Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-25
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ooOh NOilCES.
!. The Lives OF THE LORD CHIEF Jrs1Icr. Of
EsoLASD' from the Norman Conquest ill the B-ah
OF Lord Tentsrdsn BY John Lord Campbell, ~,
D, Co., vol. 8. Philadelphia Blanchard l. I.s
1857 For sale by Adolphus Morris, Main ST., Rcb "
mond.
The third volume of the "Lives OF the Chief Jus.
tces" by the distinguished author Of the Lives o. ha
Lord ChancelloS, is ths most interesting and va!us
bls OF the three. II contains the lives Of Chief jus
tces Kenyon. Ellenborough, and Tenterden anG Il
the concluding volume of the series. II We except
the life of Lord Mansfield in the second volume OF
this work and that Of Lord Eldon in the fifth vol
OF the Chancellors, the lives of Kenyon, Ellenbo-
rough and Tenterden are the most elaborately ana
carefully written of any of the great jursts of Ens
land. The volume before us, is a mine Of quain,.
rare, valuable aud entertaining information. full Of
legal anecdotes and incident and itpesesses
attraction Barrngtons sketches and Twiss celebra
ted life of Lord Edon. The lives of the three Chiel
Justices to whom We have referred extend over spe
riod Of English history from 1892 10 ls3O--nesry
century.
9. Guy LIVINGSTONE, OR "THoRoy A move
Harper 4 Brothers. New York: 1857. For sale BY
A. Morris. Richmond.
This is a new novel by q new and unknown auho'
but the American reading public will thank the h.'
pers for repubshng it. 1t is extraordinary work
In every respect and possesses all the dramatic force
of Charles Reads and Of the late Charlotte Bronr-e
best novels. The name Of the author cannot long
remain secret, for the novel is one of the best Of
the season.
s. We have also received from Mr.. Morris .h- fist
volume of Henry Barth's great work ou "NoHrE
AND CENTRAL AFRICA but a work so valuable .sI
remarkable, and which is destined to take 20 hi.
rank among the most distinguished books of s;er.
tiic research and travel must be reeerved for future
and more extended notice. 1t 10 work in three
large volumes, of nearly eight hundred pages each,
and was originally published at the instance Of the
British government. 1t is produced by the H:r-
pers in splendid STYLE and 10 form way inferior
to the English edition. No such work on Africa has
ever been published before.
4. The PoETIcAL WORKS OF LEIGH HuST, now
first collected revised by himself and edited with
Introduction, by 5. Adams Lee. Boston: Tlckuor
& Fields. 1857. vols.
This edition of the Poems of Leigh Hunt form 4
most attractive portion of the beautiful blue and
Gold" series of standard works now beisg published
by Ticknor & Fields. "As the last surviving relic"
saysa writer in Harper's Weekly, "of day OF spen.
cid literature. as the friend Of Lamb Colerdge snd
Wordsworth. as the assistant Of Byron in bu'ytus
poor Shelly. Leigh Hunts name is well known. 1t
us hope that this exquisite edition Of his works VII
make him better known than heretofore to the Atne
| rcsn public.
| His humorous poems, are his best aud pleassptes
! In these it is delight to find him. II them we De
tect that hearty happy congenal soul which GO sin
gulary bound to him men who we're of diverse
taste and feelings, as Byron and Shelly, and Lsmo
and Coleridge.
This beautiful edition Of hs works s for sale by
James Woodhouse, Main street, Richmond.
S. PoEHs-By Rosa Vertuer johnson, Bostor' -
Tickuor s Fields, 1857. handsomely printed
lume, aud for sale by James Woodhouse.
| c. HINTS ON HEALTH, with familiar instructions
for the treatment and preservation Of the sku hair,
teeth. eyes, &c.-By WiIlsm Coale, NJ. D., &c
| Tioknor & Fields, Boston, 1857.
This is most excellent, practical and relIabework
| by an eminent Physician, and Is we'll worthy OF pa
rusal For sale by James Woodhouse
7. ELEMENTS OF LoGIc-Dssgned as manual of
instruction. BY Henry Coppee, A. H., Professor Of
Logic and English Literature in the University OF
| Pennsy vanis Philadephia:-E. A. Butler 81 Co.
| 1857.
| Prof Coppee was. when professor at West Point
regarded as the ablest Professor of Logic in ,i.ie
country, and although we have had no time 10 *
| anime his book have doubt that II is raIun-
BILE work for our colleges and schools. 1t is for s,Io
at the store of j. w. Randolph, Main Street.