The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-13
Revlews.

the Author and q Biographical Sketch. BY
Bayard Taylor. Charleston: John Russell.
Auerbach is best known in this country by
''On the Heights" work with which most
men who ever read q novel are already famil-
lar; and we risk nothing in saying that "The
villa on the Rhine," of which the first part is
before US, will be no less popular. The praise
Of the United States and Of Benjamin Frank
lin, which enters into the composition of the
present tale, will not, in itself, cause the book
to be read; but on the other hand, it will not
repel. The book will be taken up and will be-
come a favorite because it is story of life
life in every class, and because it analyses and
weighs the actions Of men and Of women. as
each phase Of their natures is turned to the
rays of the suns of power and brain and for
tune. There is enough Of charming descrlp-
tion, Of sketches Of character, and of quiet
humor in the book, to make it pleasant to be
glanced over by the common romance reader
or lady fine; but beyond all this there is mine
Of thought aud reflection ia which we may dig
and delve, finding on each page a new idea or
the suRg gestion OF one. OF the precise purpose
Of the work, we do not desire to speak, until
it is before us as q whole; but we can now un-
hesitatingly recommend s'The Villa on the
''Rhine" to every man or woman who cares to
read and Is not afraid to think.
FIVE WEEKS IN BALLOON; or Surveys and
Discoveries in Africa. BY Three English
men. Done into Eng glish by VIM. Lakeland.
New York: D. Appleton & 90. Charleston
John Russell.
This is the translation Of q recent French
work, and gives an account OF pretended
journey in q balloon across the continent of
Africa. The value Of the book lies in the accu-
racy with which the tribes, the animals, the
physical features and the natural phenomena
of the country are described; and it is inter-
esting from the attention to detail in the mar
rative, as we'll as the ingenious contrivances
and hair's-breadth escapes of tho daring tray
ellers. Price 50 cents.
THE I'm TRUMPET; or Heads and Tails for the
Wise and Waggish. A New American Edi-
ton. New York ID. Appleton & Go. Charles
ton John Russell.
The Tin Trumpet by the late Paul Chadield,
M. D., was first published in London in 1886.
and was repubished in this country, but has
long been out Of print. In the present edition
all has been pruned away that appeared to
have no lasting interest," and many additions
have been made. The illustrations are stale
and poor; but the book itself is often keen.
witty and amusing. Price 50 cents.
TIE STUDY OF LANGUAGES BROUGHT BAoK TO rrs
TRUE PRMCTPLEs; or the Art Of Thinking in
aForegn Language. BY G. Marcel, Knit.
Leg. Hon. New York ID. Appleton g. Go.
Charleston: John Russell.
The object Of the author is to render the
knowledge Of foreign living languages accessi-
BILE to every one, by taking for our guide the
natural method by which all SO infallibiy &C
quire their native tongue. The principal fea.
lures OF his method are that every exercise
leads to the power Of thinking in the language
to be learned, that curiosity and imitation are
the sources Of progress, that grammar is
learned through the language, that exercises
in translatng into the foreign languages are
not demanded Of the beginner, that the phrase
ology is known before the words. that no les
son Is learned parrot fashion, that pronuncia-
ton is learned through the ear alone, that the
language, when spoken however fast, is per-
fectly understood, that all the exercises provide
against the commission of errors, and that an
instructor is required only for the pronuncia-
tion. The work is we'll written and Of interest
to every one who teaches or desires to learn
foreign language upon better system than
the crude and unsatisfactory one now followed.