The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-01-20
THE RE VIE w i.

pcal Works of james Montgomery With
%. .5rofi the Author In Five Volumes.
and scottish Ballads. Selected and edited by
lanes Child Fifth, xIh, Seventh, and Eighth
..,~s Boston: Little, Brown, q Co.; Shepard,
80 Brown ISIS For sale by Frsnck Taylor
Washington, D
Tb4s.. volumes complete the valuable series
prirjA, Poets thus far issued by this enter
.,;.ips firm. They are exceedingly difficult to
,,... And mt TO notice. Printed on thick,
,.,sh paper. in excellent type, We find charm
an IN the mincing rhymes of the Z" Father of
r.J.h iDogserel,' the :" beastly Shelton p" of
.5ioy with renewed zest the wit and wis
If The imcorri1ble Hood, the wine and
Z parferea mill! y of Anacreon Moore,
.r.,rks and flashes struck from the glowing
,raf Shakespeare wonder at the blindness
.., could not detect in Rowley" promise
mi, to rescue from despair and death " the
...-lous boy. the sleepless soul, that persisted
l. bride live the past over again in the
...s.ir,., Of Montgomery, whose hymns are
...a.5nr birds in thousands of humble homes
.,JIne.r lovingly over the best of all, the bal
~. en.bolyins As they do the pathos, patriot
ga. uit. and shrewdness, of a young people. Ma
,,,s. llr individuals, can have but one child
"a. and never again can sunshine be so golden
,I, which iliclcrs down the ages. through
,c,n :,i>les of Sherwood Forest We find
+, iii, callrction several ballads concerning the
.ifIr aud generous robber," which We have
.., i.iore met and are glad to see that the
"A photography is preserved, thus enhancing
,...r.alue 10 The English student. Let us be
thankful for the wisdom that discerns the rich
.r- # the past. and the ability that transfers it
10 the present.
Ne r.lcat what we said on former occasion,
,f,f the American people are under obligations
.Ih.le Brown, a Co, for this most valuable
anil beautiful edition of the British Poets.
Bas Of N-x York and lhe Panic OF 1857. BY s Glib
.oa. New York ID. Appleton 4 Co. For sale by
T..IarA Mary Washington, ID. c.
Tlder the above unprepossessing title, Mr..
Ghnoi., ha, made a very interesting work. His
account Of the duties and re responsibilities of
Bank officials. from president to porter, is in
~rat,,e while the scenes interviewer are
grA.lc aud amusing The history of the great
r..l-uf -, alone would make the book worthy
oil-r,>ai. We cordially recommend it to all
lh,.- who desire an insight into those formida-
l,. aAi complicated institutions yclept Banks.
4 Ilui and lhc ijook or Biblical illustrations drawn
.4 Manner aud ci7oms, The Scenes and Scenery
asia. HOLY Land BY W w Thomson ID d. twenty
lie ycag, a Missionary of the A. b. c +. NJ in Syria
asa Palestine. New York Harper & Brothers, Pub
;..aer. Franklin square 1859. For sale by Taylor &
Mary Washington, ID, C.
j pleasant and familiar narrative, in dialogue
form. Of real and imaginary journeys in the
Hos l.and-a treasure house of facts throwing
lIi ON manv things hitherto hard to be I'M
irr,iood. and thereby becoming itself revealer
Of Revelation. The two volumes contain more
t4a two hundred and forty engravings, many
Of ihrn original, three CAREFUL y-compiled maps,
au index Of names and subjects, and of the
Srptur, passages Illustrated, in the order of
90. books nf the Bible. We recommend the
book as an invaluable assistant and interesting
companion to AL who deem the Bible worth
l,mg understood