The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-13

WILD OATS, Sown Abroad. By Gentlaro,
Leisure. Philadelphia T. B. Peterson For =.
by shiilington Co, Pennsylvania avepu. ~.
ington, ID. c.
Nothing very edifying in the book. Or ,,
t'culariy agreeable to the moral sense. mi
writer has talent, but be could have ussd :, ]
better purpose.
The JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES AsR,cr,
RAJ SOCIETY. Washington, ID. C.
This periodical was commenced last Auc,
and is the organ Of the National Av,;crl,,,.
Society, lately organized in Washington n !
published quarterly, each number contain,
from $50 to 200 pages. Joseph L. Smith Is NJ
= sgent-ior this District and adjoining reo;o.|
The name of the Journal explains its Ohio,
The NEw ORLEANS SKETCH BooK
A. Hart late Carey Hart. For sale NV r.
Taylor, Washington, d. G.
The author is G. M. Wharton. Of N. N
Orleans Delta, and the book seems 70 ;,
compilation of humorous sketches and ,,r
reports, written originally for that paper. Tn
answered very well their original purpose. h,
there is not merit enough in them b entn
them to preservation in book form Az l
general rule fugitive poetry and fugitive wi.
are the better for being suffasa1no run so a.
to allow the public mere glid.ll at them
COMPLETE. Works OF SAMUEL TAYLOR Cor
RIDGE. With an Introductory Essay upon nd
Philosophical and Theological Opinions. Edis}
by Professor Shcdd. In seven volumes. vol 1
New York: Harper 4 Brothers. For sale by Il
Taylor, Washington, d C.
The republication of the complete works
Coleridge is completed with this volume WI
have already spoken in full of the very hand
some and substantial style in which the wo,k|
is issued by the American publishers. Thsl
seventh volume contains his poems, INCLUDING
those of his youth, and his dramatic prodnc
tions, with portrait of the great writer.
Discussion OF THE FACTS AND PHILOSOPHY ne
ANCIENT AND MODERN SPIRrTUALsM. BysBl
Britain and DR. B. w. Richmond New York
Partridge Britain. For sale by Gray Ballan
tyne, 18th street, Washington D. G.
Not long since, the following proposition,
we're deliberately discussed, pro and con-, in the
Spiritual Telegraph, by Dr. Richmond and
Mr.. Britain:
Can the facts of what is called Spiritual
Manifestations, be properly accounted for
without admitting the agency of Spirits
Do those who have departed this life con
tinue to hold intercourse with those who re-.
MAIN
DIR. Richmond, admitting the facts denies
spiritual agency; Mr.. Britain affirms it. Each
of the propositions formed the subject of
twelve letters On each side-making in all /
forty eight letters which have been reprinted
in the volume before us, of nearly 400 pages
Those curious in such discussions will find ii
an interesting volume.
THEORY OF PoLITIcs. By Richard Hildreth. New
York Harper 4 Brothers. For sale by Franck
Taylor, Washington D. C.
Mr. Hildreth in short preface comments
this volume to those critics who have com.
planned that his History of the United States
has no philosophy in it. He means, we sup
pose, that he knows how to philosophize and
has a theory of politics, although he has not
attempted to make the facts of history subser.
Went to its elucidation. The leading questions
discussed by Mr.. Hildreth are, What is it that
causes Governments to exist Whence their
revolutions? What are the sources of power
He accounts for the cxistence of Governmegt
by the love Of superiority or ambition, on the
part of the governing and by the fears, the
admiration, and the moral sentiment, or sense
of duty, on the part of the governed We shall
attempt no analysis of the work, but merely
remark that the writer is vigorous thinker, \
good logician, and an Independent man. And
this we may say, without endorsing some q
his premises or conclusions.
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here presented in a continuous scene, from the
moment of his departure from the city OF DE-
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Every point described in the allegory is mere
portraved with the most faithful exactness.
The picture, which is twenty-four by thirty
inches was designed by Billings from the ORGY
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Aside from the moral impressions produce
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