The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-19

These beautiful establishments are among the
most interesting places OF amusement in the city.
We spend much time in lounging over the costly
and valuable books found on their tables and
shelves. As we buy but few of them, it seems but
fair that we should acknowledge the uniform po-
likeness OF the proprietors, extended through a
series Of years.
J. B. Steel, IA Camp street. has the largest store,
and the most extensive stock He deals largely in
English and foreign books, and one can always
find there great variety of and valuable books.
Among these, we mention the Musee Francois
and the Musee Louvre These consist of large
engravngs after the works of art in the galleries Of
Paris, collected by Napoleon. We know his ex-
actions from the italian cities of their finest works
have been very bitterly denounced by British NOR
alists. victorious leader may enforce his own
terms. Napoleon, while he protected the political
interests of his country, kept in view the encour-
agement of the fine arts. He claimed, as part oil
the rights of the conqueror, the finest statues and
pictures. 1t would have been better for art if the
collections he formed had been left unmoested
But to return, these books are of great beauty and
interest, and are now rare. We call the attention
of the directors of the Public School Library to
them A new and beautiful edition of Wapole's
Anecdotes of Painters is within the reach of all
book fanciers. An American translation of Wick
elmann's Essays on Ancient Art has Just been re.
ceived
T. L. White, SO Canal street-Ths store is al
ways full, and the stock consists of great variety
of English and American works. We have no
ticed set of Howell's State Trials, rare anc
valuable work. Lodges Gallery of Person,
Celebrated in English History" a most in
teresting work Here, too, las well at Steels)
are cheap, yet fine English editions of the Old Eng
| fish Dramatsts. Mr.. White keeps on hand large
and well-selected stock of law books, and we par.
ticularly commend him to the young gentlemen o
the law school.
We had intended to speak of the establishment
of Beeltei y Co., but the fire of Friday night, un-
fortunately, deprives us of the pleasure We shall
give notice of their temperance, in the editorial
well as advertising columns.
We must not forget Morgan, whose store, Sc
convenient to the Post-oflice, is well known to al
men of letters. He deals chiefly in the periodical
and ephemeral literature of the day. The destruc
ton of Weld 4 Co. also, by the fire, gives him fol
time the monopoly of that branch of the boob
trade
We shall from time to time make note of oul
loerngs in the bookstores. A laborer in the cause
of morals, cannot more efficiently aid the goot
work than by calling the attention of the public
works of merit. We close this article BY quota
ton from Sir John Hersohel;
" Were | to pray for taste which should stand
in stead under every variety of circumstances
and be source OF happiness and cheerfulness tc
during life, and shield against its ills, how.
ever things might go amiss, and the world frowr
upon me- it would be taste for reading Give a
this taste and the means of gratifying it, and
you can hardly fail of making him happy man
unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most per
verse selection of books. You place him in con
tact with the best society in every period of his
tory-with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest
the bravest, and the purest characters who have
adorned humanity. lou make him denizen o
all nations, contemporary OF all ages The worlG
has been created for him"