Total....

Last year... Increase.....

911 70 519 65 187 50

747 63 1,182 01 2,574 21 332 63 178 21

521 77 446 00 80 30 3,797 38 516 35 412 82 544 52

31 94 33.90 53 39 197 44 411 98

$671,090 66 $19,850 89 $23,349 36 602,064 83 19,068 45 22,322 40

$69,025 83 $782 14 $1,026 96

THE COVINGTON AND CINCINNATI SUSPENSION BRIDGE-The suspension bridge between Cincinnati and Covington may justly be considered the greatest achievement of the kind in the West, and probably in the United States. It is a splendid and substantial structure, and stands as a monument of human ingesuit and skill, and the perfection of modern art. Its strength is equal to 16,000 tuns, or 33,600,000 pounds, and would, therefore, support 20,000 people of average weight upon it at one time. The dimensions are as follows: Length from pier to pier, 1,057 feet; entire length of bridge, 2,252 feet; dimensions of piers at base, 86 by 52 feet; dimensions of piers at top, 74 by 40 feet; hight of piers, 200 feet; hight of floor above

low-water mark, 100 feet; width of floor from side to side, 45 feet; amount of stone-work in bridge, 90,000 perches. Each cable is composed of seven strands of 740 one-eighth inch wires, bound together with heavy wires. Size of cable, 12 inches in diame ter; weight of each saddle used on piers for holding cables, 14,000 pounds. Number of suspenders, 648; number of feet of lumber used, 500,000; estimated cost of bridge, $1,750,000.

GREAT CHICAGO TUNNEL.-The people of Chicago are also rejoicing over the completion of the great tunnel, extending out into the lake two miles, through which they are hereafter to receive their supplies of water, clear, cool, and clean. Hitherto their supplies have been obtained from the turbid, dirty waters near the shore. A brief description of the work says:

"The first ground was broken in the construction of the tunnel on March 17. 1864. The shore shaft is of cast iron, nine feet in diameter, and two and a quarter inches thick, in three sections, weighing fourteen tuns each, running to the bottom of the sand bed. The continuation of the shaft is of brick. The whole shaft is eighty-seven feet deep, eleven feet of the bottom of which is a catch basin,' for the collection of what sand may run through the tunnel. The tunnel commences eleven feet from the bottom of the shaft, and seventy-seven feet from the top, running straight from the crib, a distance of two miles and seven feet, at a rise of four feet at the crib end. The tunnel is a circle of brick of two layers laid lengthwise, making with the cement a wall of nine inches. It contains 2,600,000 brick and 10,570 barrels of cement. The excavations meet varying only nine and one-half inches, one of the greatest achievements of tunnel engineering on record-most tunnels of like character varying from two to four feet. A small tunnel will conduct the water from the main tunnel to a distributing well, about eight feet in diameter, from which it will be distributed to two large wells, thirty-two and a half feet deep, and thirty-one feet in diameter, from which it is distributed to the city. The necessity of two wells is that in case of accident to one the water can be shut off at the distributing well, and leave the other in operation while the work is being repaired. The large wells are thirty-one feet in diameter, to contain the foundation of the ponderous engines which distribute the water to the city. The full cost will be about $425,000."

COPPER MINING.-From statistics recently printed in England, it appears that the world's annual production of fine copper is set down at 90,000 tuns. Of this Chili produces about 52.000 tuns. This year the troubles between Spain and Chili will cause a deficit of about 14,000 tuns; and if this amount is not made up by larger supplies from other parts of the globe, the price of copper must materially advance. A glance at the other copper-producing countries does not, however, encourage the consumers. The production of copper in the United Kingdom is falling off. Other European countries remain about stationary. In Australia the late average of production is with difficulty maintained. The production of the Lake Superior district is not likely to be more this year than last. No increase can be counted upon from California.

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RELIGIOUS STATISTICS OF PENNSYLVANIA.-The Methodists of Pennsylvania have 337 churches, 492

Churches and congregations during the year 1865, was $257,164.60, an increase of $29,750.40 over the previous year, and an average of $5.65 to each Church member. The aggregate average attendance in the Sabbath schools was 29,992.

CHANGE OF NAME.-It is stated that the Calvinistic Methodists in Wales have assumed the name of "Presbyterians," and as such hold their Church courts, presbyteries, synods, and assembly. They are a powerful and influential body.

CHINA AND JAPAN.-There are fifty-five Protestant churches in China, and ninety-five Protestant missionaries are also settled in Nagasaki and Yokohama, in Japan. Many of the rich Japanese are learning from

326 churches, 369 ministers, and 97,947 members; the German Reformed Church 633 churches, 236 ministers, and 75,884 members; the Old School Presbyterian 589 churches, 536 ministers, and 68,587 members; the Baptists 390 churches, 352 ministers, and, according to the returns of last year-the latest which have been published as yet-number 61,319. The increase of the past year will probably add from 2,000 to 3,000 to these figures. This makes the Baptists, numerically, the fifth of the Protestant denominations in the State; the Episcopalians have 220 churches, 233 ministers, and 16,630 members; the New School Presbyterians 126 churches, 142 ministers, and 41,000 members. Including all other religious bodies, the total number of churches is 4,021, of ministers 2,593, and of members 443,000.

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PRELIMINARY-During the past month a large | number of books have accumulated on our table, many of them designed for the holiday trade, and others of more enduring interest. It is impossible for us in our space to give a full notice of each individual book, and it is a matter of regret that the beautiful holiday books did not reach us in time for notice in our December or January number. Fortunately, most of those on our table have a permanent value, and will make beautiful presents, or serve as valuable reading at any season of the year. We are under the necessity of grouping the books that are before us under their publishers' names, and of giving to each only a passing notice.

1. TICKNOR & FIELDS, BOSTON.

Through R. W. Carroll & Co., of this city, who, by the way, have arisen out of the ashes of their late fire more vigorous and enterprising than ever, we have received several books from the firm of Ticknor & Fields. These old and widely-known publishers keep themselves still in the front rank of producers of beautiful, substantial, and valuable books. On our table for the present month we have "Flower de Luce, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," one of the gems of the season, a square 16mo, with heavy backs, gilt edges, tinted paper, very superior illustrations, and thirteen poems, by Longfellow. From the same publishers we have A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life, by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, with illustrations, by Augustus Hoppin." This is a neat 12mo of 230 pages, and is one of the books which is beautiful enough for a holiday present, but which is also adapted to any season of the year. It is a pleasant and entertaining story, true to life and instructive. "The Giraffe Hunter, by Captain Mayne Reid," also from the press

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of Ticknor & Fields, reaches us through G. S. Blanchard & Co., of this city. Mayne Reid is widely known to juvenile readers, and the wild and thrilling sketch of the hunter's life in Africa given in this book, will enhance his fame among the juniors. It is a handsome 12mo of 298 pages, with numerous illustrations.

2. HURD & HOUGHTON, NEW YORK. These publishers, whose books issue from the famous Riverside-press at Cambridge, have contributed largely to the list of beautiful books for the season, and have assisted greatly in the advancement of the whole art of book-making in this country. When we receive a book from them we are sure, at first sight, that the book is gotten up in the best style of the art, and is worth the reading. This is certainly true of "Out of Town, a Rural Episode, by Barry Gray," a 12mo of 311 pages, with a number of beautiful illustrations. Barry Gray wields a graceful and racy pen, and his description of "a rural episode" in the history of his family life, will fit the experience of many others. We have had something like it ourselves. The book reaches us through R. W. Carroll & Co. From Rob't Clarke & Co., of this city, we receive two handsome 16mo volumes of 302 and 338 pages, issued by the same publishers, being "The Poems of Alfred B. Street." We have read many of the poems of Mr. Street previous to their issue in these fine volumes, and some additional ones as we find them here. He possesses a fine poetic mind, and his poetry has an easy, rhythmical flow, and his subjects are always well-chosen, generally from our practical and ordinary human life and history.

3. D. APPLETON & Co., NEW YORK.

To the Appletons American literature is indebted for many of its best native productions and best foreign

republications. When we see their imprint on a book our expectation at once is to enjoy a substantial, valuable work, whether of American origin or from a European source. While dealing thus largely in the substantial and permanent publications of the day, they also take a good share in providing the lighter reading, and the beautiful issues for the cheerful days of life. Of this kind is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," by Louis Carroll with forty-two illustrations, by John Tenniel. It is one of the holiday extravaganzas which will delight the little folks, and fill their young minds with wonderment. It will make a merry, happy household wherever it goes. The illustrations are capital, and the volume full of diverting matter. The Children of the Frontier," a 12mo of 290 pages, is full of the most interesting stories for young people, drawn from the thrilling scenes of Western frontier life. They are from the pen of Theodore Lund, a Danish artist, whose name is familiar to many lovers of art. The broken English of the Danish author has been mended by Mrs. Lizzie B. Gow, and the result is a charming book for the juveniles. The Merchant of Berlin," by L. Muhlback, is an historical romance, by the fruitful author of "Joseph the Second and his Court," Frederick the Great and his Court," and many other volumes of the same class. As a writer of historical romance the author has few equals. A month ago we stated our objection to books of this kind, but for their kind these are the best of the day. This is a substantial 12mo of 394 pages, translated from the German by Amory Coffin, M. D. All the above we have received through R. W. Carroll & Co., of Cincinnati.

4. HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

Harper & Brothers we are inclined to place at the head of American publishers, especially as respects the number and variety of the works issued by them, and behind no others in the number of really substantial and valuable works they have given to American literature. Their books reach us through Rob't Clarke & Co., of this city. On our table for this month are the following: "American Leaves; Familiar Notes of Thought and Life, by Samuel Osgood," a fine 12mo of 380 pages, rich in thought and incident. Mr. Osgood is well known as the author of The Hearthstone,"

"Studies in Biography," etc. "Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals," by William F. G. Shanks, a 12mo of 352 pages, full of interesting facts, anecdotes, and incidents of me made eminent by our late war, in both the Union and Confederate armies. Reading Without Tears," a square 16mo., in substantial binding, is part second of "a pleasant mode of learning to read," and certainly, in the clear large type, clean white paper, and easy arrangement of the subjects, it is a great improvement on the methods of the olden time. Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood" is a reprint of a fine English story, by George M'Donald, author of "David Elginbrod," " Alec Forbes," etc., done up in good style, a 12mo of 381 pages. Laboulaye's Fairy Book." Fairy Tales of all Nations, by Edward Laboulaye, member of the Institute of France-translated by Mary L. Booth-with engravings, a 12mo of 363 pages. In no other age of the world has so much real genius and talent been devoted to the entertainment and instruction of youth as at

the present. Here we have a member of the Institute of France, an able editor, one of the first judicial writers of the age, and one of the raciest humorists, contributing his time and talents to the amusement and edification of the young. To be sure these stories are the recreation of his leisure, but for that very reason they are the more genial. Recent times have | produced no more attractive contributions to the department of "fairy literature." Of course it will be popular. "The Sanctuary" is a story of the civil war, by George Ward Nichols, author of "The Story of the Great March," a 12mo of 286 pages, amply illustrated. Of the next work from the Harpers we give the full title as the best compensation we can make for the want of space in which to say more: "Principia Latina, Part II; A First Latin Reading Book, containing an epitome of Cæsar's Gallic Wars, and Lhomond's Lives of Distinguished Romans, with a short introduction to Roman Antiquities, and Notes and a Dictionary, by William Smith, LL. D., and Henry Drisler, LL. D." Both these names are familiar to all classical students, and a sufficient guarantee for the excellence and adaptedness of the book.

5. CARLTON & PORTER, NEW YORK.

Of these publishers of course we need say nothing to the readers of the Repository; they are the Agents of the great publishing interests of our own Church, and in connection with Poe & Hitchcock, of this city, direct the largest religious publishing establishment in America, and probably in the world. The Agents, both in the East and West, are keeping pace with the advancement of the age, and their recent issues have been of a high order both with regard to subjects and the styles for which their books are issued. From these publishers we have received the following: Early Crowned; A Memoir of Mary E. North, by Louisa J. Crouch." 16mo. Pp. 255. A beautiful contribution to a beautiful life, early finished, and therefore "early crowned." "Christmas Times in the Crocus Family. By Robert Ranger." "Only a Penny. By Nellie Grahame." These are numbers 129 and 747 of the "Youth's Library," new volumes. Robin Ranger's Stories About Beasts"-ten little 48mo volumes in a box for the wee ones." Little Doorkeeper Library"-five volumes in a box, handsome in appearance, well written, and well able to please and instruct the young. They are the Little Doorkeeper, Captain Christie's Granddaughter, False Shame, Joe Witless, and Miracles of Heavenly Love. The following we only name for the present, reserving them for a larger New Hymn and Tune Book, for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Edited by Philip Phillips." "Six Years in India. By Mrs. E. J. Humphrey."

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6. ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Carter & Brothers hold an enviable position as publishers of books for youth and children, to say nothing of the more solid and valuable works issued by them. The Sabbath schools of America owe much to their enterprise for the multitude and variety of the excellent books they have furnished for their libraries. The books of the Carters are always good, interesting. pure, and safe; and Sunday school officers can always feel secure in placing them in the libraries of their