The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-07-14
MlSCELLAN EOUS.
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY MIRROR.

'T'HE fourth volume of the " ceklv Mirror in il
present FORM, comm need on the 1lth Aptii
$40 inc reduction o. the subs .ription price
iro n Three Dollars to Twn marks an err, in the
hisort of 'his popu.ac and widely circ uatri ur.
rai-" utna' which, 'houeh il hath sen many
changes during thu twenty wears of its existence
Has obtained high and perm tncnt place in the
annals of IN 'ricau Literature. II is peculiarly
gratifying TO the Publisher be- able 70 that
scarcely day now passes that docs not add to il
subscription list, nor a mail arrive that does not
orlng some favorable mention of il by contempt.
rarv journals.
TIL, new and attractive feature of the present
volume is the publication of an orr giunl Novel ui
ge"a, interest written expressly for the Mirror,
"MARY ECKAR. A SCHOOL FOR VOTING
WIDOWS"
THIS beautiful story incrcascs in interest as it pro.
presses ana no one. wh"sc taste has not been per.
verified by high spccd fctiuns of the French school
can read single chapter without ,lcslr, for tn
whole OF 1t. Calculating on the intrinsic excel
'encc oil the work tn make its popularity
without the aid OF putting, have laid aside "A
few hundred complete sets of the present vo,uiue
containing all th chapters ftr IA published,
and for which there it nov daily demand.
II We could ouly make up minds and our
mouths to blow own trumDct VIC mr!it ca y
Nuke noise enough about The School for Young
widows to create an excitement in tie public
mud an" arouse the curious in literary matters,
TO loud call for the anonymous author. Bot we
much prefer to leave our readc, To find out them
selves, what IS good. without prompting. TO pre-
lace every thing which appears in our coinmt.
with puff, would he quite a, dstastcGl TO our.
selves as Insulting to the Judgment If the reader
n" ma:l would thank his cook to stand behind his
chair while eating and comment upon each dish
upon the table. As 'gond wine needs no bush and
good deeds no praise, good books and good din
ners VIII be sure to so down without the aid Of
putting
The story of Mary Eckar' is written bv n ladv
altogether unknown as an author,ss, who has
'hrowu off this spoutanco production as the
unwcrs yield their pcriun,, and the birds siur
their songs, not Tor monev or fr fame, but as the
poet says, from Loves excrss--thc natural inf
resCencc oil a true Woman : hear t.
by gentle feelings long suhdu d.,
Suhducd and cherished long
The interest oil the story mainly Ccntrcs in the
cha acter Of the heroine. Clara Ann,.slev the
dau: hter of poor English Clergyman. " no dics,
leaving the lovely orphan alone in the world with
no inheritance but the fatal dover of beauty
Like all heroinrs she lie fair aud sweet and good
like Woosworth's
Lovely apparitou sent
To lac "A moments ornaments
She narrics Gan angel in romance would he stu.
pid that dld not contrary to he comm nds of h, !
diving father, and trouble commences. But we
must sclosc her history 40 farther except by
wee xiv inst llmeuts.
In dti IL t" this, the Weekly Mirror is mostly
made up of original contributions of the hg est
order oil merit Several able writers are regularly
employed in ihc various departments the p1 per
and, without boasting. may safely challenge
tGr The Mirror, in ts Essays, Criticisms Original
Poetry, Domestic aud Foreign Corrc5pondtnrc
sc, \ C., compa' ison it'll any similar journal in
The United states. In MoIals, as well ~ Litera-
ture the character aud tone of the pa per are mex
cepilonahle In politics il is entirely free and
fearless. and III literature and religion uutran,mr
led by clique OF sect.