The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-24

century since the revonton II ~ 80 -
menced. which has resnlted n ~. I'm
many works for the million and III
d;a,so, 80 r a"c 'ns AiOre extended
Edinburgh publisher mnst bs ,,,,,rda, ~ a.
covery Of the great aecrettL. ~
million, circulation On Tho 6r., 49,
| the scene from I,ockbar,,. liz or 60 -,
g the Napoleon of Prntn fr,t ,,rfoIdad Il. -
scheme which he. alas did M, Iva - ..
Constable's Miscellany was the first sten tn,
was followed bv the nnblica,;or, or a.. So. e.
the Diffusion of Useful Knov1lsdoe ,od h., ~,
Family and Classical Libraries. In hi. conr,rr
the Harpers republsbed the Family Lih,.r,, ~,
others of the trade published the Penny Magazine
and other similar English works.
Bohn, however, has more fully carried out the
design Of the originator of the plan His series Of
books embraces the most valuable of the standard
works. Many of them have never been publi.bed
IN this country, while others are out of prnt Tbe
volumes are duodecimos, printed with clear TYNE
on good paper, strongly bound in cloth and oo,'
tain from 45O TO $50 printed pages Tbasa 3D..
are sold at Morgan's for prices varv;n, f,oro oro
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tiful books, and in fact. are the onIv nnbl;o.,;n
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nation, and cheapness Of price Thew viii ora
ment the library Of the wealtbies, ,sntis. IL
are not too fine to appear ont of MAJ. an ~.
mans plain shelf
Mr. Bonn is one of the nrincin.l hooL..l,or. e
London. The catalogue Of work, for 49, = -;
establishment fills large octave volr,Do I'LL
costs five dollars. He an accommodated soLoIs.
and some of the translations have bsen
his supervision. His edition Of Sch;IIor 49,
reaching the fourth volume con,,;ns vs.
dramas which have never been extensiveiv c;ro,,-
lated in this country. We coDusrd ,han, 49,
cially to the notice Of our readers TTrfor,rna,d1
the only one of them which has hesn 0a,,,-aI;-s5
on the English stage is his f,s,- IT, RAN
the production of early youth, full Of extravaoanos
of language and action His o,bor n,.n..
the highest character and exouis;,. haar,r m"
cheap and attractive form, i - y. A"e
published is giving then, I'd my ore now
The Autobiography of Goethe was published in
this country many years ago, in a yerv miserable
style; and since this edition of Bonn, it ba. been
rePublished by Wiley Il Putnam. In fact, several
numbers of the Library of Choice J;tor,,,,ro
,.Ls, e.o0, I3.L., - : q. -, @."ie were
S-Li.-.1 ~. 40 ois"ionals Literature,
Son'esei' anu oeinni. lie VIII continue the publ
cation Of transatons from the most renowned Ger.
man works. The difficulty of acquiring this Ian.
guage is such, that but few will ever read tho
or;o;n.l. Al a, "ii e'er read the
il he n,o,, f.,,;,s', ,h'ho' at TINS time
-, tU.uu,' soou tfahslaIlons are greatly
uss'feo' and will be eagerly sought. But he is
also publishing the Oxford literal TRANSACTIONS of
the Greek Authors A new Translation If pl,,o
was greatly needed. In t,vo voIrroo. g.. -
dollars he Dr;no;,., - ,"0 soiuneS' LOT three
a., -. f'4"0'Pa' wO Oi OF inns philosopher
can now be procured. The Greek Tragedies are