The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-21
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.

NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.
Layard's Nfnspeh aad iis Remains. Vol. l..
This Is one Of the mott interesting volumes
we have ever read. An enterprising English
man looks upon the singular mounds in ancient
Assyria, and sees more than mere miss Of
earth. He digs into the pile, and discovers the
ruins Of city--of city whose very latest his
tory Is enveloped In tile midst Of fable-the
city in which Minus, and Semiranies, and Sar-
dana,alus, appear as din, shadows. The en-
pire itself appears in the past like Prim Phan-
tom retiring from the vieE- IL Is In the most
distant part Of the realm, Of the unrelsntins
Past, where
"old empires SIT In sulsnness end gioom,"
Mr.. Layard has raised the ghost Of 3 buried
city, and has demanded It's story. Its mutter-
ings may yet become irticulate sounds. II
NAV vet be forced to tell the secrets Of its prison
house. What tales ii could tell Of FIRE and fam
inc, of widows and orphans, and all the other
sdiuncts of "glory!" What picture could
it present of luxury and crime, of naughty
kings and rebellious subjects. Of usurpations
and murders, Of suffering virtue, and prosper
GUS vice.
The Arab OF the desert now treads haughiily
upon the floors on which captive kings kneeled
tokiss the foot Of the eonqueTor. What lesson
is this to human pride!
This most interesting work is sold by Beck
with and Morton.
7Ae Lining Age contains an article on the
"Melangeps" credited to South Carolina paper
and the editor says he is sorry that he has forgot
ten the name oft paper fom which the article
was taken. 1t appeared originally in the Exam
liner, and the circumstances did not occur so IA
South as S. Carolina.
Aprii, has very fine LIKENESS Of Bishop Soule
We have not yet had time b, read any of the AT
ticles in this number; but we can say of the me
chanical execution that it ia beautiful.
Ben Cassaday and Co. have for sale a wori
which we had thought wa, ''out of print
"Selections from the Poetical Literature of the
West" 1t is book which should be in every
Western library at least.
Margaret SmitA's Journal:
Sincs the appearance of Lady WiIloughby',
Diary, we have been prepared to lend a ready
bslief to the existence Of feminine records
handing down TO rs the most life-like pictures
Of the manners, customs, habits, opinions, pre-.
JUDGES, and superstitiOns of the past. wecon'
fess to a feeling Of disappointment at the dis
covery that this delightful book is the coinsg,
not Of Margaret Smiths brain. but of that Of
one Of the purest and noblest intellects Of our
country. II is praise enough to say that John
G. Whittier Is the author. So completely In,
he transported himself into the past, describing
graphically, that we can hardly persuade our
selves that the book is not the veritable produe.
ton Of a veritable Margaret Smith.
tn, Late Expedition 10 the Dead Sea:
This is very Interesting volume, Handsomely
published by Cary & Hart. Philadelphia. II is
a diary Of the occurrences on sea and shore
Hotn sno Peftou VI saihng ifum new ork 70
the return Of the expedition TO the u. States
The volume Is written in . alaia siyls-w We
have read It with much interest, and as
PreParative for the great werh Of Lieut.. Lynch.
the commander Of the expedition, we commend
its Perusal to our readers. II Is for sale by Mr.
F. w. Prescott, who has on hand very valua-
BILE assortment Of standard and miscellaneous
works.