The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-04
LITERARY NOTICES.

WAvERLEY NOVELS. Library edition. S. H. Parker
and b. B. Mussey & Co. Boston.
The new edition of the Waverley Novels, pub
lished by s. Fl. Parker and B. B. Mussey &
Co., Boston, is decidedly the best ever published
in America Each volume contains a complete
novel. These books are of duodecimo size; the
paper is good, the type large and handsome,
and the press work clearly done. The binding
is strong and elegant, and each volume has two
illustrations. 1t is a superior edition. and the
speak for thousands when we welcome these
charming volumes. We have experienced real
pleasure in turning over their clear pages and
remembering how they bewitched us years ago
think how our heart beat with the widest ro-
nance as we gave oursef wholly to the sweet
glamour Of the story. Again our old heroes,
all "plaided and plumed" step forth into the
present sunshine. We see the procession
pass--a little sadly it may be; for though they
were once. living, breathing beings, they are
now shade ghost.like, seen through the mist
of years:
" With coronach and arms reversed, forth comes Mac
GregOT elan,
Red Dougals cry peals shr and wild Rob Roy s
bold brow looks wan
On sweep Bots Guilbert, Front de BGuf DE Bracy $
plume of We,
And Cpur lie Lions crest shines near the valiant
Ivanhoe
Balfour of Burley Clavcrhouse the Lord of Evan.
dale,
And stately Lady Margaret, whose might nought
avail
Fierce Rothwcll, ON his charger black, as from the
And pale Habakkuk Muckelwrath, who cried, God s
will be done
"And, like rose, young white rose, that blooms
mid widest scenes,
Comes She the modest eloquent, and yrtuous Jeanne
Deans;
And Dumbeidikes the silent laird with love too deep
To smile
And Fife, with her noble friend, the good Duke of
Argyle.
The binding of the volumes is appropriate, rs
well as ornamental On one side is stamped
the head of Sir Walter Scott on the reverse is
Abbotsford On the back is the authors coat
of arms
This edition is to be completed in twenty
four volumes, at the low price of $500 for the
whole series j. G. W.
CONVENIENT BETTER THAN WEALTH BY Alice
b. Neal New York d. Appleton 4 Co.
This is IA delightful volume for children, and
for grown folks too for children's books, writ
ten as they ought to be, must please everybody
The story is one of genuine pathos, written in
simple but elegant style
For sale by r. Farnham, Pa avenue Wash
ington, d. c.
tbs American wmG REVIEW. November, 1852.
New York Champion Bssell publisher For sale
by VIM Adam, Pa. avenue Washington, D. C.
This Review for November contains several
well-written articles-among them, one dealing
faithfully with the Blthedale Romance, which
has received from the critics more praise than
it deserved We do not think Hawthorne did
justice to his own genius in that work; and his
previous reputation did more for it than its in
trinsic merits. An article ON Natural Reli-
gion," argues the unity of the human race from
the identity OF prominent religions, and of the
ideas of social organization. A writer on Ma
tional Currency considers the principle Of free
banking as triumphant over monopoly and
centralizatiOn
kNIcKERBocKER. New York Samuel Hueston
November 1852. For sale as above.
A tirst-rate number The number for nexi
January will commence its forty first volume
The Fudge Papers, by TX Marvel, the Sequel t.
st. Leger SC, will be continued regularly.
The AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Edited by Isaac Hays, NJ. ID. Philadelphia Let
4 Blanchard For sale by Taylor Maury, Penn
avenue, Washington, D. C.
We have glanced through the October mum
Der, and find it filled as usual with a grea