Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-09-19

FnR RosAsosp; or, the Days Of King Henry 2d
w Thomas Mnfsy.-Niiey X Putnam, New York =
Ia, ,: ,sSssss,,.. OF very interesting and
little pcPniar'ty an London. The author has dus
deep IN those productive mines of literature thu
chronicles ~ Froissart, Mathew, Paris and Hoiing-
head the historians, 81. Rapin, and others or
the earlier writers On the manners and customs Of
our Saxo- Norman ancestry. We know yerv we'll
that requires considerable disc and some
experience On suthor craft such mate rial Ne
lively bat making allowances for the youth and in
experience of Mr.. Miller, think he has produced
very readable book. There is one good that i,ya
r'aey attends novels 81 this class, and that is the
ndnccmsnt which u holds out to the Young Ia SEEK
the truths nj history, as they arc to be found IN
the glowing pages az Gibbon. Hume, Robertson
iiallsm, and other great men. who have left impe.
straet'on 81 pcsterity. The historical plays Of
Shakespeare and Msssinger, even when represented
On the stage. create an appetite for knowing some
thing rors Of the gloomy Macbeth, or the aspiring
houses at York and Lancaster; whilst the novels III
Sc"tt and James have made many an historical read
eri and n the writings Of the Wizard of the North
had done mo- other good than this, II would have been
glory enough Tor one life.
I26 Fulton street, New York.-This il an admirable
treatise upon the necessity of ventilation particu-
larry In houses inhabited by vast numbers ef per-
sons schools hospitals, churches. and places dsvo-
tad 20 evening amusement. Were the world but "A
well convinced Of the necessity II breathing good
air a. they are of wearing 6ne clothes, we should
have fewer deaths and fewer hankrup;cies The med
zeal srnity. and the -milliners might suffer
little hut the world would gain In happiness, OF we
are NO prophets.
T. =. MIIirsnY MAeA zlSr. Muddy a DuroI
Bank Alley, Philadelpha. 10 an admirable
WORK and one that ought 10 be extensively p.tron-
ired by our military heroes, both % the regular.
volunteer, or the militia service. IN q country
where every man must serve IN the hour 81 need
and where such an extensive organization of voun-
teer companies exist record ~ their origin and
achievements ought to be preserved. The editors
and tribuor. "a the work before us appear 10 Re
men deeply mhned with the true chivaric spirit
and the materials which heroes az the 70 yo-
luton have beqaesshed 20 pos'erity with q master
hand.
wnrrr's Nrw Rs ccr,r sciox OF Tur Laws o.
SPsi- Am rHt fsptss-This 10 q small Pen rhlef
by Colonel Joseph VI. White. ~ Florida. and i ~
tended az sort ~ aram coWr,sr n his wcrl the
" colonial charters and commissions" from the seye-
raj European governments who frat discovered and
then eolonxed the coun,rsss new known ss North
and South America. The sm,hsr ssys that the werk
was first undertaken s'rcs' zen vears vinee. ~ the
surres'ios ~ the late Wtlsn Writ. Fsq the Asscv-
ney General. and the sds,on very socn exhaust.
ed Iss i,r'ss.@'ns .a,.r :. ensr.ss
rising republic ~ Texaa On the latter fcric we
will Iet him speak fer himself in the follewiar sx.
tract from his intrcd.efi"ni
II. lac. a. .resn r.ndifa Nv a. ls~s 81 N.,gea 90
Ters. - fr a. hs snd congress a., l-,e, 49,
scsd nv positive ecrs'ts'"ns ~ er'.lsvs
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i.orn n N. ruisrs ag psscr,ss evident st ss 200
visions eriy ~ ~ fe ~ pssi
tons ~h' nc - 80" @'s' r''sfn - seigases
tipns
The compiler sarit lh,, ~ waui rrohnhv hsts
stimulated II tst puhlraon ~ eosnp4lAn k-t ~ 20.
imp. o"s mssss " ssstav nat rfwmry 60 ueh wark
TAine lssl, atstssi - ths aesnrs ~ teu1K rslhfsc
which seemed ~ promsss crest go hapF
w The esiahshwsn ~ ewrrs upan 80 irs rnFom
n the North American counsnt - s~ewrd inep~ssA
he obligation 70 eonrhus NJ hunhie snofs 10 ss
infancy iron those evils and whssh total rsnee 81
the laws ard The langags Which ny wvsu wnu1 ~
svsably have eufaiiea Ne y ssnbs tMm himssf
~ The disadvantage aud p scia ufusnsss. sy eeury
cf The uncertain ard defective a titles - pforsy
SOUTHERN IIrrRsst M.s.ssesm,-Whsfs. RscA-
mord va.-This admirable periodical eume. o. ps
with most prsseworthy punetasl'ty, that ourht a.
shame the publishers ~ some that we vet ~ nssrsr
home. Its contents are various and intsilscfmsl
as usual, which speaks trumpet ienrued fsr The
industry ~ ts contributors. 90 well ~ the tact ssd
fsn..n ~ fLau r141Mla Tar