oriental apologue, the fashionable folly, the comic courtship, the conjugal bicker, the classic travesty; some with a true moral, some with the mock moral as part of the witticism; some with no moral; but perhaps none with a very positive immoral. His genius has succeeded, within its own chosen department, in spreading its productions broadcast over the land. And if we understand rightly he has reaped a goodly harvest pecuniary as well as poetical. He could gayly boast that his "Pegasus" has been a paying animal, and his poetical flowers have proved a profitable vegetable; so that his horticulture (as well as his horsiculture) has been a good investment. And that is all right. There is no reason in these days why a poet should be paid with merely a draught of immortality an eternity after date, rather than a good bank check payable at sight.

The first of the gay volumes on our table ranges for its topics mainly through the Orient, and through the European middle ages, with a slight call or so in the region of classical mythology. The poet concludes, however, like a good patriot, at home; and, like a good moralist, with a temperance poem quite worthy to be committed to memory and to heart by our Young America. It is entitled "The Snake in the Glass," and is a rapid narrative of a youth who imbibed the delirium tremens.

The fellow fell into a snooze, my lad,
'Tis a horrible slumber he takes;

He trembles with fear,

And acts very queer;

My eyes! how he shivers and shakes
When he wakes,

And raves about horrid great snakes.

'Tis a warning to you and to me, my lad,
A particular caution to all,-

Though no one can see

The vipers but he,

To hear the poor lunatic bawl:

"How they crawl!

All over the floor and the wall."

And then comes the very serious moral :

You've heard of the snake in the grass, my lad,
Of the viper concealed in the grass,

But now you must know,

Man's deadliest foe

Is a snake of a different class;

Alas!

'Tis the viper that lurks in the glass.

The second volume is more occidental and American. The first and longest poem is by no means the best. Miscellaneous pieces

form the main share of the book, followed by sonnets, all in the humorous strain; and lastly come epigrams, which are all of course meant to be humorous. We give our readers an apropos specimen :

THE GRATEFUL PREACHER.

A strolling preacher, "once upon a time,"
Addressed a congregation rather slim

In numbers; yet his subject was sublime,

('T was "Charity;") sonorous was the hymn,

Fervent the prayer; and though the house was small,

He pounded lustily the sacred word,

And preached an hour as loud as he could bawl,

As one who meant the gospel should be heard.
And now, behold, the preacher's hat is sent
Among the pews for customary pence,
But soon returns as empty as it went!
Whereat-low bowing to the audience-
He said, "My preaching is not all in vain;
Thank God! I've got my beaver back again!"

The Centenary Pictorial.

Miscellaneous.

Mr. Tibbals is entitled to credit for the idea of a Centenary Pictorial, and to no special discredit for the style of the execution. Pictorials are the mania of the day, and public taste is not exacting of likeness where there is the merit of cheapness. The engravings of this work are as good as the method allows; the reading matter is valuable; and we are not surprised that its editions sell rapidly.

History of Julius Cæsar. Vol. II. The Wars in Gaul. 8vo., pp. 659. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1866. Appleton's Hand-Book of American Travel. The Southern Tour. Being a Guide through Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. With Descriptive Sketches of the Cities, Towns, Waterfalls, Battlefields, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Hunting and Fishing-Grounds, Watering-Places, Summer Resorts, and all Scenes and Objects of Importance and Interest. With Maps of the Leading Routes of Travel and of the Principal Cities. By EDWARD H. HALL. Pp. 142. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1866.

An invaluable guide-book for the traveler through the "Sunny South."

English Travelers and Italian Brigands. A Narrative of Capture and Captivity. By W. J. C. MOENS. With a Map and several Пlustrations. 12mo., pp. 355. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1866.

Sherbrooke. By the Author of "Madge." 12mo., pp. 463. Appleton & Co. 1866.

Land at Last. A Novel in three books. By EDMUND YATES. 12mo., pp. 150. Harper & Brothers.

The Hidden Sin. A Novel. With numerous illustrations. 8vo., pp. 189. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1866.

Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War. By HERMAN MELVILLE. 12mo., pp. 272. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1866.

Frederick the Great and his Court. An Historical Romance. By L. MULBACH, author of "Joseph II. and his Court." Translated from the German by Mrs. CHAPMAN COLEMAN and her daughters. 12mo., pp. 434. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1866.

OUR Index in the present number obliges us to defer notices of the following books to the next Quarterly:

James Freeman Clarke on Orthodoxy. Walker, Fuller, & Co.
Masson's Recent British Philosophy. Appleton & Co.

New Physiognomy; or, Signs of Character. Fowler & Wells.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.-Our editorial brother of the "Christian Advocate" informs his readers that at a certain dinner the Methodist editors, "with only one exception," agreed to print certain slips, to be sent out by an executive committee, on Lay Repre sentation. Now as the editor of the Quarterly Review was present at the said dinner, but made no such agreement, nor any agreement whatever, upon that occasion, we assume that he is the 'exception," and return our thanks to our editorial brother for his care and candor in acknowledging it. We were unaware of such agreement by an editor.