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

Co., first as clerk and afterwards as
partner. Some twelve or eighteen
months ago, the firm Was dissolved. tx
stock divided, and Mr.. II :, uniting him
self with his present partners, opened Z
publication house scarcely if at all IN
ferior in size and importance TO thai
from which it originated. The name Of
the new firm has now become familiar
TO the trade and the general public, moi
less for the number of its publications
than for the excellence and taste of the
workmanship displayed in them. The
books with which Messrs c., r. II.
have favored lis are the following.
"The Won Toodleburg; or the History
of a Very Distinguished Family By
f. Colburn Adams, author of"Manuel
Periere, or the Sovereign Rule of South
Carolina" etc., etc.
We are struck first with the excel
lence OF the paper on which this book is
printed, second with the illustration.
by Waud, third with the authors IA.
miliarity with broken Dutch, and fourth
with bis satiri al view of modern so.
ciety as shown in the Chapman family.
Au reSte. we cannot say that the story
! ond story discovers any real ability
! Notwithstanding the authors disclaim
er, 'Danman's Gave" and mo Mans
Island belong to the category of the
roc's egg and other discoveries of the
veritable Sinbad from whom ''the odd,
little man, ofthe name of Button Price
is doubtless a lineal descendant. Ifthe
matter were equal To the makeup OF
4 this book, no human being could find
fault with it: on the contrary all would
desire ''large paper" copy, with broad
est margin.
.'Silver Thread" BY Harriet B. Nc
Keever, author OF "Edith's Ministry"
"Woodcliff," &c., &c.
"Some years ago the author of this
volume read an incident connected with
the rescue of little shipwrecked girl,
who seemed to be SO signally saved by
Providence that it suggested the ideas
OF the whole story. The remarkable
rescue of the child and the casting of the
father upon the same coast were facts
the remainder is all fiction. The Won
drous weaving of the threads of the
child's destiny turned the eye to some
design in the future; and the writer has
tried to make the child SO singularly
preserved q weaver too"
The writer has carried out her design
with q good deal Of skill, and has pro-
duced story which will be greatly en-
joyed by thai large class of pious read
ers whose tastes have not yet been so
stimulated as 10 crave the literary con-
diments Of the modern French and Eng
lish schools of fiction. The book is nice
ly printed and bound i'll dark blue cloth
with golden title and the monogram OF
the publishers.
"Marooners' Island; or DR.. Gordon in
search Of His Children. By F. r.
Goulding, author of 1.-The Young Ma
rooners,"
PROFESSIONALLY one of the very best
boys books ever written by any man.
The author loses himself so completely
in his story that the reader is carried
along with him and finds it hard not to
believe every line and word of it true.
Robiusoe Crusoe is scarcely more inter-
esting, and even Robinson Crusoe in
the value OF It's suggestions for times of
emergency. This seems extravagant
praise, but we are sincere. The scene
being laid on the Florida coast makes
the story of deeper because nearer in
terest and the suggestions the more val
liable because they are more apt to be
needed. The moral lessons inculcated
here and there, are not forcibly intend
ed but come in most fifty as part Of the
narrative, and are calculated to be of
inestiniable service to the young read
er. The volume is small, handy, pref
tily illustrated, and tastefully bound in
blue and gold.
hcf Sis. Nest ~ q ouflStON OF hlcn--I
mond, who are seldom if ever without
something fresh and interesting on their
counters, send US the following books
just published by Harper & Bros, OF
New York.
'Chjua and the Chinese, BY the
Rev John L. Nesius, With Map and
Mr.. Nevius, who was for ten years
missionary in China, gives us here a
general description of the country and
the inhabitants of China, it's civihzati N
and form of government, its religious
and social institutions, its intercourse
with other nations, and its present con-
dhtion and prospects. While he has not
made as much OF his materials as some
others fDr. Bellows for example) would
have done, he has left few important
poins untouched, and is particularly in
seresting in his account of the religion
1t CONTIGUOUS and the Tapping rebel
ion. To those who feel deeply for the
,ause of Chinese missions, his book will
'e ofespecial value, and to every Amer
can who looks forward TO the early in
low of vast numbers OF Chinese immi-
rants, the work affords great deal of
and more needed infor
nation.
"Her Magesty's Tower" By VIII
lam Hopeworth Dixon.
Here is something OF service far SUI
eror to Mr.. Dixon's .Spiritual-W!ves'
succlnt, well written and at all times
loquent account of the most celebrated
aptiyes who have been immured dur