Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-07
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TIE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON
BrJouSS .C.AaBorr. With maps and illustrations
Published By Messrs. Harper & Brothers, New
York.
W, are indebted 10 Mcssrs. Harold & Murray for
these two handsomely bound aud finely illustrated
octave volumes. Abbott's life Of Napoleon was for Il
long time the leading picture OF Harper's Magazine
and perhaps contributed more 10 its popularity than
tie art. les Of any other writer. The recent publica.
ton is noticed rs follows in the Boston Transcript.
We thoroughly coincide with the critic:
IAN tho taking qualities known to b~ook-masterS
have been combined in the two handsome octavos
jus, issued BY Harper s B-o.hers-Abbotts Lie of
Napoleon effective portraits, graphic ilustratlohs'
ani q picturesque, rapid and nnecdoucal narrative.
AS a popular work it is a hit; as a historical produc'
ton. the avowed e%ulogistic aim and melodramatic
style, render lis claims paiPabiy doubtful IIt 'nrs
had mainly in view, pro6t-a Very legitimate object
and there is every reason to believe this Will be re-,
allied. Readers familiar v 18th French memoirs, nud
aware of the romantic biographies Of Bonapartes
Nur.hals ex,ant, perceive where Mr.. Abbott found
his materials, and will make the requisite allowances.
Tho murder Of the Duke d'Eughein, the divorce from
Josephine, the invasion OF Spain and Russia. me
family ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, the establishment OF lnsti-
turions which the world had outgrown, the blind am
bi,;ou and the military egotisln of Napoleon. are facts
too patent for the Judgment of mankind to be reVers'
ell. No scholar or Humanitarian VIII place tliis "orR
for reference on the same shelf vi his library with
authentic ana philosophical histories. II belongs 10
that large sphere OF modern literature which may be
termed that of romatic compilation. Ae such II ls got
up III a most attractive manner, and at greht cost >ts
r.,oo,nr;,y hav:n. heeutes,ed by It's success in l. seri-
=. form. Considering how much entertainment II
yields, aud what u tnrge; 1t will prove TO- critics, IT'S
offered for safe at u very moderate rare
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, EXILE AND CON
y%ERSATIONS OF TIE EMPEROR NAPOLE-
OK, ny rHg CuusT DE LAS CAsis. With portrait,
anil o;her Illustrations; in four volumes. Published
ny Eedneld, New York. Received from Mr.. Wood,
house.
The history given Us Of Napoleon by tho Count De
L.s Casa. is perhaps more reliable than the one re-
m.,,:oaca above. II il no, interior To- the former in
,ynaa,;c interest. We ieol strongly inclined 70 give
i::Io preference in many respects.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are certain mysteries, On
.i;.lv coinmnu, and forever inexpllcable, IA why
b'a,k satin waietco'ts must not be worn IN the
,..rairg-and by certain people, never; why "a coat
% l.oa,.et which is to-day pleasing ana. IN u sense
D"crs, ary 10 the eye, is mkt Year an OFFSET Oh derl-
,ivc iaurh,er; why q human being must, under no
circumstances, convey food o his mouth with Il Knit g;
WIN the legs OF a piano should be mentioned only lu
cases Of extreme necessity; why some peoples clothes
Lover III them; why other people always say tue
wr,n, thing a. the wrong time; why Mrs. Bat says
4, Mrs. Cat that she was very sorry not 20 find her IN
o. Monday morning, when she only called on Mon
d. morning because che knew that Mrs. Cat was
ont why old higgins smokes ten cigars Il day, aud
warns H:rrins iunior-who smokes twelve IN private
--ba. he must never acquire the pernicious habit OF
tobacco: why people buy stock that must fall; why
people 20 ,~!eighins, and declare, with blue noses, and
ie.t ike specimens of the mer de- SIace. that 1t was
= .,.I' a.. ,--t o"l Eyhilurntin,r.' Nylr manila
who don't like music en to the opera: but, chiefly,
why any body ever undertakes to manage an opera.
lha! l.. after ali, the sreat mystery OF society. IN
der certain circumstances, il is possible to i"ncy u
man making Il small bumdic Of money, aud throwing
!; INTO tie river umobserved. But why he should
cas-, as coin into the scn, and be b'ackguarded By
every body into the hargain-that is even more in
e1plicable than why the turnip crop depends upon
boiled les Of mutton.
The following story was related by the lutte Ro-
bert Southoy to DR.. Sprnsue, of Albany,
a person connected with the cathedral at Bris-
toll, BY the name OF L9r', and who was Just on the
eve of being married, dreamed that in looking over
the register of deaths in the cathedral, no saw his
own name at the bottom OF the list. file was some
what alarmed BY il, and his mother still more. Short
IL after, he dreamed that III u corner OF the cnthc-
dral. near the cluister, he saw Il monument with ms
own name upon it. \ few nights alter rs ne was
returning from u visit TO the young lany 10 ~h"'r
he was engaged, he came into the house pale, and
almost brea,li!ess: and upon being asked what was
nix. matter. he replied that on his way home he hai
witnessed! a very strange spectacie-seVcral men
bearing a coffin, covered with req morocco ana an,
brass ,aIs, and what chiefly alarmed HIM was, tna'
they had brought it into tina: house.
They immediately sent out to enquire II any
person living in that street had just died, and they
found that none had. They then sent TO every un'
1.r,nkcr TO enquire whether any Of them had fur.
nished u coffin that night, AID it was a'certained
tina, none had been furnished. Shortly after, the
poor fellow became suddenly i'll, and after a few
dava died. They had great difficulty, for some
time, in finding q place in the cathedral where he
could be buried; bu, they found, Mt length, one va
cart place. and it proved to be i'll the very corner
where. in his dream, lac had scen his monument
And when the coffin came, 1t turned out that the
undertaken, an eccentric man, without havlng re
c.ivrd any such directions, and merely from q WISH
Il" testify his respect for the family. hsu hau ;h y.
Souchev assured ME that he had not the least douo
-. these facts, and thu, the monument OF the youu'
man WAS sill to be seen in the cathedral. l under
stood him to say that tho event had occurred ooou
forty years before
FLOWER POTS FOR ROOMS.-Fill a pot with
course moss Of my kind, in the same manner as !
would be- filed with earth, and place a cutting or
seed in the moss; il will succeed admirably, especial.
with plants destined TO ornament n draHins.room.-
IN suci. O situation plants grown IN moss VIII tnriV'
bette: than in garden mould, and possess the yer,
great advantage Of not causing dirt ny the esrt'
wesh.n- ou, Of them when wa;rred. The eaplaua
ton OF the practice seems to be this: that mos
raG:acd into II pot, and subjected TO a continual wa
ti.lng, II soDu brought into a state Of uecompOhltioE
when Il Incomes a very pure vegetable uould-ant
it's well known that pure vegetable mould Is th'
most proper ot all materials for tho growth Of almos
oil kinds "i plants. Tn, moss would also not retail,
Irnro moisture than precisely the quantity best adapt
I'D 10 the ahsorban, powers of the root, a condition
which can scarcely be obtained with any ~certaint,
hy tho use of earth.-lErchnacc.
ASTONISHING FEArS.-"Those are aston;sb
Inc !ests, said Oh ardent sdnirer ot tho sports of iii,
rim. TO Mrs. Pennington, at the circus Inst evening"
"ss.onishinc frate!!' YES" said the old lady. IS
they ara astonishing feet, ard considerable. lev.. toe
"a iudcr N. this distance She looked at Ike, VIII
WHO "a; by the curb watching tue clown with hi
.vrs full of wonder aud his bonds full OF peanuts. an
rnc cached over To Ills honor the mayor and aske
hin Il le thought 1.-THE revolving by the whole ,roup
yrould have a dilntorous tenderness ON the body.
lie assured her with great urbanty that he did nc
tl.I.k il would. said she, as she handed b,
saaT bnx - Leo, al The door, '':hls riding IS dlucrei
f,"n what it wac in the Country, When ! was q gu
wien we had to ride double on a pinory. But VII
eighty they show! 1t Eeems a. il they we're scf upt
sTrii:ls like l. potsnt feather bed, and that every boz
in ell was made Of whslebonen She stood loVkir
nj the ho.sernansbip, and PRONOUNCED 1t the pest 3
Yut-;cripS performance sbe bad ever seem, said IN
NJ. Stout beat lierulHneum himself for strength, al
that the whole was worthy Of the bichcst paragon
TIE LORDS PRAYER.-a friend tells US
apec! o,e of Booth, tho great itragedian, which We
d.: ~racouect having seen IL priut. It occurred in Il
p4l.ay dsys OF his fame, before the sparkle Of his gre
ui.ck eye had been dimuej by that bane of geniu
.yoag driuk. Booth and sovriG! friends had beon il
<n.l 70 dine with an cd gentleman 10 ba!tmore,
c,..ingu;sAsd kindness, urbaui,y, and piety. II