Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-11


soRDELLo, sTRATFoRD, &C. By Robert Browning, i
Boston. Tielnor 4 Fields, 1854.
Robert Browning has never been and new |
sr will be popular Poet. His tsrss and Eb- |
StruSs lines strike above the popular mind
and heart, and his genius is net shakS-
pear can or Homsric,-it does not touch at
once all grades Of thought and mould all
sorts of people. But though his genius Is
not of the high order which strikes univsr-
sal chord, it is nevertheless far above that
Of many more popular rhymOrs, who being
less deep are mere easily oOmprehensible,
and thus more generally read. The present
volume includes three of his most abstruss
and abstract poems, In the dAintiest Of Tick
nor and Fields clear spd handSOms type. 1t
will never be peoples book but the heart
and brain of many thinker will be delight
ed with it.
For sale by Insham and Bragg.
Tabs .FRon THE oPERAs. Edited by George
Frederick Parton. New York. Carleton, Pub
Usher, 1854.
Almost every opera goer has felt the need
of a book like this, which shall imprint for
eibIy on his mind the incidents, drumatis
persOnae, and the Leading feeling of the Op-
era which be is about to attend. The pre-
sent neat little volume prOfesssS to supply
this want, and tells, in tOlerable style, the
stories Of Luerezia Borgia, Don Giovanni,
La Traviata, Don Pssqusle, La sOmnambula,
L'EIisir d'Amors, The Barber of Seville,
RigoIstto, Puritsni, The Daughter Of the
Regiment, Norma, Robert the DsVil, II TrO-
Vstore, Martha and Ernsni.
The book will instruct the unlearnsd, but
many things in it will annoy the cultivated.
The former had better use it, the latter had
better leave 1t alone.
It is for sale by Ingham and Bragg.
TRE AR OF CONVERSATION; with directions fer
Self-edueation- New York, Carleton, Publish
er, 1854.
We approach all books of this character
with distrust. They are apt to be artificial,
and their effect, whenever they have any at
al, is to make man q cOxeOmb. The present
work seems to be an exception to t,e general
rule, and may safely be ranked among the
books which instruct and refine the mind.
It'll for sale by Ingham and Bragg.
|
We clip the following from ths Insur-
snos Monitor of New York: H. F: BraytOn
is the Agent for this city.
WASHINGTON IEs. Co.-The last reports
Of this company state its capital and surplus
st $5s2, $40 As, which shows an increase Of
/ arIrJ ha fnfa Al fAr or
year. This fact is q telling testimonial to
| the progress Of the Washington. Its capital
is $400, 900 Its surplus is $ls2, $40. Some
idss of the character and the amount of
business done by the company may be gath
/ cred from the fact that its premiums reserved,
for the fiscal year ending in January, 1864,
amounted to $2l0, I54, while its unexpirsd
premiums we're only S9S, JOB. This shows
that it does q considerable and successful
business on what are termed "short risks"
Indeed, out Of 95l policies maturing during
the last two menths Of the year, not over fifty
were on special hazards, upon which there
was no loss.
| While the Washington is eminsntly coussrva-
tiVe--Which is seen in the character of its risks
1T still possesses the energy to do a strong
| local business. Thus il sxsmpIifes the great
| truth that energetic action is as essential to
success as capital. Results justify its poll
| cy. Its dividends have always been paying
ones, to stockholders. Since its commence
msnt ofths participating system, 1t has divi-
dsd among these latter $3.50, 900, besides
giving three scrip dividends, Of so per cent.
each, on pArtic pating policies, in the course
Of the last three years. The amount of its
participation dividends for 1858 was over
$50 900, which shows that large portion Of
FIRE business is done on this plan.
The company is most fortunate, too, in able
| and untiriug officers. It's President, Mr..
Satterlse, is a hard working man, who gives
his whole attention to the advancement Of the
interests Of the corporation; and his eIsr-
tions are aided in similar spirit of Watehful
energy by Viee-Presidsnt Weston, and the
accomplished and courteous Secretaries
There is no pleasantsr Office than that of the
Wasnington-on the corner Of Broadway
and Maiden Lane. When the company
moved thither from Wall street, it was
thought that the site chosen wss too far up
town. But time has proved the wisdom Of
the removal. The Washington now occu-
pies elegant and conspicuous quarters, SO
that ffhe who runs may read" where to find
security for his worldly goods.