The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-05-09
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BLAcKwooD's EpINBuRoH MAGAZINE. April 1850 New
York: Leonard Scott Co. For sale by w. Adam, Penn
syivanis avenue Washington, ID. c.
This number contains two political articles, of
the Tory stamp, one Of them rank enough against
Free Trade to please the most ultra of our Pro-
tectionists There is a severe but just review Of
Bailey's Festus which we commend to the admi,
rers of that powerful but most unequal perform
ance in this country. We have another number
of Christopher under Canvass" but we miss our
old friend "the Green Handn
UNITED STATES RAILROAD GUIDE AND STEAMBOAT jour
NAL. 1850 New York G. r. HobrOOk Il Co
In this little publication, not so large scarcely,
as an ordinary pocketbook, the traveller will find
all he wants to know about railroads, steamboats,,
SC, in any part of the United States.
Price 10 cents-postage "a cents.
The PRINCIPLES THE CHRoNo-THERMAL SYSTEM
MEDICINE. BY Samuel Dickson M. ID. With Introduc-
ton and Notes by William Turner M. ID. Thirteenth
Edition. New York Long x Brother.
Perhaps no medical work of late years has
attracted so much attention, and has been so ex-
tensively circulated as DR.. Dickson's Lectures on
the Chrome Thermal System of Medicine, and
Fallacies Of the Faculty. 1t has reached thir-
teenth edition, and been translated into French,
German, and Swedish. Much Of the popularity
of the work is attributable to the freedom and
pungency with which the Lecturer attacks the
-"Fallacies of the Faculty "a subject in which
everybody is apt to take mischievous delight.
Whatever we may think of the Doctors The
DRY, he is most original thinker, a dashing
writer, and his work abounds in novel sugges-
tions.
We are indebted for a copy to the poiteness Of
Or. Turner of New York, a bold and an able ad-
vocite of the same system.
The KNIcxKRBocKER. New York Samuel Hueston.
May, 1850. For sale by W Adam, Washington d. e.
This number is unusually good even for "old
Knickn 1t is marvellous how the editor can
manufacture so much capital gossip, every month.
Here is pungent word on Carlyle, and there is
too much truth in it
"Thomas Carlyle is making an ass of him
self His Later Day Pamphlets are killing him
by inches He turns God and Christianity out
of doors, and sets up housekeeping on his own
account, as if he were better cook for society,
than all the wise and good men Of our own and
other times, and the best universe-maker extant
He is a Germanico-Scotch mystic in these latter
days, and is not far short Of being crazy man
INDIANA BY George Sand. Philadelphia: T. Is. Peter
son. For sale by J. Shilngton odeon Building,
Pepnsylvauia avenue and Four and-ahsh street. Wash
ington, ID. e.
This work is complete in one volume and is pre-
faced by brief sketch of the Author, from the
pen of Philadelphia lawyer. We have no
doubt that Madame Dudevant is woman of
genius and that her later productions are highly
meritorious. But her earlier ones, il we may
judge from the one before u.s. ought long since to
have received death without benefit of clergy"
" Indiana" is vapid, absurd, dctestable; earthly
sensual, and devilish The author of the sketch re-
ferred to attempts to find deep wisdom and in
struction lin it he can fud just as much in any
brothel Of his own good city. Deep wisdom and
instruction" in loathsome pictures Of seduction,
and loathsome apologies for the seducerl Pah
When Shakespeare describes corruption, he does
not quicken the brute within you, but he con-
strains your spiritual man to condemn. George
Sand does precisely the reverse. Madame DUDE
WANT will promote her own reputation and do the
world some service if she will only collect all
her earlier publications and commit them to the
flames