St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

print, famous for looking after these gem
try with an appreciative eye. ironically
congrasulates the country that the aurhor
Of ''Lohdon Assurance and ''UseG Up,"
aUes NOT ,nted TO write hook about u.,
when. ifsving, answefed hi, purposes
here, he shall return to The place from
which he rame.
We haze w no means exhaa ted The
catalogue Of the book-tattler. on Ameri~a
"a! the Americans. But {" er pede, Her.
euies." The specinen we have given
are a. good and expli ,asory a. any others
wc might select from the common Babel.
There is one more, however, who
deserves separate mention. She is the
lat Of the lot, and, .. it turfis out, by no
means the least noteworthy She is o
S~ede, and her name j. Frederika Brem-
er. The authoress Of several domessi:
novels, done into Engli.h by Mary
Hewitt, and much read and generally
liked in this country, she VAS taken up
on her arrival here by the literary por-
sion Of Our people, and soon became,
under their 70 tersge. one Of the most
celebrated homes that were ever import.
ed from beyond seas. She, too, thought
she would not write . book about US;
though her opportunities had been unusu-
ally good for collecting the materials for
q 'i"h and raey description Of " the inte-
rior life" ~ .hr calls it, of America.
She was received en fsmiie into the
hou es Of some Of our most respectable
and eminent citizens, and, a. the sequel
shows, took good note Of everything, no
matter how significant or n.iyni6cant,
that was said or done by her hosts, their
families and their visitors. these notes
she expanded into the form Of series
free and easy letters to her sister at home,
On returning to Sweden, the sight of
ihese letters. and the prospect ef = gqod
return from the bookseller who might Be
so lucky rs to get thrm withia his gra>p,
vas too tempting. She had said she
would not write book, but she had not
promised not to publish her letters. The
sister to whom they were addressed was
dead and could not interpose any objec-
tions, and so to the booksellers they
went, just as they were written. on the
hesrthstones of her unsuspecting Ameri-
can entertainers.
These letters are full of the mot di~-
gu'ting Pers Qualities, the mo outrageous
violations of condolences that should have
been deemed sacred, the most imperti-
nent comments upon private affairs,
OF which, had she been suspected eapa-
ble Of falling in the track Of the 7 roll
lopes and the Dickenses, she could nev-
er have been permitted to know any
thing. We might give several illu. ira.
tons Of the truth and ju. tice of our stric-
turr:, bu: ball content Ourselves with d
single inetan5r, taken at random from the
volume before IL. Miss Bremen was
que. I Of r. and Yrs. Poin n>e&t, of South
South Carolina, at the date Of the letter
from which the follow ing i> an extract:
Il have received much kindness here,
and much benefit from Mr. POin ett's
conver' siions but the evenings *peut
alone with my good old friends are some.
what tedious. One cannot be ala avs
talking American politics, and the old
state' man takes an interest in nothing
else: nor can one always have stories
aud riddles at hand 70 anu e the old
lady. ~ho sits dozing BY the FIRE. and
sometimes Persuades her hu. band to do
the same. sitting oPPo ite, while I anu
myself as well as ! can, which is not
very well, as I am not able TO read, and
there is no piano. and il is too late 10 90
out. IT is time, therefore. to be soinz.
] now know how life looks on I'lanta-
tion--how the negro slave. i've. and how
rice and Indisn corn are planted"
CUnnenting Oh this Disgusting pas
sage, (and there are many such IL the
course of the work. The editor Of the
'ew York Daily Times remarks: I'VE
con 'ider this unladylike. unkinl, an
and We hope the time is far
distant when aay son or daughter Of our
country will cease to remember thst the
rites Of hospitality are sacred. and that