The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-03-19

ica-hoN ceded TO the u United States
and in Various other Parts of North
America. By Frederick Nhymper.-
With Map and Illustrations.
MIR. Whymper is one of those robust
young Eng3ishmen, blessed with money
and with education, who, dixie Mans
field Parkyns in Abyssinia and that
bold hunter in South Africa, Gordon
Cummingl finds congenial employment
for his surplus activity of mind and
body in perilous adventures in the most
trying and inhospitable climates of the
! globe. Pen and pencil in hand, and
with telegraph company as an excuse,
he penetrates the frozen purchase of
Mr.. Seward, ascends its bold rivers, en-
joys its grand and gloomy scenery,
mixes with the inha aitants, shares their
hospitality, and in fact becomes one of
them Tor the time being. He imparts
the useful Information thus gained in a
clear, simple, unaffected style; and the
Harper's, availing themselves of the
opportunity, have made one of the hand
soonest and most readable books of the
season.
"Cast Up By The Sea-" BY Sir
Samuel w. Baker. With ten Illustra-
tions by Husrd.
A better written and more entertain
ing book for boys than any of Paul du
Chailiu's. Very cheap, too; only IS
cents.
HE Knev lie Was Right By An,
thony. TrollHerpe. Part /.
Trollope is confessedly one of the
most fascinating of English novelists.-
This book, profusely illustrated by Mar
Gus Stone, is sold tor only 80 cents.
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Ole Bull has invented piano upon
an entirely new plan, the particulars Of
which we are not permitted to disclose.
He thinks it will supercede the old pia-
NO entirely. These new pianos will
soon be for sale in New York.
The African idea OF the moon, accord
ing to Sir Samuel Baker, is this-"De
young moon come very thin and hung
ry up in the sky /; den she swaller a lot
oh stars ebbery night and grow little
fat; den at last she swaller too many
stars and swell herself out and bust
herself right eft, zackly."
If country editor will go down to
Richmond to hear Ole Bull aud catch
bad cold, he must expect such mista kes
as "Book-case-is" for "Book-case-io,'
"chlamgs,' for "chlamys," etc.
How do you account for the fact tina.
Goldman of the Enquirer is warm adj
mirer of the ladies'?
TO acquire q cheap universal educa.
tion-suek the ends of Soutaall's Fingers.
Cowan, tell "Unc Jim," if you are
sure he IL perfectly sober, that George
has had dab bal cole ii is bel al Tugs.
AS for the paper going into mourning
ANi otiO nOOt Ia Ou tilc OLltI leg
George is Always in mourning for his
paper.
We are glad the Enquirer has attack
ed the Cancan. Let alone, there is no |
telling when its superior filthiness will |
make it supplant the German, and the
dancing parties of the fashionables OF |
Richmond, like those of the actresses
in Paris, will end with "a Devilish
Chain and Cancan of He'll at seven
O'Clock in the morning."
Surely Mobile is paradise for news
paper men. The lace Press Conven-
tioA seems to have been submei ged for
AL entire week in a sea of champagne
and glory. Cooper, ean't on and Egg
gleston And or make place down there
for ''ro' Iozis9 He is very dry.
~ desperate Radical" received, and
will be printed as soon as the present
writer is we'll enough to read tbs proof.
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