New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-22
eB- Telegraph, etc., on eighth pnge. q
RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

Through J. c. Morgan & Co., of Exchange Place,
we have received from the publishers the following
late issues from the press:
THE PLANTER's DAUGHTER Tale of Louisiana,
Philadelphia: I. B. Peterson & Bros.
reprint OF novel which fascnates at the North
by its highly colored descriptions of liveoaks suear
fields, New Orleans mansions and tropical gardens,
killing creole girls intense lovers sublmated villains
etc. and is read at the South, when read out of en-
roslty The author does not give his or her name.
and dedicates the book to Mrs. Anne S. Stephens.
LIE LADYE OF ALBARONE or, the Poison Goblet
A Romance of the Dark Ages. By George Lin.
pard. Philadelphia T. B. Peterson.
Both the name of this book aud the name OF the
author are good assurance to the lover of the darkv
mysterious, the thrllingly horrible and the traeca
sublime that just so long as the reading of the book
lasts will he be able to dispense with eating drink.
ing, sleeping, and the other gross anmalites of od
nary life. To any person with whom the saving of
food is an object, we can recommend the Ladye of
Albarone' as cheap investment. Price onlv six
bits.
SHAKERS AND SuAHERIsM. By F. W. Evans, New
York: ID. Appleton 4 Co.
A small book, containing compendium of the
origin, history, principles rules and regulations, gov
ernment and doctrines of the Omitted Society of
Believers in Chrst's Second Appearing - with Bio
sraphes OF Ann Lee, founder of the sect, and others
who were distinguished in propagating its doctrines.
The author of the book is member of the Shaker
community OF New Lebanon, N. Y
ONWARD; Or, The Mountain Clumberers. A Tale of
Progress. By Jane Anne Winsco,n author of
& Co. 'p'e'''
A religious novel, the characters and scenes of
which are laid in an English country parish.
lHE EMPIRE or AUSTRIA: its Rise and Present
Power BY John S. G.. Abbott. New York: Ma.
son Brothers.
handsome volume of 500 pages, with a steel
portrait of Rhodoph of Hapsburgh. The history of
Austria includes about as much that is bloody, excl
ting and romantic as that Of any other European
nation and the vigorous and graphic style of the
author shown in his previous histories assure us that
in this his latest we have something of more absorb
ing interest than can be looked for in any work of
fiction; for the characters and incidents are all por.
traits of realities. The book is doubtless destined to
wide circulation.
PASSAGE FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Sydney,
Lady Morgan. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
The Diary of Lady Morgan is interesting chiefly by
its vivacious description of journey from Ireland to
Italy, made in lsls and 49, enlivened by interviews
and correspondence with peisonages then celebrated,
but now historical. Though picture of fashionable
European life forty years ago. it is sufficiently inter.
estng, and derives the further interest of freshness
from being recently written or compiled from pre-
vious memoirs. Lady Morgan is now quite old and
falling and has produced the present work with the
aid of younger friends
ED1NDURG REVIEW, for January. Reprint of Leonard
Scott & Co., New York.
Containing nine papers on different kinds literary
political, scientific and historical. he paper on
Life and Organization" treating that great mys
terry, the origin of the vital principle in animals, is
peculiarly able and interesting.