Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-03
Recent Publications.

sxAlIow B.Rs, or SoJousS IN ruG Oh
! DOMINION.
Hosss-suox ROBINSON. TALr OF rnk Tory
AscE~pEScY.
Ron ar TaE Bowl A LEoESp OF ST. lSIdnI's.
Tho eminent Philadelphia publishers. Mes.rs.
j. B. Lippincott & Co. have Just Fepubished
in elegant style. uniform edition If the works
Of Hon. John p. Kennedy For this SER
vice they dcserve the thanks Of the reading
public, AMI they will. we hope. receive more
substantial indication Of public approval, in the
ready sale Of these volumes.
The first named Of the series published in
ls3c. IL was commenced as n series of detached
sketches of lower Virginia, exhibiting the habits,
customs and opinions Of the people of that region,
aud finally grown into something with the cohe-
renee Of u story before it was finished. The plan
Of i. very much resembles that Of Brscebridge
Hall, but i, is purely American. and hns more H.
deity na mn exhibition Of rural lille. while it is
scarcely inferior in spirit and graceful bnmor
DIR, Griswold, in speaking of this work, remarks,
"none Of our pictures # local manners surp s.cs
in truthful mnutencss or easy elegance of die
tion. these transcripts Of life in Virginia. Swal-
low Barn contains some twenty illustrations, exc
cutsd in Strother's best style
Horseshoe Robinson first appeared in 1895 -
Mr.. =. had spent part Of the winter OF ISlS'l0
in Pcndleton District, South Carolina. and there
met his hero from whom no heard some cxtrnor-
binary details Of his personal adventures Tho
novel was suggested by this meeting. and he has
introduced into it almost ycrtablm repetition OF
lIorseShocs escape from Chnrlcston after it. sur.
render. Tho character Of tho free .hearied, -a-
gacious and heroic partisan yeomnn who quit his
anvil at the commencement of the civil war, and
nets mn important though humble part through ts
scenes Of excitement aud daring, until the Wings
are triumphant is .kctched with singular felicity
and skill.
Rob Of the Bowl. which first appeared in 1888.
Ia OF M historical character, and may be regarded
rs an ATTEMPT to illustrate the annals of MARYLAND,
underline ruloof tho lord proprietary cst,liu. Cal
vert. when the colony was distracted by fouls be-
,sesn abe Protestants and Catholics.
a.ssss Payne AM BlacktorI haze the books
IN .l-e - .a-- city.
taaa fx1a. AHg,sp wa Wu.LtsHiP. embracing
a'anEAsts 81 'a< PAlh-. A,anlfr, indian aud
Saiarvsis Oceans. 20 skH wear. 80 &, = s. o.
H. 6s q. MH'YEr,E Jr., Philadelphia: J Is
Lat,s5t 4 To-, Publisher.
lss:ln. ,he period ia which the author If ,his
sssa ~as engaged IN tho whaling service, it ire.
9sstssiy occurred To him and excited his wonder,
how little knowledge Of that service in its rraci-
cal features, vas possessed hy the people ashore
His convictions Of tho utility Of an exp siiion of
one daily experience in this soryce--of the good
bad and indifferent fortune, as we'll rs tho perl4
of u pursuit. which engages So many of our Amer
can youih-wero 40 forcblc that he was LODI at
tn" moment of embarking on his voyage. 10 keep
log book or Journal, in which, NJ the expiration
OF each nautical day. he noted everything worthy
Of observation. In order to make his Journal
complete, no has added descriptions Of the differ
emit people with whom he came in contact IA wei!
as narrated his adventures in the various lcalj
ties If the globc he visited
Tho field for observation was u wile one, en-.
braeing Nav Zealand and other British Provinces
the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, az Wi
as the Malay, hIascarenha, Azoro and Abrohas
islands Dat this rich material thrautlnr las s,,.
ceeded in makinga most inerestingand inslruotiv,
volume. For sale Mt Payne & Blackford's.