One of the most important architectural works which has ever made its appearance is now being published by Meissner, of Hamburg, bearing the title _Denkmaler der Bankunst aller Zeiten und Lander_ (Monuments of the Architecture of every Era and Country), by JULES GAILHABAND, and published for Germany under care and contribution of Dr. Franz Kugler. The literary and artistic excellence of the original work is too well known to render description necessary, and its improvement is guaranteed from its being under the care of Kugler, who is perhaps better qualified, æsthetically, for such a task, than any German, or indeed any one living. The 197 and 198 _livraisons_ which now appear, contain engravings of the Chateau Chambord in France, the Mosque of Hassan in Cairo, the Temple of Gerschen in Nubia, the Baths of Caracalla, sketches of bridges of the middle ages, the Palace of Strozzi, and many others. In connection with this we may mention the _Entwurfez Land-und. Stadt Gebauden_, or Sketches for Domestic Architecture by F. W. HOLZ, a work which may be commended as _suggestive_ rather than practical, but still on that very account to be commended to young architects desirous of developing their creative powers. * * * * * Without wishing to render aught save honor to all who diligently pursue the minutest departments of science, we are still at times reminded, by occasional works, of the professor who was honored as one inspired by "a full German blood and a Fatherland's spirit," for a book--the result of thirty years' unwearied application--on bigamy and polygamy among grasshoppers. We are irresistibly reminded of this anecdote by a "preliminary notice" of some thirty odd years' observations of "certain varieties of thrushes," which are shortly to appear in an ornithological magazine at Stuttgart. * * * * * Among a mass of Lutheran Church literature recently published in Germany, we observe VOGEL ERNST GUST'S _Bibliotheca Biographica Lutherana, Ubersicht der zedruckten Dr. Martin Luther betreffenden biograph. Schriften, id est_, (Gustavus Ernst Vogel's Biographical Lutheran Library: a notice of all the printed works extant referring to the life of Dr. Martin Luther.) This work will be found extremely interesting to all readers of the History of the Reformation, since it embraces notices of many important works which might otherwise escape attention. * * * * * A work interesting to those who like to follow out the different political trains of thought developed in these "working" times, has recently been published by Rumpfer of Hanover, bearing the title. _The Excellence of a Constitutional Monarchy for England, and its inapplicability to the other countries of Europe_. * * * * *