The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-05
NEW BOOKS FROM THE ERA.

In addition to the two volumes compiled
from the Era, noticed in our last weeks paper,
we may mention two others which have ap.
peared or are about to appear in Boston
one, a volume from Miss RUSSELL the other.
from the pen of Whittier The Boston Com
monweaIth says:
"There are many, in different parts of the
country, who will greatly rejoice to hear that
John p. Jewett & Co. have in press q volume
by Martha Russell Those who have read the
tales and sketches from her pen, which have
appeared in the National Era, the Knicker-
booker Magazine, and in one OF two other peri
odeals, will hear this announcement with de.
light The literary department of the National
Era has always been exceedingly rich. Some
of the ablest pens in the country have been
employed on it, and no periodical in the coun.
try has won a higher character or a wider
reputation for literary ability. Miss Russell
has been contributor to the columns of that
paper for several years, and of all the good
things that have appeared in its literary de-
partment, none have exceeded, and but few
have equaled, her tales and sketches in ear
nest appreciation Of reality in life, poetic feel
ing, beauty and grace of expression, or in that
still, sad music of humanity which awakens
sympathy for the weak and lowly None are
80 rich with pictures of rural scenery and life,
as they are and have been in the country vii
lagos of New England, and none are brighter
with the noblest ideals and aspirations In
many respects they are inimitable, and through
them all there is a golden glow Of faith in God
and man-such a faith as leads the heart at
once to realities banishes can't and makes
shams and sentimentalisms impossible"
Tho Naxu VorA d.. 49,
Whittier's new volume. By the way, we
thought the Post knew that Mr.. Whittier has
had no editorial connection with any other
paper than the National Era for the last seven
or eight years, and that during that period his
pen, when employed at all, has been employed
for no other newspaper than the Era
owe have already noticed the appearance
OF new collection of miscellsnies, entitled
Literary Recreations' by the Quaker-poei
Whittier, most of them having been originally
written for the newspapers with which he has
been editorially connected.
Among these fragmentary essays on his
torical, legendary, and moral topics, there are
a number of pleasing tales of which the one
entitled My Summer with DR.. Singletary
affords the most successful specimen, on the
"hoie, VI "hsSiSKs PIoso compO6ltion Wnicf
he has yet produced. 1t processes to be q rec
ord of a short residence made by the narrator
in Peewawkin, an old, quiet hamlet near tn,
sea shore of New England where he enjoyed
the companionship of the venerable and kind
hearted physician of the place, who figures
prominently in the story.
"Other characters and various incidents pc
culiar to such retired localities are sketchec
| with q nsturaIness and an evident familiarit,
with their originals that make one regret tina
the author had not chosen to follow out hi
story to its completion Much of the charm
of this fragment arises from its faithful pic
lures Of New England scenery, and from tn
mild wisdom and sober piety displayed in tn
remarks of the good country doctor"
These two volumes make eighteen, we be
heve, that have been compiled from the No