New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-15

III tUhIiy. OF frDNtD-Ih"H'
Tn in that Farley, all those powers
Voted the Rose the queen OF flowers
But 20 as that nerss!i should be
The maid of honor unto thee
HERRIcK.
TIE strailaced unitarian may frOFn Oh this dainty
volume as frivolous waste of time which might have
been devoted TO the connection OF facts Ia grind,
but no one who loves spice OF the fantastic witn
more solid mental reflections but will relish Its perusal
TIE HIDDEN PATH. By MAaIAS HARLASD. i2rno.' PIP.
434. J. c. Derby
With suiii Iient strength Of purpose TO avoid the
gsrng colcrs by which notOrety Is given TO many in
frr productions the author Of this story relies Tor
succe,s Oh It's natural deneatOu o. familiar domestic
scenes It's skiDf grouping and contrast Of characters,
and the purity and refinement Of its moral tone IL
offers few attractions 10 perverted taste for excite
ment, but wins healthy interest by its illustrations
OF actual life and inward experience. The heroine
presents beautiful example Of female excellence uo-
Ger severe trials She is the daughter of Virginia
planter, but losing her father at early age, is left
to the care Of her mother, an afectonae and devoted
woman, but with little depth of character and OF a
plant susceptibility to surrounding Influences
subtle. smooth faced, sefcomplacent villain who had
been her lover previous TO ker marriage now sorcls
her hand and gains her consent TO become his wife,
He avails himself Of the power THIS obtained over
the family estate to defraud the orphans of their in
heritance and Bella the heroine of story, is thrown
upon her own resources and seeks to gain her live
hood by teaching Up.n her reverse OF fortune, She
is forsaken by heartless lover to whom she had
been engaged almost from childhood, ana is COM
pelled. moreover to undergo many discoursgements
and hurniiations in her devotion to duty. The vol
ume is occupied with the history OF her serene forth
tude, her lesolue wOmany courage, and the suffer-
gs of her deep but undenonstratiye nature, In her
noble struggles with adversely. With no preensions
to briapcy Of style marked originality OF thought
il will win tho favor of large class OF readers by lts
effective appeals to their best and purest sympahies
The style OF this story is generally pleasing on account
of it, indebtedness and its freedom from rhetorical
fights. Occasional expressions not in the best use
NAV be detected which mark the Impractical writer
ike "quif instead of "gnatcd," for the imperfect
tense Of the verb "happened upon for " met pih,"
and the inevitable COZ fusion OF "trH' and shaH,'
"uonld and g." shoud," which betrays the Souhcrner
and the Scotchmsn.
OLE; Or, THL OLD WEST ROOM BY L. NJ NJ l2mo'' PIP
The prominent merit of this story is its loyal reliance
on simplicity and nature without failing in With the
melodramatc ex,ggerations which appear to be 80
much to The taste of many readers well as writers IN
tbese aays of craving and eager excitabity ole 10
q poor forssken orphan, who early Ia life was thrown
upon the care of an old friend of her mother but OF
whom she was deprived by death before she had
passed the period Of childhood Her various fortunes
present fruitful subject of narrative and are depicted
in style Of minute, honest dagueueotyping, that
cannot fail to interest the reader in her peculiar his
tory In connection with the leading parsonage of the
story several characters are introduced whose odd
individuality is well hit off, among whom Aunt Rachel
and Uncle John figure to advantage. The work 10
slightly put together and would have been improved
by greater degree of point and condensation. Inc
frequent use of local colloquiosms gives life
Ike cooring to the dialogue and Is certainly not 10 be
censured in the mouths Of the Yankee interocutors
but they sometimes creep into the narrative ior which
the writer alone must be held responsible. The gen.
era drit of the sory, however, and its apt defines
tiops of familiar phases of life and character, will
make it favorte in numerous circles.
HEwETs ILLUMINATED HOUSEHOLD STORES RES
With Illustrations ~ W. H. THwArEs. Vol l. lomo.,
PIP 81. III. W. HeTe.
TIE nnhlisher of this beautiful volume announces
series of illuminated juvenile works with embeuish-
merits by the best artists and in style OF tasteful and
even superb typography. They are to consist OF
standard fairy stories, commencing with the immortal
history Of Cinderella. The volume now Issued gives
rich promise of the character of the series II has
frontispiece printed in oil colors, which ia new tea-
ture in American illustrated books The pic nal en-
bellishments which profusey scattered throughout
the volume indicate great felicity Of design and are
executed in a spirited and highly finished style They
have the rare merit Of being charscteristc-truly
illustrating the scenes which they are intended to
represent. The beauty and good taste which mark
the work commend ii TO the puryeyors for juvenile
libraries and it win doubtless gain a universal vel
come from young readers.
roLYGLoT READER. By J. RoENER, A NJ. l2lno.. vols,
u. A3p!etnn & Co
The purpose Of this work is 10 furnish manual for
translatioDs from the English language into French,
German Spanish and Italian, and reciprocal ally from
those languages into the English vernacula IL con-
sist. Of a ssries Of selections from various English
Classical authors with accurate TRANSACTIONS OF the
same into the different languages named above, one
volume being devoted 10 each language, and the col
lective volumes serving mutual keys. An elabo-
rate introduction presents the views Of the editor IN
regard 10 the methods Of instruction IN philoloSy
They are characterized by acuepcs- and lucidty and
will dsservediy attract tho atteotion d practical
ienclefs The work IL Issued In convenient form and
with great neh,fses Of typography.
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