The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-10
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The Securing of the White Horse or the Long Vaca-
ton Rambe OF London Clerk. BY the author OF
| Tom Browns School Days" illustrated by Richard
| Doyle Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1859
| To most of our readers, we doubt not, this
title will be quite enigmatical. What the
Securing of the White Horse can mean, they
will hardly be able to conjecture. Tom
Browns School Days." they may say, is
popular book, and another volume from its au-
thor must have something worth reading. Tick
nor 4 Fields, too would not be likely TO select
for their republication work devoid of attract
iveness of some kind If curiosity thus leads
to the purchase, vet the perusal will repay for it.
| There is a chalky mountain in Berkshire,
England, which history, and more especially
tradition, have made the battle ground of Al
fred the Great against the Danes, and where
he is said to have caused to be carved out the
turf, so as to represent his great white horse.
1t has been the custom to celebrate by various
| sports, feats Of strength and agility, raps on
the head, &C., with their concomitants, the &C.
casional freshening up of the figure. This Is
called I" the Securing of the White Horse, and
brings together thirty thousand or more people
| The volume before US is an amusing descrip
ton of the scenes on such an occasion, on the
18th and 9Th of September, 1857, as if told
by London clerk, on visit to friends in the
country. Its pretended narrative of the visit
is filled in with traditional notices, quotations
from old authors, scraps of songs, &C.; and
1 - -, not
illustrated, too by DOyle's comic plates, printed
SO neatly, the book possesses claims to win its
way-even among the reading public Of our
country, who cannot feel, as those of Old Eng
land, all its power-which we can hardly doubt
its reception will fully justify.
Street Thoughts by Rev. Henry M. Dexter, Pastor Of
Pine Street Church, Boston With Illustrations by
| Billings Boston; Crosby Nichols & Company. 1859
! For sale by Franklin Philip, Washington ID. C.
! The author in an Introductory note, says
" the following notes of this kind of travel,
were written from week to week, during the
last year, to fill small space in each issue of
the religious journal with which am connected"
Having been requested to publish them in
the present form, he has so given them again
to the public. The volume contains so short
sketches, embracing incidents which fell under
his notice; they are described in an easy,
graphic, everyday style, and point moral in
their narrative and conversations which, as ex-
ampes, may usefully influence others The
wood cuts by Billings are spirited and signif-
can't
The Chids Anti Slavery Book, containing few words
about American Slave Children, and SORES OF Slave
Life New York Carlton Porter, Sunday School
| Union 20A Mulberry street
A small l8mo, of some $50 pages, containing
" Little Lewis the Story ola Slave Boy y" Mark
and Hasty;' "Aunt Judys Story--a Story
| from Real Life" "Me Neber Give it Up" with
wood cuts. As another volume of this class
of Anti-Slavery literature, it is entitled to pc
rusal and distribution, and we hope it may
exert a beneficial influence wherever it goes.
The stories are natural and well-ftted for their
object, and told evidently by those who are not
unacquainted with life as delineated.
The Anglo-Africa Magazine January, 1859 Pub
lshed by Thomas Hamilton, 4s Beeknan street. New
| York
! This is very creditable attempt, to estab-
a magazine, (monthly,) conducted by free per-
sons of color Among the names of the ex-
pected contributors we notice Bishop PAYNE,
Rev. DR. Pennington, and several other colOred
clergymen DIR. McCune Smith, Martin r.
Delany, John v De Grasse, and James Fields
also Frederick Douglass, and four female writer's
The name of the editor is not mentioned Two
of the articles are by the editor, one by Dr.
McCune Smith, one by DR.. Delany another by
William Bell. 1t has also a portrait, engraved
by Sartain, Of Alexander Dumas. We hope
that its success may be such as to encourage its
undertakers to yet greater exertions to i'm
provement, even amid the difficulties which lie
in their way
Kansas in Eighteen Fihy eight; being chiefly History
of the Recon, Troubles in that Territory By William
p Tominson New York II. Dayton. 1879.
The year 1853 was an eventful year for Kan
sas, and so future historians will regard it. All
that throws light upon its state and condition
at this period is valuable. The author of this
work says he had two objects in view in
writing it. One was, to disabuse, as much as
possible, the public mind of its many erroneous
impressions regarding the recent difficulties in
Kansas, commonly known as the /" Fort Scott
difficulties" and he wished also to preserve for
the historian the prominent events in relation
to them, and thus give permanence and fame
to the history of Kansas and its noble cham
pions.
A portion of the volume has already been
read as letters in various public journals; be-
sides which, there have been added other mat.
ter of interest relating to the country, for the
benefit of emgrants thither. The narrative is
unstudied, and brings us into the scenes that
transpired, and presents a picture of the men
who we're active in them. No book about
Kansas as it was, can otherwise than speak of
outrage and oppression, of robbery and cold
blooded murder, of knavery, perversion of JUS
tice, official delinquency, as well of endurance,
manly resistance, and determination never to
yield the rights of free people So we find it
here. These records of the past will not be
without their effect on posterity and we are
| glad to have them go down to other genera
tons, to teach them what we of this age have
been too slow to learn, that the price of Lib
erty is eternal vigilance"
Hope Marshall; or, Government and its Offices BY Mrs
N p Lassele, author of " Annie Grayson" Bessie
| Linton,' &c. Washington II. Lassele. 1889 For
| sale by Frank Lasselle, 400 Penn. avenue
Many volume could be written on "Gov-
eminent and its Offices" A sad history of
corruption, too, would they furnish, were one
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