The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-28
LITERARY REvIEW.


LIZ. 6KraAslcl LAYS pk saD % hymns for
"a, saaday and Chief Festivals d the Christian year. Translated
Dclsser Received from Taylor 4 Maary
The above naIned work is a beautify-pIintsd trans
aton OF the cream OF the devotional poetry contained in
Cheyaler Bunscn's Yefsueh cine, ,leonsa (ea,eq md
OeDfbpcAs For a Christmas New Years present we
cannot conceive Of anything Appropriate than the
Lays from the Land OF Luther IL is Handsomely bound
and the steel engayngs mark the progress OF that beau
tiln art among We are glai to see sncl books be-
coming numerous even 10 the exclusion of the trashy
ANNALS and worthless gift books which for so
monopolized our holiday book market The publisher
have our hearty Godspeed for their enterprise
lK RAAD onlaR PoEss y Thomas Bailey New
York kadd Carleton Received from n Philip,
The ballad of Babe Bell not written as poems are
mostly written but wells right OF fountain of in
sped poetry which the Infinite seen fit TO place in
the soul OF the author 1t is the most natural, and
therefore the most beautiful poetry haye read since
the verses created in the golden hours of the lake poets
10 the lover of genuine poetry this unpetendng volume
will be feast
orAsr SAVINGS DoNa coSorRNNo Collected and Ar
ranged by john g. Morriss d. D. Philadelphia Lindsay Bak.
ton From Taylor Aiaury,
The author of the Blind Girl of Witenberg has found
oongenial sphere of study in compiling these Quaint
Sayings and Dongs of the lion hearted refprmer and n
very pleasant and profitable book is the result The vol
June will prove interesting enough rapidly exhaust the
present edition. we have no doubt
Mons IRON mE Plnorm Puurr by Augusta Moore New
York Derby jackson Received from Taylor 4 AIlury
with the expectation of finding uttences from the
gody men of the Mayhower and their immediate clerical
successors but must confess to disappointed feeling
when we found only "a collection of memorable passages
from the discourses OF Henry Ward Beecler," whose
church it seems is called plymouth Church. No great
man fails TO find his Boswell and there are some
very small men who hive little Boswells to record their
nsipidtes. We do not pretend TO say that there il
nothing wise in the volume before u.s. but there are
many things quite otherwise As anording an insight
into the kind of preaching which has made the Plymouth
Pulpit famous, toa certain extent the book is interesting
though we confess we are not appalled, by the amount Of
solid thought culled from the countless sermons and
prayers of this modern Son of Thunder.
LnK Mas VIRGINIA HoaS. BY Rev George D. Canmus
D D. Philadelphia Lindsay BLkson. Received from Taylor
Maury.
This is a well written memoir of n most sanity woman
prepared by the eloquent incumbent of St. Peter Church.
Baltimore and SO long known the talented rector of
Trinity Church in this city With perfect natalness
and the avoidance of all eulogum, it sketches life
which all our young lady friends would do we'll to study
model
SuSsHSE or BY Harriet B. McKeever Philadelphia.
Lindsay Blakstm. From Taylor Maury.
This is very simple but very human and Christian
story in which the heroine sheds around her great deal
of the sunshine which should be glad TO feel and per-
ceve in our American homes The authoress of fIw
light Musings has laid under great obligations for her
true words We hope her book may be read as extern
sively as its merits deserve.
Tae FERNS BRrrAis AND IaRLsSD
beautiful volume bearing the above title and edited
by the distinguished botanist DR. Lindley was recently
forwarded to the President of the United States through
our enerprising bookseller, Mr. Philip We had the good
fortune to obtain glimpse Of the book taqsaa and
were amazed at the wonderful aithfuness of the art
by which it illustrated called Nature Printing IL was
reserved for Mr. Henry Bradbury of London to discover
process which settles forever the long contested problem
OF the possibility of accurate color printing The whole
work is worthy Of the enterprise of the donor as of the
acceptance Of the distinguished recipient