The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-22
NO. 35f.
LITERARY NOTICES.

,...ro.s MAGAZINE. September, 1858. Harper
& Brothers, New York.
Harper opens with description of Airing
49, House by Losing Mr. Abbot continues
=, catering detail of Napoleon Bonapartes
&c. IN which he is often false to historical az
.,,acy, as well as rgardless of the morality of
-. lessons he inculcates The Harpers have
| evolved themselves in q difficulty, by repub-
Thing an article entitled Uncle Barnards
S,orv which originally appeared in Putnam's
uGa.ine and which was copyrighted. We
never liked the system practiced by Harpers,
If publishing articles in their magazine, with
ont the customary credit They now print
,25 OcO copies Of their magazine, and the de-
m,nd seems undminished.
c.r,srr,y EXAMINER. September, 1853. Boston
Crosby, Nichols, a Co
rl;s number of the Examiner has seven ar
t.es Ewalds Hebrew History, by Rev j.
h Allen. .. EGot's Lectures to Young Wo-
men, by Mrs. L. F. Hall; g. Christ the Head
!, n, Stehbips 4. Peters Doctrine of the
ast Things by w. r. Alger; s. German Ly-
-. bv N. L. rockingham; 8. Rationalism in
Religion, by Rev. Oliver Stearns; 7. Chris
|apity and Secularism, by Rev. G. K. Ellis.
|rbe article of DR.. Stebbins is Of such char
.eter As to move the hearts of Christians to re-
Dawed DEVOTION and is worthy an attentive Pc
,,s,l The number closes with notices Of Re-
cent Publications..
vav L,p,rs' WREATH. September, 1858. Edited
| -. Helen Irving New York Burdck, Reed, X
Roberts
This uumberis illustrated by an engraving,
Glory Won" and the Ruby-crowned Wren.
The number is principally taken up with
story from the pen of Frank Willoughby.
,1px HrRpLRsroNE, or the Two Brothers. BY
Mrs Noodle. Dewitt & Davenport, New York. For
ale by Franck Taylor, Pa. avenue, Washington.
This work, from the author of "ROughing
i in the Bush" is full of interest. The char
s,ters are we'll drawn, and the plot is regu-
l.rlv developed. Mark Hurdlestone, the mi
scr stands out in bold relief and is as strong
10 marked in his features as Rodin in the Wan
derine Jew. Such characters as his, we would
fin hope. are exceedingly rare, and tits well
for humanity that they are. The greed of
gOd 10 an originally noble nature warped
the whole being and made Mark prodigy of
selfshness
LIVING AGE, No. 4S6, Lttell, Son, 4 Co. Boston.
This weekly yisiier is ever welcome. 1t gives
the cream of the European magazines
SruyyEsANT Franconian Story, by the author of
the Rollo Books. Harper Brothers, New York,
Those who have read the previous numbers
Of the Rollo series will not need any solicita-
hon to read Stuyvesant. 1t is written in
charming STYLE and children read it eagerly.
TaE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. August, 1853, Re-
publication of Leonard Scott 4 Co. New York
The North British contains nine articles, the
titles of which arc--Theories Of Poetry and q
New Poet; Our Colonial Empire and our Co
Onial Policy DR.. Henry Marshall and Mill
sry Hygiene; The Text of Scripture; Free
and Slave Labor; the Early Christian Life
md Literature of Syria; the Granville Pa
ers and JANUS Germany in its Relations to
rance and Russia and the Government OF
nda
The article on Free and Slave Labor re-
utes the assertion that Emancipation is o
allure in the West Indies, controverts the the
| bt Of the eeoaomy of buying slaves instead of
| hiring servants; and denies that the condition
the English and Irish poor is as wretched
Anddegraded as that of the slaves on the South
Fm plantations \