THE VALLEY FARM; or, the Autobiography of an Orphan.  Edited by Charles J. Peterson, author of “Cruising in the Last War,” &c.  A work sound in morals and abounding in natural incident.

RESEARCHES ON THE MOTION OF THE JUICES IN THE ANIMAL BODY, AND THE EFFECTS OF EVAPORATIONS IN PLANTS; together with an Account of the Origin of the Potatoe Disease, with full and Ingenious Directions for the Protection and Entire Prevention of the Potatoe Plant against all Diseases.  By Justus Liebig, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen; and edited from the manuscript of the author, by William Gregory, M.D., of the University of Edinburgh.  A valuable treatise, as its title sufficiently indicates.

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From PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & Co., Boston, through T.B.  PETERSON, Philadelphia:—­

A PEEP AT THE PILGRIMS IN SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX. A Tale of Olden Times. By Mrs. H.V.  Cheney.  Those who feel an interest in the records and monuments of the past, and who desire to study the characteristics of the Pilgrim Fathers, and Pilgrim Mothers and Daughters, will not fail to avail themselves of the graphic delineations presented to them in this entertaining volume.

SHAKSPEARE’S DRAMATIC WORKS.  No. 25.  Containing “Troilus and Cressida,” with a very fine engraving.

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From JOHN S. TAYLOR, New York, through T.B.  PETERSON, Philadelphia:—­

LETTERS FROM THE BACKWOODS AND THE ADIRONDAC.  By the Rev. J.T.  Headley.  Also,

THE POWER OF BEAUTY.  By the same author.  Illustrated editions.

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From LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia:—­

MOSAIQUE FRANCAISE:  ou Choix De Sujets Anecdotiques, Historiques, Litteraires et Scientifiques, tires pour La Plupart D’Auteurs Modernes.  Par F. Seron, Homme de lettres, l’un des redacteurs du Journal Francaise; Les Monde des enfans, Revue Encyclopedique de la jeunesse de 1844 a 1848, etc.; Professeur de Langue et de Litterature Francaise a Philadelphie.

This work appears to have been compiled with great care, from works by the best French authors.  Every subject has been carefully excluded that could in any manner wound or bias the preconceived opinions of the American reader in relation to religious or political freedom.

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From HARPER & BROTHERS, New York, through LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia:—­

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D., LL.D.  By his son-in-law, the Rev. Wm. Hanna, LL.D.  The appearance of the second volume of these memoirs will be hailed with pleasure by the admirers of Dr. Chalmers, whose reputation as a Christian minister, and as a writer of extraordinary beauty and power, has long preceded these volumes.

GENEVIEVE; or, the History of a Servant Girl.  Translated from the French of Alphonse de Lamartine.  By A.A.  Seoble.