Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-24
fcr the Delaware inpuiier.l
Literary Intelligence.

, h0H on GOfh0fds EnbteHts-Ihe LONDON Once'
y a. Week--Hoiiday rOiume about Mother Goose
"a Christmas Readhg- Valuable Religious Work
The annual recurrence OF the present Christ
mas holidays invariably gives to readers and
purchasers a new and beautiful supply Of vol
umes, all prepared with more or less adapted.
ness, for the direct usages or purposes OF the
icstal season. The old style of annual has en-
tirely fallen into disuse, and in its place much
higher order of intellectual food has happily
grown into favor, in rich elegant editions Of
valuable works that no time or age can render
worthless, and in especially prepared works OF
standard merit, tit for the library as well Ms the
lady's bOudoir.
OF works of standard excellence we feel that
tho famous School Boys al Rugby, by an sold
Boy now known wherever the English Lam
guage Is spoken, has already exercised an inn
pUrtant influence in the three short years that
il has been before the public, and that il has
been one of the few works Of which too many
editions cannot be printed. We, therefore, in
in common with numerous readers of the In
QrIRER, who will he certain to make its ac-
qlaintance, sincerely thank Messrs Ticknor q
Fields, of Boston, for their beautiful new issue
of the School Days, intended for holiday pres
cntS MS il is, with its rich tinted paper its clean
and inviting letter press, its exquisite illustra-
tOns by Larkn q. Meade. Jr., its broad margi-
nal pages and octave form, and its superb bind
ing. A more elegant or attractive holiday
present could not he desired and it is II good
healthy sign when the public demand from our
publishers such handsome editions and 50
many Of them, of such valuable works. When
the School Days first appeared, the foreign
Quarterly Reviews, without M exception, de-
voted whole pages to an exposition and recon-
mendation of its merits. The sequel to the
work, called Tom Brown at oxford, now pub
lisbing in shilling monthly parts by the same
publishers, will also unquestionably be used by
every one who has been delighted In the Rugby
book.
Every year, at this holiday season, atprince
Of writers for boys, Capt. Wayne Reid, gives us
something interesting through his publishers,
Messrs. Ticknor6 Fields, OF Boston Thiss season
we have The Tar Boy, or Poydge IN the Ddrk, u
thrilling narrative of young sailors adyen-
lures and escapes, which Charles 5. Koerne has
graphically illustrated with twelve full page
| engrayings. There is something exceedingly
winning in the Captains style, and he never
fails to carry his boy readers with him to the
end of his narrative, making of them sure and
expectant friends, till his next appears. The
Boy Tar is in his best style and we know this
much of it, that few fathers who buy it for their
children will fail to read it themselves.
The same publishers issue another attractive
(seventy- five cents,) MS the foregoing, and de-
signed to familiarize young readers with most
interesting and important epoch in history II
| treats of The CrUsddes and the Crusaders, and is
also handsomely cmbellishcd with eight full
| size illustrations. The author is j. q. Edgar,
hmiliarly known by his very successful work
The Boyhood of Great Men. Like this work,
the design Of the present volume is to interest
and amuse at the same time that il gives in-
structiOn.
In time for the holidays the same publishers
announce no less than six other volumes, in
Guiding new book by W. H. q. Kingston, Err
nest Bracebri1ge new book by Grace Green
wood, Stories from Famous Ballads; Kingdom
Annual, an elegant volume The Children
Picture Book OF Good and Great Men; Book of
Country Scenes, with fiity-ive full page engra-
wings, etc. These volumes will all be out in
ample time for the holidays and for sale at the
| book stores.
A very handsome and interesting holiday
present from one church member to another, is
Gotholds EmJlems, or Invisible Things under
stood by Things that are made beautifully
| printed volume from the press of Messrs. Gould
h Lincoln, Boston. The author is Christian
SERVER, minister of Magdeburg in 1911. This
work is therefore nearly two centuries old, and
| the present translation is made from the TWEEN
| ty-eghth German edition by Rev Robert Mem
zies. The volume is full of divine thoughts
and reflections, for the encouragement of the
Christian, and every page contains grand truths
presented in an attractive aud torcihle manner.
Every virtue is iamilarly exponnded, and with
ont that affected superiority and Ambiguous
meaning which prevents many religious books
from accomplishing the good intended.
The new and interesting London publication,
Once-d- Week, published by the publishers OF
the famous old Household Words, is regularly
served to American subscribers by Messrs.
Wilmer Il Rogers New York, and Zeiber 4 Co.,
and Calender, Philadelphia "Oncc-a-W Week"
is far superior to d" Household Words and
numbers list of contributions in its literary
department, such us no other publication in the
world can boast. In the formerare Tennyson,
who was paid $500 for II single poem lately,
Charles Ileade, Albany Fonhlanque, Shirley
Brooks, Harriet Martlneau, G.. A. Sala, Mrs.
Gaslell, and others; in the Inter are John
Leecl, Millais, Tenniel, llinc, Charles Kecne,
and others of the best artistical talent in Eu-
rope. Almost every page contains fine Illus
tration, and its fine clear type and neat appear
ance make it II favorite everywhere. A years
subscription for n friend will be a grateful re-
membrnncc the whole Jearround. tits mailed
by the above agents as promptly AS though is
sued in this country.
An amusing Christmas reading is Mother
Goose for GrOwn Folks, just published by
Messrs. Rudd h Carleton, New York. II takes
hold of familiar nursery ballads, with the pen
of an mprovisatore, constantly finding new
suggestions and references to the ssgrown-up'
state The Brahnc especially is excellent us
are also iumpty, Dpmpty Rags and Robes,
Little Bo-peep, and Slmila Smlibus The
writer has the true ''attic" in him, and already
in this, his first venture proves himself to bca
rhymer and wit of the first water. The 'front.'
ispiece by Billings, is very suggestive, and the
work of true artist. The Four and twenty
Blackbirds in a Pie "The three wise men who
went to sea in BOWL and dozen other ia
miliar subjects are nicely crowded in.
Messrs Gould g. Lincoln, Boston, who issue
so many valuable religious works, have also
issued in a neat duodecimo volume The Cru
chile; or, Tests Of q Regenerdte State; designed
to bring TO light suppressed hopes, expose the
false and confirm the true by Rev. J. A, Good
hue, A. NJ, with an introduction by Rev. Ed
ward n. Kirk, D. D. The volume, says the au-
thor, Is the result of no transient thought or
! feeling, the subject for years having enlisted
! his deepest anxiety. He is, therefore, careful
and thorough in his expositions, strict and
searching in his references and scripturally
correct in his conclusions. The volume has
already excited deep inquiry, and is calcnla-
ted to produce lasting impression. II.
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