St. Mary's beacon., 1858-07-29
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
From he Baltimore Patriot
what il Doing Among Authors and
s8. Books.

Ssu,ients of literature in the United States
land especially that character Of literature
which includes the works of such writers rs
Buu6cner. ,J,hn Harris, Peter Bayne. Hugh
!. Miller, Chalmers and "tI!ers of equal note
~ indebted la the publishing house of Messrs.
- SEi & idncnin, Boston, more, perhaps than
- kev other hruSe Iii che c.untrv, tor the ma
- ~ uf t!,eir fSeJrite rk>. We are glad
pSkhiS excellent firm haze Increased the Oh
licstissA isy the fresh issue of u new. revised
AMI anIaEgnd "ltion, in octave, of Prof. Hack
sstE C,a a~aItrg oH he Original Teri o. The
Ats Of kis AIJ5ties. The reputation Of DIR.
Hack"tt iN not cxcetled in his department of
scholarship; aud tIs new clifton of his able
w.rrk. into which much new matter has been
ia;r IN ccd after several wears IL cnti:;ued la
h.,riIi~ investigation, aided by tho criticisms
ot other distinguished Biblical scholars, Amer
iaan and European, hSs been lo.kcl f"r with
much interest. IN no particular can it poSSi-
lily disHppaint the expectations that have been
fe,Tniesl at it.
Ii has bccn said that there Is something
mslanclinly in repetition of the Stintillations
Which a<l.funct wit leaves behind hiin. And
al.IS has bccsl appli.l 10 the recently published
elIsilnc fEusn lhc press of Messrs. Tick
ass. & Fis.lds nsnskIlll, e,iitcd BY Jerrold's son.
d FssN rlrps-sa9ss 1FfzTxfszsss-
Weare svTtain that a box Of ninrc genuine,
cracking crisp. sparkling, original h'inIor has
rarely becn publish%l; nor can we lind III II
Muything melancholy excepting the long, lin
trfiEg recollection wlssei II iIseEarable from
II. OF any utlIcr pUsthnmnus work, that the
h,liid which fashioned it car fashion no more.
RussslTs Magazine says, and we endorse it
hsrsily--"The compilation is an admirable
one exhibiting Jerrod in every possible as
intel IN ~ fHS
book lUr "a hot day,
That re,narkabh biography Of very re-
mmrkabIe man, SMiLes' Life Of Geo. &tephetl-
son, published bv Messrs. Ticker Il Fields, Bos-
tou. has bcc, made the theme OF lengthy and
exhaustive essays ia all the principal Reviews
and Magazines in England and this country
No other 6,ok issued within the year is de-
.ssrvinS ut higher success, Just IN the degree
!. that whatever combines practical instruction
with narrative interest should lake emincnce
!. lllOvs th It devoted merely to the latter. For
sits leSs Ms Of perseverance. unc0nquerahle cnrr.
". and se.f-r.liAnce. the Life Of Stephenson is
ore Of the no5leSt 'otferinsS ever laid ou the al
ear Of literature. Il Is deServedly counting its
aAle by tn Iu<andS.
The last number Of the Westminster and
LoHdoa Quarterly Rtciecs, and Black1cood's
Magazine (Junel are particularly worthy OF
and the number of papers they contain of
practical interest to Anne Iican readers. With
out particularizing tOO far we would instance th
tine papers on Public Speaking, Early Life Of
johnson Fictions Of BJhemia, and Italian Ira
vel. in the Quarterly; and the Beautiful sketch
May Day, the interesting essay ON Religious
memoirs and the fino dietctic paper on Blood
evilcIitly from the hand that penned the Hun
ser and Thlrst, and Food and Drink articles,
Tecently so popular in BIdckcood. These Eng
liSh pcrOlicals, republished with 30 mach care
aud attention BY Messss. Leonard, Scott &
ca. New York, ara always opulent.in interest
aasd duuapprOachable in value. Livery one
whose time and means are limited cannot bet
Ger increase his intellectual stores than by in
veSting tie ten dollars required for the yearly
purchase Of Scots Reprints. He @:ll fnd
kiEself n wiser and richer man, in the hab-
isual and careful study.
Worthy 20 be placed side By Si:le with the
Lie Of George Stephenson, for the same noble
lessons of self Feliance perseverance,. and broth
esty kindness, ws1ics it teaches, il The i1ts
osi T;aIes IF Hagh H.uer. from the pen Of his
so-laborcr, Thomas n. Brown, recently pub
lished Sy MessEs. Rudd & Careleton, New York.
Nisfl most readable history ofa very sgonderful
man. written in a genial spirit, and presenting
che noble character Of the great Stonemason OF
CgOmAsty S only an intimate friend Of the de-
ceased cOasd do. ~. .at...-.....
-As,the initial volume Of complete, revised,
uRifuEm series Of the works of Hugh Miller,
Msssrs. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. have inst
Issued that most valuable work, The Old Red
G1RdstoHe, enlarged by the addition OF over
one hundred pages, on Marble aud Quartz De-
rositS, The Granwacke Rocks of Scotland,
CJrsls of the O1litic System, Fussiliferlus De-
NsaA \ A. a.
sasaDeical study, and we hail with pleasure
fhe very perfect edition which our American
! pnbiishers haYe So libvrally aud timely pro-
naIed. The second volumes Of the uniform
80 10 tue 6Fst volume Of Miiler's POST
hushHss Works, of which we SHALL speak
ma&sn.N SIS EGass~.s fas. 4l.e sr=zz-=a. -.Fa.r.
We like the sense efshe-assOs ts.srSte that Is
eeAsaimbslby ssidgkeea u che writing Of a 6eSk
e 80 Ed -. askeGS sanyGA sReil1 fspone.