Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-28
NEW BOOKS.

eAuNT PHILLIs's CABIN, or Southern life as II
u.s." by Mrs. MARY H. EASTMAN. Philadelphia, Lip
pincott, Grambo Co.: Washington Taylor Maury,
and Franck Taylor.
This work is Roland for an Oliver 1t meets boldly,
and upon its chosen ground the story entitled I'm
Gle Toms Cabin, which prepared for and published
in newspaper avowedly devoted to the tislavery
story written to suit the morbid tastes of extrem
lists in thinking the most exciting and dangerous of
topics rather than honestly present picture of things
as they really exist
So long the tale confined to the columns Of the
paper in which it first appeared little mischief
could be done by it but when it took the imposing
form of book and perforce of its extravaganza and
justice circulated by of thousands amidst
munities whose prejudces already but too violently
excited it could not fail to be of most injurious tendency
Mrs STowEs story is in fact piece of patchwork The
best that be said for the book in point of truthfuness
is that she to have culled from the criminal
cords Of the Southern half Of the Unon for indefinite
period Of time array Of bloodybone
citalstrue enough individually perhaps she has
inscnoosy strung upon the thresd Of strained hc
tion the life and character Of Uncle Tom being who,
as Mrs. EASTMAN shows With great truth and point has
few or none Of the features Of consistency reality.
This Uncle Tom pattern of more than Christian perfec-
ton and indeed of more than Apostolic devotion and po
q
trased with Legres assumed specimen of Southern
planter who is made to be villain Of the most
deemable type-a monster Of all the horrors combined.
Upon this plan of Mrs Stoves it ustifabe, the
histories of Nations States Cities might be written
from their Newgate calendars and police dockes and
the lives Of individuals from their aings ralties and
weaknesses alone
The book before us written by estmable lady resi-
dent in Washington needs not to fear comparison with
Mrs Stoves tale on any ground Certain it is it has
more of the true air Of Scrptura feeling about it. though
itmay be less reformatistc and transcendental
THE Book OF SNoBs, by w. NJ THAcKERAY
New York, d. Appleton & Co.: Washington, Taylor &
Maury
Though this satire is strictly and Immediately appca-
bic to the things Of Great Britain and Ireland alone
vet by slight exercise Of the faculty OF adaptation, the
American reader may find exercise for application of its
numerous specimens Of snobs at home THacKERAr pos
sesses the most thorough appreciation Of yulgarity in al
its degrees and phases and has talent to turn his keen
perceptions TO the amusement Of the reader In thai
branch Of knowledge he is an unquestonable master
Up-CoUNTRY LETTERS, edited by Professor B,
National Observatory. Washington New York, d. Ap
pleton & Co. Washington, Taylor Maury.
Pleasant reading for light and leisure hour though writ
ten during convalescence We like the style of these let
tiers curt rafting, sentenous and epgrammatic ther
value in the ghthearedness and outspokenness the
insensibly nculcate. The author is Washingtonian
Our city is looking up in the handsome share it claims TO
itself in contributing to the literature Of the day
The MoRMoNs, or Latter Day Saints, IN 1,e Vale,
Of the Great Sah Lake, Dc, by Lieut. J. W. GUxSIsos
Of the Typographical Engineers. Lippnoott, Grambt
s Co., Philadelphia: Taylor Maury, Washington.
more interesting book than this Of Lieut. GUSsIsoS'
has not appeared for many day. 1t meets want fo
something fair unprejudiced, and trustworthy on sub
ject merely of scientific speculative, but Of pot
cal and national interest In its preparation there ha
been something far thoughtful and serious than
effort at bookmaing for its statements reasonngs, AM
deductions in general satisfactory. Lieut. Gunniso
writes not from secondhand but from personal obserya
tion during official residence in Utah Of than
year.
The WAvERLEY NOVELS cheap edition Of A
HART Philadelphia, Washington Franck Taylor.
OF these we have received two numbers the " Anti
quarry and Rob Royl 1t is very cheap edition,
ning each novel, with preface, prolegomena and note:
complete at twenty-five cents. To speak of the charaC
ter Of the works themselves this day more than supt
rerogatory.
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