New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-18
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Abbott. New York: Harper & Brothers. For
sale in New Orleans by ]. G. Morgan d Co.
This is very large and very handsomely printed
volume Of over four hundred pages, illustrated with
one hundred fine engravings. 1t furnishes every
graphic and ineligible account of the events of the
revolution, narrated in the ornate style which has
given the learned writer distinction peculiar among
authors. The title page Of the work states that it
treats of the French Revolution as viewed in the
light of Republican Institutions" but our review is
too superficial to enable to refer to the tenor of the
philosophy which the author evolves from the mar.
ratve.
HISTORY OF THE C1TY OF New YORK, from its ear.
est settlement TO the present time. By Mary l..
Booth. New York: w. r. G. Clark l. Meeker.
For sale in New Orleans by J. c. Morgan & Co.
The work before US is ponderous tome of over
eight hundred large pages, illustrated with over a
hundred engrayngs representative Of notable events
in Manhattan history and notable features in New
York scenery. We doubt not that it is reliable
chronicle, and, apparently, it is Interestingly COM
piled.
WALTER THoRSLEy; or q Peep at the Past. By
the Author OF Allen Prescott" and Alida'
New York Harper q Brothers. For sale in New
Orleans by j. G. Morgan Co.
A lengthy romance, well printed and bound.
LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND and English
Princesses, connected with the regal succession oil
Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland. New York
Harper & Brothers. For sale in New Orleans by j
G. Morgan & Co.
This is the eighth volume Of this well.known pub
lication.
THE WARS OF THE Roses or Stories of the struggles
of York and Lancaster. By j. G. Edgar New
York: Harper & Brothers. For sale in New Or
leans by j. G. Morgan u Co.
History detailed in familiar diction illustrated with
quaint engravngs.
New York: Harper & Brothers. For sale in New
Orleans by J. G. Morgan & Co.
Most everybody knows what this book is, ant
those who don't should buy copy of this edition, il
lustrated by Augustus Hoppin, and find out.
THE BRAVO. By J. Fennimore Cooper. New York
w. A. Townsend & Co. For sale in New Orleans
by G. Morgan & Co.
Another of the handsomely printed and bound, il
lustrated by barley, edition of the Cooper novels.
HINTS TO HORSE KEEPERS, q complete Manual fol
Horsemen. BY the late Henry William Herbert
New York: A. o. Moore & Co. For sale in New
Orleans by j. c. Morgan & Co.
To this wel-known work of " Frank Forester,
the sporting author valuable additions including
Rareys Method of Horse-taming," etc. and tht
whole is we'll illustrated.
The Two PATHS. By John Ruskin, NJ. A. New
York: John Wiley. For sale in New Orleans b,
j. G. Morgan & Co.
series of lectures on art, and its application t,
decoration and manufacture, delivered in lS5s-'59
Embellshed with plates and cuts.
ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR. Etymology and Syntax. B,
William G. Fowler. New York Harper & Broth
ers. For sale in New Orleans by j. G. Morgan
& Co.
This school book is abridged from the octave edi
tion of the English language in its elements an.
| FORMS" for general use in common schools.
CICERO DE OFFIcns. Anthon. New York: Harpe
y Brothers. For sale in New Orleans by j. G
Morgan & Co.
Got up on the same principle of kindly feeling ant
commisseraton for the climber of the ladder of learn
ing as other volumes of Anthons classics, all 0
which save the student vast amount of labor AM
nearly an equal amount Of learning. The copiou
notes with which they are supplied solve ever,
knotty point which might give the pupil littl
wholesome difficulty, and his path of learning is ac
tually strewn with flowers by the good DR.. Anthon
whose name is blessed by grateful students in college
hall and high school-house.