The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-27


LIVE TINES SILAs WR'snr. By J. d Ham
mond. hsllA Dickson. Syracuse; A. 8 Barnes Co,
ply may be very interesting immediate friends
and enthusiastic admirers Of the late Mr. g. Wright;
very acceptable to the general reader There IL
thing in the incidents themselves, or in the circum
stances attending them, which could warrant such
minute detals; nor are such trihss, unaccompanied
they must necessarily be with all their atte ndant
circumstances the key, a. some may think, to the
true character of individual The principal part
of the book il taken up with the details If his poti
cal career, in which the writer has acquitted himself
with considerable ability, and. believe, with Impair
TALLY The political history of the State Of New York;
with the various questions that agitstsd the pubic
mind during the period that Governor Wright occupied
the guberna orsl chair treated at length and the
movements OF the Two great political parties, with
their respective diss snsons and maneuvrngs de-
scrbed with a. little bias aud as much regard tie the
feelings Of the various sections Of both parties could
be reasonably expected from the difficulty OF the case
In short, the principal portion of the work may be
nsdered political history Of the State, with some
Of it's distinguished political men, from l84l to
the close of Mr. Wright's administration iu ls4o.
HuNT's MERCHANT MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL
REVIEW Freeman Hunt l42 Fulton street The num-
Der for this month menc-s with article The
History and Principles of Ancient Commerce" by
and Westminster Bank 1t Is the frat Of a series Of
lee delivered by this gent emsn in Waterford,
in 1888 when he held the office Of manager of the Wa
teiford Branch OF the Bank Of Ireland Considering
how seapty the materials for history of the
OF Egypt during the period of 100 years before
the hrstian era there being single book or ma
nuscript in existence written by an Egyptian
hor it must be adntts that the lecturer
justice to his subject If the library Of Alexandria had
not unfort natey been consigned to destruction he
would have had more ample materials for disserta-
ton the OF ancient Egypt; but in
quence OF that incalc uabe loss prin in
debed to Herodotus and the Sacred for any
knowledge have Of this ancient people In treating
the sug.ct of Egyptian commerce, he lays down the
following propositions, each of which he
larges with cons derabe ability First That the
merce Of a country depends upon its productions Sc
condiy Upon It's consumption Thirdly, Upon its
Fourtbly Upon its means Of internal and external
communication. Filthy Upon the state Of the arts
and sciences Sixthly Upon its laws. And seventhiy
Upon the genius ard character of its inhabitants
This is followed by paper on the Salmon Fishery,
which ought to gladden. the heart of disciple Wal
ton any else DESTROYS Of inereasiDg his know
ledge of the natural history of the inhabitants of
Dr,ny deep Iae succeeding papers are The Com
and History of the British Cotton Trade and of the
Manufacture Of Cotton Goods;" - Saving Fund am sng
Charitable Associations;'' The Commercial Code Of
Spain;' " Points of Mercantile Law" and The Com
mercial Chronicle and Review &c &c. All Of which
contain fund of information which every commercial
man should be familiar with
NOTES OF A MILITARY REcoNNoIssANcE FROM Fort
LKAvENwoRrH, IN Missouri, TO San DIEGO, IN CALI
roRSIA, &c; By Lieut. Col w H. Emory. Wendell
which exists throughout the country to obtain au-
thentc information with regard to the territories
that have been annexed to this republic, will
mand for this book imme circulation. As the
regions to which it refers have been hitherto but very
partially explored this work will be- nd well worthy
of perusal The lattudes and longitudes astronomi-
cal observations, character Of the country climate,
and products together with immense collection of
Interesting miscellaneous information, carefully
noted. Occasionally, also, me interesting details
given of the peculiar and customs of the
inbabitantsthe natural history, botanical produe-
tions, and geological formation of the country Some
beautiful interspersed throughout the work.
and at the end ID large map, which ia delineated
the whole route. If the with Mexico have no
other good effect it has opened up to the
spirits among us new, and, hitherto, unexplored
country of which full and interesting information
will be found in this volume.
CLARA Or THE RED AND WHITE RosEs-from the
German Of Won Schmid Edward Dunngan e. Brother,
ISL Fulton sreetThis is the most interesting in
cent ana instructive tale that have perused for
long time The extent to which the world has been
inundated with trashy French novels aud 'publica-
tons Of immoral tendency. has made books of this
class great desideratum. How very few modern
writer's could say with the noble Cervantes, 81 would
rather my right hand burned Off than that single
line have written could suly the pure thoughts
of innocence" This German writer has eschewed
the example Of the French and English and has taken
the Spanish and Portuguese for his models and any
who peruses his highly interesting tales will have
satisfactory evidence that the portrature of
and purity has irresistible charms than the most
highly coored declarations of vice and dissipation.
This little work must have immense run with the
young.
KiRwAN UNMAsKEp.-By the Rt. Rev. Hughes
This is the title Of little pamphlet, issued by the
publisher. and will doubt have a large circu-
lation among the class of readers for whom it is in.
tended.