EEMELIN'S WINE-MAKER'S MANUAL.

The WineMaker's Manual: a Plain, Practical Guide to all the Operations for the Manufacture of Still and Sparkling Wines; embracing Chapters on the Vintage, When and How to Pick and Cull Grapes; Preparations for Wine-making; the Ingredients and Improvements of "Must;" Fermentation and the Changes produced by it; the Heating or Firing, Keeping and Bottling of Wines; Still, Sparkling, Sweet, Spiced, and Frozen Wines ; Wine Colors; the Constituents, Acidity, and Ailments of Wine; Artificial and Imitation Wines. The work also contains full instructions for making Cider, Fruit and Berry Wines, etc., etc. By Charles Reemelin, Author of the "Vine-Dresser's Manual.” I vol. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1 25

This little volume is a plain, practical guide to all the operations of wine-making. It is scientific in the knowledge it conveys, giving the results of all the latest improvements and researches of Europe and this country, yet free from all the technicalities which tend only to mystify those who are not versed in the sciences. The owner of a vineyard— small or large-by a careful study of this work, will be enabled to manufacture his own wines, and obtain the best results.

Some chapters have been added on Berry and Fruit Wines, which will be found useful in every family.

[From the Cultivator and Country Gentleman.]

Inexperienced readers will find in it a great many well-considered suggestions and much valuable assistance."

[From the Ruralist.]

"This is a valuable acquisition, as all will readily testify who have need of instruction in wine-making. The questions involved in the various processes of manufacture are treated with great ability, and we should advise every one who has any desire to learn anything upon this important subject to possess himself of a copy.”

[From the Southern Cultivator.]

"Discusses every point connected with wine-making, gathering grapes, pressing out the juice, wine presses, must; nature and improvement of fermentation, cellars, bottling, etc. All the modern processes for improving wine are given, and the subject discussed in the light of the most recent discoveries in chemistry. The remarks on the processes for correcting over-acidity, the want of sugar in our grapes, will prove particularly interesting."

ALZOG'S UNIVERSAL CHURCH HISTORY.

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Manual of Universal Church History. By Rev. John Alzog, D.D., Professor of Theology at the University of Freiburg. Translated from the ninth enlarged and improved German edition, and edited and brought down to the present time, by Rev. F. J. Pabisch, D.D., President of Mount Saint Marys of the West, Cincinnati. 3 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Per volume, $5 00 Vol. I. Early Church History. Now Ready.

The want of a comprehensive and reliable text-book of Church History in English, has long been acknowledged and deplored by scholars, and particularly by educators, who recognize that, to the theologian, Church History is not merely an invaluable auxiliary, but rather the foundation of all his other professional studies.

As a

To meet this want, Alzog's Manual of Universal Church History has been selected for translation, editorial revision, and publication. text-book, it has occupied a deservedly high position in the estimation of educators on the continent, where it has been in use for the past thirty years, having passed through nine editions in German, and of the French translation the fourth edition has been announced.

It has been the standard text-book in most of the Catholic Seminaries, in twenty Universities, and in many other institutions of learning in Europe, and in this country also, wherever German or French is understood, English professors, who are engaged in the work of higher classical education, will find it admirably suited to their classes.

It is a work of deep research, thorough scholarship, and great impartiality, condensing in a substantial abridgment the treasures brought to light through the persevering labors of his predecessors and contemporaries. That it is sound in principle is guaranteed by the well-known character of the studies in the University to which he belongs and the fact that he was, in 1869, called by the Holy See to help in the preparation for the Vatican Council. His great literary attainments, and his more than thirty years' experience as a Professor of Church History in various Universities, leave no room for doubt that, though comparatively brief, and as a text-book necessarily concise, it is yet a comprehensive and exhaustive exposition of the subject, written in clear, correct, and forcible language.

Each of the three volumes will be accompanied by a map—the third, of my own making, representing the modern Christian world. The third volume will be considerably larger than the first two, as it will contain in about 165 pages, the History of the Pontificate of Pius IX., and considerable original matter concerning English-speaking countries, a valuable feature of this work not embraced in any other Church History. Each volume will have appended a chronological table and a table of contents; and in the last volume, a copious alphabetical general index to the whole work will be given.

The work has the most cordial approbation of the Most Rev. J. B. Purcell, D.D.

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ASPER'S BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. Drawn from Nature, engraved and described by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., to be completed in 36 monthly parts. Each part will contain three beautifully colored Plates, and one tinted Scientific Plate twelve by fifteen inches, and eight pages of letter-press, devoted to the Popular and Scientific History of over six hundred different Species of Birds, comprising all that are known to exist. on this Continent, including a popular account of their habits and characteristics. Sold to subscribers only. Price, each

part,

Numbers 1 to 8 now ready.

$1 00

The drawings are made and the plates are engraved by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., an Artist and a Naturalist, who has made the study of Ornithology the business of his life. No similar work, containing so many beautiful and faithful pictures of living birds, and so much descriptive matter at so reasonable a rate, is now extant or has ever been published in this or any other country.

To Libraries, Colleges, Seminaries, Educational and Scientific Institutions, Professors, Teachers, and Families, it will be of the highest conceivable value in arresting the attention and in cultivating a taste for the beautiful and wonderful as exhibited in this most attractive branch of natural history. There is hardly a person, young or old, educated or uneducated, who will not find in this work a rich and varied source of entertainment and instruction.

[From Prof. J. S. Newberry, Chief Geol. Corps of Ohio.]

“The work seems to be accurately and tastefully prepared. With the plan and general execution of the work I am much pleased, and take pleasure in commending it as the most attractive popular exposition of our ornithology yet given to the public.

[From the Turf, Field and Farm.]

"A most valuable work on the birds of North America, profusely illustrated with accurate and admirably colored plates, from drawings by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D. This work will undoubtedly become the popular 'standard' on the subject of which it treats, and must supersede Audubon and Wilson. It should be in every school library in the country. It would stimulate in the rising generations a fondness for natural science, and for ornithology in particular, which would prove a better protection to game than all the laws ever devised."

[From Thomas A. Logan, Esq., Cincinnati.]

"My admiration for Dr. Jasper's 'Birds of North America' increases upon a critical examination of the plates. As works of art, they are superbly executed, and with remarkable accuracy and fidelity to nature. No

other book in my opinion gives such life-like portraits. The minutest details are observed, and the author has shown himself to be, not only an ornithologist, but an artist in the highest sense. The letter-press is excellent. Altogether the book deserves great success. I know of no other preferable to it.”

[From Dr. Levette, Geological Corps of Indiana.]

"I have examined parts 1 to 5 of Dr. Jasper's 'Birds of North America,' and in comparison with the well-known works of Audubon, Nuttall, and Wilson, this work richly deserves a place in the front rank, comprising as it does the verified results of their day, to which Dr. Jasper adds his own observations and experience among the feathered tribes, and this, with the knowledge of the lithographic art, gives us a popular and scientific work on North American ornithology, which should receive the patronage and indorsement of every lover of nature, as well as every one interested in the scientific education of the rising generation."

[From the Cincinnati Volksblatt.]

"A comparison of this work with those of Audubon and Wilson will convince the expert that, in fidelity to nature, the plates, as well as the descriptions, not only equal, but in many respects surpass them. It will also be evident that neither the drawings nor the description of the individual birds are borrowed from similar works, but that they are the result of many years' observation in the forests and fields. In conclusion we would say, that no work on ornithology that has ever appeared in the United States equals this in point of artistic and scientific excellence."

[From Dr. J. M. Wheaton, Ornithologist of Geological Corps of Ohio.] "I have examined the specimen numbers of Dr. Jasper's work. The text gives a brief and concise description of the more important points of structure, valuable information concerning the general habits, and a scientific classification of birds. This is followed by a biographical description of each North American species, in which the author's valuable notes have been carefully combined with the observations of other ornithologists. The colored lithographs drawn and engraved by the author, copiously illustrate the text and are well executed.

The plan and execution of the work is well calculated to render it what it is designed to be, a popular work on this interesting subject.”

[From the Inter-Occan, Chicago.]

"No work evincing such perfect care and finish, at such a reasonable rate, has ever been published either in this country or abroad.

"We cordially recommend 'The Birds of North America' to the notice of libraries, colleges, schools, institutions, professors, teachers, and families, as a work of peculiar value and beauty, which will amply repay the sum expended upon it by attracting the attention of all classes to this interesting and wonderful branch of natural history."

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ONTESQUIEU'S SPIRIT OF LAWS. The Spirit of Laws. By M. De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu. Translated from the French by Thomas Nugent. A new edition, carefully revised and compared with the best Paris edition. To which are prefixed a Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Author, and an Analysis of the Work, by M. D'Alembert. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth, $6 00

This is Montesquieu's greatest work, and was one of the most valuable products of French philosophy which appeared in the eighteenth century. It was the mature fruit of all his previous study, and the result of twenty years' labor. So great was its success that, in eighteen months after its first publication, it passed through twenty-two editions, and was translated into most of the European languages, and has ever since held a prominent place in the philosophy of jurisprudence and politics.

From a long review of the work in the American Law Review, for January, 1874, we extract the following:

“All, even the detractors, have united in praise of the great and varied learning, profound thought, and lofty genius displayed throughout this work. Montesquieu shows what law is and how it is. He shows it as it exists, diversified by circumstances both moral and physical. ‘I write not to censure anything established in any country whatsoever; every nation will here find reasons on which its maxims are founded.' Such a work is philosophical in the design and useful in the execution. It is to this writer and to those who have followed in his footsteps, that we owe all that we have useful in the philosophy of jurisprudence. But Montesquieu has a peculiar and a remarkable claim upon the American people. It is more than probable that it is to him, with others, that we owe the framework of our government.

"The original draft of the plan of government which is found in the constitution of Massachusetts was the work of John Adams. The constitutions of other states were molded after this. From these the constitu_ tion of the United States was formed. All these constitutions embody Montesquieu's system of checks and balances. John Adams was

a believer in Montesquieu, some others were not. Montesquieu ran the gauntlet of criticism. Adams' opinion of the value of his work is shown in a letter to James Madison, written many years after, in which he says:

"I am not an implicit believer in the inspiration or infallibility of Montesquieu. On the contrary, it must be acknowledged that some of the philosophers have detected many errors in his writings. But all their heads, consolidated into one mighty head, would not equal the depth of his genius or the extent of his views. When a writer on government despises, sneers, or argues against mixed governments, or a balance in governments, he instantly proves himself an ideologian. To reason