THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS GRAY.  With illustrations by C.W.  Radclyffe.  Edited, with a memoir, by Henry Reed, Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania.  Great pains have evidently been taken by the editor and the publisher to render this not only the most complete and accurate edition of the works of Gray that has ever been presented to the American public, but also one of the most superbly embellished and beautifully printed volumes of the season, which has called forth so many works intended for presentation.

THE BUILDER’S POCKET COMPANION.  This volume contains the elements of building, surveying, and architecture, with practical rules and instructions connected with the subjects, by A.C.  Smeaton, Civil Engineer, &c.  The inexperienced builder, whether engaged practically, or in the investment of capital in building improvements, will find this to be a very valuable assistant.

THE CABINET-MAKER’S AND UPHOLSTERER’S COMPANION.  This work contains much valuable information on the subjects of which it treats, and also a number of useful receipts and explanations of great use to the workmen in those branches.  The author, L. Stokes, has evidently taken great pains in the arrangement and compilation of his work.

HOUSEHOLD SURGERY; or, Hints on Emergencies.  By John F. South, one of the Surgeons to St. Thomas’s Hospital.  The first American, from the second London edition.  A highly valuable book for the family, which does not pretend, however, to supersede the advice and experience of a physician, but merely to have in preparation, and to recommend such remedies as may be necessary until such advice can be obtained.  There are many illustrations in the work which will greatly facilitate its practical usefulness.

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From LEA & BLANCHARD, Philadelphia:—­

THE RACES OF MEN. A Fragment. By Robert Knox, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy, and Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Science in France.  The character and tendency of this “fragment,” or “outlines of lectures,” to use the author’s own terms, are such as cannot be suddenly determined upon or understood.  This will appear the more evident to the reader from the assurance which he also gives, that his work runs counter to nearly all the chronicles of events called histories; that it shocks the theories of statesmen, theologians, and philanthropists of all shades.  He maintains that the human character, individual and national, is traceable solely to the nature of that race to which the individual or nation belongs, which he affirms to be simply a fact, the most remarkable, the most comprehensive which philosophy has announced.

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From T. B. PETERSON, 98 Chestnut Street.  Philadelphia:—­

HORACE TEMPLETON.  By Charles Lever.  The publisher of this work deserves the thanks of the reading public for presenting it with a cheap edition of so interesting a publication.  It has already passed the ordeal of the press, and has been received, both in Europe and in America, as one of the most entertaining productions that has appeared for many years, not excepting “Charles O’Malley,” and the other mirth-inspiring volumesof the inimitable Lever.