Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-12-25

The most splendid Annual ever published in Ars-;-
ca; The Press of the whole country have prononn.
! ced It THE GEM OF THE SEASON!
AS u Is impossible to publish all the favorable
ces, alike from the religious and secular nress we
append that OF the philadelphia Saturday our;ar y
The editor, speaking of the work, saws :Tbs i an
Annual OF the first Glass; considered in reference to s
artlstic as well as its literary merits. The literary
department is especially worthy of commepdation ..
ke lor the number and note of the contributors and
lne eAceHehee OF their articles, most of which have
an elesdteu ana moral bearing and many of them de-
signed to aid directly in the triumphs of the great
cause OF temperance and virtue We need onIv
name the sources from whence the Fountain is sun.
Phed-the sparkling streams that have combined to
MAKE up lts gushing waters-to inspire boundless
commence IN the healthiuness and pleasantnass of
tne beverage. The writers are-G ". Bethune I
II Sigourney, Ann S Stephens, T S Arthur. Fonnv
FORESTER, Caroline NJ Kirkland the Editor eF F -;
II l. " ade, Seba Smith, c H Estling, Frances S Os.
gGod' Spear, Julian Cramer, Marie Rossea, Alice
Lee, ID Patterson, J G Whittier, J Bavard Tav.
Greeley, Mrs Hughes. --N'~'e
The ILLUSTRATIONS The Frontspiece is . sunorb
mezzotint by Sartain, of Schophns paintinq of No.
ses defending the daughters of the priest oI Wi6an
from the Egyptian shepherds The vignette title Is
picturesque landscape, broken in the centre bv
towering fountain, also by Sartain The next. from
the same burln is the "M idow's Appeal lovely
female carrying an infant and leading an older cbiId
IN the attitude of gentle persuasion, to an barons
topper, dancing in his maudlin inebriety and waivin1
goblet over his head The next plate is a conv bY
Sartaln, from an original picture by " inner of mo
ses smitlng the Rock and, barring single faut in
design' the BEST we think, in the vo ume We aI,de
10 the unnecessary iso alton and acuteness of the
oreW water from astone at a., without reuuring II
to resemb mi stone. The fifth engraving is on.
TIT ed Margaret" being a copy from PAINTING bv I
w ood' OF iemae shading her eyes with one hand
an ana gatnerng her robe about her with the other
ne lghts and shades of this picture are eyduisite
me next, Mr Sartain has copied from W Hami TOMS
"Domesuc Happiness, barring lit stiffness in
some OF the hXures, a most charming picture. The
seventh ustratlonis one of move tv, STRENGTH and
beauty from an Original picture by Winner of
"Faul before Fe TX " The eighth and asst y ate is
a so from an orglna painting by Winner, and is ca
Gu Nlsitng the SICK and has been not on exceed
ing wei managed ior such a subject, but is certain
y appropriate as an embe shment of the Fountain
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