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

WAvERLEY NOVELS Library edition. S. IL. 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 complete
novel; These books are of duodecmo size; the
paper is good, the type large and handsome
and the press clearly done. The binding
is strong and elegant, and each volume has two
illustrations. 1t is a superior edition, and the
price is as low as the worst. We are sure we
speak for thousands, when we welcome these
charming volumes. We have experienced real
pleasure in turning over their clear pages, and
remembering how they bewtched us years ago
We love to linger over some familiar scene, and
think how our heart beat with the widest ro-
nance as we gave ourself wholly to the sweet
glamour Of the story. Again our old heroes
all "paided 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
GregOrs elan,
Red Dougals cry peals shrill and wild Rob Roy's
bold brow looks wan;
On sweep Bots Guibert Front de Beuf Dc Bracy s
plume of We,
And Ceur de Lions crest shines near the valiant
ivanhoe
Balfour of Burnley, Clayerhouse, the Lord of Evan
dale,
And stately Lady Margaret, whose might nought
avail
Fierce RotbwclI, on his charger black, as from the
And pale Habakkuk Muckelwrath, who cried, Gods
will be done
And like rose, young white rose that blooms
mid widest scenes,
Comes she, the modest eloquent and virtuous Jeanie
Deans;
And Dumbcidkes the silent laird with love too deep
to smile
And Efhe, with her noble friend the good Duke of
Argyle
The binding of the volumes is appropriate, rs
well AZ 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.GW w.
CONVENIENT BETTER THAN WEALTH. BY Alice
b. Neal New York d. Appleton 4 Co.
This is 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, {.
TuE American WING REVIEW. November, 1852
| New York Champion Bissell 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
| luctS VI StCIui ~ "i'tCi oh AN"-
tional Currency considers the principle of free
banking ~ triumphant over monopoly and
Capitalization.
KsicKsRBooKsR. New York Samuel Hueston
November, 1852 For sale as above.
A tirst-rate number The number for next
January will commence its forty first volume
The Fudge Papers, by TX Marvel the Sequel t.
St. Leger, &c, will be continued regularly.
THR AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Edited by Isaac Hays NJ ID. Philadelphia Lea
a Blanchard. For sale by Taylor Maury, Penn
avenue, Washington, ID, O.
We have glanced through the October mum
Der, and find it filled, as usual, with great