New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

LETTERS TO COUNTRY GIRLS. BY JANE G. Swiss
HELM l2no Pp. 2l9. J. {. Riker.
Mrs. Swisshelm makes no claims 10 being
meay mouthed writer She deals in home truths, and
sets them forth without the slightest crcumlocution.
If she can beat her ideas into the heads Of her readers
che does no, make much fuss about the nicely OF her
phrases She protests in her preface agsins; being
thought able TO write good English Perhaps che now
and then trips against some Of the rules of Lndley
Murray and his tribe but for all that she knows how
to handle the stirring domatc language OF the West
b. a way to shame the punsts.' Her book reminds
one of Goblet Like him she drives straight ahead-
talks shout common things in a common ways not
afraid to treat Of homey affairs without dodging-and
brings forward great deal of good advice about mat
tiers that seldom spoken Of The volume consists
Of letters addressed to country girls sndi filled with rs
cy discourse touching all sorts orural Affairs Now Mrs
Swsshem tells the girls 10 take care OF the peach
trees-pow how to Svoid growing old withered and
wrinked, fheen years before their time, like most
American women-now not to scrub, and cook and
scour till there Is time heft to plant tree, or vine
and Hower-now that thsy might be better employed
than In killing one half the travelling preachers with
chickens and other hxings. Then she exparates on
carpets curtains and ooorng wire fence and hedges,
the good Of soap and water hayng aud harvesting
tea coffee and saleratus city bellies, peach butter and
cNchup. On all these points, and many others, Mrs
Is well posted up and she tells what che knows in
such oslnatured, humorous way, that we dare say
she will prove great fsvorite, although she Is neither
Addison nor Milton"
II The KNIcKERBOcKER' for April.
Cheery. sparkling. rosy Old Knek' holds his own
br,vey in the ds; Of the saucy youngsters who begin
elbow he nd N them
all in the race for popular favor This number is full
q the rgh, sort Of stuff for magazine. including
plenty Of original poetry. We take biz from de-
scrpton OF sleigh rde by the up Country" CORES
pondeni which. TO military term. places one in q
skirsT d. frs;s:
oh splendid spectacle OF the falling snow looking
a /, through the crsted psnes beyond the mimic arts
70 represent II was fifteen miles from home, and
with only the hight OF the young moon Aoit started In
the teeth Of the storm, my journey through
the Highland dele cold wind drove into our faces
and kept the eye kshes IN continual motion 10 wink OF
the great fake which dtted continually ike doves 70
their Window Ny competent and careful guide, is
hands wrapped in ittens his head cruuching upon his
shoulder with difficulty glsncing from under the rra Of
hs hs snd striving 70 see through the binding mist a.
sasey GUIDED me over the trackesd road the faithful
Maineluke guided the Emperor over the plains Of
Russs such journey has IL recreation Tucked in
With the skins OF buAaloes and of tie spotted eoprd
and with head envelopcd Ike al Egyptian mummy from
a hoop hole IN the moth-esten wooden rppet caught
sstisy irg gnpses OF snovpicruro- pecpng from be-
bind he ve and falling back 20 reve the luxury Of
their suggestive fascies All the landmarks dis
appearing the trees put again ther feshery costume,
ana the aromatic hay stacks, which bad been heap
ed up N the sweltering hOtness Of summer, were
dinaly visible, Ike Chase pyramids, under tae misty
moon. Cold cOnhne- the boiy 20 place OF snug con-
fort but Imagination flies, ike Laplsnd lover with his
rein deer. over the CLASSY plains would not change
rny us6Stons in thst cold rte-no for those
which hsye bad upon q porch all cverran
sweet vires and cemGsls or II swinging hammock,
where through the leaves Of June the OF the
sea twinkle The storm became aggravated 81 We pas
sed through the mountain gaps cold cold. cold TIE
wind blew for there Il came the rvsr the large
fakes combined and fell into lsps the aims of the
bufiso and spotted leopard Lullei BY the jinznS bells
withdrew nv eye from the lOop-aOle, threw the re
sponsbihry upon him who held the reins and without
exchanging single word reisp-ed into revere. Then
A. ever on ike OCCASIONS did al nv eocki.h boyiss
yoysgfng BY virter rrede 70 northern chimes com
back 20 memory but krched with richsr ges
than Of the surorsboreais. ssw the white bear lesp
ing on the polar ices sly, universal Rsynsrd AZ III
Cieis and al the Waiting animals IN that dim twin
.rd ce eideIdpck breeding its among the ssc
eessibe Ieelandic rocks. was witness Of TIE spout
ing Geyser; zDd from the TOP Of HeciA feds O
NV. ara chaotic and glaciers where human foo
had never trod and al the smphEhearre Of saoweover
ed hill tops 70 the sea, looked down upon prospec
Wild torpid p.ssionless but sublime. Sack sSsin VIII
the swrress Of lightning 70 the other hentspase, VIZ