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The Physiology of Common Life.  By George Henry Lewes, Author of “Seaside Studies,” “Life of Goethe,” etc.  In Two Volumes.  Vol.  II.  New York.  Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 410. $1.00.

Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.  From Gales and Seaton’s Annals of Congress; from their Register of Debates; and from the Official Reported Debates, by John C. Rives.  By the Author of “The Thirty Yeats’ View.”  Vol.  XIV.  New York.  Appleton & Co. 8vo. pp. 747. $3.00.

The Young Farmer’s Manual:  Detailing the Manipulations of the Farm in a Plain and Intelligible Manner.  With Practical Directions for laying out a Farm, and erecting Buildings, Fences, and Farm Gates.  Embracing also the Young Farmer’s Workshop:  giving full Directions for the Selection of Good Farm and Shop Tools, their Use and Manufacture, with Numerous Original Illustrations of Fences, Gates, Tools, etc., and for performing nearly Every Branch of Farming Operations.  By S. Edwards Todd.  New York.  Saxton, Barker, & Co. 12mo. pp. 459. $1.25.

Ritchie’s Illustrated Catalogue of Philosophical Instruments.  Boston.  E.S.  Ritchie. 8vo. pp. 84. 25 cts.

The Kellys and the O’Kellys.  A Novel.  By Anthony Trollope, Author of “Dr. Thorne,” etc.  From the Last London Edition.  New York.  Rudd & Carleton. 12mo. pp. 432. $1.25.

A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty; containing, among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong,—­the Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam:  being the Only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been or ever will be published.  By Diedrich Knickerbocker.  The Author’s Revised Edition.  Complete in One Volume.  New York.  Putnam. 12mo. pp. 472. $1.50.

The Confessions of Augustine.  Edited, with an Introduction, by William G.T.  Shedd.  Andover.  Warren F. Draper. 12mo. pp. xxxvi., 417. $1.25.

History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.  By George Bancroft.  Vol.  VIII.  Boston.  Little, Brown, & Co. 8vo. pp. 475. $2.25

Quaker Quiddities; or, Friends in Council.  A Colloquy.  Boston.  Crosby, Nichols, Lee, & Co. 16mo. pp. 48. 25 cts.

History of Genghis Khan.  By Jacob Abbott.  With Engravings.  New York.  Harper & Brothers. 16mo. pp. 335. 60 cts.

Danesbury House.  By Mrs. Henry Wood.  New York.  Harper & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 282. 75 cts.

The Little Beauty.  By Mrs. Grey, Author of “Passion and Principle,” “Old Dower House,” etc.  Philadelphia.  Peterson & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 626. 31.25.

Cicero on Oratory and Orators.  Translated or edited by J.S.  Watson.  New York.  Harper & Brothers. 16mo. pp. 379. 75 cts.