Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-12
The Colunbiad,

A POEM in 10 Booxs-By JoEL BARLOW.
FENHIS title announces work of the
= highest interest that the RES GESTA
Ia Of our country or Of any other car
furnish With regard To the merits of tie ex.
ccution, it would i'll become us. the publishers,
To SPEAK in that strain Of commentator which
alone would give uttcrancc to our sentiments.
o. This, the public, to whom it is now oHcred,
will iduge for themselves. We viii only state
enc circumstance, which ought TO be under
stood by the purchaser before we solicit his
patronage. The ancient Juvenile Poem OF EGr
Barlow, called the Vision of Columbus, is SD far
absorbed in this, as hcnccforward to disappear
from the list of his works All that he has
Thought worthy Of Tie subject in rnat Poem
has been incorporated III this---w.iich may u
mount ~ one fourth OF ore third of the former
work lie has now in his mature years and
Judgment, taken much wider range over the
ipsMcnse regions Of fact and fancy, than the
fortunes Of this hcmis phere have opened to his
view end "'the work is now probably destined
TO stand, the epic scng OF his country"
30 pains OF expense have been spared to give
1t dress and ornament suitable 20 its intrinsic
merit.
Il is III one volume rovsl qiarto Illustrated by
twelve engrayings on she following subjects !;
I. Hesper's appearing to Columbus in prison
II. Capac and Della instructing the savages in
agriculture and the domestic aris.-lII Zamor
killed by Carac- " Illui ition-V. Cesar pas
sag the kil:icon vi. Cr1s lty pres; dirg over
the Pt.so' Shp-Vn Murder OF Lucinda -
WEI. G2rnwsliis rcs;gnmghis sword to Wash
ing.an.---lX. RSue of The Culdea Fleece x
Initiation to the Mysteries Of ITiS II. Final
Resignation % preiuaices
These eleven subjects were painted by the
celebrated Smirl;e, expressly for this poem
The pictures are now exhibited in the Phiiadel-
pl.ia Academy of Fine AIS, where the public
can examine thcir admirable execution and
form some idea Of tie expense aad labor bes-
towed on tic decorations OF this work. They
were engraved by the Arst artists in England :
and The enisravings were in sach high cstima-
tor among the amateurs, that several proof
copies were sold in London at six g.ileas asset
To these is added 4 portrait ofthc author, pain
ted by Robert Fulton, ANA finely engraved by
Art';ur Smith.
The ra,.e., We believe, is better than any be-
fore made III this counirN and he pvlhiug by
Fry = t-ainmcrer, MY b.. lcTardcd Il speci-
rer 81 Typography l,tijegto us1rDas sed, and
seldom slnaiied in the world
htso .iasr rsccivst ant fer sci, as a5ove,
YHE O. No OF ~ TO rstrp's
-Ahss-ic-a ZRI9LLERIST"S COEEPANI0N.
Tho id1csy1c-5 SoS ~ Haunt of tlic Banditli +;
tale; by Regina " rio Roche, author OF
The Children Of the Abbey, S1c &c
-lzc;cTH Cs:Vafri containing The adventures Of
\ captain, srd league O'Reagan lis $. rvant ;
by Fl II Breckenridge.
The LayJ the Lat Kisstrel, 4 Poem [; by wal
Ter Scott
The Hnso-'o of St Oo,'tiago: written by lady
at C-.pc Francois
The La Il 81 lrish Harp; TIE HTid Oish Girl.
aSd 81. lgair. By Miss OwensDa
The Pleasures ofIIGpe aGd Pleasures aud Pains
Of u, m0'y- Jonathan Poastfree, or the Ho-
nest Yankee a musical farce, in 3 acts
2y =. Beach Ahyj3S. 1908 We