New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-13

MASON BROTHERS,
lNl Nos and MERCERsT New.York, have Just pub.
H'H'' "A JOURNEY IN THE BACK COUNTRY"
By Frederick Law omed author Of "A SOarRsy in n the & Sea-
Of American Farmer in England" Sc 1872 pp Rmo cloth
This is the third and Of Mr. ousted series Of volumes
''' ''''' From The New.York Tribune
"Mr Olmsted certainly possessed many peculiar advantages
for the preparation imposing authentic work this
ec Con bning singular of mind with exact and e
fecye habits OF thought degree intellectual integrity
with great practical be gas well qualified 70 obtain
and to present true report Of bis without
ment Ine %nGe a ne na, n
character crafty the advocates of Ssyey but no one can
Justly complain Of the spirit % a ,a59 with npe1 SSh asd me Ssss
humor of his narrative adapted to dsaTm even the most In
account o personal adVenufe- that term may applied
the of the writer on hi: often perSns and always
docte with which this volume ebounds contains much
perpetual I food for even It's may
From The Boston Transcript.
"t record by shrewd calm and thoroughly Trustworthy
person. extensive series of observations made during tour
ration OF the book and its opn
ions all who make boast Of possessing that quality"
The hfe sESB0ARp sJvS5 SLAVE sfAiEs and "a JOURNEY
THRo OUCH TEXAS have obtained standard postonin their
department Of literature and are thus spoken Of BY important
valuable contribution which has yet been made to our
knowledge Of those State:"-I Edinburgh ksyiew ..,
aud American friends would do well to con-
sde5 them coselyn- LOndCP =. Times. , ...n ,,v..
give attractive aud entertaining account OF scenery
ST %d Of d ana n a.' Rs
oandns and depth witch & could be s1
10 the best OF its lind that we have ever met vita
London Daily News.
To all those persons therefore, who look upon Slavery
question as problem requng practical solution this book
comes In stepping which will lift that discussion to
range decidedly higher than it has held before-NOrh
MIR oinsteds work has received higher praise than almost
any similar work Philadelphia Norn Ame
Never losing sight picturesque comic and al
ways preserving exqbean good humOr n spite Of depressing
provoking circumstances he is sngulary agreeable rsv
Or, REcoLLEorioNs oF TRAVEL IN ASIA AND
From the French of Col l. Du coqet Hsdj Abfel aamd
Bey ex lieun OF the Emr Of Mecca Yemen and Persia
of the societe Orentae Academic Rationale Gc S2 pages
l2mo cloth. Price = rs,
One of the interesting OF books OF its class and has met
do not remember have seen, in all varied readings
markabe vvacy and Instructive some
but ordinarily bearing quiet beauty aud the majestic stiffness
Of the through which the author ok
10 other book with which acquainted gives vivid
an account c desert life and travel and the disposition nab
OF the volume consists Of the Arab tales which the author col
lected in wandenng and which before have been In
One Of The most interesting and startling books Of travel
have since publication of NJ Hucs extraordinary nara
Huc His is quite as simple and he instructive and
cuIious."-IN ew-iork Dispatch 49,,
m q sy Gsesf RSss Sf can be in this weary old
One Of the most interesting books OF travel adventures tire.
don fiction red to the public Boston Express
"A genuine contribution to the literature OF travel
Original in manner and matter. The mos, complete
IepIesenaye Of the life OF The children oil the desert ever al
Witty pOeticsl vanOus, strarge and instructive