The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-29
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Wild Sports of the HOrld: a BOOK or Ma
tural History and Adventure. by JAMES
Greenwood, Author of "Thc AdVcn-
lures of Reuben Davidger." - The Seven
Curses of London" etc. With One Hun
dred and Forty-Seven Illustrations. New
York HARPER & BROTHERS.
This is a really interesting and instructive
book. The department Unnatural history fur
nishcS one of the most useful of all kinds OF
knowledge. 1t fires the youthful mind with
that kind of spirit of personal daring and
vigilance that tits the man for the most try
ing periods Of the battle Of life. \ we'll
told story of wild adventure has made men
Of note, and will always continue to exert
its influence in the development Of manly
courage wherever it is read. This kind Of
DEVELOPMENT subScrves the welfare Of man
not alone in the pursuit Of wild sports. but
in all the relations of life. Bravery and
generosity, the courage to face danger, the
(ortitudc to endure privatlon ana dlSap-
| pointment and suilerin9,-thc spirit to
struggle on in the face even Of dlsaSter-are
all inculcated in the charming histories of
hazard and peril of life in the woods and
plains, while the mind expands and finds 4
hundred sources Of interest in the habits
and peculiarities Of the different races Of
for subsistence and existence on the great
globe we inhabit. IT is far better that
the press should TEEN with books Of travel
and wild sports in plain and field than with
novels. The former tend to nOurish the
vigor and noble virtues of mankind, while
the latter, like inglorious debauchcry, only
exhauSts them, and substitutes the demon of
despair FOR the noble genius OF enterprise
and the bright angel of hope.
For sale by GEORGE l.. BIDGooD.
The Cloistcr and the Hearth; Or. Maid
Wife, and WIDOW. 4 Matter-of-Fart RO-
nance. Bv CHARLES READE. Author of
Glove Me Little, Love Me Long"
"Grifith Gaunt." >" Peg Wellington"
&C.. &c. New York {: HARPER & Bro
THEIRS.
Mr.. READE is, and for some time has been,
m accepted and approved novelist.
For sale by GEORGE L. BIDGooD.
HnuTn's Dictionary of Dates. Relating TO
oil Nations. For Universal Reference.
Edited by BENJAMIN VINCENT. Assistant
Secretary of the Library of the ROval In
stitntion Of Great Britain. and Revised for
the Use of American Readers. New York ::
HARPER & BROTHERS.
This is one of the most useful works Of
the day. The American editors have been
quite industrious, and have added literally
matters especially valuable to the people Of
this country. The original work was pre-
pared Nv 4 competent hand with every adj
vantage that convenient material for accu-
rate and comprehensive details could give.
The additions made in this country will
not entirely satisfy the southern peo-
pie: but with reference to the late
civil war they are as correct and fair as
we can hope accounts Of that disastrous
conflict from northern pens Will soon De-
The present generation will not make fair
history of that war. Tt remains for those
farther removed from the passions and pre-
judces it engendered to do it Justice. The
work before us is valuable for reference
superior to anything yet produced in so
small Compass.
For sale by BATES e WADDY BROTHERS
Wild Sports of the World. a Book of Ma
tural History and Adventure. Which
will be found noticed above.
For sale by BATES & WADDY BROTHERS. {.
The Cloister and the Hearth. BY CHARLES
READE. Also noticed above, and for sale
byB BATES & WADDY BROTHERS.
Mems Wires. BY WILLIAM NJ. THAcKERAY.
New York D. APPLETON & Co.
For sale by BATES & WADDY BROTHERS.