The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-27
NEW BOOKS.

| From the Publishers. For sale by Henry Taylor:
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By CHARLES DICKENS. Printed
in advance of its publication in Europe vol. Emo
PIP 523 Philadelphia T. B. Peterson & Brother
! The English critics all speak of this work in
terms Of the highest praise. The London Athenrala
no mean authority calls it 'he creation of great
artist in his prime" OF one thing, there is NO
doubt. 1t is entirely different from anything that
Dickens has ever yet written. We do not mean to
say that there is nothing in it which we would NOT
| recognize as Dickens. On the contrary. there is
abundance ofDickenssm. The overdrawn charac-
| ter of Miss Havisham, who sits for years in her
bridal chamber, illuminated only By her bridal
lights, still robed in her bridal dress, with one
bridal satin shoe still on and the other on the
the floor, with one foot covered only with an ever
lasting bridal stocking, with her bridal cake still
on the table, and in fact with everyt thing bridal
decked out in bridal array-baving tremendously
withstood the ravages OF the moth and the worn,
| for considerable portion of a century-all these
| are too evidently Dickens. Jaggers, the lawyer,
is of Dickens creation. Wemmck, the clerk, is OF
his making and Joe and Pumblechook all bear the
unmistakeable Dickens mark
But the book is of higher stamp than any
thing that has appeared from the pen of Mr..
Dickens, for a number of years; and the i'm
work is certainly much more favorable than that
produced by perusal of the separate portions, as
they appeared in the numbers of a weekly periodi-
CAL The delicacy of expression, the quaintness OF
humor and the poignant force which characterize
Mr.. Dickens, are all doubt shown off to greater
advantage, when dealt out in small doses; but in a
work like the present, where the plot killfully
laid where the interest grows, increasing from the
IN
the very end and then only relieved by most per-
feet surprise, the continued interruption occasiOned
by periodical issue of the work only tend to
lessen the interest and weaken the force of the
whole story.
In the present work. although Mr.. Dickens has
usual taken his characters from the lowest ranks
Cf ife still he has succeeded in giving them more
elevation than he has heretofore attempted, if to
show that nature herself knows neither high nor
low, but that development of character depends
upon the teachings of the experiences of life.
Pip, the orphan, reared in the corner of black
smith shop, has his great expectations and his sad
reverses his joys and his SORROWS bis hopes and his
surprises. He at time forgets the days of his
poverty and in after years turns tenderlv back to
the friends Of his childhood. He begins life an
uncared for boy. He is protected and pushed
still he ends a tender hearted and refined gentle
man. Estellas' case is remarkable still. OF an
origin-however, we will not spoil the interest in
the story by here divulging it--and educated to
hatred, she ends gentle woman. Magwitch, the
thief, preserves his bitter hatred to the end but
still develops the tenderest sentiments His quaint
fancy to own gentleman, and the endeavors he
makes and the risks he to crafty this desire,
of the story.
The work is well gotten up, printed on good
paper, and illustrated with numerous rough, but
characteristic wood cuts.
From the publisher: For sale BY Henry TAYLOR.
CHAMBERS ENCYCLOPEDIA. A Dictionary of Universal
knowledge. Part 81, from Dial to Death. Philadel.
phia J. b, Lppincott K Co.
The character of the work is still admirably sus-
tanned. The cOmpers cautious in treating of
American affairs. In this number, for instance,
we have "Davis, Jefferson, political character,
noted in the modern history of the United States
of America" After abiding to his success in
Mexico, and his influence in President Pierce's
Cabinet the article adds that "the Southern States
which had professed to secede formally, appointed
d. to be their President" &C., &c. ...-.-.. ..
From Henry Taylor:
BLACK wooD's EDINBURG MAGAZINE for August. New
York: Leonard Scott Il Co.
Also
THE EcLEcrrc MAGAZINE for September W. II Bidwell,
Editor and Proprietor. New York.
Contains some excellent selections, and is illus
trated by portrait of Thorwaldsen.
STANDARD Place OF AMUsEMENT.-We are
glad to chronicle the fact that the proprietors of
the spacious and ever-popular Baltimore Museum
have leased it to we-known and responsible
manageable. George Kunkel-well known in
connection with the famous "Nightingae Opera
Troupe" and the Richmond theatre, and we are
pleased to that it is the intention of Mr.
Kunkel to make the Museum once more resort for
ladies' and endeavor to provide our citizens with a
recherche style of amusement the year round
The Museum is being papered, painted, and in
every way thoroughly renovated, and the COM
bined popularity of Mr.. Kunkel and the familiar
and pleasant recollections Of the Museums former
brilliant days, bid fair to insure it the hearty sup
port of the public.
HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE-Beneftof Mss Helen
Western.-This young actress offers her name for
he first time this evening as beneficial, and the
alone ought to fill the theatre. The
ill promises her new and excellent drama of the
Child Of Nature" and the very amusing, comedy
If the "Pet Of tie Peaicoats," in both of which Miss
Western sustains important characters, in song, |
lance and changes.
The MELoDEoN.-Those who have not had the |
leasure of witnessing the performance given
lightly at the Melodeon should pay visit to the
all. The acrobatic feats of the Wallace brothers
re the finest ever given in this city. The dancing
Miss Miles exhibits promise in her profession,
,h;Ia her unodest demeanor gives her a freshness |
OF often found on the stage.
TIE CoNrINENTAL.-Thos. Frazier, the celebrated
anor, has been re-epgaged by the manager of the