The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-07-18

Mn. SECRETARY PEpYs; With Extracts
from his Diary. By Allan Grant. New
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Mn. sEcRsrARY PEPYs; With Extracts
from his Diary. By Allan Grant. NeW
York James Porteus, 4
The usual and regular editions Of
the quaint and garrulous Pepys have
been 90 fun and expensive % TO CON
ine the knowledge q tho works and
the writer to a comparatively limited
number. But in this little volume We
find treasure. The author gives
complete outline sketch Of the lite OF
the Secretary, as we'll as some OF the
choicest extracts from his Diary for tho
nine years during which it was kept.
Nothing could exceed the, zest With
which this worthy chronieler dishes up
the court gossip Of the times Of the
last Of the stuarts, aud his glimpses in
to the inner life Of the times are in.
struetivc as we'll as entertaining. -- '
Reading his record is almost equal to;
living in the society he in part compos-
ed, to witnessing tho events he tells Of
50 oharmingly, and to knowing the
men and women who were prominent
during. the reign Of Charles H. Al.
though much in the full edition is
triaing and Of but slight Importance
the Diary having evidently been writ
ten without any purpose Of publicity,
as it was kept ia short hand and lay for
century and a quarter after the death
Of the Secretary, unnoticcd and un-
read-yet there is SO much that is Of
permanent interest and value tkat the
work has become standard. This
Diary may be said to be to history what
sauce is to meat, and it will be best
relished by those who are most familiar
| with the events Of the times during
| whish it was written. As these were
Immediately subsequent to the death
of Cromwcll'we need not say anything
concerning their Importance. ...,,.*
This volume contains two hundred
and sixty.tour pages, and affords the
matter for much pleasant reading. A
fine steel-engrayed frontispiece furnish
es an excellent likeness of Secretary
Popys. A copy Of the book, in paper
covers, may be obtained, for seventy.
five cents, or handsomely bound edl-
ton for Sl.50, by addressing James
Porteus;'New York. .: -t;,;,:> ,sssl1o
THE BIRTH or SP1rAsu,Rr:: The Story Of
! Cupid and Psyche. From A puleius.-
,Janea Porteus, New York.: q I; .ln>!
| n'this little volume is presented the
NEUROLOGICAL story that has excited the
'surmises Of numerous philosophical aud
metaphysical writer's. The fable is
generally supposed to- represent the
mystic union between the divine love
] t3lEG EtTiT. ~ - Is.E!!EES t,EE.
and the human soul, or the lapse Of the
soul from the Ineligible world to the
earth, as understood by, the Greeks. =
Most Of our readers arte" doubtless ia
miliar with the story. . :'''' ''...'
T. The book can be had of the publish
er for seventy-6ve cents, paper covers
or one dollar, handsomely bound. 81
BElAIDiLE's DIME SPEAKER, No. I. @.,''. ~
BALD EAGLE, By Mrs. E. Cakes Smith
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ries Of their publications, a variety o
matter suitable for use in lyceums-
This number embraces a variety Of Sc
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the works Of eminent persons, il,
t. The novel is Of: the regular semi
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