The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-02-13
VOL. V.
LITERARY NOTICES.

LITERARY NOTICES.
MISCELLANEOUS Essays. BY Thomas De onino,v u
on' iioknor, heed, Fields For sale bv Tav,or a
'iAufy' fennsyvania avenue, Washington, d. C.
vi these essays, we like best the one on Ioo.
OF Arc, In reference to M. Michelets Historr 80
france This, necessarily interesting from ,ho
an.0enaent interest of the subject, is fine
Speo'men or the style Of the author Of GTbo
~, Up'un' Eater" strong, startling, and pecul;or
n'i. are passages in this of striking beauty
Out "nat most charms one is the genuine varr0,h
OF enthusasm-the unbounded uno,o.,;o..--
admiration Of the author for the ohsr.o,s. -,
oeeus' the glorious woman nature and the unox
ampled heroism of La Pucelle. He shor,.
her truer appreciation and deener roros.. .O'
than her French historians have rna.;r.N-t
ms from an Englishman, is surely Justice in
such scripture measure as could hardlv b
pected. " OK
"1hs pifiOn Of Sudden DedtR is strange Will,
bewilderipg, bewitching thing which, liz. .oro,
weird creature, beckons you on and ON thron.I
the shadowy land of dreams and spectres TS;.
is more in the authors old style of The OWL
] A11'0i 'HA Guy ''ner areiole IN the volume
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HIsrORY OF GREECE. BY George Groe, ESQ. Rs,r;,..,
from the second London edition Boston Jewett 4 Co
| This is the first volume of what will be wben
completed, great and valuable work.
1t is evident that no labor and research ara
spared to render it worthy of all acceptationn
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ACoMPENDlUm OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, chronologcalIy
arranged from Sir John Vaudeville to William Gown
| By Charles ID. Cleveland. Philadelphia: e. C. Al
! Biddle
This is one of the most pleasing and useful
books of the kind ever published. The selections
are made with much taste and discrimination, and
the biographies, though necessarily quite brief
are most admirably executed Altogether the
work we'll deserves its great popularity and con-
sequent success especially as a text book for
schools. GG
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The somewhat extensive titlepage of this
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The FRANcoNIAN STORIES Mallevile. By the author OF
the Rollo Books New York: Harper & Brothers. For
sale by Frsnck Taylor, Washington.
This we should pronounce one of the pleasant
est Juveniles of the season. Nothing need be
said to children in praise of Jacob Abbotts books
His style is happily adapted to win their atten-
ton and exercise without over-taxing their pow
ers. This tale, however, seems intended for
youth rather than "youngsters,n as the language
is not simple and monosyllabic enough for chill
dren under ten.
Though there is such thing as being too
childish in our talk to children yet the error is
more frequently in the other direction Small
words are suited to small subjects, and simple
thoughts to simple stories The briefest and
most familiar expression is often not only the
more comprehensive, but the more elegant one !;
and style not far removed from the common
parance of children Is best adapted to minister to
their pleasure and profit When you would fell
trees, set a man to workout when you would
gather nuts, send boy. G. C.
The History OF PENDBNNIs. BY w. NJ Thsekeray New
York: Harper Brothers. For sale as above
The concluding number Of this famous novel
is at last before US. We confess to not having
read the work yet, but we have read Vanity
Fair" which of itself were enough to convince
US that any production by its author would read
lily pass without vouchers-that the brilliant and
powerful genius of Thackeray is the good
wine which needs no bush" G. G.
GRAHAMs MAGAZINE. March, 1861.
An Incompatible number Of this splendid Pc
rodical 1t contains IA pages of original mat
ter and musters corps of fifty contributors. 1t
is without plates, except such illustrative wood
cuts as are furnished US in Harpers Monthly
Reprint 1t completes with this rival and others of
the same stamp, for the favor and support of the
public, not on their own ground, but on ground
more national and honorable. Though Graham,
the prince of magazine proprietors does not entire
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