisville Journal_.

There is such a charm in this narrative, that the lovers of good
biography can not hear of it too soon. We can not conceive a more
fascinating story of genius. To a style which would alone have sufficed
to the production of an interesting and striking narrative, Mr. Holmes
unites a depth of knowledge and musical appreciation very rare and
remarkable. We thank him cordially for a most pleasing addition to
our standard biographical literature.--_Examiner_.

The book is one of extraordinary interest, not merely to the lovers
of music and appreciators of the great composer, but to the general
reader, as a vivid picture of the life of a man of genius, who
encountered all the difficulties, trials, and sufferings usually the
lot of genius when it comes before a world incapable of appreciating
it, and indifferent to its welfare. The domestic portions of the book
are invaluable; his relations to his father and his wife are very
beautiful. The work is admirably executed, as well in the scientific
as anecdotical passages, and is worthy of the widest sale.--_News_.

III.

_The Philosophy of Mystery._

BY WALTER COOPER DENDY.

12mo, Muslin, extra gilt, 50 cents.

This is a learned and elaborate work, in which the writer goes
into the investigation of all the phenomena of mind in the erratic
operations and phantasies of ghost seeing and spectral hallucinations,
and aims to give the true philosophy of all such delusions. He is a
medical man of considerable eminence, and has spared n