The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-24

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MISSISSIPPI BY Lambert A. Winner Philadelphia
j. T. Lloyd
Mr.. Wilmer has produced work which will OBJ
tain for him lasting fame Without any overstrain-
ed rhetoric he tells the romantic story of De Sotos
adventures in such fascinating style that the inter-
est of the reader flags till he has finished the
volume. Differing from Prescott and Irving, the
author of this work while he apologies for De Solo,
does not fall into the common error of eulogium.
We cannot help remarking the difference, in this par
ticular between the treatment of authors sub
ject and that which Mr.. Abbot fit to besow up
ON Napoleon; had the latter observed the same ju-
diciousness in his history, it would have been inva
liable, and would have done the Justice to great
man which the fnlsomeness of the euogist, like the
hatred OF his detractors, has defeated The history
of De Soto is presented to the public in very at
tactive form it contains FIVE hundred pages OF
clear, handsome print and it is embeished by steel
engravings from the skilfu hands of the Sartains,
and wood cuts by Orr & Teller. The portraits of
De Soto and Donna Isabella are very fine specimens
of the art but we must be allowed to question the
taste which could permit even the wellexecuted
portrait of Mr.. j. Thompson Ito whom the work is
dedicated to be placed in juxtaposion with that of
De Soto The author has perfect right to dedicate
his work to whom he pleases, but it certainly de-
tracts from the dignity of his really valuable pro-
duction when he oblges to find Mr.. Thompson
exalted to the side Of his hero, and even infringing
the wellknown injunction in the Order Of Matrimony
by putting asunder Ferdinand De Soto and Donna
Isabella. The book is of the best that the Amer
lean press has produced during the year, and we
have doubt it will become standard work, and
will well reward the scholarship Of the author and
the enterprise of the publishers.
CouRrsHIp SrSpra AND OTHER PoKMs By Henry
Wadsworth LongfelIow. Boston, Tcknor & Fields
The long expected volume has made its appearance
and is already receiving that patronage which the
reading public on both sides Of the Atlantic have
long accorded to everything which comes from its
gifted author. The London Star says very forcibIy
and truly, that the advent of poem from Long
fellow is tho announcement of gift conferred
upon the Angio-Saxon family we are sure, before
we read it, that it will be refreshing as a spring
shower, light and graceful in its narrative, and imta
tive OF classic exactness in its words and phrases
The poem is founded upon the well known incident
In the life of Miles Standish, whose history we may
briefly state. He was born in Lancashire, England
and during the reign of Queen Elizabeth he was en-
gagged in the wars of the Netherlands. While in
Holland he became connected with the Puritans who
had He'd from England, and he one of those who
left Holland for America, in the first company that
came over in 1870 The Puritan, however, never
seems to have extinguished the warrior and he
became the great captain of the coonists. The ter
rible voyage of the Mayfower proved too severe
for the delicate constitution of the wife of Standsh
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