The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-15
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY MIRROR.

'I'HE fourth volume of the Weekly Mirror, in its
4 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
has obtained high and permanent place in the
annals oil ,mercan Literature. 1t is peculiarly
gratifying to the publisher to be able to stat that
scarcely day now passes that does not add to its
subscription list, nor mail arrive that does not
bring some favorable mention of it by contempt
rary journals
The and attractive feature of the present
volume is the publication of original Novel of
great interest, written expressly for the Mirror
entitled
MARY EcKAR; SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
WIDOWS"
This beautiful story increases in interest as it pro-
crosses, and no one. whose taste has not been Der
verified Ivy high spiced fcons of the French school,
can read a single chapter without desire for the
whole OF it. Calculating the intrinsic excel
iencc OF the work to make its own popularity
without the aid of putting, 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 daily demand
IL we couio only make up our minds and our
mouths to blow our own trumpet, we might easily
make noise enough about { The School for Y.uno
widows to create an excitement in tie public
mind, and arouse the curious i'll literary matters
TO a loud call for the anonymous author But we
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
WIN pun, would be quite distasteful to our
solves as insulting to the judgment of the reader
A,o !h'n would thank his cook to stand behind his
CHAIR while eating. and comment upon each dish
upon inc table As good wine needs 10 BUSH and
sooo deeds no praise, good books and good din
will be sure to po Jou,n ,V;tbont H. "a ~
putting. ~ "
The story of Mary Eckar' is written by a lady
atoge'her unknown as authoress, who has
IhTowu on this spontaneous production as the
Movers yield their perfume, and the birds sing
tnelt songs, not tor money or for fame but as the
poet says, from Loves excess'-the natural inho.
rescence of true woman's heart
BY gentle feelings long subducd
Subdued and cherished long,
The interest of the story mainly centres /, IN.
cha -acter OF the heroine, Clara Anneslev the
daughter of poor English Clergyman, who dies
leaving the lovely orphan alone in the world LII
no inheritance but the fatal dover of beauty,
Like all heroncs she is fair and sweet and GOOD
like Woodsworths
Lovely apparitiou sent
TO be a moments ornament
She marrles Tan angel in romance would be SIN.
pid that did not) contrary TO he comma Dds Of her
dying father, and trouble commences. But we
must disclose her history no farther except by
weekly instllmeuts.
In addition to this the Weekly Mirror ia mostly
mace up OF original contributions of the highest
order OF merit. Several able writer's arc regularly
employed IN the various departments OF the pa per
-auu' Without boasting, may safely challenge
lot ,nc "Irror, IN its Essays, Criticisms, Original
rroeUy, domestic and Foreign Correspondence
&C. q G., comparison with any similar journal in
the United States. I'm Morals as v,oIl n. T;tcr,.
ture, the character and tone of the amer arc
ceptionaole In politics il il entirely free and
fearless. and IN literature and religion tintramnnI
led by clique or Sect
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