Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-01-24


We have many literary works on our table, the
reception o! which we have scarcely room 10 no.
tice.
THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL QUARTERLY REVIEW ASp
CHURCH REGISTER, Jun, 1860:
Among the lending articles aro, The Evidence OF
miracles:'' "Thc Relation Of Rational to Religious
Mora,y:'' "a Letter to the Christian Laity Of the
United States:" " Tennysonrs ldycs OF the King y
| "Tennyson's poc,ical Works." &c. The Review also
confirms very graceful notice Of the Death OF Wash
ington Irving, and souic striking criticisms on con-
temporary literature.
TIE SOUTHERN PLANTER, devoted to Agriculture,
Horticulture. and the Household Arts. Edited by
| J. +. WILLIAMS Printed ut Richmond, Va, by
MCFARLAND &s FERGUSON
The Planter is full of original matter which is OF
much use und interest the Southern cultirators OF
the SOIL and certainly attractive to a who ure seek
ing general information. "Slascry and free labor
described and compared" by Edmund Rutiin, Esq,
is continued and il full Of interest, particularly u us
of the South "Tobacco, the bane OF Virginia indus
try" is the title Of another contribution. "Animui
food and Vegetable food" is article which Will IN
tcrest all classes OF readers and commend 1t to
their attention.
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MEssESvEE for Jan,iary,
1860.
The first article in the Messenger is entitled LORD
Mucauluy and Marlborough" aud it discusses the
truth Of the historians sketch Of the great captain
Now that Mucaalay is gone where he must atom
for his errors and where he cannot make correction
Of then, now, bo they great or smnl VIC should re-
member llacck's injunction
"And II Is we'll to speak the b:ss
| We may of human kind,
and especially so according to the rrccePt Of an olde
maxim. Then we hayc COLLECTIONS and Excerpts
from tho Lee Papers," Letters from sPnster,'
ilistorca Skctclcs;n and other attractive articles
fill up this volume OF the Messenger. The Editor
Table contains interesting notices Of the deaths o
Washington Irving and De Quincy
We acknowledge the reception OF the toliowin;
books, which we hope to find spnce enough s"on Il
notice moro ut length:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A Novel. By Anna II. Drnry
| nuthor of Friends aud FORTUNE" )" "Ea-tt'iirE,
DC. New York Harper e. Brothers, Publishers
ELEMENTS OF MogAL PHILosornr: By the Key: I
II. Rivers, d D., President Of the ssIes4n T on'
rersity, at Florence, Alabama; EI'tea oF lm2nn
q. Summers, D. D.: Nashville, Ienn. HoutheFi
Methodist Publishing House.
Tkis Southern book is designed 20 takr :he p!ac
of Wuvlund:s, in the Southern schools. We urc iE
debted for this volume 10 Nr. Geo. L. Bidgocd, So
81 Pearl Street
Trx-rn STATES ASp MExIcAS MAIL STEAMSHIP LISl
.Sp STATISTICS or MgxIco. By Carlos Butttriclc
Washington.
The uuthor Of this work tells US that he has bee
for many years deeply impressed with the impor
tance of the adoption Of some measures which wonl
tend to develope the wealth OF Mexico, aud create
l. 4 t,lf
the advantage of every part of the United States.
forth such AS in his opinion will n"'
efficiently tend to accomplish this object. Ar. Bn
. tcr6eld has thorough knowledge OF the people {
Mex,o, Of i,s great resources, agricultural, mincr
and commercial. now almost unknown in the Unite
Suites, bu. source Of great wealth to Europe. Th