The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-17
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'TNHE fourth volume of the Weekly Mirror, in its
Il present form, commenced on the 18th April,
1916 The reduction OF the subscription price
from Three Dollars to Two marks an era in the
history OF this popular and widely circulated Jour.
nal-a Journal which, though it hath seen many
changes during the twenty years of its existence,
mas ootalned q nigh and permanent place in the
annals of merican Literature. 1t is peculiarly
gratifying to the publisher to be able to state thdt
scarcely a day now passes that does not add to it.
SUBSCRIPTION list, nor a mail arrive that does not
bring some favorable mention of it by contempt
rary journals.
The new and attractive feature of the present
volume is the publication of an original Novel of
great interest, written expressly for the Mirror,
"MARY ECKAR. A SCHOOL o VOTING
This beautiful story increases in interest as IL nro-
crosses, and no one, whose taste has not been per
verified by high spiced fctions of the French school,
can read a single chapter without a desire for the
whole OF il. Calculating on the intrinsic excel
lencc of the work to make its own nonularity
without the aid of putting, we have laid aside a
few hundred complete sets of the present volume.
containing. all tn chapters as far as published,
and for which there it now a daily demand.
III we could only make up our minds and our
mouths to blow our own trumpet, we might easilv
make noise enough about The School for Young
WIDOWS to create an excitement in the pnblc
mind, and arouse the curious in literary matters,
to loud call for the anonymous author: But VIC
much prefer to leave our readers to find out them
selves, what is good, without prompting. TO pre-
lace every thing which appears in our columns
with a pull, would be quite as distasteful to our
serves, as insulting to the ~udgncnt of the reader.
No man would thank his cook TO sta nd behind his
chalr while eating. and comment upon each dish
upon the table. As good wine needs no bush, and
good deeds no praise, so good books and good din
ners viii be sure to go down without the aid OF
putting.
The story Of Mary Eckar' is written by a lad
ttogethcr unknown as an authoress, who has
chrowii oil this spontaneous production as the
Movers yield their perfume, and the birds sing
thclr songs, not for money or for fame, but, as the
poet says, from Loves cxccss'-the natural MO
rescence OF a true woman's heart
ny gentle feelings long subdued,
Suoducd and cherished long,
Inc interest OF the story mainly centres in the
Gna -acter OF the heroine, Clara Annesley, the
dau9 htcr Of a poor English Clergyman who d;ss
leaving the lovely orphan alone in the world. viii
no inberitancc but the fatal dover of bc,uiv
Like all beroines she is fair and sweet and oooJ
like Woodsworth's
Lovely apparitiou sent
To be a moments ornament
She marries Ian angel in romance would he Elm.
pid that did not,) contrary to he omm1pd of her
dying father, and trouble commences. But we
must disclose her history no farther except by
weekly instruments.
In additil N to this, the Weekly Mirror is mostly
made up of original contributions Of the highest
order OF merit. Several able writers are regularly
employed in the various departments oi the paper
and without boasting, we may safely challenge
Ior me Mirror, in its Essays, Criticisms, Original
nsoctry, Domestic and Foreign Correspondcnce
&C, &c, comparison with any similar Journal in
me united States. In Morals, as we'll as Litcra.
Iure tnc character and tone of the paper are unex-
cePtlonaoic IN politics it is entirely free and
Icarlcss' ana IN literature and religion untra muoel.
led by clique or sect.
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