Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-02
LIT e r. A h Y .

LIT e AIRY.
uAxpls's MAGAziy. From Mcssrs. Harold &
Nu-.s,.] The contributions of the May number are
A Visit to the Silver Mines Of Contra! America with
Illustrations. Com nodore Perry's Expedition I"
Japan, With illustrations The Gnawers' 'l'ustrat'ops'
2iartha Wyatt's Life The Rise of the Dutch Nepno'
lie. Two College Friends. The Sto.y OF Mars me
Senses, Sight. Reco!lec,ions OF Samuel hogers' LII"
ne Dor.i;t, by Charles Dickens, CONTINUED. MONTH
IS Record Of Current Events. Literary Notices. ho'-
tors Table. Drawer. Easy Chair
B1,cSwoop', EpiSBrRG MAGAzlsE, Vol. AL!l.
40 3 IRsceived from J. Woodhouse.l Conten''-
sidiell's History of Rome. Montel. Biography Zone
Mad. The Greek Church. Nicaragua aud the Fill
busters. Tue Scottish Fisheries. Sydney Smith
Pesrases for Life. The Weusleydale Creation.
The NORTH BRIrI.R REVIEW, No. 1LF1ll.-
Received from J. Wcodhouse.] Contents france
and Scotland. DR.. George Wilson on Color Blind
ness. Scottish Schools FOR the Middle Glasses. buu'
sno's Sign. of tue Tunes. Mettray and Red Hill
R.u Jonson Resent Serunous-Scosch, Euglish and
Irish. Hotels. Italian Character aud Italian Pros
poets
The Sose OF HiAwArHA. By Henry Wadsworth
Loagfeliow. Bos;on-Tickuor & Fields. Received
from Mc. Woudhouse.-The annals OF L'tera:afs
sascely cbroncl. poetic success that can De naueu
With the triumph of this great American Epic o'""ss
hurled by the inpot-nt hands o: envy against 'ie
--np,e have OILY lighted to Increase the lotncss VI
Is structure England is in raptures at the oIrtn VI
Gn-rica's fest grand natioual poem. Elocuuonis's
have seized upon IIiswatba aud are traversng The
,ani to give voice for delighted crowds; dramatiss
acknowledging It's stage capabilities artists have be-
guu to make il the subject Of their brudhes; Children
~. c,,ris,ened Hiawatha and Mnnebaha; edition ats
ter edition of the poem has poured rapidly from the
preas TO still uusupplied public. The uumberiess
psrodies of the versifcation which have hoaed
through our periodicals for months past may DO looked
upon AS a certain evidence Of the volumes eminent
sncc.ss. That alone which is popular is seized upon
az fitting subject for buresque. We have heard
Of one or two persons who could not comprehend this
traditional and legendary history OF the American
Indians aud their uudeveloped love Of the beautiful
excited very natural compassion. May the bard
whose name adds much lustre to the literature oil
our country give another song as full OF de-
iicou. melody as Hiawatha
SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF WALTER
SavaGs L4ypoR. Edited by George Stillman Hill
lard. Boston Ticknor & Fields. Received from
James Woodhouse.-We clip FROM the Home journal
the following remarks, because they so thoroughly
express opinions which We might have uttered less
felcitously:
"Wslter Savage Landor picked in Selections
those selections too, land here is the main value VI
tine present "oume) made by mind OF quite as hie
quality the authors, yet OF most dIain.ricaii!
Opposite. nature. Of all lnrn in the world, should
l,y. billiard lasr az the probable
editor OF Savage Landor-yet this very dlametricity
.: point Of view is recognized by ones second thought
me why he can do 1t best. Hlards mind
is Il scnetar in hand, with speck of suptrttuIty
from point TO hilt; Lanior's is broad. lost i'll
hay NOV and useless from the overburtheninS in
which has rusted liiIard il cool, Keen. true aliG
trenchau,; La:i"r hot. hendoug eccentric and clun-
sy. Yet both have the steel edge OF genius aud the
axe OF Lauder has but To be iexterousy handled L.
ceave mos, any subject 10 the heart
AsPEs CouKT. a Story of our Time. By
Shirley Brooks. New York: S,rngrr II Townsend
Received from J. w. Randolph. is Of the
most charming novels We have read. The char
acters are dashed off with great spirit; the style IL
highly dramatic, and full Of salient "points." That
Shirley Brooks is drumattSt, ia evident i'll every
chapter OF his novel; His pictures of English society,
though highly eulored, but too true. Tue plot L.
almost too compcated-too full Of startling or affect
ing incidents, but we should hardly 6nd fault with
the richness of an authors Imagination. The move!
belongs to the intense school, but its structures upon
mea aud manners are calculated to do good.
Poems. BY Charles Kingsley. Author of Amyas
Leigh, Hypatin etc. Boston Ticknor s. Fields
Received from J. WUodhou-e.-The incidents OF
IL. Saints Tragedy we'll authenticated. The
poet-(;or il is undeuiable tia, Kingsley tru.
poe,)- has painfully exhibited, in darkest hues, the
horrors Of superstition then flooded the picture witt
heavenly light in portrayiug the beauty and purity OF
tho 1narrisse relation. We wish our space allowed
Va io Of the gems that sparkle over tb.
pages.
L,FE Is BRAZIL. by rLomas Eubank. New
York Harper & Brother. Received from M.ssrs
Harold j. Murray This volume is au exceediugl.
!uterestios Journal Of visit TO the land of the cocos
aud the palm, with appendix containing ilustra.
tons Of aacieu South American Arts in recently dis
covered implements aud products Of domestic indus
try, aud works in stone pottery, gold, silver, bruuz-
etc., with over 100 illustrations.
Hoops POEMS. Edited by Epes Sargent Bos
ton Philips, Sampson & Cove are Indebted tt
Mr.. a. Morris for q very handsome edition Of thes
wor,d-reuowued poems. They have alteady bee'
reviewed ut leugth in our columns. We are glad t.
learp that their sale very extensive aud their p"pu
larity lie ever Oh the increase.
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