Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-16
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WHKAr AND TAREs. Published by Harper a Brothers
New York For sale by Woodhouse Co, Richmond
This is what its title denotes pleasant variety of per
sonagss and incidents, agreeable and otherwise, much
ike that which is found floating the broad currents
of human life or scattered the great plains Of hu-
many where all sorts Of people live aud move and have
their being.
M NovEL OR, VAMErTs Of ENGLIsH LIEE. Library
Edition in tao volumes Harper Brothers, Publish
ers. For sale by A. Morris, Richmond.
my Novel" IS couiessedly Bulwers best work. 1t has
remarkable dramatic force, and breathes uniformly
healthy tone But is unnecessary to commed the wa
rieties Of English Life" to the lovers of fiction.
TuE LAKE REGloNs OF CENrRAL AFRICA. By RichardF.
Burton. Illustrated wth cuts. Harper Bros. For
sale by A. Morris, Richmond.
Captain Burton is an officer in Queen Yictorias Iudi-
an army, and Fellow of the Geographical Society. He
set out to explore the lake regions Of Ceura Africa in
tie summer Of 1857 and this work which be calls pc-
tre Of the exploration IS the fruit Of that enterprise
dc plunged boldly into the wids Of Africa encounter
ing its dangers aud prva.Ons iearessy. The geogra-
phy OF the country and ethnOlogy and manners of its
inhabitants are wildly described. The volume is large
one Of over i've hundred pages and has maps and illus
.ratous The reader will find very interesting book.
FAEApAY on rur PHYSIcAL FoEcxs. course Of six
lectures on the various forces Of matter aud their CO.
relation Harper Brothers, Publishers. For sale by
West & Johnston.
Though these lectures we're delivered before 'juve-
nile auditory" ataha Royal Institution in England, the
Matchmaker Rsgis-, ia speaking Of them, well remarks
tina, children OF larger growth may read them with feel
ugs Of far greater than they would experience
in the perusll Of more formal treatise. The great les
son yht the Invisible association Of the various phys
icll forces Thus heat it is shown, will help to elm
in,te light electricity magnetism and chemical action
chemical action will edu,e light electricity an1 heat aud
so on Grayitatoa, cohesion, chemical affinity heat,
electricity aud magnetism all treated Of in simple
and lucid manner Toe little volume is illustrated with
wood cuts and we recommend to everybody to buy it.
Porxs By Augustus julien Requer, Philadelphia J.
B. Lip1ilcott * Co. For sale By West Johnston.
Tbe author Of these poems District Attorney in No.
bile, Alabama He d,dicales his work to his deceased
wife in terms at oace afec,iOaate and affecting. We are
very glad 70 recommend his poems indicative of the
s-ss av,.or and prophetic Of something higher and
better The presen. efforts are sometimes deficient in
conception, aud still ofencr in rhyme Apart
from these defects these verses quite good in thought
AID language 1. only requires more elaboration in lay
ing out the plan of hs poems, and study Of rythm
aud metre to make him poet. Towards that rank he
has already very far attained and his poems of high
promise. Let him study aud cas Tue say we to
al Who do not write for daily papers or merely for some
tarnorary object.