The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-19
Literary Notices.


GUsIAyus LlSDOwN; Ca LE4D TE4rrArios.
By Emile r. Cann. author Of One Year Of Wedock. -
&e., Sc. From the orisn nal Swedish by Ebert PIERCE.
Published ~ Charles scrlbaeT, New YORK. or sale by
r. Farnhsn
We have seldom pernsed a novel with more plea than
the oae before The plot unusual without being In
the least degree and the principal characters
though BY no means such usually with are
nsveftheless such do exist We cordially commend
volume 70 our readers.
LOUIS AFIl-Hs LIFE. Hrs SUFFERRGs, HIS DEATH BY A.
ID Bsaueheme. Translated and edited by w. Hazeit
esq Harper q Brothers, New York. tFor sale by X.
FaEnham.)
is well known that since the beginning OF the present
century several candidates have gravey come forward
and claiming with much frness and apparent candor
DC the Dauphns have In excited neonsiderabe
gree q pubic attention This work. which exhibits great
care and research Is written for purpose Of establish
Ing the fact OF the death the Dauphn
and never more iorciby than present by
the friends OF The Rev. Eleszer Williams.
BUSY MOMENTS on AN IDLE WOMAN Published by ID. APP
Peton a. Co, New York.
This Hide volume consists OF collection of admiraby-
written sketches Of fashionable life phases The
first. entitled Edith" gives r-ke picture of certain
style OF fashionable life in New York the second, sAn
Everyday Life" has, if WE may credit rumor. many
terpars every winter in this gay metropolis while the
third The Widow may be every summer AT Sara
toga or Newport he auhor has fit withhold her
name from the public, aad al liberty 10
judge her by her work From the Standard should in
and capable Of quietly enjoying without patng
many foiies In TACT, being somewhat like ''ihs Mrs
Grey" described ia the last Of these agreeable stories
HisToEY GREECE. BY George Gro.e, esq. Volume XII
Reprinted from the London edition New York: Hsr-
pers, limo, PIP. 522 tFor sale by r. Fsrnham)
This valuable history will be pleted in one more
volume, which win contain the reign Of Alexander the
Great The enerpfising publishers deserve well Of the
public for bringing This work in this country
after its publication in England.
II.
From his aulobiogrs ply, etc. Edited by Tom Taylor
volumes svo. Published by Harper ~ Brothers, New
York. tFor sale by K. Farnham)
This autobiography will not perhaps bear measuring
by the rules laid down in Fosters essay ION mans
writing OF hielf YET,
by of feeling and culture its and incidents
fall Of interest and pleasure. critic might
ask whether the personal history and reflections
symmetrical character Haydon's could be useful
society," and whether the display of misfortune which is
accompanied with heroisn which ends in suicide
s injurious ann calculated reproduce others the
morbid feeling. and 10 lead the result
due however to the subject Of this say thar
for forty years he pursued bis unIng zeal and
long recognised by the British public an eminent
authority in everything relating 10 his profession.
Tx Works JoHS ADAMS second President of the Uni
ted States. with life of author, notes. and lustrs
BY his grandson, Charles Francis Adams Volume
XIII. Boston: Litle, Brown, q Co, svo PIP 69l (For
sale by all the book seilers)
We have received from the publishers the eighth volume
Of this standard work Its Importance, common with
the lives and writings Of Washington Jefferson Madison
Franklin, and other leading spirits OF revolutionary
period is appreciated more time and the exgences
recurring political questions us TO renewed
inquiries into the policy and history OF the laws and meas.
ures which were then adapted and especially views
which controlled the settlement Of Constitution In this
relation. the writings OF these great patriots constitute the
classics OF political literature The typogra obicsl
dress and finish Of this volume worthy of hi Oh
tation which the publishers have established.