Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-16
LITERARY.
NFy PUBLICATIONS.

,y,,e .c,oo of Congress and our own Legislature has
prevented us for some lime IRON courtag the MUSES.
We have been reluc anty competed u pay Wv eu''
in not noticing kindness OF OUT iriehGs, VINO haye
loaded our eL. with rich treasures OF Literature we
will attempt 10 redeem our character taIs morning
Though our words be few, thanks are not tue i'ss
cordial for the fuvors We have received.
Harper * Brothers continue 10 send US Tue oilEnt-
es, md unrest com from their valuable mint. We
bnve room only for the titles Of some OF their &C
ceptuble presents FIRST III the array, are three Vo-
lumes Of Piesco;ts "ttstory OF the Conquest OF
Mexico, with preliminary we" oil tae Ahc'eh'
Mexican Civilization aud the lie OF ths conquer
or fernando Cor,es," gotten up IN style equal 70
the best English publications, with beautiful ehgiaV-
ings of Cortes and VI ILtazuna. TINS "o;k VIII DO
immortal homer 20 The literature OF Amsrlca. II
sets out wit, a beautiful and profound dissertation
on the manners, institutions and movements OF tne
Az,ees who inhabited the Empire previous 10 the
conquest of the Spauards-and 1t embraces not only
the history Of the anG conquest 0! Tue Cou-
try, but brings down The events TO the dea'h OF me
celebrated Cortes THIS splendid history which cor
reefs SO many of the OF Robertson, and is oes
tined to supersede the abos of other historians and
carry the OF It's author to the most distant nations
of Europe and 10 d remote p9s'ertly, is the Production
of man who IS nearly blnd-and who .apoog'ses iof
its errors OF transcription, by stating the simple and
touching raci-"O sing 10 the state oil my eyes, nave
been obliged TO writing case mace Tor the phd'
The historian enumerates III n very modest ana lngs-
nuous preface the ttamount OF authorities which have
been consulted, in various languages, from national
archives public Libraries and private corrections N va
rious countries, ancient manuscripts and modern cor
respondence, all disclosing amazing amount OF DO
div labor The preparation OF his materials one OF
the highest compliments paid to Prescott -, taat when
Washington living, who had intended TO write The
Conquest Of Mexico, understood taal Prescott was
engaged in similar undertaking, he immediately
abandoned the enterprise, IN Difference TO The au
thor. The writer rs pronounced IN Englano 10 rank
with thesr most eminent historians
No Of 1.-THE complete works OF Hannah More.
Part 4th Of ",lartn Chuzziewii By Boz Part l8t OF
the standard work "Nea!s History OF the Puritaas
with fine portraits on steel o John Wciit and Richard
Baxter No = of Gibbons Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire" with notes By the Rev. II II. Md
man No , of Kendali's "Lle of Andrew Jackson
with handsome illustrations OF young Jachson pre-
Secce OF mind" and :'lndans attacking n station. -
The lEneid %: Virgil with notes critical and expa-
natory metrical CLAWS, and HISTORICAL geographi-
CAL and NEUROLOGICAL index, by Charles Anthon-
With this edition, the most Flooding schoolooy must
become deeply interested in the great Epic OF the
charming Bard of Mantua. Every obstacle to a tho
rouob appreciation Of the beauties of the poet is re-
moved by this book, which should be in every school
1t abouuds In drawings Of Roman buildings, dresses,
armor mechanical arts, &c, Nc, as depicted in the
old writings sketch from the relics OF the runs OF
Pompeii and Herculaneum ms portion OF 'ae "oiK
is invaluable.
We have aiso received the lst No OF ira. nagnifi-
cent book "Harpers Illuminated and nco Pictorial b.
be For beauty Of typography and variety OF embel-
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passes any work have yet seen from the american
Press 1t TO completed in about 90 NUMBERS, at
25 cents each 1t IS to be emoeii shed wth lbJJ hs-
torcal enoravngs exclusive OF the vignc'ie winch
ndorns each initial letter 10 every chapsr-nioe Than
,300 Of which are from original des gas by Chapman,
engraved BY Adlms, the best wood engravef IN the
country-aud BY eminent foreign artists Dat the
solid value OF tins edition is not interior II ss beauty
1t will contain marginal references, the apocryphf
Concordance Chronolosica table list OF proper names
.4,rac x I'tgyn Ia IN
LARGE engraved Representatives, to the Old and New
Testament, Presentation Plate, Family Record, Ne
&c. No pans appear 10 have been spared to bring out
Il work OF such rnrvalled rendor ami yet desirable
cheapEess The publishers sa'd to have already
pended $50 900 ii, The engraver considers hiss cuts
TO be worth $50 900 The tile page 10 beautiful. The
paper is very ine worth Sll ream. 1t is indeed IN
every respect entitled 10 the public patronage vine
first number brings the sacred narration down ID the
23d of Genesis, which 10 embelshed with striking
representation OF Abraham about to lmmoate his SON.
For further details of this valuable aud cheap book
we refer 10 advertisement OF Drnker IL Morris
with whom may be found ali Of the above works
The members OF the Legislature could not better de
vote portion of their per diem, than TO the purchase
of some Of these standard publications, at once elegan
and cheap
Our friend, Mr.. Gall Of this city, keeps US under
oblioa,oos for his kind presents He has sent u
Scott & Co.'S republcaiions Of the hes! British naga
Zines viz: Ednburg Review, Biackwcod, &c. We Lave
now before US The December No oil BiacAwood, whct
10 fol! of pleasant Stories elegant aud ns; criticisms
The fine arts, Nc We notice an amusing sketch o
"Adyenu,ers in Texas-a trial By jury.
Drinker x Morris have seat us the 'Thc Complete
Confectioner Pastry Cook au1 Baker, hy Parkinson %
Chesnut street. Phlade phia whose Ices and coffee are
famed throughout The u. States. 1t contains 900 re-
ceip,s in the culinary Department, wi,'ch, we d'nb
mt are "cxGgsite"-bt ell events all new beginners
in housekeeping should have this, the latest and mos
approved practical b1ok
We have received tie January No. Of "rhe Scu'h
bich u. nj;
md beautiful ana scacon9bc Address OF "ihe Editor
10 his Patrons 1t contains variety OF capital piece $
..lrom grave 10 gay, from serious TO severe. points
mt some remarkable errors in MIR. Webster bunke
H,l 0:a,op tJuch:ag the discovery and institutions
of the South The article on "lnternaiional Copy
Law addresssdh by 1ir. Sims to Nj ienes, the reps,
sentative of Charleston, is able and elaborate article
and shows in n very satisfactory manner, the great al
tainments which we have already made towards tae
budinG up of az American Litara'ure-but We might
not altoyether arree with the friends of copyright
IN their conclusions upon The prop.iey OF lis esansh
incentive confess, that the first question we would
make would be, not upon the elect oil TIE copyfgh'
unon our Literature but upon the Constitution itself
No vould first ask for the power of Congress to make
apy regulation for the encouragement o. foreign au
thors by copy right furnished by the Cnated Safes
The clause Of the Constitution embraces no such pow
sr Besides, the true ground OF poftcy, saond VIC
hacLIe the introduction Of foreign works by such re
atrction, Shall raise their value SO high as 10 make
them inaccessible to great majority OF American read
ers3 Shall We conns Literature Itself TO species o.
monied Aris,ocracy Shall we ever encourage our oT:n
Antbors. as much as Mr. Sims supposes' Ar able
pamphlet has just been published by John Campo H.
Esq, containing ingenious arguments to prove the n
erpediency of a National Copy Right Law tie shows,
what the price OF English works would be- II printed IL
this country, under such restrclion-For instance,
English price. American price.
JAYS Morning Exercises, - % - w
Bible, ~ % > w
Southey's poetical Works. Il % . %
Thus, Mr. Campbell shows, that hundreds OF the
ost and agreeable volumes would be sealed
books 10 majority of the American readers.
We are happy 70 see "The Editors Table" (of
the Southern Literary Messenger decidedly 'mprov
ing. The review of new publications constitutes one
of the great uses of Literary Periodicals. 1t is the
best feature in the New York ''Knickerbocker'
Whilst We are upon the Southern Literary Messsn-
GER to which we continue to say, God speed with all
our hearts, we must correct an error into which We
were betrayed by article in some other paper We
have confounded NJ. Reynolds of New York, with Mr.
Reynolds late of Charleston and we are now happy to
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