The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-10-14
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THE CoQUETTE. A Novel BY the au,b,..e,,
errimus. Philadelphia I. B. Peterson F.. - ~,
by Shillington Co, a street and D. 'a''
Washington ID. C. ue'
This is an American republication in ~.
volume, of three English volumes. The En-
lish papers speak in high terms of its mar;t,
The Examiner says the design of the WORK :
new, the execution excellent: and tho An
en@um, good authority, says it is Fashionable
novel, and of the very highest grade.
KNIcKERBoCKER. October, 1882. New York ca
uol Hueston For sale by W. Adam, Pa. arenna
Washington, d. C.
There is no falling off in the entertainment
of Old Knick."
The AMERICAN WING REVIEW. October. 1859 \
York Champion Bissell. For sale by TAYLOR
Maury, Pa. avenue. Washington, d. C.
There is more good reading in this humble,
than is usual. Some of its literary articles are
very agreeable. 1t discusses the Pittsburob
Convention and Free Democratic Party AZ
some length, claiming for the Wings all the
good it contains. 1t holds that all the leaders
are from the Democracy, and therefore dishoD.
est while the mass of the Party is from the
Wings and therefore honest The modestv
and common sense Of the assumption are on
par.
METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW. Dr. McClintock
editor. New York Carlton 4 Philips For sale
by A. Gray, 18th street, Washington, D. C.
This number opens with an article on the
Mosaic account of the Creation, designed to
prove that that record is literal account of
the origin of the present order of things, the
theories of the biologists to the contrary not.
withstanding The article on Hannah More
by Mrs Knight is good one. Several other
articles show considerable critical acumen.
UNIvERsALIsr QUARTERLY. October, 1852 Boston
A. TOmpkins, publisher
The leading paper is an interesting article
on Progress, as exhibited in the Government of
ancient Rome. In review of Dr. Barnes on
Endless Punishment and in other articles the
peculiar doctrines of Universalism are urged
with much ingenuity.
HARPER's New MONTHLY. October, 1852 For sale
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ton, ID. c.
One hundred thousand copies of this monthly
are now printed, and more than fifteen hun.
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of a single number
A JOURNAL OF SUMNER TINE IN THE COUNTRY
By the Rev. Robert Arts Willmott. New York
ID. Appleton 4 Co. For sale by X. Farnham, Pa
avenue, Washington, &c.
This forms volume in Appleton's Popular
Library and very pleasant scholarly book
it is full of quiet gentle, and graceful thoughts
EVENINGS AT DONALDSON MANOR. By Maria
Me Intosh. New York; d. Appleton d Co. For
sale as above.
Mrs. Mcintosh is one of our best female au-
thors, and her Evenings at Donaldson Manor"
is second in interest only to her "Charms and
Counter Charms" This volume is a new and
revised edition of the former work, which, by
the way, has been reprinted in England, with
a highly fl altering introduction.
LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE. By Nathaniel Hsw
thorne. Boston Tcknor, Reed, & Fields For
sale by Franck Taylor, Washington, D. C.
A small volume of l44 pages designed
chiefly, we presume, for the canvass. Mr..
Hawthorne is personal friend of General
Pierce, and his book is continued eulogum
We are sorry that in the attempt to vindlcate
his friend, he seems fully to have adopted his
views in relation to Slavery.
Up-CoUNrRy LETTERS. New York Appleton Go
PIP. 33i.
This is series of letters supposed to have
been written from the country, by a gentle
manly recluse to his friend, Professor b of the
National University. The style is racy and
agreeable, reminding one occasionally of the
old English Essayists The descriptions of
Pundison House, its inmates, human and quad
ruped with their several humors, habits, and
are exceedingly pleasant sum
mer reading. Frank Bryar's Journal of hs
Voyage to Europe presents several fine sea pic
lures and there are passages of serene but
beauty, where the invalid writer,
as the sunset shadows lengthen and deepen
about him, looks upward for the sweet cOnsO
lation of the stars IT, as Charles Lamb tells
us, egotism is sick mans privilege, it certain
ly presents itself in very inofensive and good
natured way in the case Of Zachariah PundI-
son and his Up-Country Letters. J. G. W
Personal MEMOIRS. BY j. T. buckingham. Bo'
ton Ticknor, Reed 4 Fields. 2 vols.
The veteran editor of New England-the
most popular and gifted printer since the DAY
of Franklin, whom he in many respects resem'
bles, and in none more so than in the clear
terse style of his composition-has here fur'
nished us with choice bit of autobiography
Born in obscurity, his childhood and boyhood
by poverty and privation, his genius
energy, and perseverance, enabled him to over
come all obstacles, and to take the place when
he now occupies among the men whom n'
native State especially delights to honor 10
record of his early life is worthy OF Pla''
with Frankln's charming Autobiography
During the Presidential canvass OF islS INC
author retired from the editorial char Oh "''
paper, the Boston Courier, on the ground 'na'
he could not consistently support the "hs
nominee. He has since been an active ana e.
icient advocate of Freedom in the Massachu
sets Senate, to which body he has been TWICE
elected by union of Free-Soilers and Demo
,rats. His able report on the Fugitive o'S''
[.aw il literally quoted from in the second VOL