The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-20

Western interests and to battle tho conspiracy
of base, blind sectionalism against the exten
sion of Western empire.
LITERARY NOTICES
LORENZO BESosI or Passages in the Life OF al
Italian. Edited by friend. New York, 1888
| j. S. Redfold.
1t is well understood that the name here
given is an assumed one. The real author Il
said to be Giovanni Rufini but the incident
are true at least in substance. Some OF the
other persons mentioned are likewise real char
acters and among them Mazzini figures under
the name of Fantasia Rufini after suffering
the prosecutions here depicted, escaped tc
France in 1888, and in lS4S he was appointed
by King Charles Albert, Of Sardinia, his En-
bassador at that Court He affords another
remarkable example of foreigner acquiring
80 complete mastery of the English language
as to write it, not only correctly, but even with
elegance. His present residence, we believe is
in England The volume gives graphic pic
ture Of his education, the various trials to
which he was subjected in his boyhOod and
youth, and the vigilance maintained over him,
mingled with pictures of domestic life and at
misunderstanding pleasant episodes in the
rougher annals of revolutionary attempts and
failures The account of his escape as fugi-
tive before his pursuers-leaving brother be-
hind, who had been arrested and imprisoned,
and who soon paid the forfeit of his life-is in
a high degree exciting, and bears such marks
of truthfulness as cannot but command the
sympathy of the reader. Had we space, we
should like to quote from these pages; but we
would rather recommend the perusal of the
book, in its whole connection, to those who
would like something fresh, and aside from the
ordinary lighter works which are daily issuing
from the press 1t is got up in the usual neat
style of the publisher.
Authorizations or, The Rational History of Ap-
partitions Visions, Dreams, Ecstacy, Magnetism,
and SonnambuIism. By A. Brierre do Bosmont
First American, from the second enlarged and i'm
proved edition Philadelphia Lindsay Blakis-
ton For sale by R. Farnham, Pa. avenue, Wash
ngton, D. C.
The author is French physician, who has
the reputation of being distinguished in his
profession The work is large octave and
abounds in facts interesting to the philosopher,
the medical man, and the lover of the marvel
lous. 1t resolves apparitions and Authorizations
into morbid psychological conditions, and in
the illustration of the theory displays much
erudtion. One of his leading propositions is,
that hallucination may exist without insanity.
For example man may see an apparition
ever present with him, and be all the while
that it is mere hallucination of his
mind. In other cases he may see an appari-
ton, and believe that it exists, and yes be
perfectly sane. He relates, by way Of illustra-
ton, several remarkable cases-onc being that
of man of great intelligence and high posi-
ton, who was haunted by the apparition of
skeleton, which was ever present in his waking
notwithstanding at him in company, frown-
ing upon him at the table, cycling him between
the bed curtains when he lay down to sleep
He grew melancholy, lost his appetite and
flesh, and no one could tell the cause. At last,
an ingenious physician extorted the secret from
him. He did not believe in the reality of the
that he knew it was a hal
lucinaton of his own mind, but there the ghost
was, and he could not help seeing it. Medical
skill failed, and he died the victim of skele-
ton visitant, in whose reality he did not believe.
Our authors theory is, that this was hallu-
cination-a psychological condition which it
was the task of medicine to correct. But he
in the reality of the apparitions mentioned in
the Bible.
ELEMENTS or RHETORIC. BY Richard Whately, d.
D. New York Harper & Brothers For sale by
Franck Taylor, Pa. avenue, Washington, d. c.
This is a reprint from the seventh edition.
Like the Archbishop's Elements of Logic, it is
book both for the practced and Impractical
writer--helpng to improve the former and
initiate the latter into the art of composition
If such works were more studied in this coun-
try, and their principles more thoroughly I'M
derstood, there would be far more method and
exactness, with less yerboscness and rambling
defamation, than characterize so many of our
writer's and speakers.
SIX MONTHS IN ITALY. By George Stillman Hlard.
Vols H. Boston Ticknor, Reed, Fields For
la NV TavI 4 pa
DC.
The author is keen observer, q graceful
writer, and capital in description. Italy is a
commonplace topic, but Mr.. Hillard is no com.
mOnplace tourist His pages are full of inter.
est and instruction.
FATHER GAvAzzfs LrFE AND LECTURES. New
York: De Witt 4 Davenport, For sale by Francb
Taylor, Pa avenue, Washington, d. C.
The lectures were those delivered in New
York, which were reported in full by T. c. lie.
land, photographer. "The Life" appears with
Gavazzis authority, and under his revision. The
volume contains, in addition, translations of his
addresses to his countrymcn in New York
The work must find great acceptance with
those who detest despotism and priestcrait and
take pleasure in reading the narrative of the
deeds and suferings of the heroes who have
defied and renowned them.
MYSTERIES or Bee KEEPING EXPLAINED. BY NJ
Quiusby, practical beokeeper New York c. NJ
Saxton, Agricultural Publisher For sale as above
We suppose VIC can do nothing better than
introduce this work to our readers in the words
of the title-page, as Complete analysis Of
the whole subject of Bee.Kceping-cousisting
of the natural history of bees, directions for
obtaining the greatest amount of pure surplus