The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-11
SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER IL. 1868.


CHILDREN WITH THE PoErs.-Th's book Is
gem. 1t is q collection of various poems written
in ell ages, ell languages, suited to the capacity Of
children between the ages of eight and fourteen.
The compiler, Mrs. Harriet B. McKeever, esi-
IDENTIFY brings to aid her IN the work not only cul.
tivated intellect and q refined judgment, but q
heart that 's wholly devoted to doing service f,r
the cause Of God and truth, to the incubation of
all virtues. In the preface Of the book she tells
how, /" wherever abe could 6nd an elevated moral,
heroic sentiment, delicate fancy, a holy virtue,
q domestic lesson, she has added gem after gem
until she trusts that she offers what will be really
acceptable to the yoang." Aud further on !:
reverence for holy things and places, for good
ness in every rank, pity for ell the woes of man,
tenderness towards the erling and forgiveness to
those who have wronged Us are eloquenty sung
In tbs Yolrle by SONG Fl HnSr SSG(sgv
new, some frsnslations, and q few poems from the
pen OF Mrs. AcKeever herself. Il Is such book
rs viii make an invaluable present to either boy
or girl, end in fact, even grownupv people
might learn many beautiful lesson from its pages
We are glad Of its advent in orr community, and
we hope II may 60 into many q household, to ad
wise, 10 strengthen and 10 make glad. For sale
by Ellis, opposite the Postofice. Clsxton, Rem.
sen Hafelfnger. Philadelphia. $50 pages.
The INVASION OF TIE CRINEA BY ALExAYDER
w. kTsGLs, Vol. Ii.-Any detailed criticism of
this work, which has already passed to IFS proper
rank amongst standard histories, is Of course here
useless. The author, with every facility at his
command, hes used his material well, weaving
too, as Is the prerogatve and the duty of the true
histor an, with his narration Of facts
on their causes. and analyses Of their remote
ELECTS. The description Is of high order, while
the many foot notes show with what care the book
has been compiled. We would particularly CON.
mend to readers the analysts on page $50, of the
mighty Influence welded over the English people
by the London Times newspaper, the thuuderer,
and the description page 507, and the following
pages of the famed Sight at Balsklaya. The work
Is plenttu'ly Illustrated with maps, which in many
ere fec SMILES Of field plans drawn on the spot.
For sale by Ellis, opposite the Postofiice.
REvIEws.-The Southern Review, Quarterly. J
by Bledsoe Brown. Baltimore, is undoubtedly
the most solid snd thorough publication of the
kind on this continent. Its reviews and ESSAYS
always show thought and research, and are fire.
quently marked by great felicity and brilliancy of
STYLE This is eminently true of the last or Octo
Der number, now at hand. the contents of which
are Alexander H. Stephens on the War; Let.
nee hnollys; The Northern Church; Belisarius;
Two Recent Poems; Brownson's American Rs.
public; Platin's Poems; Consultations 10 Natu.
raj History; Book Notices." The North British
Review, American edition, by the Leonard Scott
Publishing Company, New York, Is also at hand.
containing its usual number of able and interest.
ing articles.