A NEW CATALOGUE OF SCRIBNER, WELFORD & ARMSTRONG'S IMPORTATIONS. THE Constant additions which Messrs. SCRIBNER, WELFORD & ARMSTRONG are making to their valuable and extensive stock has compelled the preparation of an entirely new Catalogue, comprising the most important works in History, Biography, Poetry, Science, the Arts, and general Literature. This Catalogue extends to eighty closely-printed pages, and is so arranged that reference is easy. All book-buyers will find it indispensable. Copies will be sent, postpaid, on the receipt of 10 cents. UEBERWEG'S PHILOSOPHY. THE increasing attention bestowed upon philo sophical studies in this country is forcibly illustrated by the completon of Ueberweg's History of Philosophy. The work itself is far in advance of any similar production. A glance at its closely-printed pages cannot fail to impress one with the untiring industry of its lamented author, while it is safe to say that no one but a German could have exhibited the patient perseverance necessary to the accumulation of the immense mass of material which has been so carefully digested and so compactly arranged in the more than one thousand large octavo pages of this great work. As was stated when the first volume appeared, the revision of the German edition was one of the last occupations of Prof. Ueberweg. Had he lived to see the completion of the American edition, he would have derived great gratification, not only from the scholarly thoroughness of Prof. Morris's translation, but from the very important additions made to this volume by President Por ter and Prof. Botta. President Porter has given a thorough review of English and American philosophy, and Prof. Botta of Italian philoso phy. The knowledge of either in his particular field is unsurpassed, and their additions complete the volume on the only points in which it was at all deficient. The issue of such a work, as an independent enterprise of an American publisher, is an event in the history of our philosophical literature. SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY FOR NOVEMBER. SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY for November begins a new volume. Edward King's carefully aud profusely illustrated paper on Old and New Louisiana, in the Great South Series, is remarkable for its calm and dispassionate statement of the actual state of affairs in New Orleans and Louisiana generally. Two American serial stories are begun: "Katherine Earle, by Adeline Trafton (author of "The American Girl Abroad"), to run through the year, and the other, Earthen Pitchers, by Rebecca Harding Davis, which will be concluded within three or four numbers. Mr. Froude's historical sketch of an "English Abbey" is also here begun; and in Stedman's series, on the "Victorian Poets," there is an admirable paper on the "most inspired of women," Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the same number appears a biographical sketch of Stedman, by A. R. MacDonough, with portrait, in the series of Younger American Authors. Professor Newcomb gives an interesting account of the making of the new great telescope at Washington; there is an illustrated story by Edward King, “Only Half a Woman; " a story by Louise Chandler Moulton, "For Pastime;" and verse by George MacDonald, Celia Thaxter, H. H., Mar. garet J. Preston, and Richard Watson Gilder. Dr. Holland's Topics of the Time are "A Greeting to our English Readers," "St. Nicholas," The New York Observer," and Old Types.” The Old Cabinet is written "In the Woods." The Departments of Home and Society, Culture and Progress, Nature and Science and Etchings have their usual variety of contents. SCRIBNER'S for December will have a new dialect poem by Bret Harte; and to the January number he will contribute a Christmas story, entitled "How Old Man Plunkett went Home." HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES. Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates is one of those stories which is destined to be a source of perennial delight to generation after generation of children. It tells of life in Holland-a country which changes so little that a story of people who lived there twenty years ago might be told of to-day as well, and it is marked throughout by a vivacity, a freshness, and a healthy vigor which goes straight to the heart of every reader, whether he be old or young. That the reputation of Hans Brinker is already made we need only quote the expression of some of the leading critical authorities to demonstrate. The Nation says that its author “has produced nothing better than this charming tale-alive with incident and action, adorned rather than freighted with useful facts, and moral without moralization." The Independent characterizes it "as by no means an ordinary book. It contains passages of genuine humor and of the truest pathos, and evinces descriptive power of a high order." The Evening Post says "it will attract every reader by the interest of the narrative and the simplicity and vivacity of the style," and the Atlan tie Monthly says "the book is fresh and flavorous in tone, and speaks to the fancy of children. There is no formal moral obtruding itself in set phrase. The lessons inculcated, elevated in tone, are in the action of the story and the feelings and aspirations of the actors." These expressions of approval have been endorsed emphatically by the thousands of readers of Hans Brinkers in this country; in England, where the book has been issued in several different editions, and in Holland, too, where it has received the honor of a translation into Dutch. A story which has thus established its claims to be regarded as a classic, deserves a handsome dress, and the style in which Messrs. SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & Co. are about to issue it, with the additional illustrations they propose to insert, must give the volume new attractions in the eyes of its numerous admirers, besides assisting to bring it to the notice of the thousands who are yet to have the pleasure of making its acquaintance. ST. NICHOLAS. There are thirty-three articles-some for the very little ones, some for the oldest of young people, and some for every age between. We find in its broad, well-printed pages, poems by William Cullen Bryant, Celia Thaxter, Lucy Larcom, and others. There is a capital humanfairy sketch by Rebecca Harding Davis. Donald G. Mitchell contributes a characteristic article, entitled "Who wrote the Arabian Nights?" and the first chapters of a serial story by Frank R. Stockton are given. A salutatory by the conductor, Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, is sure to reach the heart of every child-reader-and the hearts of their fathers and mothers as well. Among the stories we find a charmingly-told account of a fairy's visit to a bee-hive, by Annie Moore; an exceedingly funny little story by Margaret Eytinge, and lively tales by Paul Fort and J. S. Stacy. Lucretia P. Hale tells the adventures of a doll, Noah Brooks has a capital article for boys, called "By the Sea," and Olive Thorne talks about an a certain "Old-fashioned Hat." There are also interesting descriptions of zebras, passenger-pigeons, the curious inhabitants of the Farallone Islands, and the Piute Indians, besides bright little "Jingles" and a whole page in large type for little children with big eyes. We must not forget to mention, as an admirable feature, a short story in German, for the benefit of youngsters who are learning that language. A similar French story is announced for the next number. Then Jack-in-the-Pulpit," a curious fellow who is full of little bits of wit and wisdom, holds forth most entertainingly; and there are capital notices of juvenile books, intended for those who will read the books, and a puzzle department that will certainly sharpen the wits of the youngsters. THE EDITOR OF ST. NICHOLAS. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, so well known to the reading public of America, will be the conductor of St. Nicholas, Scribner's new magazine for girls and boys. There are several literary ladies who bear similar names; for instance, Mary B. Dodge and Miss Mary A. Dodge, better known as "Gail Hamilton." But the Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas has achieved such a reputation by her books, "Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates," "The Irvington Stories," etc., that her name and fame are very distinctively her own. Mrs. Dodge wrote for many years as Mary E. Dodge. Indeed, "Hans Brinker," and nearly all her literary work, appeared under The reading matter is varied and bright, that name; but since another lady of precisely THE first number of "ST. NICHOLAS has just been issued. Pictorially it is one of the most beautiful magazines in the country, being enriched by designs from the pencils of Miss Hallock, Sol Eytinge, Miss Ledyard, Sheppard, Stephens, Bolles, and others. the same cognomen has entered the literary field, she has been prompted to introduce her maiden name, Mapes, in place of the initial E., and she prefers to be hereafter known as Mary Mapes Dodge. "Hans Brinker," which was first issued in 1866, not only obtained great popularity in this country, but was republished in England, and has been translated into Dutch. A new American edition, profusely illustrated, is to be issued this winter by Scribner, Armstrong & Co. Mrs. Dodge is very well known as a contribu tor to the "Cornhill Magazine" of London, Harper," "Scribner," "Our Young Folks," and other American periodicals. She wrote the famous "Miss Maloney on the Chinese Question," in an early number of "Scribner." This little sketch has been copied all over the country, and it is still a favorite selection of public readers and reciters. In connection with Donald G. Mitchell and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mrs. Dodge was one of the earliest editorial writers on "Hearth and Home," and for several years she conducted the children's department of that paper. SAXE HOLM'S STORIES. THE Stories of Saxe Holm are so much finer in quality and execution than the ordinary magazine story of the day, that their preservation in book-form is really an act of literary justice, as well as a response to a popular demand. The very first story by this author, entitled "Whose Wife Was She?" published in SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, for September, 1871, gave notice of a new-story writer of marked originality. The subsequent tales of Saxe Holm have been notable for the same intensity of feeling, the same subtile psychological vision, and beauty and force of style which distinguished "Whose Wife Was She?" Through some of these stories are scattered some of the most refined and exquisite pieces of verse that have lately appeared. "Draxy Miller's Dowry," and its sequel, "The Elder's Wife," together make a story approaching, in length, the conventional novel, and in vitality far surpassing most of the specimens of the conventional novel extant in our day. Saxe Holm rarely fails in fineness of moral sense, but writes with a high purpose, as well as with a clear literary conscience. Indeed, certain of these stories might well be circulated as tracts, inculcating the kind of virtues tritely, but none the less truly, called domestic. 'How One Woman kept her Husband," is a bold study of a most vital subject; but it carries a lesson which many would do well to learn. THE BURGOMASTER'S FAMILY. The Burgomaster's Family; or, Weal and Woe in a little World, is to be the next issue in SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & Co.'s Library of Choice Fiction." The story is laid in Holland, a country which has always possessed peculiar interest for American readers, and it is told with a simplicity, which is admirable, and with a degree of power both impressive and absorbing. There is enough of the tragic in the narrative to firmly fasten the reader's attention and to display the skill of the author, while the gleams of quaint humor which sparkle through the story here and there relieve and effectively lighten its more sombre portions. In its entirety, the Burgomaster's Family is one of the best novels which have lately appeared, and one of its strongest recommendations is that it teaches a most admirable lesson, without, however, in the least weakening the interest in the story. BRET HARTE. BRET HARTE has written a dialect poem-one of his longest, full of delicate touches, and very tender and subtile-which will appear in SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY for December. It is called "Luke-In the Colorado Park-1873." A Christmas Story, by Bret Harte, "How Old Man Plunkett went Home," will be published in the Jannary number of SCRIBNER'S. BAGEHOT'S LOMBARD STREET. THIS admirable work has been frequently referred to and widely quoted during our recent financial troubles. 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