The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-02-23

interpreter for the King at Ava, In making the
treaty with Sir Archibald Campbell His death
was twice determined on once by the Pakan-
scun, the leader of the armies, who himself fell
suddenly into disgrace, and was executed at an
hours notice; and orders were several times
given by the brother to the Queen, who was
the real ruler of the Empire, for his taking
off," but the governor Of the prison waited for
the express order of the Ktag, and 80 the life
of the missionary was saved.
President Wayland, in his admirable chap
ter on the character and isbors of this emil
nent man, says, He was endowed with a will
of the highest order. IL was capable of con-
trolling his physical nssuro, 90 that his body
would do or suffer whatever il was command.
ed. 1t subjected the natural to the spiritual
in degree very rarely attained y n
He could have made himself mathematician
philologist diplomatisk . statsssnan, an
impassioned orator, and perhaps poet, by the
strenuous exertion of his will This is, think,
one Of the rarest Of human endowments, and
it is bestowed only upon men who are emf
nently gifted. 1t has seemed to me that the
highest range of human talent is distinguished,
not by the power of doing we'll any one par
ticular thing, but by the power of doing well
anything We resolutely determine to do"
This is notice Of unusal length for the col
umns of the Era, but it finds its apology in the
value of the work, and its bearings upon the
advance of the reign Of Christ in all the
earth.
HAPs AND MIsHAPs OF Tour IN EUROPE. BY
Grace Greenwood. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, &
Fields
The charm of this volume-and everything
from the pen of Grace Greenwood has q
charm-is sprightliness and naivete that
disarm criticism, like the laughsome glse of a
child, 10 whom the falling snow, the early
spring, the Crystal Palace, the Christmas tree,
everything in the world of nature, the world
of art, and the little world Of home, is q nov
city, mystery, or poem, yielding some fresh
inspiration to eyes that never weary, and to a
heart that never aches. Among all the chaps
and mishsps" of this year of absence, there
was nothing marvellous in the way of adven-
ture, or new in the way of sightseeing; but to
her all was new and marvellous and the most
phlegmatic natures will feel the pulses of that
ings of its joy, though even its spiritual mag
netism may fail to convey to others those
shocks of intense pleasure" that made our
author reel in her saddle with the intoxica-
ton of sight" as she rode over the " wondrous
Campagna and gazed upon the exquisite
tints, and infinite shades, and uncomfortable
brightness" of the :" sky Of skies"
We like Grace amazingly for her downright
honesty; because having heart, che shows ii
without restraint, and yet with true womanly
delcacy. We can bear with her ecstatics be-
cause they are natural and honest, and there
fore meet response in all true natures. To
be sure she "piles up the agony" in presence
of the Apollo Belvidere and the Dying Gladi.
ator, and tries the full force of that part OF
speech known as the adjective; but it is always
q natural emotion, even when wrought to ite
highest ecstacy and is never put on for effect
To be sure she tells US how she felt rather
than what she SAVIOR she describes objects
through her own emotions but then it is pleas
ant and stimulating to know how such q mind
was affected by nature, society," art, and reli-
giop, in the Old World-a pleasure next to
that of seeing with ones own eyes. 1t is like
listening to music from an invisible band on
the still night air.
A downright honesty of opinion, too, she has,
and utters it with the streng 9Th aud feeling of a
woman's heart We would give more for one
page of her instructive repulsion at the Pspal
system, as on imposition upon the chaste SIM
plicity Of true devotion, than for q whole
volume of invecsive from Kirwsn.
Most heartily do we commend the book to
oil lovers of genuine sentiment, of refined and
poetic feeling, of genial, sprightly narrative
and of pure religious principle.
The above appreciative notice we find in the
New York Independent. 1t is, we presume
from the pen of Henry Ward Beecher. We
heartily concur in its encomium of an exceed.
ingly pleasant volume of Travels, than which
nothing more racy and readable has been
issued from the press this season. If the au-
thor's record of Impressions abroad is not al.
ways as grave, classic, and we'll considered as
that Of billiards six Months in Italy," it is
fresher, freer, warmer-nay, more earnest
individuality.
1t bears on every page ample evidence that
she has been true to her own convictions; that
she saw with her own eyes, and uttered her
own thoughts. 1t is very pleasant and exhila-
rating to read book of European travel, which
is not a mere intellectual survey OF life art and
and nature, but hearty, honest transcript Of
all the author saw, felt, and enjoyed, in her
wanderings. warm, earnest, happy, hopeful
human heart, beats audibly along its pages
She manifests, without any Disguise her quick,
generous, womanly instincts, impulses, and en-
thusiasms-love: strongly, and hates deeply
despises shows and pretencos, and looks through
the guady pomp and tinsel splendors Of reli-
gious despotism, to the wrongs and expressions
underlying them-and amidst all the seductive
influences of life at Rome, retains her Protest
antism and Democracy. Her representations
of religious theatricals, and the way in which
Christianity is caritatured and common sense
outraged thereby, are very spirited and effect
i've. Her contempt for mocklings is as hearty
and emphatic as that of the stout German Re-
former himself
The book has the tone and coloring of q ia
miliar letter. its careless abandon and unre-
serve only make it the more readable It's
faults lie on its surface quite too manifest to
offend any tolerable sport to the critical hunt
er after blemishes. We can readily forgive
them, In view of the generous and freedom
loving spirit which pervades the volume, and
which, we are sure, will commend it to the
hearts of it's readers. J.G.W.
DAY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE and How to Make
the Mott Of it. By VIM. c. Richards A. M Now
York: Putnam Co. For sale by r Farnham,
corner of Pa. avenue and 18th street, Washington,
D. C. vol, PIP. I67
This is an invaluable guide book to visitors
to the Palace. We regret we did not possess