GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT Piano-Fortes Have taken THIRTY-FIVE FIRST PREMIUMS at the principal fairs held in this country within the last ten years, and also were awarded a First Prize Medal at the Great International Exhibition in London, 1862, in competition with 269 pianos from all parts of the world That the great superiority of these instruments is now universally conceded is proven by the fact that Messrs. Steinways' scales, improvements, and peculiarities of construction" have been copied by the great majority of the manufacturers of both hemispheres (AS CLOSELY AS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT INFRINGING PATENT-RIGHTS), and that their instruments are used by the most eminent pianists of Europe and America, who prefer them for their own public and private use whenever accessible. Every piano is constructed with their PATENT AGRAFFE ARRANGEMENT, Applied directly to the Full Iron Frame. STEINWAY & SONS direct special attention to their newly invented "Upright" pianos with their "Patent Resonator" and DOUBLE iron frame, patented June 5, 1866. This invention consists in providing the instrument (in addition to the iron frame in FRONT of the soundboard) with an iron brace frame in the REAR of it, both frames being cast in ONE PIECE, thereby imparting a solidity of constructionnd capacity o fstanding in tune never before attained in that class of instrument. The soundboard is supported between the two frames by an apparatus regulating its tension, so that the greatest possible degree of sound-producing capacity is obtained and regulated to the nicest desirable point. The great volume and exquisite quality of tone, as well as elicity and promptness of action. of these new Upright Pianos have elicited the unqualified admiration of the musical profession and all who have heard them. STEINWAY & SONS confidently offer these beautiful instruments to the public and invite every lover of music to call and examine them. Letter from the celebrated European Pianist, ALEXANDER DREYSCHOCK. Court Pianist to the Emperor of Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, September 29, 1865 MESSES. STEINWAY & SONS-I cannot refrain from expressing to you my undisguised admiration of your in every respect matchless Grand Pianos (which I used at my last concert in Brunswick), and I desire nothing in the world so much as to be able to perform upon one of these masterpieces here. Send me, therefore, (care of Johann David Hoerle & Co. in St. Petersburg), one of your Concert Grand Pianos-of course at most moderate artist's price-and inform me, without delay, in which manner I can best remit the purchase money to you. Respectfully yours, ALEXANDER DREYSCHOCK. Letter from Willie Pape. Court Pianist to the Royal Family of England. LONDON, England, February 4, 1866. MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS-I am much pleased to see the rapid advances you are making and the numerous certificates you have so deservedly obtained. Should my humble opinion be of any weight, you may add that I give my four hundredth piano-forte recital at Cheltenham on the 10th of this month, since my arrival here; that during my four annual visits to Paris, I have used the Grand Pianos of all the first European manufacturers, but have found no instrument equal to the one I purchsaed of you. In fact. I consider one of your finest Square Pianos equal to a y one of the Grand Pianos manufactured here. Truly yours, WILLIE B. PAPE, Pianist to H. R. H. the Princess of Wales. STEINWAY & SONS' PIANOS are the only American instruments exported to Europe in large numbers and actually used by the great pianists in European concert-rooms. WAREROOMS, First Floor of Steinway Hall, 71 and 73 East Fourteenth street, Between Fourth avenue and Irving place, New Yɔ k. CONTENTS OF NO. XYVII. I. PHYSIOLOGY AND THE LESSONS IT TEACHES.. 1. Elements of Physiology. By J. MULLER, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of Berlin. Translated from the German, with Notes, by WILLIAM 2. Mémoire sur la Structure élémentaire des principaux Tissus or- ganiques des Animaux. Par M. H. MILNE EDWARDS, M. D., Archives générales de Médicine. 3. Recherches microscopiques sur la Structure interne des Tissus organiques des Animaux. Par M. H. M. EDWARDS, M. D. 4. Leçons d'Anatomie comparée. Par M. CUVIER. 5. History of Animals. By ARISTOTLE. Bohn's edition. 6. De l'organization des Animaux, ou Principes de l'Anatomie comparée. Par M. DE BLAINEVILLE. 7. An Elementarg Treatise on Human Physiology, on the Basis of the Précis élémentaire de Physiologie. Par F. MAGENDIE, Membre de l'Institute de France, &c., &c. New edition. II. CUBA, ITS RESOURCES AND DESTINY 1. Histoire physique, politique, et naturelle de l'le de Cuba. Par 2. Apuntes para la Historia de la isla de Cuba. Por D. J. MARIA 3. Essai politique sur l'île de Cuba. Par ALEXANDRE DE HUM- BOLDT. Avec un Carte et Supplément, &c. 4. To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage. By RICHARD HENRY 5. Letters written in the Interior of Cuba between the Mountains III. ROBERT BOYLE, HIS INFLUENCE ON SCIENCE AND LIBERAL 1. The Works of the Honorable Robert Boyle. In six vols., 4to. 1. Food and its Adulterations, composing the Reports of the Ana- lytic Sanitary Commission of the "Lancet" in the years 1851 to 1854, inclusive. By ARTHUR HILL HASSAL, M. D., Chief Analyst of the Commission. 2. Physiologie du Gout; ou Méditations de Gastronomie Trans- cendante; Ouvrage Chedrique, Histrique et à l'ordre du iour. Par M. BRILLAT SAVARIN, Membre de plusieurs 3. Physiological Chemistry. By Professor C. G. LEHMANN. 4. Des Falsifications des Substances alimentaires et des Moyens Chimiques de les reconnaître. Par JULES GARNIER ET CH. V. HUNGARY, HER LITERATURE AND HER PROSPECTS... .. .. . . . . 1. Geschichte der Magyaren (History of the Magyars). Von 2. Handbuch der Ungar-Poesie (Handbook of Hungarian Poetry). 3. Dissertatio de origine Hungrorum (Dissertation on the Origin 4. Poetry of the Magyars, preceded by a Commentary on the Language and Literature of Hungary and Transylvania. 5. Essai historique sur l'origine des Hongrois. Par AUGUSTE DE 6. A'Magyar Literatura esmérete (Knowledge of the Magyar Literature). IRTA PAPAY SAMUEL. 7. Analytica Institutiones Lingua Hungarica. 1. Bibliotheca Americana: Catalogue of American Publications, including Reprints and Original Works from 1820 to 1852, THE NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XXVII. DECEMBER, 1866. ART. I.-1. Elements of Physiology. By J. MULLER, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of Berlin. Translated from the German, with Notes, by WILLIAM BALY, M.D. New edition. London: 1865. 2. Mémoire sur la Structure élémentaire des principaux Tissus organiques des Animaux. Par M. H. MILNE EDWARDS, M.D., Archives générales de Médecine. Paris. 3. Recherches microscopiques sur la Structure interne des Tissus organiques des Animaux. Par M. H. M. EDWARDS, M.D. Paris. 1. Leçons d'Anatomie comparée. Par M. CUVIER. Paris. 5. History of Animals. By ARISTOTLE. Bohn's edition. London. 6. De l'organization des Animaux, ou Principes de l'Anatomie comparée. Par M. DE BLAINVILLE. Paris. 7. An Elementary Treatise on Human Physiology, on the Basis of the Précis élémentaire de Physiologie. Par F. MAGENDIE. Membre de l'Institute de France, &c., &c. New edition. Translated, enlarged, and illustrated with diagrams. By JOHN REVERE, M.D. New York. MEN in general pay so little attention to their own structure and organism that it is not strange they neglect those of the lower animals. It is not our intention, however, to obtrude on our readers facts which may be found in any elementary treatise on human physiology, further than to make some observations, in passing, on the benefits we should derive from, and the evils we should guard against by devoting even a small portion of our study to ourselves. It is all the more remarkable that this is not done from the fact that no wonders are greater, no phenomena more interesting, than those of the human body; even the science of the heavens as elucidated by Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, and Galileo, is not better calculated to inspire us with admiration of the Divine wisdom. Discarding all selfish motives and regarding the subject solely in a scientific point of view, what other study reveals so many marvels, or affords such convincing proofs of omniscient design and benificence? But it also appeals to our self-love; it teaches us to preserve our health and puts us on our guard against the most dangerous of imposters. The principal reason why quackery flourishes as it does in this country is, that we pay so little attention to physiology; for just in proportion as the latter is studied anywhere is the former shunned as worse than any of the innumerable maladies which it pretends to cure. There is but little hope of a better state of things, however, as long as physiology is neglected as it is in our schools; it is by no means sufficient that it be taught to some extent at our leading colleges and high schools. It should form a prominent study at all schools worthy of the name. Instead of this being remembered, however, there are but few teachers who know anything about it; and this is much more to be deplored than the most intelligent might suppose at first view, for it is a source of incalculable evil. Even those who are honestly proud of the progress of their pupils often err grievously, while they have no other intention than to do good. If they only made themselves acquainted with the delicate structure of the brain and its extreme susceptibility to injury, they would understand that in causing a child to learn as much as possible, they often do mischief rather than good. If the brain be too much excited in youth, it will be sure to be permanently injured in one way or other, if, indeed, it does not cause premature death. The experience of the world shows that the mind of the child whose faculties are thus precociously taxed, either becomes exhausted in a short time, and reduced to mediocrity, or the brain is attacked with inflammation or dropsy, which either destroys life or produces insanity. Thousands of parents are brought in sorrow to the grave by this means, though the real cause of it occurs only to a few of them; were it otherwise, we should regard the brain of the |