The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-09-07

What though springs sweet and glitterins tArong
Ofhowers greet not the falling sight
70 the duh ear no more belong
The music ogtho wild birds song,
When earth is green AID skies are bright.
Yet love can all things elfs outlast
Give rapture to lfe's evening homo
And round our fading moments east
The memory Of spring that's past
The promise Of spring to come.
Glen Quiet, COlOroin, Ohio.
LITERARY NOTICES.
FERN LEAVES, SECOND SERIEs.-The
publishers of this handsome volume are Mil
Ter. o. ton, & Mulligap, Buffalo, and Sampson,
Low. Son, & Co, London. Fanny Fern is the
rage Of TIE time, and it were Idle toipraise her
but we think the single page The Aged Min
is.er," and its engraved illustration, would
make this good book, were all the rest of Its
leaves blank.
FOr sale by Taylor & Maury, Washington.
c.
LIFE IN KENTUcKY.-"T Tempest and
Sunshine or, Life in Kentucky" is domestic
novel an one volume, by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes,
from the publishing house Of Messrs. Appleton
y Co. New York. The verdict Of tie press
has been pronounced in its favor. The nara
tive and incidents are interesting, the charac-
tiers agreeable, and the pcftraiture Of Ken
lucky life more in sunshine than IN shadow.
For sale by r. Farnham, Washington {.
A TALE OF SOUTHERN LIFE" The
Master House, a Tale Ct Southern Life" by
GLogsA," Is q work Of enc duodecimO volume,
from tie press Cf I. l.. MeElrGth & Co, New
York. IL il bot fair to cay that the Southern
life here depicted is that seen with Northern
eyes. The sketch il truthful, though Of vivid
coIo-ing The harsh and ulamiable incidents
usually attendant, to Some degree, upon tho
condition Of slavery, are fo7cihiy presented to
cur view. That pictures of an opposite char
scter msy lie fairly draw, ia true; but they
do not disproyo the record here made, nor affect
the argument dcjuced. Though desp0t is net
always a tyralt, i: does Eos follow that deg-
potisn Is the best conditions Of society. c.
THa Works OF ADD1soN.-The fifth
and lest volume of the Works Of Joseph Ad-
olson edited 10y G-o-ge Washington Greene,
is before uP, il the acceptable form in which
the complete work has been put forth BY
A'cse-s. e. p P0tnsI2 Co, Of New York.
Tie popular tas:5 wUail b. elevated by the
moe gares2l porcsll f 10 writings Of this
grott uaan.
Fer sale BY Ffanck Tay'of, Washington.
C.
CALAvARA.-RobertM Montgomery Bird ;
"Calavara, or the Knight CT tic Conquest &
Romance Ct N-x'co," has been handsomely
roprodncej in one volume, by Redfeld, of New
York. Twenty scars ago when the writings
Of American authors we're less esteemed than
st present, this production of DR.. Birds pen
ven the Foalcn "a tho popular esteem it has
ever slcge retained.
For sale b Taylor & Marry, Washington.
\ SCIENTIFIC HAND Book. =" Peter
sons Familiar Science or, The Scientific Elk
PLANTATION of Common Things is edited by r.
r. Petersen Member Of the Academy Of Natu-
raj Sciences, Philadelphia, and published by
X. f. Peterson, Philadelphia. ID is an exceed
ingiy valuable little book of reference and in
s'l ucton in matters by no means generally un-
deTstOod
a VOYAGE RoUND THE WoRLD-Chas.
Scri5uer, New York, has issued duodecimo
volume, entitled Melbourne and the Chincha
Islands, with Sketches of Lima, and Voyage
Round the World" by George w. Peck. This
voyage was made in 1853. The title Of the
volume gives assurance Of a work of interest.
and the author proves himself a good and sen
siblo =erver, and familiar and unaffected in
his style. No orc who shall open it can re-
frain from perusing it to the end with agreea-
be interest. C.
A COURSE OF ENGLISH READING.-Thi.
little volume Justly PROCESSES to be adapted tC
every taste and capacity" aud should be ii
the hands Of every one who desires to become
acquainted With English literature. 1t is by
the Rev. James PycToft, B. a, of Trinity Col
lege, Oxford; and the edition before us (pub
lished by c. s. Francis & Co., New York, and
Crosby, Nichols, & Co, Boston, is edited and
added unto by J. A. Spencer, ID. D. The wide
expanse our literature presents bewilders the
mind Of him who would enter upon it. ard
renders necessary guide to conduct hin
Alright through us unfamiliar lahyrinths. That
guide is here presented, and they are wise whC
early consult Its ccunsels.
For sale by Ffnnck Taylor, Washington.
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STUDIES IN LATIN-The d" Advanced
Latin Exercises with Selections fer Reading D
is enc Of the classical series, revised and en-.
larsed, issued by Messrs. Blanchard & Lea
Philadelphis.
For sale by TayIor & Maury, Washington.
c.
REVELATION AND GEOLOGY. - " The
Two Records, the Mosaic and the Geological,
is tho title Of little book, comprising the sub
stance of lecture, by Hugh Miller, author 0
Footprints of tho Creator" e.. just publish
ed By Gould & Lincoln. The skeptic who hs
enjoyed a m0mentary triumph on this subject
If he be really what he usually processes to be
a candid inquirer after truth, viii peruse TIN
book, and delight in having MS doubts removed
by drinking moro deeply from the fountain o
knowledge.
For So by Taylor & Maury, Washington.
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ORR's CIRCLE OF THE ScIENCEs-Wo hav
before US numbers one and two of A Serle
of Treatises on every branch Of human knowl
edge thus entitled. The Nature of the Grea
Departments of Knowledge and the physloi S