The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-05
LITERARY REYIEW.
LIST OF BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

LITERARY REPIEW.
LIST or BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED
coSvksaTess LOND Boston WI
lem ysans. Prom Taylor Naury.
SNS sloN SAVINGS DoEGs, New York: Dok Fitzgerald
lnArsai by 4 J. MAY New Appleton oonp.,,
Esxn LlwrEa, New York Dick 4 Ft.er,,
From franck Taylor.
rrSr Book or ,opsxs cAnIHsrn BY Thomas sioway Boat.
Crosby, Nichols A Co. From Franklin Philip
pCnsA1Ry BY Balancb. Boston. Crosby NA
Sco From Franklin Philip
skNoIsH or wAsnSGroN Will Am
WAY Juvenile series Boston Crosby Nichols Co FTa
JorRsAL or ooSyEaAnoSs IoaD ByAos BY Countess
Beasnston. Boston; William Yeazie.
long established reputation enjoyed by this charm
ing work OF the literary Countess renders extended
review unnecessary IL Is only requisite to call aten
ton TO the beautiful manner in which the Boston pub
fishers have produced the work and To commend il "a
the examination of our readers.
EVERY wonAS Hrs owS IwrE. By George Bishop New York
Dick a Fitzgerald
This is very lucid aud ample exposition of the legal
" Rights of Woman :; it Is such volume us will be
found Invaluable by those ladies who are conpesd or
prefer To live alone and who do business their own
account The thousands of questions that arise daily
to minor points Of law satisfactorily explained and
the manual ought TO be popular
BEarsaSD NoEI A story Youth BY T. May New YORK
ID. Appleton Company.
Bertrand Noel is very pleasant book, but rather too
matured think, for the class for whom IL proeses
to be written such phrases somnifcrous impulses
sound too rhetorical in z a story for youth"
MINISTRY on Luz. Maria Louisa Chaslosworth New Yot
d. Appleton Company
work, by the authoress of g Ministering Child
rem will be eagerly sought for, and when attained
will well repay perusal It's quiet pathos reaches and
calms the spirit of the reader
cARrKsraY. BY Thomas siloway nsto
Crosby, Nichols, Company.
The technical details of this book ARE so far out of our
knowledge that cannot pretend to crcise them But
appears to be just such work every carpenter who
desires improve himself in his calling should possess
The engravngs very finely executed on copper
Tm AoE cnyAy BY Thomas Bnlanch Crosby Mich
obs Company.
Mr.. Bulfnch untes profound scholarship with poetic
temperament His own mind and character well fit him
for the task of exhuming from the vaults of the past the
steelcad bodies and ohyalrc deeds Of Arthur aud the
Knights. Beautifully illustrated, the volume is very
suitable or presentation the publishers have done full
justice to their author. and he has well acquitted himself
of his task.
sslp, rlsm HARVEST. A Will WAY IYx GroSos
wAuseroS Juvenile Series Boston Crosby, Nichols
pany-
The enerprising Boston firm above named are issuing
OF the handsomest juvenile books ever printed in
this country They illustrated with cngavings print
ed in oil colors by process and If Of the de-
tails open to crticismas for instance yellow
surmounted by green har-still tho general effect Is
for very useful and pleasant addition to their stock
winter reading
MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS
We shall be doing your readers a service ut this season
of the year by reminding them Of the merits some
the Magazines and Reviews which receive amongst our
exchanges
HARpEns monthly is now SO firmly esablishesftba,
only mention to avoid the charge of disrespect I
editor is accomplished gentleman. and the corps OF
contributors not exoeled by that attached 10 any mag
azne ia tbe world We have to suppose that 10
number shortly forthcoming there will appear an art.
Gle the National Capital in 1859, which will be to all
Washingtonians well worth the year subscription.
KNIcKERBoCKER continues to play the old Knick I'm.
der the dspensationthe Noysey onethe oracle Of
Manhattan has renewed its yauth. The December num-
tious eabogatSness, by Mr. Janvier to whose muse our
readers have been often indebted Whatever may be
said of the Bourbon may most unhesitatngly declare
we have PoET amongst US Francis De Haas Janvier.
may thy shadow be less and thy Tyre never un.
strung!
Ink SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER Is conducted with
ability which demonstrates that i.the man at the
wheel understands the navigation Of tho dangerous
straits of literary enterprise We read II every month
with great pleasure and wish II most abundant
PrIERsoK's LApIEs NAMoSAL MAGAZINE we do not read,
because We cannot keep 1t long enough A number Of
excited and denonsatve females surround and bear
off Peterson to those dim and uncertain regions where
the crotches of CROCHET conceived and the millennium
!
excellent Magazine, for glass does not authorize
appropriate TO ourselves all tho 'dear love- beau
full " ''pretty, 'sweet, Charming, and other mys-
terous adjectives which, whenever We carry Peterson
home fly around head like ON the Fourth
Of July.
THE HIsroRIcAL MAGAZINE contains such articles Us
gave the old Gentleman Magazine its lasting repu.
taton We sometimes almost fancy that the spirit Of
Cave must be again imboded in the conductor of the
Historical Magazine. The Notes and Queries very
entertaining and furnish monthly literary chit chat In
which parties at distance have the benefit of intellectual
intercourse.
BL,cKwooD's MAGAZINE and the four English Quarter
lies reprinted by Leonard Scott and have become
essential tai own daily paper The price at
which these reprints furnished is very low that
their continued publication proves their popularity for
without large circulation it would be impossible to
tain the enterprise.
I.ITTELs LIvNo AoE, which provides weekly strip
concocted from the best English sweets, has nearly
reached it's eight hdedM number. The amount of Labor
involved and tie udcous exercise Of Judgment evincd
in the conduct of this periodical would seem incredible
an unniated reader. The work is well done, and
deserves the success it has achieved
Tn HONE JOURNAL, though professedly family
paper, is conducted by Morris and Willis with refine
ment Of taste and elevation of tone which Justify in
adding it to the list of desirable literary periodicals. We
advise all families to subscribe for the Home Journal and
heartily extend TO il annual greeting and good
speed.
There other periodicals which we sometimes hear
of but the publishers and booksellers evidently afraid
shall let the world know of their existence for they
take especial pains not to send us copies great out
cry has been raised about the lack OF patronage for south
literature but is almost entirely the fault Of pub
fishers Rsses Magazine, for instance published some
where in the South and ably sustained by its coutbu