Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-19
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TIE KALEIDOSCOPE Edited by Mrs. r. B. Hick
and Miss II. II. Bait Petcrsburg.-The gifted ladie
who send forth this paper are rendering it O ver,
charming Journal, and QUO which, at every 6reside
will DO found profitable Is we'll as entertaining. ]
Merits a wide circulation-espeoially in Virginia.
ALoSr AND HIDES PArH.-We ore indsbt4d Il
tho en:srprising publishers, Messrs. Derby s. Jack
son, for very handsome and revised editions Of lhess
deservedly popular productions. We have ALREADY
spoken OF their merit at length, and every day add:
% the number Of those who endorse our opinion o.
tho noble talents Of Marion Hsrland, their author.
ERSEsr Lrxwoop. BY Caroline Lee Heu.z.-
Messrs. John P. Jewe,. & Co., of Boston. have for.
wa.ded us q portion Of the proof sheets Of this forth.
coming novel. We have perused them with much
In;aSos: sud think the book i, destined to NEE. with a
suooees oven superior to that With which Mrs sn's's
former productions have been favored.
HARPsR's NEW MosrzLY MAGAZINE. (For sale
by Aesss Harold s. Muray.)-Ths February mum.
Der opens with a finely illustrated sketch Of Washing
ton, by J.. 8 c. Abbott. Dickens Little Dorritt is
continued and grows In interest. The remaining art;s
cles are selected with the usual good taste and dis
csimine,ioo.
FoRrsr TRAGEDY AND orHIR TALES. BY Grace
Greenwood. Boston: [Ticknor e. Fields.l-TLe
public have faith in Grace Greenwood. All tina; che
does they know will be we'll done. Every new ema-
nation from asr gifted pen is hailed with delight
The books travel swiftly over her own country and
cross the water to be greeted in other lands. Those
who rise from their perusal feei that the hours charm.
cd away have nevertheless beon well ppent. The
Forest Tragedy takes us back TO tho American RI.
violation. II has historical foundation and Il elled
with vivid and dramatic pictures of the scenes en-
oe:ed In those ssmi.barbarous times. Hcr portraits
on the Oneida sisters are powerfully aud beautifully
sketohed. The grand, upright. guiltavenging Gaia.
nsh, and the yielding, delicate, trua,lng and constap,
Onasa, leave the impression Of an eagle and q dove
on the mind. Wsadmire each the more because it |:
thrown In o~ontras. with ito opposite. and We canno.
think Of them apart. Tho fery young chief, Ga
ranguli. the enamored Maurice de vandrenil and the
heroic Marquis de Lafayette. also move before Us with
lifs-like reality. The frequent mention Of tho latter
and the oommemoratiou of his brave deeds lends al
especial charm to the volume. AS the narrative pro,
gressss, the soene Is changed from America to Psris
during the troublous days Of the unfortunate Louis
XVI, but closes with the last visit of the ~illustrious
Lafayette to this country, and hs conversation with
the celebrated Seneca chief. Red Jacket.
We wish that our space permitted US to spenk at
length OF the other Tsles-Thc Minister'S Choice; St.
Pierre, the soldier; Alice's Trysti and the Child-Secr.
They arc all spirited, full of incident aud Of unfag.
ping intarast. The ynlnma Ia la3ioofad as q frihnfa
u admiration and remembrance TO Mary Hewitt.
POPULAR Moral TALES FOR TIKI YouSG. BY
Mary Hewitt. New York. lApple,on & Co.I-we
have received from hsssrs. Harold a. Murray this
entertaining little volume, and 1t to all
our Juvenile readers. Children who love books,
Those gsnt!cst Of instruotors,) aud commence early 10
collect q library, should make q place for these tales,
by ono who is q vsritable lover Of children.
BLAcKwooD's EpISBURe MAGAZINE. Vol. Kill,
No. s. Received from Mr.. james oodhouse.-Th
December number Of this widely circulated magazine
contains tbs conclusion Of Zaidee, one OF the most DC.
lishtful ronanoes of the day. Simony and Lay Pa
tronsge, historically and morally considered; Illustra.
:ions Of Herodotus; Modern Light Literature: Art
Court.hip under Difficulties; Our rural population
and the wer, ETC., etc.
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THAeKERAY's BALLADS. Boston: Ticknor 4
Fields. Received from Nr. Woodhouse.-There ly.
rice have already proved their clsims 10 wide popu.
larlty. The witty, good humored spirit that pervades
them, the squib and pun and quaint burlesque, are
irresistibly comic. Many Of them FIRST appeared in
the humorous columns Of Punch, and were shouted
over By Tnsckeray's oountrymeo before they trsv.
elled seross the water 10 make us merry. The Lyra
Aype.niea, The Sorrows Of Wetther, The Ballad Of
Eliza Davis, The Album and the Pen, are capital an.
titodes for the b'uss. Thackerny has himself revised
ths collection. The Publishers have beautifully exc
cuted their portion Of The work. The public are doing
thsir part 'n carrying homo the boob to make ,beir
hresldes brighter.
EpsrH ALLEy, OR SKETCHES or LirE ~ Via.
GINA. BY Laurence Neville. j. W. Randolph,
Richnond.-Ws extract from tho Southern Literary
Messenger the following review Of the production 0,
this new candidate for literary fame:
.rhe authorship of this entertaining novel 10 Who'll
1y unknown to Us, but we cannot 70 tar wrong in at
~tribusinH it to a practised writer, and a mind of grea
originality; Mr.. Laurence Neville, or the gontleInap
or lady, who adopts that nom ds plume, has n keel
eye for the course Of human things, and there Is
tsrse and vigorous dash OF the pencil about many .
tho scenes in this work, which wo scarcely remembe
meeting with elsewhere. The deficiency Of tho boob
lies. we think, in it's literal reality Of handling. Nei
Their poesy, nor hu,naandr,dnaSn appear anywhere il
its pages. Tits q %trenchant aud clearly cut picture O
hE as Il Is. The merits OF the volume on the oihe
hand are equally uninistak eable, and as easily Der
oeived. Tho leading characters are drawn. brief,
bu. strongly, and tho miser .prodigal Letare 10 power
fully delineated. The cOloring of the book il sin man,
places wonderfully true to Virginia life, and We feel
conviction that the author Possesses powers whicl
will enable him to accomplish something Tar bette
than even this striking production. The volume
published With great good taste, and rejects niue
credit upon Mr.. Randolph, from whosc house it 10 il
sue9."
TIE ASABAsIs OR EXPEDITION OF CYRcs AID tn
MExokAsILlA or soeRArEs.. Literally translate
from the Greek Of Xenophon. By the Rev. j.
Wa.son. II. A. NJ. r. 8. L.: with a Biographies
Commentary. by ". 2. Alnswortb, ESQ.,, F. S.
F.R. G.. g., F. {. G. New York: Harper & Brothers
Reueived from Harold e. Murray.-Ths presep
translator has endeavored 10 preserve the sense an,
spirit Of the original, in language which may eatisf
both the English reader and the scholar.
CEsAR's CoAnEyrARIEs on THE GALLO Asp Civ
IL Wars. Literally translated, with notes and a yer,
elaborate index. New York: Harper s. Brothers,
Received from Harold & ~Murray.-This ~translatio,
/. pronounced the most complete that has yet beer
presented to the English public. Besides the book,
deemed authentic, il includes those variously attribu
ted to Hiriius aud others, namely: The Eighth Book
Of the Gallo War, anu the Alexandrian, African, and
Spanish Wars. In addition 10 these the fragmenis
consisting Ut quotations. from various ancient authors,
relating 70 Cesar, are DOW for the first time given in
Eaclias.