Next to the Appletons, we believe the largest publisher in this line is Henry C. Baird, of Philadelphia, who has now in press a _Handbook of Locomotive Engineers_, by SEPTIMUS NORRIS, of the celebrated house, Norris & Brother, engine manufactures; _The Practical Metal Worker's Assistant_, by M. HOLTZAPHFEL, illustrated with many engravings, and enlarged by the addition of American matters; SCOTT's _Cotton Spinner_, thoroughly revised by an American editor; a new edition of Mr. OVERMAN's important book on _Iron; The Practical Model Calculator_, for the engineer, machinest, manufacturer, &c., by Mr. BYRNE, (to be issued in twelve semi-monthly numbers); a _Treatise on the American Steam-Engine_, by the same author; and several other books of this class. * * * * * The Appletons will publish in a few weeks _The Women of Early Christianity_, one of that series of splendidly illustrated volumes composed of _Our Saviour and his Apostles_, _The Women of the Bible, &c._ * * * * * BRAITHWAITE'S _Retrospect of Practical Medicine_, in consequence of an arrangement just entered into, will hereafter be published by Stringer & Townsend, who will issue it with promptness, correctness, and general mechanical excellence. * * * * * James Munroe & Co. of Boston are proceeding regularly with Mr. HUDSON's excellent edition of Shakspeare, and they have lately issued among several handsome volumes an edition of the works of George Herbert. They have in press _The Philippics of Demosthenes_, with notes critical and explanatory, by Professor M. J. Smead; _The Camel Hunt_, a narrative of personal adventures, by Joseph Warren Fabius; _Companions of my Solitude_, by the author of "Friends in Council," &c., &c.; _The Greek Girl_, and other poems, by James W. Simmons; _Epitaphs_, taken from Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston, by Thomas Bridgman; and _Domestic Pets_, their habits and management, with illustrative anecdotes, by Mrs. Loudon. * * * * * The second and concluding volume of the _Life of Calvin_, by Dr. HENRY, has just been issued by Carter & Brothers, and it is quite equal in every respect to the first volume. Such a careful history was well-deserved of a Christian whom even Voltaire admitted to be one in the list of the world's twenty greatest men, and it was especially needed for the vindication of one who had in so extraordinary a degree been a subject of partisan hatred and calumny. * * * * * DR. WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS of this city has just published a volume of _Lectures on the Lord's Prayer_, (Gould & Lincoln, Boston,) which we shall notice more appropriately hereafter. At present we can only remark that it is a work of extraordinary merit, worthy of an author whose abilities and virtues render his name illustrious. * * * * *