The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
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LITERARY notice.
MAss AcHUsETrs IN MOURNING. sermon preach
cd in Worcester, on Sunday, Juns a, 1854, by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Minister Of th 0
| Free Church. Boston James Monroe Z 90.
| PIP IS.
The SeIt ct this discourse reveals its r,rr.
port: STaH TIE iron break he Norlhs, a i'm,
and s,ecl'" It is one Of the most star line end
earnest vices from the pulpit, cAr cd cut hv
trio late exhibition in Boston Of no atrocities
CT she Fugitive Slave Law. If co cannot snb-
scribe TO tho authors copclr .Acns, or admit 90
our oTn his views Of du' 3, we none the les.
admire his bold, mani, sclfs,crifciug spirit
1t is or q Of those u.sersnccs which stir the
blood b nnutiny." by the very repression Of q
pass anste u1der-tonc of intense conviction. Is
ma: Go rant or extravaganza, but, on the cen
trs ~, en- ominors calm pervsdes lit Is the
de liberaee language Of one who has resolu.elv
n ado up his mind to resist oppression in tho
most direc. manner, and by the ESQ Ct such
IN ,ans ss seen to him most effsctual In road
o. & it, enc would be ready to believe that the
! spirit Of his freedom loving Puritan ancestor,
the minister Of Salem, had spoken through him,
in the tono and temper Of the days of Sydney
AID Hempden. We do not agree wiih him in
his dStEust and despair of a peaceful and legal
triumph Of free principles in our country, yet
we confess that we were good deal impressed
with the truth $50 far as the history Of the last
few years is concsrned) Ct the following stri-
king passage:
"Our labor 70 reform tie North, with the
whole force CT nssionaliIed Slavery to resist ia
like the effort Of Sir John Franklin, on his frat
voyege, to get northward by travelling on the
ice. He travelled toward the pole for elk
We Ska no doubt Of that; but at the end of tie
tine, he was 200 miles farther from it than
when he started The ice had a )ased south
warS-ard our ie: floats ,o,ahrGyd also And
so 1t will be, while this Unicn concentrates
over in the hand. cf Shareholders, and gives
he North only commercial prosperity, she
more thoroughly TO enervate and destroy it."
! The publication CT this sermon is nose-wor-
thy as a sign of the times, and an indication CT
the spirit which the recent aggrcssions Of Sla-
very he's walked up in the North. J. G. w.
BLAoKwooD's EDIspuRou MAGAZINE. Juze, 1854.
New York: Leonard Scot: Co. For sale by
Taylor Maury, Washington.
This is a capital number of Blsckwood-
full of good litorature and good sense. 1t con-
tains pretty welldigssted article on the TO-
cent grow.h of The United States, accompanied
with various tabular statements which must
prove highly instructive 70 English readers;
and closing with o contrast between this
country and Russia, not vary favorable to the
latter One is apt to wonder what has become
of the old grudga Of BlsckwoOd against tho
Yankees.
TIE LONDON QrAhTsnLr April, 1854 Published
| and for salo sS above
The London Quarterly, Of course discusses
Russia and the Turks and tho Creeks and
has something to say OF the Reform Bill in
England; but, with these exceptions its pages
in this number, for the mos. part, nrc dovo'ed
70 matters of general literature.
! Tue North AMERICAN REVIEW. July, 1854. Bcs-
| ton Crosby, Nicho's, Co. Fer sale by Pranck
Taylor, Washington, D. c.
The fret article thai caught cur sc in this
Quarterly for July was, review Of Whittier
wcrks, with brief Gcecunt Of the man.
Wonders noyer cease. When Blackwocd be-
comes liber0l towards A neric4as, and she NORTH
american devotcs large portion Of ia psgeO
TO liberal reviews Of such writings as thcas OF
JonE G. WHITTIER, We may as well admit
that tie world Is growing besier.
| Whoever tie reviewer is, he has performed
his task With skill, not permitting his sdmira-
ton for the poet, and bis but halfconcesled
sympathy with his ardent reform spirit to lead
him to violate the ssaid conservatism Of tho
Journal for which he iaditcs
There are other articles in the ReUisw on
topics of peculiar interest, to which we would
refer the reader.
PUrNAM's MoNrHLY. June, 1884 New York g.
P. Putnam & Co. For sale as above.
Putnam's Monthly maintains its reputation.
It is wel-flled number, and will furnish
fair intellectual treat for anybody.
| The CHRISTIAN ExAHIEER. July, 1854. Boston
Crosby, Nichols, & Co. For salO by Taylor Maui
~, Washington, D. c.
An article on Fisher Ames and his Works
will amply repay perusal. Several critical
papers, touching on theological subjects, ably
wrlteD, Will sttThcS ZIG bblcAtiOE VI AuoeS Vi
sympathetic views
TaR CAVE OF MAcBpELAH AND 0rHER PoKMs, by
James Challon. Philadelphia: c. Sherman Print
or, 1884
A hRsty glance al the contents of this little
volume satsHes US that it has decided merits.
The Introductory piecc on the Burial Of
Sarah" is beautiful. G.
SPIRIT MANIFIsTATIoNs ExAAIsrD AND BxPLAIs-
ED. JupGE EDMosDs kzFuTED or an explsnA-
ton Of the involuntary powers and instincts OF tho
human mind By John Bovee Dods, author OF
PHILOSOPHY Of Electrical Psychology" tmmor-
taiity Triumphant" etc., etc. De Witt Daren-
port, publishers, leo and 1872 Nassau street, New
York.
This work, consisting Of Q series of lectures,
purporss to be candid investigation of what
is known as "spiritual phenomena" which |
the author undertakes to explain on natural
principles. q.
SELECT SPEECHES or KossUTH, ccndensed and
abridged, with Ko.suths express sanction. BY
Francis W. Newman. New York: O. s. Francis
q Co.; Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co.
These speeches comprise most Of those de-
liyered in the United Slater, az well ss Fog
land, in 1851 and 1851.
Every intelligent American must have felt
equal surprise ard pleasure, to witness the
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