Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-20
LETTERS FROM ENGLAND.

y, LONDON, Mach To- 1929.
nor on account of its literary pleasures That London is
10 ps Vaucn above every other place. than eating drinking
.sEty, OF amusement The number Of books interesting
'u eaaoic books, which monthly make their appearance
Cn the London press, indeed astonishing The Engb are
.s IeoPe In your city, 1t not often that you
NAM GONG nome al night from his tolls mental ,rca
nre here upon the closing the counting houses al the
' sure 10 be seen vending their way their happy
Ss ana onsit sea coal fires with The last publications
one OF toracc Smiths Oddities" rufon Cookers merry
sends perhaps Every have its circuatng
dy OF us bookstore a. ats butchers stall, bake house.
siGce'y And the capitals employed aud tine ortuucs
made IN that line of bssiness would any who had
only seen the way we do the thing in America Colbu asserts
ana no one doubts, tina; no has cleared ty thousand pounds
copies Of Lord sd" Wo the last m yea 4 4, ;
thousand pounds laid upon ANIMALS alone
and eleven, upon another.
MIR SPARKS tefc and has arr informed his -rr7, wo,k
neaIy really o public alton heard, Coiburn philoso
It's understood that quit. so extensive AS at FIRST
N,ne SIX o eight volumes instead of first
the copyr 5h ofso elaborate work lie
OF tne uo'ct and his ackno ledged ability justice to tr
mc Is an' character Of our greatest Of men.
The American writer who this occupies the LARGEST
Pare Ia he eye OF the British reading public, MIR Cole
nor ce nan e beauties al his characters Of Napoeoa ana
o. n n they mad been pointed by contemporary British
journals on would ask, il possibr" hen vo eco %
per7iive annexed to MS ny those Systematic o,epeI
Of every Thing American, except cash, cotton aud perhaps f
lpi' ne cnde III one work Of character ''thc rreSfcs
writer OF the day and by all admitted Yield in the sran5
sketches living writer y does o tbs b n 81 arn ms
men. q your country publish is history" said gcncma,, 10
sceVticsnI" " ' ''''
fG"r friend Mr. Cooper IS hard hcs BY TIC minor critics Of
ne GAY The last number of the Ured Service Journal Al,
lacks hn" yruey for alleged 'slca,ious Of the style and
opinions OF sailors the Red Rover Coopsrs novels have
nov become established howevcs and they vii only thought
s"" de'rac'ors Who attempt lessen hig vel canned ,oru
A'y as writer of imagination Hs next novel IS looked for
VII. much ntc-gst W
'shmgion Irving ry'ains in Spain An English gentleman
't hn few weeks SnCeuo II is three months Al Ora
na' husy amidst hc ruins OF Moorish nsnif-cu-r tine en
mosques and "ved tauenpnts" the Dcgris 1ud tbr,~e
1aghs f "cNt work, il said veil be series of rouant,,
tar' Illustrating the proud history their period Of prsancs
W"en tc were twenty thousand VILLAGES on the banks of the
IuaddWrc, aud the bdrJaTln." were the protectors Of
teamed men, and the Tcscrcrs Of the and sciences will
fsk DOZEN ~ the wine of which taa comuoudcd his sack
ana u Is dear here Otto Of ro.e this will bc mis- r-
hJo II suits ID, genius title You rccbcc his Moorish
TAI: IN Brace 1rise llall What beautiful thing i,ua,
81 james NacHtosh Idle, just no,y. Coarige is e and
50 is b"fy Cornwall N.on, &c Quincy, a.d hoet n other
literary n'ncs Of tie hfst But there arc enough
a1ocT' 10 ;c Vineyard - supply tie market with all kinds Of
green's Horace smith makes volumes year co Buvcr:s
Hook writes ten pages day, and Banm spins his Irish yar,
ltsef than rope maker his hcmpcn ones
Hos" emily 10 these thing. IN American n NV me,
nory seyc right there have during e l..i ycar
ircc fouveui I the help Of Mrs licnans order that
dih'@y next yes' have been Of it twenty tncs
an annual register novel volume, by Ncale three or
four thin duOdecmOs ol rhyme gardeners calender u song
hook and "hrs part" for children Is there no talent IN
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