The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-04-28

49, literature, and General Information" 1t
:. an organ of the Roman Catholic Church.
and all It's literature is identified with the re-
Ton Of that church. Our Protestant month
las or newspapers not unfrequently so com.
retely ignore all religion, that it might be
AUDITED whether their editors had ever heard
If Christianity. But the Catholic carries his
,,ligion with him everywhere, and his literature
and politics are controlled by it. The Metro
nolitan does not like Mrs. Stowe Uncle Toms
Cabin, it admits, is "a fascinating book," but it
seems to consider it little better than Pando-
ra's box.
AaERIcAx JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. By Henry 7.
Johnson NJ D. Philadelphia. Issued monthly, at
$3.50 year
The work, we believe, is an exponent OF the
Botanico-Medical theory. 1t divides all agen-
cies, brought to act upon the system in state
of disease, into two classes-those which act in
harmony with nature, aiding the powers of the
living system, and those which oppose nature,
and, by weakening, impairing, and reducing
the constitution plant the seeds Of disease deep
" and securely in the living system. The first
class it styles innocent-the second class poi
sonous Alas! who shall tell US what agencies
are always poisonous what always innocent
The doctors of course they know oil about il
but, unfortunately, they have not yet agreed.
prcu.NAs's JOURNAL OF MAN March, 1853. Gin
cinnati Ohio.
,ua Cd - xt,;c Inurp al aopna nnvoI
and curious speculations and researches. In
tho number before us, there is a careful article
Nv the editor, comparing the Gallian system Of
pbreuology and the Neurological system, and
n,e.onting the characteristic features Of the
latter.
Tuy HoRrIcULruRIsr, and Journal of Rural Art and
Rural Taste. Rochester, n. Y: p. Barnes.
Avery neatly printed and well edited Horti
cultural Journal, published monthly, at two
dollars year.
The FREE-wLL BAPTIST QUARTERLY. Conducted
byan Association. April 1853. Providence, r. l.
Williams, Day, Co.
The second number fulflls the promise Of
the first One of the most noticeable article,
is a review of Fowler on Religion, natural and
revealed The just claims of Phrenology are
acknowledged but Mr.. Fowler is pretty severe
ly handled.
The ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART. April, 1853
New York: Alexander Montgomery.
This is really meritorious work. The pub
Usher seems determined to spare no pains tt
make it what its name purports Many of thu
engravngs are exquisite.
Single copy, 25 cents-yearly subscription
three dollars
AGSEs SoREL, a Novel By g. P. R. James. New
York The Harpers For sale by Franck Taylor
Washington, d. c.
Another novel from the pen of James, intend
fifteenth century, dressed somewhat in thu
garb of the times and moved by those spring
of actionD which influenced men in that age.
METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW. April 1858. j
McClintock d. D.. Editor. New York Carlton
Phillips. For sale by Gray & Bsllantyne, 7th st,
Washington d. C.
This number abounds in good articles or
subjects of general interest-among them
Geographical Statistical Science, Japan ant
the Japanese Vestiges Of Civilization, tn,
Eclipse of Faith &c. The short review anC
notices Of new publications are, as usual, per
tinent and discriminating.
BLAcKwooDs EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. New York
Leonard Scott Co For sale by Taylor 4 Maury
Washington, D. c.
There is good deal Of light pleasant enter
tainment in this number. One or two arti
Giles are devoted to graver topics. The Peace
Societies, Elihu Burritt and his Olive Leaves
are handled rather roughly. The writer il
anything but NONRESIDENT; and we mus
avow our sympathy with him in the presen
state of things, when Might everywhere il
lording it over Right
little muscular effort is great help t.
moral suasion, in abating Despotism and Op
preston.
MEDICAL MORALS. By George Gregory. New York
Published by the Author
This little pamphlet, with its illustrations, is
we'll calculated to awaken a public sentiment
in favor of the education of women in the OBJ
ststrical art, SO that they may be fully quail
bel - minister to the peculiar wants of their
sex
HARPERs New MONTHLY MAGAZINE April, 1858
For sale by Franck Taylor, Penn avenue, Wash
| ingtOn, D. c.
This magazine has reached circulation Of
$4,000, and is still increasing. The number
before US is full of good matter, and contains
the closing part Of a piquant article on Crusoc
Life, or a Narrative of Adventures in the
island Of Juan Fernandez from the pen OF
D. KOs Browne, the author of that delightful
book, YusefI or Crusade in the East.
HuIH' Novel. By the Author of Mary Barton
boston Ticknor, Reed 4 Fields. For sale b,
Taylor Maury
we have rarely read so true a story-tha
story of whose truth we found 80 little
ground for question, as this. The character,
afe such vertable men and women the Incl
uen's are Of such every day probability, ant
Vie whole movement of the story is 60 natural
real, that one almost forgcts he is reading
and sees it hped out before him. II is not .
Orlilant book, nor romantic book the author
mas cultivated thought rather than style. 1t il
ssmple history of the heroic life of a poor
BEAUTIFUL, parentless girl, who, seduced ant
abandoned at sixteen-being shown the tru,
p"n-works her way to Heaven in spite of tn,
per'ecr Ion and scorn Of this immaculate world
Of ours.
,hPs OF Orr FoREFAruERs What they Suf
po r. N"a what they Sought By james @. Mall
Mo1'r 'ould Lincoln. For sale by Taylor a
wal author tells US "the design Of this
"A " 10 exhibit in form az little repulsiye
| eHN n1lure of thu