“Mr. Minturn’s volume is very different from an ordinary sketch of travel over a well-beaten road.  He writes with singular condensation.  His power of observation is of that intuitive strength which catches at a glance the salient and distinctive points of every thing he sees.  He has shown rare cleverness, too, in mingling throughout the work, agreeably and unobtrusively, so much of the history of India, and yet without ever suffering it to clog the narrative.”—­Churchman.

“This book shows how much can be accomplished by a wide-awake, thoughtful man in a six months’ tour.  The literary execution of Mr. Minturn’s book is of a high order, and, altogether, we consider it a timely and important contribution to our stock of meritorious works.”—­Boston Journal.

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Le Cabinet des Fees; or, Recreative Readings.  Arranged for the Express Use of Students in French.  By George S. Gerard, A.M., Prof, of French and Literature. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.

“After an experience of many years in teaching, we are convinced that such works as the Adventures of Telemachus and the History of Charles XII., despite their incontestable beauty of style and richness of material, are too difficult for beginners, even of mature age.  Such works, too, consisting of a continuous narrative, present to most students the discouraging prospect of a formidable undertaking, which they fear will never be completed.”—­Extract from Preface.

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The Banks of New York; Their Dealers; The Clearing-House; and the Panic of 1857.  With a Financial Chart.  By J.S.  Gibbons.  With Thirty Illustrations, by Herrick. 1 vol. 12mo. 400 pages.  Cloth, $1.50.

A book for every Man of Business, for the Bank Officer and Clerk; for the Bank Stockholder and Depositor; and, especially for the Merchant and his Cash Manager; also for the Lawyer, who will here find the exact Responsibilities that exist between the different officers of Banks and the Clerks, and between them and the Dealers.

The operations of the Clearing-House are described in detail, and illustrated by a financial Chart, which exhibits, in an interesting manner, the fluctuations of the Bank Loans.

The immediate and exact cause of the Panic of 1857 is clearly demonstrated by the records of the Clearing-House, and a scale is presented by which the deviation of the volume of Bank Loans from an average standard of safety can be ascertained at a single glance.

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History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.  By Samuel Greene Arnold.  Vol.  I. 1636-1700. 1 vol. 8vo. 574 pages. $2.50.