New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-18
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on Street or Horse Power
Railways. By Alexander Easton, Civil Engineer
Philadelnhia Grissy Il MarklaY,

A PRACTICAL TREATISE on Street or Horse Power
Railways By Alexander Easton, Civil Engineer.
Philadelphia Crissy Il Markey.
copy of the above has been sent us through
Thomas l.. White, No. los Canal street. 1t contains
all matters concerning the location construction
and management of city railroads general plans and
rules for their organization and operation examina
tions as to their comparative advantages over the
omnibus system inquiries as to their value for in
vestment and ordinances of the different cities relat
ing thereto. As the subject of city railroads is at
present before this city, in important aspect this
book will be found valuable to all who have any in-
teres in the project. 1t has numerous illustrations.
Through J. c. Morgan & Co., of Exchange Place,
we have received copies Of
TREssILIAN AND HIS FRIENDS or The Story Tell.
ers. By DR.. r. Shelton Mackenzie, editor OF the
Noctes Ambrosiana, etc. Philadelphia ]. B.
Lippincott Co.
A pleasant volume for leisure hour, containing
twenty or more interesting and spiritedly written
stories, from a pen which needs no introduction
by US.
Life. By Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth. Phil
adelphia I. B. Peterson q Bros.
| new novel from the pen of. Mrs. Southworth
will create sensation in tictionreading circles.
From passages which we have read in The Lady Of
the sle we discover that the story is one of purity
and beauty and full of exciting heart-incidents and
life scenes from first to last. 1t will be found equal
to anything which has preceded it from the same
popular pen. It is goodsized story, making 900
pages duodecimo, and leads off, like Dumas Monte
Cristo," with an interrupted wedding. The scenes
are scattered broadcast over Europe, America, and
| the ocean.
ROB Roy GUY MANNER1NG. KENlLwoRTH. By
Sir Walter Scott Philadelphia T. b. Peterson x
Brothers.
The great and undying popularity of Walter SCOTS
stories is well evidenced in their constant ISSUE in diff
ferent styles and shapes, by different publishers in
Great Britain and America. We have now the above
three novels of the cheap weekly series lately begun
by the Peterson's and to show how constant is the
call for the Waverley novels, we need only meHtion
that the Petersons alone have published them in hall
dozen different styles, whilst the number Of different
editions published in this country alone is no les
than thirtysx The present cheap edition Of the Pc
tersons is being issued rapidly-at the rate of on
novel per week-and the whole series of twenty.sil
will soon be out At twenty five cents novel, or iv
dollars for the whole series there excuse for
lover of really beautiful and instructive fiction not t.
, feast himself to his hearts content.
Who IS IT ?-In the course of an article in Nev
Orleans paper we staggered on words like unto these
VA city Know Nothing cotemporary OF slidean procive
| published Yesterday &c.
This must be the Crescent that is referred to sti
it looks little queer to see such "procivities
aseribed to that paper II Col. Slide has won ovel
dedicated and baptized the Crescent for his own use
benefit and behoo we are inclined to think he had
swrastle" with friend Adams good many falls frs
l [Vernon Jackson Parish) Times, sth inst.
Friend McCranie, if you want to know exactly IL
proclivties of the Crescent, consult the columns
the Crescent. Then you never will be led into erro
If we have no other merit, we 1atter ourselves th
when we take position our language can neither
It misunderstood nor misnterpreted.
/" TERRIBLE CRIME.-A house in the town of Ii
Maine, was destroyed by fire one night recently, al
% all the inmates, save one, were consumed with
Subsequent circumstances induced the belief that
one who escaped was guilty of the murder and rc
| hary of tl,a fo,r paruono pubo poriSbad ond that