The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-11-09
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ISABEL CAERoILroN: \ Personal Retrospect, Bv Kre.sr
Glen. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. For sale D.,
| II. Farnham. Pennsylvania avenue. Washington. D e.
A very pleasant story, well told, illustrative
of life and character in New England; strain
ing little for effect, now and then, but, on the
whole, natural and discriminative, with many
passages of genuine pathos. Its theme, from
beginning to end is love, STILL love"
History or CuBA or Notes of a Traveller in the Tropc
by Maurn NJ Ba!lou. Published above. and .or ,a.
by Taylor Maury, Washington, y. c.
Mr.. Ballou is good writer and furnishes in
this volume great deal of valuable inlorma-
ton concerning the people of Cuba, their con
diton, resources, &c. but the title he has cho
sen for his work is too pretending. Ii iguot a
" IIistoy.' me nlStorcai sketch given is quite
brief, and certainly not very clear or satislacto-
~. BY the way, when abiding TO the inter
vention of the United States, in 1921, to pre-
vent descent Of the Liberals Of South Amcri-
ca upon Cuba, and to preserve the island
against revolution, why did he not state the
whole TRUTH and place on record in his volume
the fact, that the Federal Government used its
in Cuba, solely for the purpose Of perpetuatiug
Slavery, and securing the slave system Of the
South from the perils with which Cuban emau-
cipation might threaten it!
Mr.. Ballou is not fibUstiey, but he is a de-
voted amneXationist. His arguments in favor
of the measure are neither new nor convincine.
1t is rather marvellous that he should attempt
to win public favor for the policy, by cndeavor.
ing to prove that it is the fixed purpose Of
Spain, notwithstanding all her disclaimers, to
emancipate the slaves in Cuba. 1t would b. a
beautiful sight, to see the Government Of the
"Model Republic" interfering to prevent a
friendly nation from establishing system Of
Free Labor in her colony!
THE IRoY Cousin or Mutual Influence By NTary Cow
den Clarke. New York ID. Appleton Co. Fo. -a.rdg
r. Farnham, Washington. d. C.
The two principal characters of this work
are, a young girl of genius, spirit and indie
pendence, invested with extraordinary personal
| attractions, but, from defective education,
selfwillcd, blunt, naughty, and domineerng;
and her cousin, a young man, clear-sghtcd,
we'll disciplined, selEcontrolled calm, profound
y affectionate, severely just, Of unbcndng viii.
The theme, Of course, is the mutual attraction
and repulsion, the curious play of afinilics De-.
tween them, by which each modfes and i'm
proves the character of the other, until both
like kindred drops melt into one The book is
exceedingly interesting, but it would have lost
nothing as a work Of art, had the writer omit.
ted several merely episodcal passages, and
kept her imagination always in harmony with
the fitness Of things.
CUMMINGS MINOR WORKS Philadepeia Lindsay A Rls.-
ison For sale 10y Taylor Maury Washington D C.
The two volumes before ms contain. first.
Lectures on the work Of " the Everlasting Ia
Their secondly, Lectures on the work of the
Son of God. In third volume, not vet issued,
he will treat of the influence of the Holy Spirit.
DIR. Cumming occupies n large space in the
Christian world: he is reputed to be the great
est pulpit orator in London. His printed works
abound in evidences of eminent intellectual
power, disciplined by rigorous logic and fine
taste, and applied to the noblest themes. He
is earnest, positive, and independent, speaking
what he believes to be truth, apparently with
out fear or favor. The general reader will find
his discourses, especially those on the Miracle
and PARALLELS, very different from the class Of
discourses generally to which they belong.
THE PARALLELS OF Frederick Adolphus Krummaclcr Ia-
hshed and tor sale 5 above.
This volume, from the seventh German ed
ton, is embellished with twenty-six handsome
illustrations, and executed in style of almost
faultless Typography, The fame Of these Par
ables has gone out into various languages and
many of them are familiar as household words.
The American publishers have done good
thing in giving us this beautiful complete edI-
ton Of them.
LITERARY REcREArIoNs AND MIscELIANE>. By john g.
Whittier Boston Iicknor & Fields. For sale by lay
Tor i Maury, Washington ID c.
A neat volume of 427 pages, of the prose
writings of John G. Whittier, for the most part
originally written for newspapers with which he
has been editorially connected, especially for