Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-16

appe OF temptation 10 tDe uGsuspecllHR ipS oi our
100 confding sex.
Notwithstanding tt-se recy peculiari,es OF the
translation by Ms. Sherman, we are Obliged 10 re
couin.nd, more especially 10 your readers the more
accurate edition prepared by l.. Mouti.
\ CYcLoPEpiA or COMMERCE A.D COMMERCIAL
NAVIGATION EDITED Ri j. SMITH HoaANs AND
J. SMITH HoMAHs, JR, WITH MAPS ASp En-
CRAVINGS. NEW YORK HARPER g. BRoTHEhs
PUBLISHERS.
We are indebted to our auterprslng townsman MIR
A. ilorrs, for u copy Of this admirable work. con-
prsiDg more than 20U0 pages OF lects end figures 10
eres;ius TO ali Classes Of etudei;s. Ate, sPsniin2
in the peruss Of its pages many profitable uoneu's
during the weeks interval which has eapsed soce
we received il, wa do not hesitate to pronounce this
book an indispensable rade mecnm for sl the busy
people arou=d us, who are obliged to work fast snc
think faster an. who need reliable facts at baud iron
which 10 deduce tbs Yariocs ch.1ulstop4 and dsqut
.,ions required at the lands OF active thinking mel
in these days of electric prcgrer.. The work takes
a broad scope INCLUDING almost every subject which
can be brought 10 bear on the matter ct lis TILL
page. We have rarely seen go much Important ma
terial compressed In small u space. we conn
IDENTITY hespeak for this book a wide circulation i
is the very thing TO meet Tie necessary OF the times
and he country. We have no large public libra
rie. where millions of volumes are arranged viii
scientific exactitude disrbut-d by hundreds OF train
ed attendants where the poor student may, without
prjce, and without the chance Of disappointment
take his seat and call for every volume ever pub
4, oil IiIip ufin ".
are obliged, for the present, 10 be contented Will
skiliiuy prepared cOmpendIums from which to tx
tract a: will even the lending facts 10 which constant
recurrence ia necessary aud the absence of genera
circulation ot ruc works is grievous Inconvenience
to every department Of mental industry. The com
merciai cyclopedis s sn abridged library, where We
find compressed a large mass OF facts and theories
banking, insurance. navigation, history, biography
geography political economy. railroads, canals, mari
time commercial and International law, concise re
views Of the trade and resources of States and natons
the awe, manipuations and processes of the dieren
mechanic srts, companions or the weights and meas
ures of oil Nations TARIFF treaties. census taxation
revenue, national debt, the East India Company
magnetic telegrapha, the credit mOber, The Stad
dues, inspection laws and statistics, and Thousand
things besides, which everybody talks about and lev
understand, explained aud smpiihed IN the shor
est manner, go that every reader may combine a.
vide, classify sud hyponeale at his leisure.
| We recommend each of our readers TO buy th
work. Buy the book, and you can look plain fact
directly in The isce-quit kuking behind the naccura
cy Of commonplace CONGRATULATIONS which are spun ou
by the lndoent only to mi5euide the iguorant-wh!c
avoid every thing by circumlocution and teach moth
| ing al ALL Buy the book-seek facts for yourseves-
and then build your theories or expose the falls
cies Of your neghbors. Bay the book-every pay
is a moral lesson, where it slides into errol
Turn to the page on the usury laws; it will enhoi
you, with come study to detect the fallacies (whlc
il dstenda) of Jeremy Benihams misbegoiten ph
| losophy. Turn 10 page 1894, and you will lear
perhaps accurately that Virginia was discovered
! 1923. by a certain Gldliet Gutlnrgsen, who bspze
Hui;ramannaland mot lIUi;r-s mainland, or tb
land Of oys,errnen; but the 'laud of white men.
Or, if you have no tas;e Tor the erroneous or ID
doubtful turn 10 page 1899, and read II sound expos
ton Of the American doctrine OF the right OF sesrci
And If YOU wish 10 know how s'rong the great slat
giant i., whom many Of our sna newspapers an
mailer politicians delight 10 bully on all occasion
| turn back 20 page 1880, where you Will learn th'
! G-sst Britain does not siagger even under IL
,y.igh. Of y national debt Of ESQ O0O,0OO.
Some of the suggestions which have reaped
this manner came home to Us with telling eiiec''-
For example. From q safs calculation made on n
oewspaper data, furnished st page l426 we conc!uo
that there ara at leas 10000 voters 10 the State
Virginia, no, one of whom saOscribes 20 Virgin
newspaper.
H.r. - a theme On which whoe series ol pfaci
cal sernons NAV he preached. Tue opponents OF
l,harsl syst.m of common school education may p'
,hs fact in their pipes and smoke it. Politicians wi
are fond of employing the press for the dltlslon
their various and peculiar opinions aud the inrthe
aucs of their schemes, laudabIe and de'estso'
NAV consider il. Especial y 10 our brethren OF L
oeu ,oes the fact appeal, tha. there are from TWO
three hundred thousand al least, OF the Whi'e peoP
Of the Ststs of Virginia, past the age OF puoert
who can read aud write ye, fail 10 subscribe TO Vi
oinia newspaper Think OF it, 20 jealous ed'tors, vs.
look with euvy the subscription ists OF our he'R
bors The harvest ready for the sickle Is great
.h.n tina, which all the laborers have Jet gather'
into the barns The nurubsr OF possible subscribe
- At least Ave fold greater than the ist ot actual -u
.cribera This should not De. Invest your capt.
buldIy-write up your colunns-issus your proepe
, ,us-se.d out your gyen.s-and you have the ROT
to usefulness ard to forirue straight before you
Meantime. We would sgein recommend TO al o.
readers and especially 10 our editorial co:ehporarie
the valuable hook which has furnished occhsiou 4
the foregoing random dissertation.