Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-21

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Theseare commanding everywhere, and
touch all, if not alike, at least with power.
Miss Evans does Tennessee the honor
of locating the first scenes ST. of Elmo in
our borders The tale is addressed to
both head and heart, and is the outpour
ing Of womanly tenderness through the
soul of womanly genius 1t is domestic
and public, and the plot unexceptionable,
and will give every one pleasure and i'm
proyenent who reads it. The New York
EDening Post, whose editor is one Of the
first American poets, speaks Of it as one
Of the frst publications of the day, and
saws the Northern demand will be un-
usually large. How could it be otherwise
anywhere, when the title page bears a Sc
lection from John Ruskin, to which NJ
mortal benedict and no faithful wife
could object, as follows: EFf..
'tAh, the true rule is--a true wife in
her husbands house is his servant; Il is in
his heart that she is queen. Whatever of
the best he can conceive, il is her part TO
be; whatever of the highest he can hope,
it is hers to promise; allthat is dark in him
she must purge into purity; all that is
failing in him she mnst strengthen into
truth; from her, through all the worlds
clamor, he must win his praise; in her,
through all the worlds warfare, he must
find his peace" T.r .F. al.
CAMERON Hall: A Story OF the Civil War. By
NJ A. c. author of The Little EpiseopGhdH,
Bessie MelpiHe, etc Philadelphia: j. b. Lip
pincott 4 Co. 1867.
The accomplished authoress is one 0
our neighbors residing in Huntsville,
Ala. The story of Cameron Hall, the
scene opening in Virginia, its characters
tossed here and there on the sea Of strife,
was completed several months before the
war closed 1t depicts with rare truth
and power the impulses of the Southern
heart in the hour Of its extremity, and
the sacrifices and suferings which then
prevailed as the rule throughout that
devoted land II is published, after the
issue of the terrible contest, rs it was
originally written. Its claim to truth
rather than to fiction, is just, and will be
recognized and appreciated by almost
every true Southron who reads the book.
The characters are all admirably drawn,
and the impression created by its reading
is pleasing and profound. We look with
we'll grounded expectancy, for NJ. A. c.
soon to take her place as one Of the most
brilliant among the stars of the Southern
literary ornament rtssEBE
THE MERCHANT OF BERLIN A Historical Novel
By L. Muhlbach. author Of Joseph III. and his
Count Translated from the German, BY
Amory Coffin, NJ, ID. New York, U, Apple
ton.6 CO. 4t8 aud 445, Broadway. 1857.
More than dozen volumes have ema-
mated from the pen of this writer which
have made the name household word in
modern literature Only a few have been
translated into English, but these have
been read with much avidity and secured
great respect in this country. The
volume before ms is an historical romance
of the times Of Frederick, the Great, and
is of commanding interest 1t cannot
fail Of favorable acceptance and
general reading by the American public
Its characters are those, many Of them,
whose names are familiar to all readers
of history, and especially famous in war,
such as Tottlebsn, Gotzkowsky and Bach
mann. interviewer with affairs of the |
cart, and an exposition of the habits, |
manners and customs Of the lower orders |
of people of the times and country. For |
the long winter evenings, to one desiring |
to separate his contemplations from the
scenes which surround him in this coun-
try, we know of nothing more agreeable
than the Merchant of Berlin.
Tar CHILDREN OF THE FRONTTER. New York;
D. Appleton a Co. 1867.
This book was written by a lady of
Illinois. from sketches and incidents by |
a Danish artist, Theodore Lund, who
spent many years in the West The
stories are interesting but in style and
language il falls below criticism.
THE TEUE CHURCH. By Theodore I'll ton, IL
Illustrated from Designs by Granville Perkins. /
Philadelphia, J. B. LippincOtt 4 Go. 1901.
This is a poem in couplets by the crack
Drained editor Of the New York hide
pendent the bosom friend of Anna
Dickinson aud the left hover of Sir
Fred Douglass. 1t ia scofing at the
church. and a sacrilegious appeal to
Christ as the head of a set who take
pains every day to advise the violation of
the ordinances Of nature and of God
We cannot debate with such the laBeifnl
heresies they may promulge in rhyme;
and only regret that the respectable pub
fishers should have bestowed so much
labor and expense in producing a speei-
men of Typography aud illustration an
surpassed IN beauty and completeness N
America. rs
THE WoNBRRFuL SroRIEs oF fv1-Bpz. IEE
PHILADELPHIA j. ,. LippsneOtt 4 Ca 1851 /
A book for children, full Of wonderful
stories. and admirably adapted for a
cheap Christina present bs /
R avRL sroRY Books PhiIAdelphia; }. B. Lip
pencott a Co. 1867.
This series includes the "RAits
KaioGt, Masulns," and eJoekO, the