The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-02
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JEasns otlr e IrE. Novel, al by the Author
,of "St. Olayes," &c., DC. New York Har-
per6 Brothers. CharlesSon John Russell.
The readers of est. olayes"-will hardly
need to BE- commended, to this, the authors
latest novel. go Indeed, counting ourselves
among the thorough osppreciators Of both,
we hardly know how-to convey our opinion
Of either without seeming to run into e1-
trayagances. We can only say that it is
thoroughly good move, and when we have
said that in this Augustan age Of the art,
when the clsverness Of the day has effer-
vesced in these literary foam7bubbles, to an
extent which gives them prominence Of
which, perhtps, even the brilliant success
of the early explorers in the walks Of posi-
tive fiction afforded no adequate foreshad-
owing, we feel that we have bestowed very
high praise indeed.
No lover of the intense and passionate,
no seeker after the excitements and vaga-
ries Of disordered and sensationalinpulses,
need come to these pages for his fars-iatel-
lectusl. .Jeanie's Quiet Life" owns the
disturbing influences Of no such angry ele-
ments. Such speaceful, gentle, tender life
story, was surely. never written before for
the: instruction Of those that shall come
after. The mingling Of quiet, pastoral
ideal, with yet enough Of living, breathing
human passion-@in the true sense Of the
word-to give it human interest;-the in
terweaving Of opposing characters, and the
growth and evolution Of those characters
through the successive ordeals ofetrial and
sorrow, and disappointment and joy;-all
transfused with purity Of thought and
feeling, and presented with delicacy of
touch and tone which tells Of 3 mind highly
cultivated no less than heart keenly aliyeto
the sympathies of humanity;-surely these
make up attractions enough to WOO the
reader from the gaudy trappings and mere
tricious. adornments. of more pretentious
pages to this peaceful chronicle Of life and
love.
And if the ostensible hero and heroine Of
the story leave less definite impression
upon us than we could have wished,-if
Hugh Deeping is somewhat more common
place, and Jeanne more slightly sketched
than quite accords with their intended prom
inence in the book, this is, perhaps, all the
more natural and becoming. And Gwendo-
line Lyneton would suffice, in herself, to
make any book success. Let our readers
buy and read. Wewill warrant them against
disappointment.
.ouAcKENBos' ARITHRTcs.
These excellent school-books are growing
in popularity every day, and there is no
doubt that in adaptation to the present state
of our financial affairs, as well as in the e1-
haustive and practical manner in which
they treat the various branches of mercan-
tile arithmetic, they are the best textbooks
yet published on the subject.
The superiority of this new series is
proved in the most convincing way, by its
general introduction in place of the older
textbooks. The Board of Education Of
Albany recently unanimously adopted them
for exclusive use in all their common schools,
on the urgent recommendation of the lead.
ing principals of that city. A few days
afterwards, the City of Syracuse followed
suit. Brooklyn has used them exclusively
for more than year in its public schools,
and the City Superintendent says: "They
meet our wants so entirely that we should
be very reluctant to change them for any
other SERIES"
Our Southern educators are not behind
those of the North, in their appreciation Of
these admirable textbooks. DR.. HAM1L-
TON, the President of Andrew Female Col
lege, Cuthbert, Ga, writes: 81 am perfect
" delighted with the entire series" In oul
own State, DR.. BREAKER, the well-known
Principal of Elford Institute, at Unionville,
saws: 81 have been using the three first