The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-07-11
MISCELLAN EOUS.
THENEW YORK WEEKLY MIRROR.

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u present form commenced IN the Ilth April,
1916 The reduction of tho subs ,ription price
from Three Dollars to Two marks am err in the
history of this popular aud widely ci, cu,tcd Iur
nal-a jeurnal which, though il hath sen MANY
changes during the twenty years of it's existence
has obtained high and permanent place in the
annals oi in"ricau Literature. II is pcculio,lv
gratifying TO the publisher TO be able To- stat th
scarcely day now passes that does not add to il
subscription list, nor mail arrive that does no,
bring some favorable mention of it by contempt
rary journals
The new and attractive feature of the present
volume is the publication of an orr ginnl Novel OF
entitled
MARY EcKAR. \ SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
WIDOWS"
ltis beautiful story increases in interest as il pro-
crosses and no one whose taste has not been per
verified by high spccd fctons of the French school.
can read single chapter without desire FOR the
whole OF II. Calculating the intrinsic excel
iencc oil tic work to make it's own popularity
without the aid Of putting, we have laid aside a
lew hundred complete sets OF the prcscut vo,umc,
containing all I'll chapters ) lar as published
and for which there il now daily demand
II we could only make up our minds ana our
mouths to blow our own trumpet tui..ht easily
make noise enough about { The School for Younr
widows to create excitement in tie public
mind, and arouse the curious in literary rnat;cts
TO loud call for tie anonymous author. But VIC
much prefer to leave our readers to tud them.
selves, what is good. without prompting. TO pre-.
face every thing which appears in our column.
with a puff, would he quite as distastclul TO our
No man would thank his cook to stand behind his
chair while eating and comment upon each dish
upon the table. As 'road vino needs no bush aud
good deeds no praise good books aud good din
ncrs Viii be sure TO go down .hout The aid of
putting
The starry of Mary Eckar' is written by n lady
altogether unknown as an authorcss who has
brown of this spontaneous production as TIN,
nOwcrs yield their perfume, aud the birds sine
thclt songs, not for money or for fame, but as the
poet says, iroln Loves cXccss--h natural iuilD-
rcscencc OF true woman's heart
Ivy gentle feelings long subiu'd,
Subducd and cherished long,
The interest of the story mainly centres in the
dau2 htcr of poor En- gish Clergyman " no dies
leaving tho lovely orphan alone ia the world with
no inheritance but the fatal dover of beauty
Like all hcroiues she IL fair aud sweet and rood
like Woocsworth's
Lovely nppartion sent
10 bc a moments Orna ment.'
She marrles Gan angel in romance would be stu
pd that did not contrary TO The comm nds of hcr
dying father, aud trouble commences But VIC
must d sclosc her history TO farther except by
xiv lust ,lfneuts.
In additi t. this, the Weekly Mirror is mostly
made up OF original cont ihutiNn> of the highest
order OF merit. Several able writer's arc regular V
employed in :hc various departments oi the paper
and, without boasting, We may safely challenge
Tor the Mirror, in its Essays, Criticisms ORR yinal
&c, SC, compai isou with any similar journal In
the United States. In Morals, as well a, Litcra-
tnrc the character and tone of tho paper arc uuex-
ccptlouahlc IN politics il is entirely free and
icr'eSs and IN literature aud rclg lou untraInmci-
led by clique sect.