Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-31
Diamond Dicksns.

/ The DiamOnd Dickens.
MARTIN CHUzzLEwIT.-This is the fifth
volume Of the handsome and popular
diamond Edition. of Dickens Works,
and in style and appearance it is an exact
eOpyofthe four elegshtlittle volumes that
preceded 1t.
Martin Chuzzlewit' is of unusual inter
est to American readers, as it was written
soon after Dickens visited this country,
and contains the result of his observations.
On its first appearance it aroused great m
dignation in the United States by the
severity Of its satire. We were ready to
admit that Pecksnif, Jonas ChuzzlewIt,
Ssirey Camp, and Montague Tigg were
accurate representative of Eng fish society,
but declared that Elijah Pogram, Mrs.
Bominy, ColO-sl Diver, and Jefferson
Brick were gross ~caricatures of people
living in America. But when we remem-
Der the locality of 'sEden"-now better
known to the world as Cairo, at the con-
iuenee Of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
-the pecpliarities of the Missouri BUSH
whackers and their leading politicians at
the time Dickens visited America, and
thsir ontrages all through The recent
rebellion, we may forgive the novelist for
doing what the leading illustrated papers
of the past two years have done in sketch
ing society in the border and Southern
States For this is exactly VIII at Dickens
has done in "Msrtin Chuzzlewit." He
never loses an opportunity to sketch the
~frailties of the English people quite as
severely, and probably a. truthfully as he
did the ~''halfhorse, half. alligator men
who formerly ruled in the regions border
ing on the Mississippi river. These in
dividuals came within Mr.. Dickens scope
of acquaintance when he wa here, and
they were as tair game for his satire as
Pecksnif himself.
Aside from the prejudice which once
existed against thu novel, and which is
evidently wearing away, it possesses 8 fund
of hnmors pathos, and entertainment. As
for this edition, its pocket convenience, its
clear type, and exceedingly attractive
appearance throughout, nave already made
it n fav9rite, and most deservedly so.
The price Of the illustrated edition is
only $1.5O; of the plain, 81 .25. Either
can Be procured ofthe ~booksellers, or will
be SEM postpaid by
TICKN0R q FIELDS, Bosom
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Magazine Notices.
TIE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for August
hiss been received. It contains articles as
follows: The Guardian Angel, VIII
Hospital Memories, ]. bsDirge for a Sailor.
Up the EdistO. Poor Richard, III. The
Growth, Limitations and TelerAtion of
S~hakespesre's Genius. Longfenow's Trans
lAIion of Dante's Divina Commedia. The
Old StOry. A Weeks hiding, The Lit
tie Land Of Appenzell. The Lost Genius.
Cincinnati. A Liliput Province. Re
view and Literary Notices, etc. ;
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BLNcKYeoD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE
o july, contains a number of articles
Of very readable character. viz: Brown.
lows, part VII. The American Debt and
The Financial Prospects Of he Union
The Easter Trip Oftwo OchlOphobise. A
New Life Of Napoleon, I. The Royal
Academy and Other Exhibitions. Corne-
illus O'Down, a Handful of Sovereigns.-
An Adieu to our vflsge. PrAxitelezAnd
Phryne. The Progress of the Question.
The Death Of Sir Archibald Alison. Pub
lished by the Leonard Scott Publishing
Co, 40 Fulton St, New YorkgaEr
eoER YoUKe Folks" for August,
proEes that Messrs. TicknOr & Fields are
not Weasying with the task of catering to
the lille foiks It contains capital illus
and various articles of y delight
full nature for young readers, from the pens
Of Or. Hayes, the famed Arctic Explorer
Mrs. q! B. Stowe, &c, &c
DEMoREsT'S "YoUNG AMFRICA."-This
handsome little periodical started with
many competitors, but has -outliYed,s or
1nlstripped, nearly all. Since its hnt
ssue last November, it has exactly treblod
Is circulation, and expects confidently tod
lAiteAtreble that again, before thes1st Of
January. 1t is as great a favorite with
he little folks as DEMoREsT's MONTHLY
their fAmsmas, land dcservedly; for
The efforts of the editors to amuse them are
n~nceasing No other juvenile magazine
contains SO many toys, stories, games and
No wonder the children like it.
Address, /
W. JENNINGS DEMOREST,
AS Broadway, New York.