Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-10

BlAUTIRs; selected from the writings Of
IEoNAg pEoufucT, author Of" Confessions OF
an EnEll1h OPIUM Eater, eto, Boston; TICK
NoR fIHEDs.
ThoFo are few who have devoted any time
70 the leading writers Of the English Ian
guas,. Who have not followed De Quincy
through his startling record Of his sxperi-
oaoo as an opium eater. OF his other writ
ings less has bosn known, but in hiI other
works, not les thah In this, did he hhoW his
warm susceptible nature and the wonderful
mastery which be had over ths English
language. De Quincy lived OOtemPOrary
with Scott, Byron, COlsridge, Words
worth, Lamb, Rogers, Msoaulay, sOuthey
and Lander, Of whom The last alone sur
wives. = il praise enough Of any man TO
name him IN connection with these great
hearts Ind splendid intellecis, but the praise
is not tndsssEved b. Doouincy. In this
elegant volume, illustrated By stSel POr-
trait Of lie lluStriOus subject, We have
choice extracts from the best writings of the
authoT, % that those who have not the time
nor means % become acquainted with his
entire works, may here find such colleo-
ton sS viii give them abundant samples Of
his style and power.
For Salsby J. B. Cobb & Co., Cleveisnd.
THE PEARL OF ORR's ISLAND: A story
Of the coast Of Maine, By Ms. HAERIET
BEECHER STOWE, author Of &" Uncle Toms
Cabin" The Minister'S Wooing,n etc. Bos-
ton; TIcEEoR F1EIDs, 1852.
AGNES OF Sorrento. By Mrs. Harriet
BEEoHER sIoWE. RostSn; TIoKEOR & FIELDs,
iss2
Mrs. Stowe needs no introduction to the
American people. She is one of them, and
yet 50 far in advance of the mass that they
were willingly led csptive BY her BY the
chain which Uncle Toms Cabin wound
around them. To the readers Of the Inde-
pendent, We do not need to speak Of the
former Of these books, nor to the readers of
the Atlantic Of the latter. They have been
Published in those periodicals during the
past year, and have added immensely to
the popularity Of both. Mrs. Stowe is one
ofths best writers upon New England life,
as her " Minister'S Wooing" testified, while
her residence and frequent visits abroad
have given her an inaightintO Italian char
aotsr and customs such IS perhaps no wO-
man Of America, since the death of Mrs.
Browning, possesses. Hence these books
are written by enc thoroughly oonversant
with their subjects. They are therefore true
70 nature, and whatever is true to nature is
worth reading.
The two books are bound in uniform style,
and form handsome ornaments for the parlOr
or library.
For sale by Ingham 4 Bragg, Cleveland.
LEIZURE HOURS IN TOWN. BY the Coun.
try Parson. Boston: TIoKNoR 4 FIELDs. 1894.
Unintentionally this charming volume Of
delightful essays has laid upon our table for
weeks without public notice; that it has had
private notice, is evidenced BY the readiness
with which it opens at certain peculiarly
attractive passages and pages. No one who
has read the "Recrsationsof Country Par
son" viii fail to follow the genial ParsOn
into town, and continue the acquaintance of
the author who proved 30 companionabls
amid the green fields OF the country. These
essays, or discourseB, are neither filed with
harsh rebuke or 1l-naiursd advice upon the
one hand, nor with sickly sentiment on the
other, but they have a healthy ring and
a familiar tone about them, as if the authOr
kindly grasPed his readers hand and enter
ed at once into his hopes, aspirations and
fears, A pleasantsr companion for a quiet
evening by the nreside, OF for an nour's ly-
ing upon the hill side, OF by the sea-shore,
has not been Published this many day.
J. B. Cobb 4 Co. has the book for sale.