Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-05

Eclectic MAGAZINE This, the very best OF
all the monlhlies. has again made its appear
aace We have 80 often taken pains to call
attention to the ''fullncss of good things"
which characLerizes this periodical, that, as
the speech-mak. r. say, anything more might
we'll b.. deemed supcrhuous.' But we do mol
know that we can too frequently call the at
s.nticn Of our friends to such an institution
as the Eclectic Manifcslly it is TO their
advantage to become acquainted with ais eX-
celIcncies, and were we to be willing to ENJOY
them all ourselves, in silence, we should be
acting very churiish part indeed. What
then we so greatly enjoy, we are desirous that
our friends should enjoy with us.
The Establishment of this number of the
Eel, cite" is a finely executed mezzotlht
portrait of WM. ii. PRESCOTT. engraved 10y
SARTAIN after Il photograph from life. The
letter-press contains, a. usual, tue very best
sci, ctions from British periodical literature,
beginning with .'Rs $ arches on Llght-Sana
tory-Scientiiic and Il ,thctical IA mot able
article from the North British R.view," and
of which we have before mad: ''hohorable
mention" We like to see our preferences
confirmed by the selection of our favorlle
articles sy such editors those of the ''Eclec-
tic.''-it seems to comfort US by Whispering.
..your philosophic acumen may not be very
acute, nor your literary tastes very deeply
cultivated hat ia the Esain, your Intentions
are right" Bat He article OF this number,
&c hat -
TO do with the rising generation, ab0u: us.
which should be read and remembered by
everybody who has child, or wlo ever ex-
pets 10 have one, is a little three page
pleasantly from the Leisure Hour entitled.
..Low 10 Make Childra Hurry" Let every
body read it, and what is more fractscc it.
For the January number of tbs MAGAZINE.
we are promised great things Says the Ed
itor'., Note:'-"Wr propose to adorn the Jan
uary number, 1853. with the very b autiini
lnatch-print of Shakespeare and his iriend-,
containing fifteen portraits. done in Mr.. Sar-
tiiu's best style, 10 match the SIr Walter
Scott print of last January, with It's thirteen
portraits" ThiS is surely suffi ;ient indies-
ments, aud We think ''eslaf ses.
BLACxwooD. for October, is also to hand,
and a more. interesting number we have not
seen ior many IA day. The contents Win
scarcely au exception, must interest every
% 40 WIN reads them; Wilde the general reader,
h who has an Etching car To 1 arn sou's-
thing upon all subj cts, cannot tail to be
PLEASED with ali, What that has ''conc OUT
tnis month is better worth reading than The
Ballad poelry of Scotland and Ireland,
..TAe a. .ght. on the Hearth Animal Heat
or that piquant "Plea for Shams." II any
one can. f.d better, We would like TO fnd out
the road that lead. to "Ihat same.
The only piece of poetry in the number Is
1.-The Atlantic W, ddihg Ring, which, though
not as good AZ it ought to b., considering the
subject, is far better than anything we have
vet seen concerning til. "Cabl and i'm
IN .asurabiy sup rior to V!ctorias message 10
Jeems Buchanan, or said Jeems' reply. By
tine way, how in the name of woIdrr eostd
those two great fuactiuaarics have managed
Ia perpatrate brace Of s;icli stap d speeches.
Stale, commonplace, Hat a. u school girls
essay Ion Time" and ''unp"oIitabie' a. an \
on the Murfrcesboro Bank. No wonder the
Cabl. refuses to transmit Intelligence when
the first specim ms hadn't spark of electric
fire about them. Bat we wand,r' ~ the
noyelists s7iy. and So we shall tax The libcr.y
OF putting up right 41e."