The national Republican., 1867-04-12
poOUs REyIEwEp.


We have nsssivsd from FREncH a RicHARp.
son, Psnnsylvsais avenue, an American edition
Of the North British Rsvisw." This is an OF.
trsnsly interesting number, containing varsity
Of information Of high value, and will doubtless
bs much rslishsd By ssvsnts. Msdioers inisiisef,
could never bs brousht into spprscistivs contact
! with its srudits pages. The article on THE
Character Of Old Northern Poetry" 10 Of rare
hni,h and excellence. Its perussi creates thirst
In the mind for . more thorough acquaintsncs
| with Northern literature. Though the Eada
lacks the regularity and suphoniousnsss Of the
Iisd, Jet It's sublime and elevated imagery
should render u equally ss familiar and - much
admired. We cannot lay aside the book without
also commanding the very entertaining and
vivid description Of the bengal Famine Of
1885," This concluding article s very CON-
plsts, taking In the cause Of tho famine, failure
Of the rice crop its progress, destroying over .
million Of souls, and its results Increasing crime
and dspravity. Could space allow, We would
like more extended revision Of this Review, "
but now can only 'thow you the iSs Of the foot
to stabls you TO recognise Hercules"
From PnLr soLonoSs ws acknowledge
Thrilling Adventures Of Daniel Rllis." Dur.
ing the Southern rsbsllion, DANIEL acted %
Union guide In East Tennessee, for period Of
nearly four years. The talent, soumsp, and
wonderful ability displayed during that time,
have, since discharged, 90 completely occupied
his mind, a. 70 excite the belief that the public
share his anxiety 10 disburdsn. This mos,
scrupulously and oonsoisntiously he has done,
Not frossn foot, . lost rspsst, or disagrsesbls
feeling ooessionsd BY his pilotings, have been
omitted. DANIEL, probably, wrote under 70,
lection becoming mortality, that As this was hi,
nrst book, so II might be the last. Hence, in one
place. II assumes the usefulness Of eyolopsdis;
informs us why cRAssus died, and how LrcuR.
GUS established his laws. In another, q manual
Of familiar quotations from SHAksrEARs, BrRoS,
CArPBELL, TO-, to. while refusing, in hi,
opening remarks. to lay claim to any Of the
sleganoes and rshnements Of composition, "
spurious attempts to attain them are painfully
ridiculous ending, as they always do, in tint,
figures and worn.out illustrations. DASIEI
opens his book with q so.cAllsd sketch Of hil
: life," in which his mOraliIing propsnsitiei
causes many dsvistions from the prescribed
track. The fact Of being born I" to no proud title
or estates" produces . philosophical essay
, against the accumulation Of the sordid dust oil
earth" the circumstance Of having engaged in
the Mexican war, calls forth plaintiff appeal
Of two pages, against the evils Of war and hi
!. fortunate escape from It's horrors and uncertain
d ties . most rapturous invocation to his belovst
> country. So that the anxious reader can onl,
CLEAN from twenty pages, devoted to his biogra
y ply, these grains-that he was born In 1897 AM
= selected the trade Of a wagon.maker as beinl
Il most oongsnial to his taste. Why ho ever de
parted from 1t so far as to become an author, |
n an enigma ,Olvable only by the aphOrism lever.
a man has his own pleasure"
=, We have also received from PHILP 4 Solo
MONS, "Blaok Sheep, ," q novel BY Edmund YATES
Mr.. YATES may DO familiar to some as the au
thor Of kissing the Rod, " LAND at Last" 4c
"Blsck Sheep was originally published in Al
u the Year Round. As . portraiture Of Londoi
life It, Of course, contains Its quantunr ,rbSeit
: rakss, villains, and knavss Of both sexes
! requires q vast amount Of patience to wad
through the dull details Of plots, counter. plots
loves, intriguss and stratsgems with which II
: pages are filed. Mr.. YATES is young Engli,l
/. writer, who has yet his reputation to make, u
fortune holds any for him. and We opine thi,
last book will not oontributs much TO its pro
gress.