The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-05-31
NO. 439.
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Ny BROTHERS kEEPER. By a. -. warner, author OF
sDollars and Cents" MIR Rutherords Children &c
New York ID. Appleton & Co. For sale by r. Farm
ham, Washington
aAmy Lothrop," the genial and fanciful,
throwing aside her nom de plume" here pre-
sents US with simple and pretty narrative,
whose scenes are laid among the events of the
war of 1912. The brothers keeper" is a
gentle, stronghearted orphan girl, who, with
the love of sister and the trust of Christian,
cinps to a dissipated brother, and succeeds at
length in saving him from the threatening vor-
tex.
Miss Warmers style, in this as in her former
works, charms by a rare freshness. 1t delights
US ike the naive talk of child. All things
lire in her pages. Even the intangible "dark-
ness hides in corners at sunset" then march.
es with swift steps over the whole city" 1t is
unfortunate that these poetical fancies are so
often clogged with something heavier than
peryading moral. Long quotations from the
Scriptures, or from old divines, occur frequent
": indisputably excellent in their places, but
wearing, upon this simple story, somewhat the
appearance of heavy phylactery upon a robe
of gossamer. In this attempt to combine the
all-important with the entertaining, "Amy Lo-
tbrop" is less successful than her sister. In
reading the "Wide, Wide World" and "Quee-
chy," we find no chapters to skip" though
we often see the need of. condensation; the sto-
~ and its adjuncts are inseparable. The evi-
dent desire to do good, however which has
caused this slight blemish, is in itself recon-
mendation to young author. We doubt not
that Miss Warner will yet achieve much great
er things.
TIE MAYFLowRR, AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS BY H.
b stowe, Author Of Uncle Toms Cabin" &c. Bos-
ton Phillips. Sampson, & Co. For sale by Taylor &
Maury, Washington, ID. C.
Years ago, a small volume, bearing the name
of our favorite among the Spring flowers of
New England, was put into our hands. We
devoured rather than read it, with child's
enthusiasm, now laughing, now crying, over its
mingled mirth and pathos. Joyfully do we
hail again the old friend, so well grown and so
newy-dressed as to have almost escaped recog-
milton at first.
Mrs. Stowe is not less successful in her de-
lineations Of New England life, than in her
wOrld-renowned pictures of Southern society.
"Od Father Norris" "Love versus Law" and
"Uncle Lot" bring the old-fashioned scenes of
bygone days before us with power that takes
captive all our sympathies. We have known
STERN strong men to shed tears over the ire
sistible heart-touches Of the last manned sketch.
Few of these were written merely to amuse or
10 entertain. A warm, lively current of appeal
TO the higher part of mans nature runs through
even the most sprightly stories. "The Two
Al,ars,' Conversation" with a score equally
worthy to be named, will lire when the highly
wrought works of ambitious, selfseeking wri-
tiers shall have passed out of the memory of
The written thoughts of a great soul, in
harmony with itself and the angels are peren-
NAL flowers, which the frosty breath of Time
can never wither.
Feeling" and Earthly Care a Heavenly
Discipline" are two among the more serious,
hghlytoned essays of the book, from which
you rise with the feeling that you have been
privileged to take a glimpse at the authors
iuuCl tHdl 1Ou nave lOuuu Oub INC
secret Of her strength and of her success.
We should rejoice to see the "Mayfower"
planted in every household parterre throughout
the land
ABoYs ADVENTURES IN THE WnDs OF AUSTRALIA; or,
Itrheus Notebook. BY William Hewitt. Boston:
TcAHor Fields. For sale by Taylor & Maury Wash
mgIou. D. c.
The second "New World" which is now
being laid open to the view of civilized man, is
the scene of Herbert's adventures or, rather, as
We suppose, of those of William Hewitt, who
thus ingeniously avoids the appearance of ego
tism. We have read through his narrative
with much interest, and not little wonder
that much had been found "new under the
sun, even at the antipodes. Strange beasts,
unheard-of birds and insects, and unimaginable
IoTers are perpetually rising before us. The
wild sort Of life, too, led in the bush " and at
"the diggmgs," the stories of sudden floods
and forest fires, increase the strangeness of the
scene and make us feel as though we were
Studying the geography of some other planet.
II Earth furnish such limitless variety, what
bounds can reason or Imagination set to the
productions Of universe?
This book will charm and instruct the old as
well as the young, for whom it has been espe-
cially written. The name of Hewitt" is a
sufficient endorsement to its excellent moral
tendency.
HISTORY oy Turkey. BY A. De Lamariine Three vols
We" YORK; d. Appleton & Co. For sale by r. Farm
"a"' rennsy lvania avenue, Washington, ID. C.
Lamarhne has seen the country he writes
ABOUT; visited its interior; studied its traditions
anu history; observed its populations; put him
sen INTO communication with them. His orr
entail imagination is captivated by oriental life;
MS political views, as Frenchman, ally him
WIN The Turks and dispose him to regard them
III 'ne most favorable light. That such man
'uOuld write cold, dry, matterof-fact history of
sueh people, were an impossibility. The work
'e'ore US IN the main, truthful as to narrative,
S.o"S with the hues of romance. Especially in
"' account of the life and mission of Mahomet,
anu The early exploits of Islamism, does he
give iull play to his fancy. 1t can scarcely be
'%'u he ialsifes the truth of history, but he
"-uS 10 that which is authentic, the marvellous
ems OF Tradition, accompanying the whole
WIN scenic embellishments, so that his Nara
i've assumes the form of an Epic.
Inc translator, batting occasional limitations
french phraseology, and the manufacture of
,e" inelegant words, has done his work faith
.--y' French syntax is adapted to French
4e' Oh thought; introduced in our language
appears stited and affected.
= we nave received only the first volume of