The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-12-02
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LETTERS TO THEIoNEsEs. By Tim
Nothy Titeomb, author Of 3 Geid Foil,''


LETTERS To. THE IoNEsEs. By Tim
sothy Titeomb, author Of Gtad Foil, s
p sLessors in Life, Z &c. New FORK Pub
lished By CHARLES ScHIBNER
8 This is the latestefs the series Of the Tit
comb Bools-jnst fresh from the press. If |
the Jones family is satisfied with the manner
in which T. T. deals with its peculiarities
and shortcomings, surely the public ought to
be--for he gibbets a vice or "a vicious peculi-
arity in a very pungent and attractive style.
To Deacon Solomon Jones he talks of the
evil effects of his austere family government
before Mrs. Martha j ones, the Deacon's
| q helpmate," he eparades the results of her
constant watching over her children to repress
| all that savored of innocent childish freedom,
until they were slaves--to each of the Junior
members of the Jones family, he breaches of
their many follies and foibles, until be hits in
its turn, the ruling vice and idiosyncrasy of
j every class in communicating Joneses being
but the sitters for the portraits. The author
need not have remarked that theionly apol-i
ogies which he offers for appearing as censor
land teacher, are his love of men, his honest
wish to do them good, and his sad conscious
Z ness that bis nominal criticisms of others are
4 too often actual condemnations of himself
for the public has shown its willingness to
4 acknowledge his censorship. 80 teg,'s e.s
4 For sale at the Ravennal Book Store. 76.
IN WAR TIME, and iothe. Poems. BY
John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston Pub
lished by T1ckNoR & FIELDS. '.5 I''s.fs
i The mere announcement of the name of
WHITTIER, the Poet of Freedom is enough to
recommend this volume to the public. Many
of these poems-srch as Astrea at the Cap
i ital.'' "At Port Royal,'' and Barbara FRET
chie''-are already familiar to most readers
Of current literature. But there are many
others that are now just given to the public.
For sale at the Ravenna Book Store. ''l {
!; PECULIAR, "A TALE OF THE GREAT
g. TRANSITION. By EPEs SABGEST.--
r Published by CARLETON, New York, .ua
4 This work has been for some time announc-
edTin the East as one possessing remarkable
interest. It relates to the .'peculiar institu-
tiou,n and the story,i is founded on revelations
!. ef social life in New Orleans, made during the
: administration of affairs in the Department o.
> the Gulf by Benjamin F. Butler, Gov. Shep.
> ley, Gen. Ullman, the Provost Marshal, and
! others, abundantly authenticated in New Or
leans after the occupation of tEat city by the
!, u. S. forces. The materials were excellent
3 and have been handled with skill by Mr. ySar
gent, gentleman whose literary reputation
I has some time been well established. fF
s For sale at the Ravenna Book Store. ~
: SoUNDINGs FROM THE ATLANTIC
By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Publish
II ed BY T1cKNoG & FIELDS, Boston
81 This is one of the many attractive book
:. emanating from the enterprising publishing
|, house named above. "a Soundings," is
"punning'' title, under which is collected
: series Of papers by Dr. Holmes, which hav,
t, appeared in the & Atlantic Monthly recently
!. They comprise those we'll remembered arti
: cles entitled Bread and the Newspaper; NJ,
S Hunt after The Captain ]" The Stereoscop
!. and the Steroograph; SUM- Painting and Sun
Sculpture-with a Stereoscopic Trip acros
! the Atlantic Doings Of the Sunbeam TIL
. Human Wheel, its Spokes and Felloes; I
e Visit to the Autoerat's Landlady : "A Visit t
the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters
II The Great Instrument; The Inevitable Fri
i al. For sale at the Ravenna Book Store
!. q MARY LINDSAY. A novelty the Lad
. EmII,y PoNsoNBY. Published by HARPE