The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-16
LITERARY NOTICES.

HE AMERICAN W HlG REVIEW ocptcmDerI 100.
New York Champion Bissell, Publisher.
The September number contains its usual
assortment of political and literary articles.
The leading article discusses the Movements
of the Enemy" or Democracy, for the next four
years, which are specified as follows:
l. Election of strictly negative and plable
person to the Presidency, with an active anti
Mexican Cabinet.
2 Irritation of Mexico along the border, by
various arrangements, easily understood and
always efhcacous.
g. Negotiations with Mexico, ending in
rupture.
A. War, lasting through two campaigns
s. Contest between the Northern and South
ern Democracy over the territory-divison OF
the spoils
6. By all of which, aided by the Veto the
Wings are to be kept in the background.
Losang's Field Book Of the Revolution is Sc
verely reviewed, by writer who finds it good
deal easier to condemn than to commend.
Somebody discourses, neither well nor wise
ly on Charles Dickens, the Bleak House, In
ternational Copyright, sc. We do not see the
sCusC VI ulSCuocinS bulo quSoeOh va
al Copyright in 10 dogmatical and denuncia-
tory tone as that which runs through this
article. You may call the American repub-
fishers of foreign literature "pirateS" but that
answers no purpose, except to show the i'll
breeding Of the testy critic. The Wing re-
viewer is as lame in his argument as he is ready
in vituperation. We are favorable to the es-
Establishment of an International Copyright, on
an equitable basis with proper limitations ;
but not because it will protect American brains
against English competition. This, however
is the grand idea of the reviewer. So in love
is he with Protective Tariff, that he desires to
see English intellect excluded by discrimina-
tive duties, 50 as to bring into market the infe-
rior intellect of the American "We object"
he says, to seeing American periodicals smoth-
cred and overridden by English reprints; we
object to see American readers taking their
ideas from the minds of Englishmen; and we
object to seeing the profession of literature in
this country encountered with the disabilities
which the circulation of foreign literature pro-
duces' And 50 Government is to intermeddle
not only with the industry but the intellect of
the country. 1t is not enough for it to prevent
the People from buying their cloth or iron
where it may suit them, but they must be
obliged to give up the London Quarterly and
Blackwood, and read instead, the pages of the
North american and Wing Review This
is intermeddling protection with vengeance.
We can tell the reviewer, if American prints
cannot make head against foreign reprints, it
is because they have not intellect enough-that
is all. One hundred thousand copies of Mrs
Stoves novel have been sold, not because her
genius or the market for its wares were quick
ened by Protection but because the People will
ever listen to the inspired utterance of true
genius
THE EDINHuRGH REVIEW. July, 1852 Leonard
Scott d Co, New York. For sale by Taylor 4
Maury.
After date, but still welcome. Its views of
foreign affairs presented in several articles, es-
pecially one on Piedmont are exhibited with
great force, and are in the main liberal and
just. An article on English Agriculture goes
into the subject with much care and consider
able minuteness.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. August, 1852 Pub
lished and for sale as above.
Among the topics discussed in this number
are Romanism, Reform in the Church of Eng
land, and the Political Crisis in England The
American readers attention will be arrested
by an article on American Poetry, in which
the reviewer passes judgment on Longfellow,
Bryant, Read, and Poe. The writer is condo
scending, and somewhat conceited He is Sc.
we're on Longfellow, sees nothing to excite his
admiration in Bryant, praises Poe thinks Read
gives more promise than any American poet of
whom he has heard and takes the ground that
all American Poetry is but an imitation-an
imitation not Of the best poets but of the best
class of modern English poets.
LorUs EATING; a Summer Book. By George W.
Curtis New York Harper & Brothers
Mr. Curtis, in the author of Nile Notes "
and the Howadji in Syria" The reputation
won by those delightful works of travels, will
not be impaired by this Summer Book in which,
in his peculiar style of word-painting he de-
scribes Saratoga, Niagara, Newport Catskil,
and other popular places of resort
For sale by Franck Taylor, Pennsylvania
avenue Washington, d. c.
ATLANTIC AND TRANSATLANTIC Sketches AAoat
and Ashore. BY Captain McKinnon, r. N. Pub
shed and for sale above.
The author, an adventurous, liberal, hearty
Englsman, somewhat hasty and selfconfdent,
but always on the look -out for something new,
piquant or characteristic, has given us a very