Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-06
NewPub,lontIonu.

| TRUNPs. A Novel. By Geo. W. Curtis au-
thor OF "Nile Notes Of HoWRdji," "The
HowHdji in Syria" "Ihe Potiphar Pa
Pers," SPrue and ]" /" etc. splendidly il
lustrHted by Augustus Hoppin. New York;
Harper Brother, Publishers.
'Trumps," Mr.. Curtis last, which has
been contributed during the past year, to
Harper's Weekly, has been re-issuod by the
publishers in the handsome volume which
lies before US. The author, who has attained a
considerable reputation as graceful narrator
for what he has seen in his travels, and also
of such satires IS the 'oPotiphar Papers" in
which tbs mirrer is held upt ''our best So
eiety,' has come forward in tho new csPsoity
of q novel writer, in which he can hardly
be said to have met with complete success.
The same warmth Of description which fills
all Of Mr.. Curtis skies with sunlight, tinges
ali his mountains with melting hues, loads
all his breezes with the odors Of the Spice
islands, is here employed in Picturing his
characters, and the consequence is that
'Abel Newt" is miracle Of fascination,
Lawrence Newt" miracle Of goodness,
and 'fHspe Wayne" miracle Of queenly
lovsliness and perfection. The fact is some
what apparent, that all Ethis fascination,
goodness and perfection, has been created to
sdOrn imaginary persons, rather than that
such persons do or might exist and are pos
lessed of such characteristics. l153 p l'
n T. T
WEST INDIES. BY VIM. G. Sewell. New
York; Harper & Brothers:
This book is a Republication of a series Of
well-written letters contributed to the New
York Times. The author, in his preface,
says: alt is not designed in this work to
draw from the results of British Emancipa-
tion any inference, or to point any conclu-
sion, favorable or unfavorable to slave labor
in the United States; end for the reason that
great territorial disparity between the
island on the one hand, and the southern
section of the Union on the other forbids
even q comparison of their social and pOliti-
cal institutions. The writer's aim has been
to give, as free from comment as possible,
such statistical and other information con-
corning the West Indian populations, their
habits and customs, their industry, their
commerce and their government as he has
been able to procure from reliable sources or
to gain by personal observation" The writer
appears to have followed the course thus
marked out, but the conclusion, drawn from
a large amount Of valuable statistics, is m
evitnbls that under freedom, sources Of in
dustry and prosperity have been opened that
under slavery would have remained closed
forever"
The book is we'll written and interesting.
TIE W1rs AND BHAux OF soorErY. By Grace
and Phillip Wharton, authors Of "The
Queen Of Society" With illustrations
from drawings by II. R. Browne and Jas.
Goodwin. Engraved by the brothers Dali
Eiel. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Among thePrOminent PsrsOnAgss whose
names have come down to US from earlier
s9s sEeA ID P4ts 4Bs the leSoEts .ssA
termed the "Wits and Besuz." Very many
of them played no secondary part in the
politics and events Of the days in which
they lived, and royalty itself is not entirely
free from the reputation Of having sand
great many good things which have delight
ed other than courtier's ears. .-r.
In the list of those to whom chapters are
devoted in the present volume srei George
yilliers, Second Duke of Buckingham,
r,,,,t n c-.,,n,ouk and Lord Rochester
Conpreve, stanhops Earl Of Chesterfield,
The Able scarrOn, ROchefOucalt, selwyn,
Sheridan, Hook, Sydney Smith, Beau
Brunei, Beau Fielding, Beau Nash, and the
freouenters of the ''Kit-Kat Club. I" Of these
characters and of several others, short bio
graphical sketch is given, intersPersed with
anscdOte. The volume is very readable and
valuable as a library book.
All the above are from Messrl' Cobb 4
Co.'s. a79a %.
From Hawks 4 Brother we have received;
The North American Review, for April,
1861, containing; I. Criminal Procedure
II. Smiths Tables of Ecclesiastical History;
III. Explorations in Eastern Africa w.
Documentary History of the Revolution
V, De Gerando; vi. Temporal Power OF the
Church; VII. The Literature Of Power
VIII. Slavery, its Origin and its Remedy
TX. Appleton on the Rules Of Evidences x
Travel in Europe; XI. Critical Notices.
Appleton's Railway 4 Steam Navigation
Guide for April, 1851.