Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-11-24


dock at the light house, and it is feared that an
other such blow will undermine the building.
rW- BY the politeness of Messrs LEONARD
ScoTr & Co., we find on our table the West
minister Reriew for October 1t presents its ac-
customed variety Of readable and valuable infor-
nation.
Do any of our readers misconceive the title
of these reprints, and place them in the same
class with the misnamed Reviews" of our
newspapers!
These are Reviews which bring books to our
notice to examine them as witnesses upon the
stand and sift from them whatever valuable
knowledge they may contain. Those, are vapid
puffs, intended to repay the publisher Of the
book noticed, for presentation copy. Our true
Reviews never bring book before us for any
other purpose than to illustrate an idea, or prove
proposition. Hence VIC often find number
of books, published at various times, and per-
haps in different countries, sifted, to furnish mo-
terial for an article in the Westminster" or
Edinburgh" Review.
Our readers may think it singular that these
reprints of foreign literature find so much fa-
vor among US, and why they take preference
over American Magazines
The reason is simply this, we have no period
icals which occupy the same position in the
world of letters. Nor is it necessary that we
should have any other than these. England
can no more claim them as exclusively English
as opposed to the idea of Americanism than she
can claim Milton, or Shakespeare, or even King
James Bible. 1t is true that their columns are
sometimes made the vehicle of toryism, and we
could advise no one to adopt the conclusions to
which they sometimes arrive, without careful
examination. But these are but minor blemish-
es, which though they mar, yet by no means de-
stroy the utility of the whole.
Every person who wishes to keep posted up
in literary matters must read the English Re-
views, else, we can assure him, he gets but an
imperfect view of the current literature of the
English language.
s@ We have received the Nov. No. of the
Michigan Farmer from which we copy the fol-
lowing list of premiums for clubs of subscr-
bers:
PREMIUMs.-Take notice, that for the largest
list Of subscribers for the next volume of the
Michigan Farmer, at rs cents each, we will give
ten dollars in cash, the five last volumes of the
same, half bound, and the Editors Travels in
the East, in two octave volumes
For the next largest number, at the same
price, six dollars in cash, the five last volumes
Of the Farmer, and the two volumes of the Ed
or's Travels in the East.
For thirty names at seventy-hve cents each,
the FIVE last volumes of the Farmer and the
two volumes of the Editors Travels in the
East.
For twenty names at the same price, two
back volumes of the Farmer, and the two vol
umes of the Editors Travels in the East
For ten subscribers, at 80 cents each, we will
give the two volumes, and for five, one volume
of the Editors Travels in the East, or of the
Michigan Farmer.
The pay to be invariably in advance, except
in cases where the agent becomes responsible
for its forthcoming soon.
s GoDEY's Ladies Book is work too
widely and favorably known to require any CON-
mendation at our hands, hence, we will only re-
late that the Dec. No. is on our table containing
its accustomed number of admirable engravings
popular articles, etc. See prospectus in an
other column.
LADIES KEEPsAKE-The Nov. No. of this
pretty Magazine fully sustains the high charac-
ter of its predecessors for beauty of mechanical
execution, worthy moral standing, and fine steel
engravings. Remember that subscribers to this
work get IL numbers and a full length portrait
of Washington, all for $l,0O. John s. Taylor,
publisher, l43 Nassau street, N. Y.
~ GleaSonS Pictorial, we have received
two numbers of this superbly embelIishcd week
ly, and are smash in love with the work. See
prospectus in another column.
e The Nov. No. the Literary Miscellany
is the best we have read. The publishers pre-
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al patronage and so cheap that the most indi-
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