New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-21


The MINISTRY OF LIFE. By Maria Louisa Charles
worth. New York D. Appleton & Co. For sale
in New Orleans by Thomas L. White, los Canal
/ street.
tits sufficiently explicit indication Of the stand
ard of literary composition TO be claimed By this
work for us to remark that it is by the authoress
that charming book entitled Minstering Children =
"a book alike entertaining and morally and reig-
iously instructive. AS the work. as is remarked in
preface, not written to illustrate the personal
effort involved in moral progress on earth but 10
illustrate the actual ministry Of en the details Of
the ordinary life history of its characters are given
and in glanCing through it we are convinced that
they are woven into most interesting story and one
which would add greatly to the holiday happiness of
young folks whose spirits are not 50 uproarious but
they can be tanned down to the quiet enioyments to
be found in literary recreation. The time OF those Of
every age will not be misspent if given to this book
1t is well printed, and its title pages are beautifully
Illustrated upon tinted paper,
BLONDE AND BRUNETTE; or the Gothamite Already.
By no author. New York; D. Appleton & Co.
For sale IN New Orleans by 7. l.. White l05 Canal
street.
Some crazy sort Of genius, with a large stock of
heterogeneous information poured it all into the three
hundred neatly printed pages of this book in ranb
with sound sense, here and there sandwiched among
nonsense like very thin slice Of wholesome meat be,
tween very thick slices of inferior bread A weak.
for big words an atectation of eccentric express
sion and an inevitable recurrence Of nonsense which
apparent from the first page of the book, contn
uay stimulate the curiosity of the reader to 20 on
and see what in the name of sense and the vocabulary
the unknown author will say next. Such induce.
ments may cause it to be read.
BERTRAM NoEL-A story for youth BY E. ]. NAV.
New York: d. Appleton u Co. For sale in New
Orleans by Thomas l.. White, los Canal street
A cursory examination of this book enables US to
express a commendatory opinion. It is sensbly
written, and is avowedy of moral tendency; at once
instructive and entertaining 1t is well printed and
bound, and illustrated with number of engravings.
META GRAY or What Makes Home Happv, RvtF.
J. Mcintosh. New York d. Appleton q Co.
For sale in New Orleans by Thomas L. White, los
Canal street.
This is domestic story, as the title indicates, and
from the authors literary autecedents it must GER
tainly be well worth perusat. The authors text, in.
scribed on the title page, is Better dinner Of herbs
where love is than stalled OK and hatred there.
with, and unhappy Benedicks aud Beatrices may
find some instruction in his pages It is handsomely
printed and well bound
CoRNELLs GRAMMAR School GEOGRAPHY, =Bv s.
S. Cornell New York: D. Appleton Co. For
sale in New Orleans by Thos L. White, No, los
Canal street,
This geography forms part Of a systematic series
OF School Biographies, embracing an extended course
and adapted to pupils of the higher classes in public
and private schools, 1t is edited by s s. Cornell
corresponding member of the American Geographic
cal and Statistical Society and appears we'll adapted