philanthropy which bred this schism for the sake of robbing the South, originated with the English immigrant Methodists, who are so numerous at the North, but not at the South. As we intend, however, to review the book more at length, we will here do no more than recommend it to the public.

HARPERS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. New-York: Harper & Brothers.

Harpers' Magazine has proved, thus far, the most decided hit ever made by this publishing house. The proposition to issue monthly the choice contents of all the English literary periodicals took the public by surprise, and the low price at which could be ob tained the fruit of the talents, the education, and the accomplishments of the best literary writers of the old country was too great a temptation to be resisted. It is now fifteen months since the publication was commenced. For mass of matter, tasteful letter-press, fine paper, and handsome and attractive appearance, the work is far before anything of the kind previously published. Its contents are taken from every bower, recess, temple, and, in one or two instances, stall of English periodical literature. The names of those whose thoughts and writings enrich its pages have long been familiar to the popularfear. Goldsmith, Thompson, Coleridge, Bulwer, Leigh Hunt, De Quincey, Howitt, Guizot, Elliott, and a host of choice spirits, have been its regular contributors. Such a galaxy was never before witnessed in a single constellation. The public have been satisfied, and voted their approbation by heaping some additional thousands on the subscription list every month.

ALBAN: A Tale of the New World. By the author of "Lady Alice." Geo. P. Putnam. The first novel by the present author, viz., Lady Alice, received much censure in certain quarters, for some accurate delineation of manners which were supposed not decorous. The North American Review, very much in the spirit of that respectable lady who advised her blooming grand-daughter not to use the swing in the garden, because the potatoes have eyes, was horrified at the idea of the two sexes bathing together, as if bathing in "bloomers" was more indecorous than riding in petticoats. However, the author survived the attack, and is again before the public in a new work as pleasing and spirited as the other.

VAGAMUNDO; OR, THE ATTACHE IN SPAIN.

Including a Brief Excursion into the Em-
Charles Scribner, 145 Nassau-street.

pire of Morocco. By John Esaias Warren. The author of this little volume was attached to the embassy of Mr. Barringer to Spain, in 1849, and the work before us is a very agreeable account of what he saw and heard in the course of his movements. It is another book upon Spain, but it is an agreeable and amusing one. It is printed and published in the handsome and substantial style that characterize Mr. Scribner's books.

THE INDICATIONS OF THE CREATOR; or, the Natural Evidences of Final Cause. By George Taylor. Charles Scribuer, 145 Nassau-street.

This work contains a very sound view of the natural sciences, drawn from the best authorities, and adduced as evidence of the existence of great and overruling intelligence. None can search into the mysteries of creation without being firmly impressed with the profound wisdom that pervades all nature; and a perusal of Mr. Taylor's book is admirably calculated to impress the mind and direct the understanding.

ARTHUR CONWAY; Or, SCENES IN THE TROPICS. By Capt. E. H. Milman, late of H. R. 33d Regiment. Author of the Wayside Cross. Harper & Brothers.

This forms No. 159 of the library of select novels, and detracts nothing from the well acquired fame of the series.

THE CONFESSOR. An Historical Novel. Philadelphia: A. Hart.

A very spirited novel, founded upon circumstances which occurred during the troubled period of England's history-the reigns of the two Charles', and the intermediate time of the Commonwealth.

POSTHUMOUS POEMS OF WILLIAM MOTHERWELL. Ticknor, Reed & Fields, Boston. For this collection of Motherwell's posthumous poems, we are indebted to Mr. William Kennedy, an old and tried friend of the poet. This volume contains the off-and-on scribblings of the poet, while his more elaborate works were published in two volumes, several years since. These poems are very uneven, varying from mediocrity to excellence, but the volume will take its place by the side of its predecessors, and in no wise do discredit to the genius of Motherwell, or the good taste of Mr. Kennedy.

DE QUINCEY'S WRITINGS. Literary Reminiscences, from the autobiography of an English Opium Eater. By Thomas De Quincey. Ticknor, Reed & Fields.

This admirable edition of the works of De Quincey has, by the publication of the ten volumes of Reminiscences, been extended in the uniform binding and beautifully sub. stantial typography of Messrs. Ticknor, Reed & Fields. The singular and striking character of the "Confessions," written by one who had carried the habitual use of opium to 320 grains per day, has given a wide-spread notoriety to the writings of its author, and that fame has been well supported by the highly-finished scholarship which they exhibit. They are become exceedingly popular on this side of the Atlantic.

THE HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE. By Alphonse De Lamartine, author of the "History of the Girondists." Harper Brothers.

M. Lamartine's histories partake altogether too much of the character of political pamphlets, written to promote the personal views of the writer in his tortuous political course, to obtain any standing as histories. There is, however, a wonderful charm about his writings that, despite the indescribable repulsions which its palpable hollowhearted egotism excites, chains the attention of the reader. The first volume of the new work has made its appearance, from the press of the Messrs. Harpers.