New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-25
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Tpr HIGHLANDS OF ETHi"ris.- ms IL Tue
hf,l and unelaborated story OF mission sent ny
ton under the auspices o! q liberal Govern
T,o spproprate almost literally the authors
,,,snage. orlhc purpose Establishing more
-. connection with Christian people, who
'"~ even less Of the world Than the world knows
The author of this work, Major W. c. ilar-
....s sc,cc;cd hv the British Government IN lGli
..4,c, mission 10 Sdhcla Scldsse, the King
So in Southern AbysSinia; and, during So
40 wear and 4 halfin tina, Unknown region he
..noa n collect the materials for one o! the most
r srd interesting works that has recently made
!. ,,neorance. The FIRST number OF the work, col up
- sood STYLE, and embellished with n spirited
.,,,yiog of King Sdhsla Seassie is published this
/ aoroiog BY Winchester. We mean TO avail our
.,,es hereafter, Of some extracts from these pages
FUR WORKS OF THE REV. JoMS ;NEw,ToS. TO which IRE
H n,.sIS Memoirs Of his Life. By Rev RICHARD CrcIL
! y,s Carter, - anal street
II il quite too late in the day TO require ncwspa-
~ recommendation OF the writings of this eminent
Minister of the Gospel. His letters form the best
,,cimens of his writings, us mere literary perform
.o. Of the Christian churches as amongst the most
rIu.ble Of that class of religious compositions
The wor, is fairly got up, and is afforded at about
| aelhird the price Of former editions.
THgVALLEY or VISION: or The Dry Bones Of IS
nd Rsrired-This is an attempt land we scarcely
ned add an able one) by Prot. Bush, to prove the
Restoration and Conversion Of the Jcws-lrom Ezc
srl, ch xxxyr. Ia. The profound scholarship
al distinguished talents Of the author are suhi-
INT guarantee that this little book will prove of the
.hesi interest TO those whose incinalions lead them
the investigation of the question upon which ii
rats Even had we space and leisure we should
y frightened from any extended inquiry into these
ages by the formidable eheraur-de.tri-e Of Heb
mic characters behind which it is entrenched. (SaX.
IN e. Miles, 205 Broadway.
lNNoRrALITY, OR THE PILGRiM's DREAM, AND
OTHER PoEMs.-This is most beautifully margin
d. printed bound and ushered volume of Poesy,
,hrh he's fresh and fragrant look, and promises
uOpen deciously down to its very heart. To-day
v, can only announce its appearance-'o-morrow
We will try its flavor. tSaxton II Miles,
CONTRIBUTIONS OF "a. Q.-Thesc excolcn,
niscellanies, by the late Jane TAYLOR, arc issued
,i morning, in elegant and attractive style, by Sax
-on & Miles. The work is in one large duodccimo
rOlume of nearly 300 pages.
TnonwALpsEN.-To what apparently slight
and trivial accidcnts.-were they not, perhaps,
hitter called Providences do we owe the bring
ing into light Of great endowments! In reading
such things as the following one begins involun-
tarly to look about him, in his own sphere, 10 see
that no immortal genius is about to pass across
the troubled sea of human life and cast no sha-
cow Of his great proportions before the eyes of
men. We read in recent private letter from
Hamburg:
"The death Of Thorwaldsen, the greatest sculp
tor ofthe age, which event occurred at Copenhagen
lew days ago, is universally regretted in Ham
burg, where the nnrivaled artist was well known
aud respected. Ii may, perhaps, not be generally
Known that for years 'Fhorwadsen lansuished at
Rome in ohscuriW. until he CHANGED 10 attract the
niice Of an English nobemnn, who appreciated his
talent and did homage his genius; and TO this
eent the great celebrity which the Danish artist en-
Fyed during the latter part OF his life j. IN II great
aeasure due, for Thorwaldscn had become disgust
ID with the neglect OF the public, and was about TO
rlinqush his noble profession, when fortunate
circumstance brought 10 his studio an individual
Who could appreciate his merit. and who had the
means Of extending 10 him real and valuable pat
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