The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-06-30
HE REVIEW

THE VIEW.
The Greek Testament; With Crincally. Rev..., r.
Digest OF Various Readings Marginal Ref-,.n,
Verbal and ldomatic Usage, Proegomena and $ e
zeal and Exegencal Commentary. For the use of-r.
oosicsl Students and Ministers. By Henry AIF,l
d., Minister of Quebec Chapel, London and late F-
of Trinity College, Cambridge. In -Four Volumes r.
l, containing the Four Gospels New York Ham,
Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square 1859 F..
by Taylor Many, Washington d c
An exchange says that every minister sbopI3
have a copy Of this work, even if somebodv bas
to get married on purpose to furnish him tho
requisite fve-dollar bill and certainly. consi5
ering the extensive research whose fruits Or,
here displayed, the immense erudition, the care.
ful collation., the extremely interesting and val
liable preliminary essays, the excellent mecbar.
ical getting up of the work" infinite rlcba,
in little and perfect room, together with trs
happiness which may be expected to accrue
from that peculiar source of revenue-we ur.
hesitatingly say ditto to Mr.. Burke"
The Wars OF the Roses; or, Stories Of the siri-gI.
York and Lancaster BY J. G Edgar author of.V-
tory for Boys THE Boy hood of Great Men II,
Footprints OF Famous Men 6c With UIus.rs,-r,
New York Harper & Brohcrs 1850 For sale b.,
Taylor Many, Washington, d c.
A pleasantly.told tale of most turbulent and
bloody time-giving besides a good general
account of the death-struggle of dynasties.
variety of anecdotal information concerning the
royal and noble actors in those sanguinar,
scenes. 1t will be interesting, not only to bows.
but to many who have not the leisure or the in.
clination for more extended and philosophical
works
The " Illustrations seem to US, to say the
least, rather remarkable.
Seachf; or The Mystery of the Westervelts By u
DE Foresi, author of Oriental Acquaintance Euro
pean Acquaintance SC, &c. Boston Philips Samp
son, Co 1879 For sale above
The mystery, which is the backbone of this
story, begins at the beginning, or very near il,
and remains mysterious till the proper denoue.
ment with more than usual success. There Is
a Mephistophlean devil, very polite, highly
polished, welliniormed, attractive, and insiuu
ating, set off by one of those peculiar American
fools whose brains cannot stand a thimble-ful
of wine, yet who are possessed with the noble
ambition of being classed among the liquor.
proof fast young men. The dramatts persona
are numerous, but there is no lack of unity or
a strongly marked individuality. relapsng occs.
sionally into caricature, after the manner Of
Dickens as, for instance, in Ma Treats
propensity to quote Scripture, naming chapter
and verse. With its wit and It's wisdom, the
book is well worth reading, which, in these
days is greater compliment than it seems
to be-
The Beurams. Novel. By Anthony Trollope. suif.,
Of BarchesIeoTowersn &c Doctor Thorue,n &c N.E
York Harper Brothers. For sale as above
" o mdtre pULchrG fila pulcHrior" We vers
about to say but as the matre puIc6ra and
the fila pulchrior" are both wanting. the
line turns out to be singularly inapplicabe, and
we can only quote Horace in Hypothetical
and suggestive way but this book does not
need to be bolstered up by any hereditary fame
1t is abundantly able to walk alone with no
unequal steps. The story would be improved
by little condensation. There are scenes
which have but slight interest in themselves.
and do not forward the action. But it is writ
ten with will, plan, a purpose. The char
acters are drawn with a firm, clear hand, aud
are from the life. They are men and women
with the faults, and foibles, and virtues Of their
race. Umreasonableness is unreasonable even
in the hero, and worldliness is unlovely, even
in the heroine. Avarice is repulsiye even IN
the uncle whose heart warns and opens to the
honest, out-spoken nephew. The interest Is
sustained throughout, the denouement more
natural than romantic, and the moral partcu
larry adapted to our own day and generation and
country.
The RecoeeuOns of Geodry Hamlyn By Henry King
ley Boston hcknor & Fields 1880 For sale
above.
This Is a good companion volume to the pre-
ceding. Like it, the author comes before the
public with the prestige of a name though
name more widely known and more highly
honOred. The one book paints the consequeu,
ces of cowardly, overcareful prudence the
other, of a foolish, unthinking, headlong rash
ness. Both, it will be seen, have well-defned
moral, unpalatable as that word may be to
many of our gay young readers. But let them
not be alarmed. The moral is very unobtrusive,
scarcely out-crops at all. Its existence is known
inferentially. Once begin the story, and you
will individually finish, despite the moral.
This is one of the many books which Aus
tralia has already given u.s. We are led into
that far-off land, whose reality is wilder than
romance = that wonderful island-continent,
whose virgin strength has already crowned her,
in the dew of youth, queen of the Southern
sea-that strange shore, where the conditions
of life seem to be reversed-where Christmas Is
the hottest day OF the year, and men speak Of
the balmy north wind. The scenes and scenery
there are portrayed with great vividness-the
danger and daring of the wild bush-life, the pic
turesque and rugged beauty Of rock and noun
tain, the new and gorgeous luxuriance of tree
and flower, and the human hearts there throb-
bling, glowing, fainting with hope, and love, and
despair, just as they have done in Old World
and New for six thousand years.
John Halifax Gentleman. By the author Of olive
The ogilvies,n "Agahas Husband" 'Avillion'
aThe Head OF the Family" Nothing New A Hero
and other Tales &c. With Illustrations by Augustus
Hoppin New York Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Franklin Square 1859. For sale by Taylor Maury
1t is lamentable, it is really quite melancholy,
absolutely suicidal to our reputation for critical
acumen, to be forced to praise such string oil
books. Win not some one be kind enough 10
write good stupid novel, upon which we may
fall to with . clear conscience and savage Zero
city, cut, slash, and grind to powder, and thereby
take new lease of life2 At any rate, we can
not make such a scapegOat of John HaliiaA'
cAntIauan whose face is too well known 10