The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-17
BOOK NOTICES.


development OF qualities to attract and ben.
eat. Tho ground, left 10 Itself. may bury
stray sccd from which a goodly plant may
emerge, but the superior outgroWih OF thoTns ,
and bEiars will coon check and cad its career. b
SO in the tender mind may exist the embryo
OF many a virtue, which, through want Of care
and training, will never mature and bear
fruit. Upon the culture of the sapling depends
the beauty and symme'ry OF the tree. Ac-
cording to the management aud direction
given the youthful mind will result the useful
or pern!ciOus man or WON n. society re-
csiycs It's tcuc, it, cirganccs, rellnCmeU;s
polish, or its coHrgencs5 and rulgatity from
the instruction awarded our girls. Honora-
able and exalted Is the mission Of woman. As
daughter, wife, mother, friend, adviser there
Is no limit to her influence or usefulness.
How cautious, then, should 30 the regard, how
tender the Eolic!tudc surrounding her oduca.
ton. Sydney Cox has directed her "FTiendly
Coun seln in the right channel. She has given
us book, which not only should be placed In
the hands of every school gin, but which could
be read with pront by the many imperfect wo-
men OF our day Her words Of caution, cheer,
admonition-Htly and lovingly spoken-shino
forth truly, alike apples OF gold in pictures
OF silver" Would that more OF the literary
talcnt of our country was aimed toward I'M
proving and purifying the mind, instead Of in
citing vicious desires and ncouraging unreal,
vaporous views of life. In the work before US
is shown an intimate knowledge OF the fall
lngs and weaknesses, the cravings and require
men,s OF a young girls life. Every suggestion
looks toward FciecmiEs from life OF lerity,
InCrtncss, and fashion, to one Of achievement.
and usefulness. The drift OF every line is,
"Eot enjoy mont. aud not sorrow,
l. our destined cpd orwAy;
pI' 81 act i int.S ssSs sb.H
"Tnn WIRE GArxrLgr." a novel. D. Cap.
tain Maync Reid. author of tho "Scnlp Hunt.
crs," &c, with Illustrations. q. w. Garlic
ton, publisher, New York. For sale by
Blanchard & Mohun, Warrington, u. q.
Capt Reid, as an author, has been 60 long
before the public ths, few can he Ignorant OF
the tenor of his writings. lie has found mnnJ
admirers among that class who rcvel In de-
scrlptions of hair.brcadth escapes and jeop.
arIous situations, in the ribaldry, jest and
swnggcr, the unrcalncss and cxaggcrstlon, for
which his pen h as peculiar penchant. Scenes
from the lives Of hunters and rangers. or fon.
lures OF Indian character, have hitherto been
the drift OF his portrHysls but in the white
Gauntlet" tanner and more civilized style OF
writing is attempted We don't know but
what the beaten track had best have becE ad'
herel to, as the oil wildncss, cosrscncss and
Is.os' $50 ,.,a,,I ~ a., .,vhifa
S.,"S,i,,,' Ivy ,,to,,,ro -, ,an,os,i, r'Irh
y, Ii,,,',,. .ks,,.os u.rien
Wade the heroine an arlatoeE't1e m1!ieh'
young and charming Is most lut!efousiS in'
troiuced. In the midst oil setIuueu WOODS
she STANDS, accompanied only py hanA'
hound ana morse ilcF Gcsish IS 10 encounter
a Handsome cavalier on a noble stced," for
whom, thouyh n STRANGER. she hal conceived A
f.,., ,,.si,r ~, ~, ,rb,r, sbo ,v,s dp,.r-
r,in.I ~ ,hr,,.t srou,iDtan,r Prrviou, 10
49, s,,,o,ranoo ~ ,hc cnnc..,l,n IN, ,uthor
,,, t,.o MA, h,'mornus snecuI,,Ion
60 ,yhr woman 4. mn, slone
In thick forest. lie wonders aud wor'
r!cs, until the Feaae', from considering /.
'',o, NJ tHe Iccn,.t bcwiIcrmept AMI
'"'o ''''. % "' 80, :, T.. l., t.,.,o,
cN 'itcmehf' "AN Fe'!C' ~ Is ~ "H'o az
last the problem unrAyclcd by the cauter OF
that "rchle siced"--yknt \ privilege to Oh.
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hrA h'flHth hho"s "cr i"'"'' '"' ''N"S
u.OU.tLt. 4 'cli!t gl"1Nei Is drawn from her
,,,I.r, ~ ,ho -,o,-
"a cHN"rusc !" Va. H''"4'S u '"S
willie hawk, hound, horse, and iLNCr uvGH-
gently p.rsuc their tramp. To follow the
t,rr.,,,o c,r,ri.r ,,I yyLur r,uutIrt. and
90 '>'' go" 80, ,
Mistress W hde through siNty-oLe ehHp'eIA uI
designs and Tesults-tO follow with u BLIND
mesa to British rrticencC and pride, to skill
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