The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-04-24
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APPLKroN's MKcHAsIcs' MAGAZINE AND ENGINEERS
JoUREAL. Edited by Julius W. Adams, q. u. New
York; d. Appleton 4 Co. For sale by H. Fsrnhsm cor
Of 18th street and Penn. avenue, Washington d. C.
DICTIONARY or MECHANICS, ESorsR woRK, AND En-.
eISEERIso Published and for sale above. Nos. a.
25 DC, snd9.
The publishers announce that the first volume
Of the Dictionary, containing twenty numbers,
and over 1000 engravings, is now ready for de-
livery. 1t is great work, and deserves an ex-
tensive patronage
The first four numbers of the Mechanics
Magazine are before u.s. 1t is a new monthly pc
riodicai, issued by the Appetons in their usual
admirable style, at three dollars per annum, or
twenty-five cents number, each number con-
tanning si1ty-four pages, double columns and nu-
merous engravings and illustrations, very finely
executed. Ii was commenced in January last so
that subscribers now may obtain files from the
beginning. The design of the publishers is to
furnish mechanics, engineers, artisans, and the
of the advancement of mechanical science in this
country and others and to keep them advised of
the discoveries and inventions in practical sci
ence, especially as it relates to mechanics and en-
cheering
The METHODIST QUARTBRLY REVIEW. April 1851. J..
McClintock, ID. D., Editor. New York Lane & Scott
For sale by A. Gray, 7th street. Washington, d. Z.
This number of the Review very happily unites
thoroughness Of research with variety of topics.
1t opens with an elaborate article ON Philosophy
and Faith, in the shape of review of work by
J. d. Morrell, on the Speculative Philosophy of
Europe, and also Of an Essay on the Philosophy
and Religion of the Nineteenth Century, by
Emile Soisset.
LONDON LABOR AND THE LONDON Poor. BY Henry May
hew. With Daguereotype Engrsvings. New York:
Harper Brothers. For sale by Franck Taylor, Penn
sylyania avenue, Washington.
Part third of this interesting work has been
received 1t is attracting much attention.
UNIVERsALIsr QUARTERLY AND GENERAL REVIEW.
April, 1851. Boston: A. Tompkins.
The table Of contents is as follows:
Etruria Unburied; Tennyson's In Memoriam;
Palestine; God Distributed Sorrows: Christ's
Influence on Old Truths, an Evidence of his Mes
siahship; the Fugitive Slave Law--our Duty
the Union Rationalism in Germany; Literary
Notices.
This Quarterly discusses moral principles with
boldness and fidelity. 1t takes strong ground
against the Fugitive Law, and all oppression,
and reviews with severity the RatiOnslsm of
Germany
HARPRR's New MONTHLY MAGAZINE, No XI April,
1851. For sale above.
This number contains portraits of Irving and
Bryant, with pictures of their residences Ben
nett's Herald, New York, finds great fault with
the compliment paid Bryant, whom it denounces
as a Free-Soler 1t would Danish him from
Parnassus, because he is an opponent of the Flu
gitive Slave Law. All the Divinities, it thinks,
are cup" to slave-catching and geniuses should
not be above the same reputable business.
Some of the rivals of the Harpers are trying
to raise suspicion against this periodical of an
anti-slavery faint. Fudge The magazine, so
far as we can see, is not designed to propagate
any opinions at all Our Southern readers can
safely take it, without the slightest danger to the
combustibles that surround them. The worst
that can be said against the magazine is, that it
maintains perfect neutrality on all political and
moral controversies in this country, aiming to
furnish pleasant reading to all sorts Of people.
SARrArN's UNION MAGAZINE. May, 1851. For sale by
W. Adam, Penn avenue, Washington.
The engravings in this number are abundant,
and rich in beauty. 1t contains no less than thir-
ty-fve original articles.
GRAHAMs MAGAZINE. Philadelphia For sale above.
Flora beautiful portrait, is one of the finest
engravings we have ever seen. The prolific James
has good story in the present number. "a Lay
of the Autumn" by Helen Irving, or, rather,
Miss Anna Philips, is an exquisite poem, In which
the stricken heart finds hope, even in au.umnsl
gloom
nThough all beneath thy dropping eyes
BE shorn Of besuty, dark and drear,
In grief's chill season promise lies
As in the Autumn of the year.
For, deep within the inner heart,
Beats on pulse of glorious life, -
Widening the circles of the soul,
And waking germs with beauty rife.
And buds of richest, rarest growth,
Are folded, leaf by leaf, in gloom,
That in the air of Mays to come
Shall fling their fragrance and their bloom "