Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-07
Recent Publications.

rioiicals, No. l23. Main Street. he's sent u III
fbilowing new publications:
Tn CoRyrR CrrsoAaD; or Facts for kyerybedy
I3y the author If "inquire Within" Published
by Dick Fitzgerald. New York.
This A compendium of useful facts about the
food we CONSUME, tho clothes We wear the honse
re live in fac,s from arts. sciences, and litera
tnre: from commerce, manufacture, anatomy
md physiology frnm the garden and the field, =
and is illustrated with over one thousand engray-
ings. Il is a useful book.
| PARLoa THEArRicaLs: or Winters Evening" En-
tcrtainment; containing Acting Proverbs, Dra-
matte Charades, Acting Charades. or Drawing
Rom Pan.omimc-, Musical Burlesques, Tab
| 1eaux Viyanis, etc. Same Publishers
Here are pastimes enough ior twelye-month.
varied 10 ever, nuctuatpn OF taste. In social par
~, and vet prepared with daintiness OF perfec-
ton that is truly admirable. There can be no ne
ee..;ty for going around to seek for amusement
when the social neighborhood is thus bountifully
provided with the means Of keeping up an endless
supply at home. Every father Of family should
make il A point To put this volume in the hands Of
his "litte ones.
Tur ADVENTURES; or. the Baddington Peerngo !;
BEING the Lives of Their l. rdshps. By Gro.
Auousrus SALA New YORK: Y. A. Brady.
Publisher.
Mr.. Sala, the author # this novel, is an English
writer, who has recently risen TO considerable EN-
inence in literary circles in that country, and IL
a, This time regular Contributor tn Dickens seri-
al. "Oncc a Week y indeed tho most popular ar
tolc, found in the pages of that work have been
written by Mr. S. A book "f travels, styled "a
Journey Due North" and published n few months
since, had great run in England, rs we'll as in
this country. and was esteemed ono Of most enter
tanning works Of tho day.
We have not had leisure to give "The Adj
ventures" reading, but will remark, that it is
highly spoken Of by some of the most competent
critics in this country.
ALMOST lIrnolSE. BY the author Of "Charles
Aucbcstcr." Counter Parts etc, etc. New
York; Evcrt D. Long & Co. Publishers.
The former oductions oithis author, tho names OF
which arc given above, met with great sale, and
were regarded us being very little. it any, inferior
to thrt almost Incompatible novel "Jane Eyre
The L,ndon Ahrneum in referring to the pres
ent work. remarks: at is one of the most origi-
nal books. in every particular, that has appeared
since Jane Eyre" 1t is entirely unlike every
other romance Of the day; unique in plot, met
de"ts. and character it is prominently lire
book. We detect in il none Of the fossil remains
of Scott ard Bnwrr, which are strewn over the
pages or most M 'dern ro,nnncists. 1t is n truth
fall anexaggera,cd, and w,thal, brilliant us though
its pages were thickly seeded with diamond dn"t.
PorMs BY Srs,N ARCHER T,LLEY. New York;
Rnld 4 Carleton. Publishers.
|, is hardly necessary to inform our readers,
tina, Miss Tnley is Virginia lady, and justly
esteemed "a one Of the most gifted and promising
Of the daughters of the Old Dominion. Most Of
the poems comprised in the present handsome lit
tie volume, were we believe. originally published
in tho Southern Literary Messenger, with whose
readers they were extremely popular Miss I. is
n sm eoth and graceful ycrsifer, and tho waits
now collected, are well worthy the tasteful aud
enduring form in which they appear
Mr.. Greed has all of the above works for snle
Mr. II. C. Victor. who has The book for sale,
has laid on our tahlc rnE ON STONE MANSION
BY Chas. }. Petersen. VOL, cloth; or in 9 vols,
paper cover as may be preferred. i. b. Petersen
& Bros. Publishers. Philadelphia.
A romance. aud frs'-rate one. The heroine
relates her own story, commencing "ith her youth,
and in an au'oboGaphcal style, gives n touch
ing picture Of the early trials of an orphans de-
pendcnce upon rich bn' grudeing, selfish, and
nisgard,y. relatives With the advance of the mar
ratye, scenes ARE drawn from lie in all its phases
and presented with fidelity. The rest of the story
concentrates in the Mansion" where the most
striking incidents take place, true to life and trag
ieally real.