The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-27
Nem Eork Gorrespomosues.
New YoRK, Nov. 90, 1874
Literature, Fetes, &C.. &C. l..

issuing from the press. At the head and most enter
Prlsing, of them are Messrs. ID. Appleton g. Co. In
dependent of the valuable and beautiful works they
are constantly importing from Europe their own pres
ses are teemng with interesting standard productions
got up in style that is not surpassed in England
Among the works Just issued by this house is an illus
trated octave edition Of the life of Napoleon Il is
translation from the popular French work Of Lar
deche, and is embelished with five hundred designs
and twenty original portraits Of Napoleons Generals
and others Of eminence. The first volume is now
only issued; the second is soon to follow The cos
tune of this book is rich and elegant in the extreme
and, aside from the thanks due to the Messrs Apple
ton for giving us in English woik SO greatly needed
Notwithstanding so much has been written on Napo-
leon they deserve all praise for the taste which they
have displayed not only in this but their other late is
sues. word or two upon this life: it is peculiar
book. All other lives Of Buonaparte consist Of the
language and thoughts of his biogrophers; this is
life of Napoleon sOrtten by himsef .-that is, it is
history composed of his letters and bulletins arranged
chronologcaly, and merely connected together by
thread sufficient to make uniform and harmonious
whole. The book is therefore almost entirely Napo-
Icons writing. 1t is this that gives its peculiar fea
ture, and the ground which its author challenges
for it the favor of the public Every ten or twenty
lines is illustrated by spirited engraving. The man
Of the work is anecdotical and an incident of
interest in his life is passed over. The illusions to
battle are often very brief; the and not his acts
being put forth the most prominently. To Lodi is
given but single paragraph and Marengois achieved
in half page. This will be the most read of Napo-
Icons lives. One of the most extraordinary circum-
stances connected with Buonapare's life, is that he
embraced Christianity and died sincere Christian
The British and French Bible Society have recently
published this fact and promise to give to the
world further testimony upon topic interesting to
the Christian world. ...s u...... Will.
"ARTHUR CARRYL" novel, is the title of strange,
crazy book just issued finely printed from the press of
d. Appleton & Co. 1t is poem by the author of
The Vision of Rubea )" it is in the Childe Harold
vein, and Of which it is palpable imitation, yet
Astounding with many fresh thoughts and original
ideas, well novel ways of treating old ones The
book besides contains poetical epstles Milton Pope
Juvenal and lastly to the Devil! is sprnkled with
parodes sonnets and odes and spiced with epigrams
Some of these are witty, some extravagant, some
foolish, and the most paroded from Horace and Joe
Miller in verse. There is q neat epigram on Park
Benjamin, and would be clever were it original;
and barbarous cuts at psor Colonel Webb and Col.
Stone, Cooper, and Keese's American poets and his
own reviewers Of Rubeta The Rubeta published year
or more ago. was remarkable for its wholesale satire
and unlimited abuse of every thing and every body.
1t was marked by talent wit learning and industry
1t had, however, no object-produced no permanent
effect, and after making brief noise was forgotten,
and might never have required to mems minds again
but for this second Preparation. Arthur Carryls
similar production, and destined to brefer existence
Its chief contngen) feature is, that the author has
never been discovered; and in this be defes disco
very. He is now likely to be challenged to appear
The authorship has been attributed to John Quincy
Adams, but mistakenly for, in the first place, Mr..
Adams is sane, while the author of Rubeta is not
and in the second place, Mr.. Adams possesses too
pure TASTE and mind too chaste be the author of
several pieces of amatory rbaldy and others of coarse
satire that embellish It's pages The author whoever
he may be, has money to throw away, for he prints
and publishes at his cost has great and varied
learning, and yields a caustic pen. Much learning
has made him mad and his madness takes the diosyn-
cracy of book making. When the veil which now
happily hides this great unknown" from the public
eye, is lifted it vii be by his o,on hand Till then,
we will leave him with two of his own lines:
Howe'er this bard in brain
Was quite ass, and took much pains to show it.. =,
Besides the pictorial Napoleon" Appleton has is
sued beautifully illustrated edition of Robinson Cru
soc, that immortal work. which SO finely inculcates
perseverance, under all vicssitudes and an elegant
copy Of the Vicar of Wakefield, with 200 fine illus
He has, had haan ,,f
English Classics, in petite size and is issuing month
ly an interesting standard volume to his valuable
"Taes for the People and their children" work in
SERIES that is deservedy popular and promises be
useful it is entertaining and instructive. We are
sorry however but WRITER'S Mrs.
Griffith and Mrs. Ellis) in the series. We trust
these liberal publishers not going to keep up the
bad custom of instructlng American children and
youth altogether through the pens and minds of Eng
lish writers!
The Harpers are giving all their attention to their
Family Library, and viii publish nothing elso.
The monopoly of the Estate Printing" has been
windfall to these enterprising publishers. They had
already become Independent by industry and skilful
management ofther business, and this acquisition to
tLer regular trade will enrich them. They find il SO
profitable, they WON'T look at any thing else now ex-
cept new work from Stephens, or some famous late
English publication, which they can get for the ex-
pense of single copy. They have foresworn novels,
partly it is thought from matter Of conscience, (vde
the circulating libraries they have been filling the last
fifteen years. partly they themselves say, because
the church, of which, Of one denomination and ano-
ther oil are members, and or two Of them we be.
leve, leacons have taken Il in hand and rated them
for aiding and abetting immortality But the true
reason is that they find il more profitable to confne
themselves to the School and Family Library.
publisher to take their place in publishing light itera
ture is very much needed here.
There is an interesting series of illustrated sketches
in course Of publication here, in octave pamphlet num-
- -, M Wat The work IL popular and il is