True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-18
THE TRUE AMERICAN.
EDITED nv JOssN as1HenN.
FAITHFUL AND BOLD,
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THURSDAY APRIL 1S, 1889.
NEW BOOKS.

NEW BOOKS.
We acknowledge the receipt Of a. number of new
works, through the politeness Of Mr.. Johns, bookseller,
corner of St. Charles and Common streets.
WISDOM AND GENUS OF SHAKspEARE, IN one CO.
fume.-Ihis handsome volume comprises, brief selec.
tons from tie great master, arrang' ID under approrri-
ate heads, comprising moral philosophy, delineations of
character, paintings Of nature and the passions, seven
hundred .arhorisms and miscellaneous pieces. The
compiler says that his " principal object has been to ex-
hibit the Wisdom and Genius of our author, Us these
are reflected in his lucid pages, which have been justly
characterised the richest, the purcst, the fairest which
genius uninspired, ever laid OPEN"
STERLING AND PESRuDDocK, by the author Of Ire.
maine, &c, in two volumes .-Perhaps there is not a
writer in our language who in some particulars, las
greater poweL than Mir. Ward, the author of these sto-
ries. His Tremainc, a rare book in this country, pos.
sessss a dspth ofphoilosoply and feeling rarely to be
met with. The fact is he stands almost alone in his Pc
culiar style Of writing, for it is a school in which shall
low minds and smatterers find that they are not COM
petent TO shine. Those who delight in a truly pIiIoso-
phicnl novel, in striking pictures of human character,
in proiunl'ty of thought, ana lucid language, in sstute
criticism, in beautiful descriptions and high wrought
passages of life, will be pleased to learn that the author
of Trsmoine, Dc We're, and Fielding, has another work
ready for perusnl. .
ROMANCE OF THE HAREM BY Miss PARpoE, in 9
volumes.-We read Miss Pardoe's city of the Sultan.
viii, greut pleasure. She writes with great ease and
elegance, and shows that she has the eye of an artist.
Her descriptions are vivid and ta~stefully drawn. The
present volumes consist of a series Of novellettcs which
the anthoress says ARE genuine tales related by the
professional Massaldjhes or story tellers Of the East, in
the harems of the wealthy Turks during seasons OF
festivity, and particularly in that of the Ramazop."
They are written with spiri, and a great deal of poetry
especially in those portions, which, are strictly desc rim
tive.
IAcE SHEpPARD-A Romance, by W. Har,;son
AinsrcrM, author Of Rockmood, &c. 9 rols.-Who does
not remember the romance of Crichton1 There was
enough of incident crowded into tile two volumes, ms m
ordinary writer would have spun out isto seven volumes.
Indeed, it was Overlooking with materials for a more
extensive work. MIR. Ainsworth has IL brilliant imagi.
nation. is n ripe scholar, writes with great elegance and
strength, and has already taken an enviable stand in
the republic of letters. Jack Sheppard is to be pub
lishcd in numbers MS the productions of Boz huv. an.
pea~cd, aud is to be illustrated by Cruikshank in like
manner. 1t is to be concluded in eight numbers.
The SPIRIT OF THE EAST, illustrated in a Journal
Of 7rareis through Houmeh, by Dr. Urquhart, . roll,
This book Is written in a pleasing, easy style, and gives
an excellent rIc,ur" of the east-its manners, customs,
poll ", &C., coniras.ed with those of Europe, 1t takes
a philosophical view Of the subject of which it tre,,s
and cannot fail to deeply interest the reader.