LITERARY RECORD.-The Brothers HARPER must have the 'place of honor' in our record of the best new publications for the month. Beside the often-recurring numbers of the 'Pictorial History of England,' (a work remarkable for the excellence of its numerous engravings, its fine white paper and good printing,) and those of the Pictorial Shakspeare,' of which kindred praise is predicable, we have before us the following works: The Institutes of Medicine,' by MARTIN PAYNE, M. D.; a labored and comprehensive volume, adapted as well to the student in medicine as to the more advanced; the author having aimed at all compassable method, for the advantage of the former, and such illustration as might not seem irksome to the latter; the elder D'ISRAELI's Sketches and Characters of English Literature,' concerning which it is only necessary to say, since we have before noticed the volumes, that the present is the fourth edition: The Farmers' Companion,' by the late Judge BUEL, of Albany, (whose chair was so long occupied by one not less loved and lamented, the late WILLIS GAYLORD,) containing essays on the principles and practice of American husbandry, an address prepared to be delivered before Connecticut Agricultural and Horticultural societies, and an appendix, containing tables and other matter useful to the farmer; 'A System of Intellectual Philosophy,' by Rev. ASA MAHAN, President of the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, which for six or eight years past he has been in the habit of delivering to the successive classes of that institution. The work has been loudly called for, and the propriety of the 'call' will, we doubt not, be sustained; The Lives of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro ;' the first the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, the second the conqueror of Mexico, and the third the conqueror of Peru; with 'Questions in Geography,' adapted to any of the approved geographies extant; to which is added a concise description of the terrestrial globe.' The writer is RICHARD GREEN PARKER, A. M., author of 'Aids to English Compositiou.' .. FROM Messrs. CAREY AND HART we have a very valuable work in 'Wilson's History of Mexico,' comprising Historical Sketches of the Indian Tribes, a description of American Antiquities, with an inquiry into their origin and the origin of the Indian tribes; History of the United States, with Appendices showing its connection with European History; History of the present British Provinces, Mexico, Texas, etc. This comprehensive title well sets forth the completeness of execution which is the characteristic of this valuable and timely volume. We wish we could say as much for the 'Statesmen of America in 1846,' by Mrs. SARAH MYTTON MAURY; a volume bearing unmistakeable marks of female snobbishness, full of ridiculous self-conceit, the most transparent, fulsome flattery, the grossest blunders, and every species of bad material and worse execution; and yet, such is its source, the book is not even worth cutting up. We are glad that we can praise the next work from the press of the same publishers. 'An Author's Mind; a Book-full of Books, or Thirty Books in One,' edited by TUPPER, author of 'Proverbial Philosophy.' This is a book, and one worth having. A very useful booklet is ODENHEIMER'S translation of the celebrated Treatise of Joach. Ringelbergius de Ratione Studii,' from the edition of VAN ERPE, with a preface and appendix by the translator. The treatise will be found invaluable to classical, medical, legal and theological students. . . . MESSRS. WILLIAM D. TICKNOR AND COMPANY, Boston, have issued, in two well-executed volumes, the sequel to GEORGE SAND'S 'Consuelo,' 'The Countess of Rudolstadt.' We have not as yet perused them; a fact which can scarcely be predicated, we may suppose, of those of our readers who have read their spirited precursor.... We are enabled, even at a cursory glance, to see that Messrs. EVERTS AND WYCKOFF'S 'Scriptural School-Reader,' containing well-chosen selections, appropriately joined and divided, from the Sacred Scriptures, is a work possessing claims to the attention and patronage of American schools. Our reasons for this belief we may perhaps set forth hereafter.... AMONG the late publications of Messrs. WILEY AND PUTNAM, are ‘Supernaturalism in New England,' an interesting collection by our old correspondent, the gifted WHITTIER; TSCHUDI's 'Travels in Peru,' from which we have derived much entertainment and instruction; and 'Probabilities: an Aid to Faith,' by TUPPER, author of Proverbial Philosophy.' These are all good works.. AMONG the New Music which has been sent us, are two pieces which we make room especially to mention. The first is General Worth's Grand March,' by Mr. CHARLES PERABEAU, one among the most accomplished teachers of the piano in the metropolis. The 'March' is a production of great spirit, and has already become widely popular. The second is that beautiful and original production, The Maiden's Lament,' as sung by M'lle RACHEL. The music is by LINDPAINTER, and the English words by C. BEAUNOM BURKHARDT, Esq. It is already a favorite upon a thousand pianos. ... WE have several new publications, among them Col. M'KENNEY'S Reply to KOSCIUSKO ARMSTRONG,' 'The Flowers of Fable,' Report on the Literature Fund,' 'The Rector's Christmas Offering to his Parishioners; Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy,' Treatise on the Horses' Foot,' Reports of the Utica and Bloomingdale Asylums, DUNNIGAN'S 'Library,' etc., of which 'more anon,'

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THE Twenty-Ninth Volume of the KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE commenced on the first of January, 1847. The work has been so long before the public, that it is not deemed necessary to enlarge upon its claims to general favor. The annexed List of Contributors to the Magazine, and a few notices of the work, (up to and including the last number) will sufficiently attest its character and its popularity:

WASHINGTON IRVING,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT,
J. FENIMORE COOPER,
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK,
PROF. H. W. LONGFELLOW,
J. K. PAULDING,

MISS C. M. SEDGWICK,
REV. WM. WARE,

HON. LEWIS CASS,
CAPT. F. MARRYAT,
J. H. STEPHENS,
SIR E. L. BULWER,
REV. ORVILLE DEWEY,
J. H. PRESCOTT, Esq.,
HON. R. M. CHARLTON,
JAMES G. PERCIVAL,
Gov. W. H. SEWARD,
HON. R. H. WILDE,
JARED SPARKS,
HARRY FRANCO,'
NATH. HAWTHORNE,
MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,
REV. DR. BETHUNE,

MRS.KIRKLAND, (Mary Clavers)
MISS LESLIE,

W. D. GALLAGHER,
HON. JUDGE CONRAD,
DR. O. W. HOLMES,
JOSEPH C. NEAL,
THOS. W. PARSONS,

F. W. EDMONDS,
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH,
CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED.
Mas. GILMAN, (S. C.)
E. T. T. MARTIN,
H. W. ELLSWORTH,
H. J. RAYMOND. Esq.
H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT,
REV. J. PIERPONT,
COL. T. S. MCKENNY,
PHILIP HONE, Esq.
JOHN T. IRVING,
ALBERT PIKE, Esq.
REV. HENRY BASCOM,
CHARLES SPRAGUE,
RICHARD B. KIMBALL, Esq.
PARK BENJAMIN,
THEODORE S. FAY,
MRS. FANNY K. BUTLER,
MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
HON. JAS. KENT,
REV. WALTER COLTON,
PRESIDENT DUER,
JOSEPH BARBER,
MISS H. F. GOULD,
HON. JUDGE HALL, (ILL.)
ALEXANDER WATSON, Esq
REV. W. B. O. PEABODY,
PROF. CHARLES ANTHON,
ALFRED B. STREET,
JOHN WATERS,

CONSUL G. W. GREENE,
JAMES BROOKS,

REV. DR. SPRING,

HENRY BREVOORT,
CHARLES M. LEUPP,
HON. G. C. VERPLANCK,
J. N. BELLOWS,

REV. MR. GANNETT, (MASS.)
PROFESSOR FELTON,
STACY G. POTTS,
J. G. WHITTIER,
H.W.ROCKWELL,

WILLIAM PITT PALMER,
HON. CHARLES MINER,
DR. A. BRIGHAM,

FREDERICK W. SHELTON,
EDWARD S. GOULD,
CHARLES F. HOFFMAN,
Mas. E. F. ELLET.

ANSON H. CENTER, Esq.
J. H. GOURLIE, Esq.
HORACE GREELEY,
REV. DR. PISE,

THOMAS W. STORROW Esq.
R. H. BACON, CAMBRIDGE, MASS
GEORGE LUNT,

H.T. TUCKER MAN,
MRS. M. E. HEWITT,
PROF, JAMES J. MAPES,
REV. MR. BACON,

J. H. SHELDON, JR.,

J. G. SAXE, Esq.,

JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, (VT.)
J. KENNARD, JR.,

MR. F. PARKMAN, (BOSTON,)
JAS. RUSSELL. LOWELL, Esq.
PETER SCHEMIL.'

THE foregoing list included also ROBERT SOUTHEY, Rev. TIMOTHY FLINT, Miss LANDON, CH. JUSTICE MELLEN, TYRONE POWER, ROBERT C. SANDS, WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK, B. B. THATCHER, Dr. CALEB TICKNOR, WM. H. SIMMONS, JOHN SANDERSON, the American in Paris,' NICHOLAS BIDDLE, Miss MARY-ANNE BROWNE, (Mrs. GRAY,) England, Rev. Dr. BRANTLEY, South-Carolina, WILLIAM L. STONE, Rev. Dr. BEASLEY, New-Jersey, J. H. HILLHOUSE, and other distinguished writers who have paid the debt of nature.' The following notices of the KNICKERBOCKER are from the American and English press, and from American and British writers of distinction.

THE first number of the Twenty-Seventh Volume of this venerable and widely-popular periodical appears upon entirely new and beautiful type, in all its departments; and in its rich and diversified contents, continues to vindicate its reputation as the most agreeable and entertaining Magazine published in the United States. When we first started the old 'New-Yorker,' our friend CLARK had preceded us as Editor of the KNICKERBOCKER about a twelvemonth; it has now reached an age greatly beyond that of any American Monthly; a fact which literally speaks volumes' in praise of the manner in which the work has been conducted. No number of the K. has ever been issued under CLARK's supervision that did not bear indubitable evidence of editorial care, and anxious thought and well-directed labor enstamped upon its pages. We have known no monthly, of this country or Europe, so thoroughly edited, in the strictest sense of the term. With a corps of contributors embracing the most eminent writers of the country, with not a few from the other side of the water, it has been able to present articles of a high order of merit, and in rich variety; while, as if emulous of the contributed portions, the editorial department has regularly increased in variety and abundance.'-New-York Daily Tribune.

'NOTHING is more remarkable than the unfailing promptitude of this old Monthly, except perhaps its constant and constantly increasing excellence. Mathematicians tell us of certain curves called asymptotes, whose peculiarity is always to approach each other, and yet, even when infinitely extended, never to intersect. The KNICKERBOCKER, which has reached an age for a Magazine much greater than a hundred years for a man, and only to be attained by a more marvellous miracle, has perpetually approached the highest possible point of interest and excellence; and yet it seems to have an excelsior, for each number seems better than that which went before. How it is done our friend CLARK may understand-but it is a sealed mystery to us. There is no publication in the United States that has so attractive or popular a feature as the Editor's Table of the KNICKERBOCKER.'-New-York Courier and Enquirer.

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