St. Mary's beacon., 1858-07-29

ance Of annsher charaese vistlc fctlsAnre ffo.ss
The pen Of the gallant Cautairs. estifled Osce-
csa, tks SensinolE puhIE-hra III handsome.
duodeosisao style, ilIusfsstcs. By 1fr. r. N. De
witt, New York; Biayne RiesIf.s captivating
writer, BIS pen possessinza singular power of
faseina p1n in the wild narratives &C adventure
IN which it delights 20 fsedgeutIy to deal. Or
ceola is among tise best OfFhcm. ftalI OF nara
tive interest and written with vieor. Through
Mr. DeWitt's libawaljty1 great parfion Of II
appears IN advaN J11sfs publEeae.n 81 Eng
land where Ii IS 6eina isshcd in serial ySabts.
Among the prumptfSt Of publications is
RasscPs MoyaEine, issued at Charleston, s. c.,
and just as i!!s regular In publication so it if
uniform in EXCELLENCE. In June and July
numbers appear two Papers on Wine and the
Vine culture in France, equal in ability and
interest to much more pretcnsious articles in
older magazines The literary prospects of
the South are also ably caUvassed in the for
mer number, and an interesting paper on the
Conflict Of Labor and Capital forms the lea
der in the July part. Each number also con-
tains score Of interesting papers in great va
ricty-tales essays, poetry and criticisms.
The new number of Littel's Lring 44ge
leads of volume forming capital time for a
hnste OF new readers to begin the acquaintance
Of THAT journal. We notice articles from Bent
ley's Miscellany, Titan, the Spectator, ETC., and
point every reader TO the beautiful tale, Ed
lies Resnd the Rectory. 5Iittell maintains
the ancient reputation of bis magazine most
crciitably. We confess to preference fpr his
articles from the newer English Magazine, or
those that are not reprinted in this country, as
for instance, The National, Tait's, Fraser's
Dublin University, Sharpes, ect.
The last monthly part of Dickens HoHsh0ld
Words, tAmerican reprint of Mcssrs. Jansen &
Co. New York. contains no less than twenty
eight of those characteristic and uniformly ex-
c,llent articles which have made the name Of
the periodical famous, The Six Giants of Lc-
hon, By Night Express, The Balcombe St
Mystery and the Devils Mark VIC see copied
Ear and wide. Let the reader secure the in
tcresting matter Of this fine journal in the
legitimate way Of taking it whole.
Readers Of this fine old Philadelphia maga-
zine, The Ladies Companion of twenty years
ago will doubtless remember n charming
prize story contributed 10 it's pages by the
ther scarcely known aUth"rcss. Mrs. Ann 8.
Stephens. This WAS Nary DcTrcent, a tale
partly laid in England. ard partly in the
Wyoming Valley. It has always been the
intention Of Mrs. Stephens 10 locate lengthy
romance IN this garden of Pennsylvania, and
5szslrzzaass-z @ieiAtls ~aallarged the dimensions
,Jf hertDrfner popular tale % q novet OF 600
pages; and in this form. reading rs it does like
kSiiStinct new work. will hcnceforth be sought
by the lady's admirers Mcssrs. T. p. Peter
son1& Brothers. Phil "lelphia, publish it in
their Characteristic good style.
Iessrs. Rudd g. Carleton, New York, pub
hsh n dashing narrative Of military adyen-
turc in Mexico, with the title, FoLloCing the
Dram, or Recruiting Incidents on the Rio
Grande, by Mrs. Egbert l.. Viele. The lady
accompanied her husband to the borders Of
the field, and records her adventures and
sensations with much spirit. spice and flavor.
The book is just the one for q companion,
Of hot dreamy day, in cooling shade
somewhere OH the burders Of the sea, or in
the woods.
Willie the readers of the .4Hdniic Monthly
have been awaiting the resumption of the tale,
Akin by Marriage, suspended on account of
the illness Of the author, the melancholy intel
iigrncc comes from Hartford, the place of his
residence, that Calvin W. Philleo IL no more
The tale will never be completed, unless the
opportunity he affur,led faTcign hand 70 work
on the narrative. We shoul1 like to see it done.
buchanan Read las repirned to Philadel-
phiA from Italy, recuperated in health and
energy.
MesSrs. Dick & Fitzgerald publish this week
u fine little work on the Aquarium.