The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-04

MI REooLLscrIoNs OF LORD BYRON; AND THosH
lF EYE WITNESSES OF Hrs LIYE. New York:
Harper q Brothers. New Orleans, George
ellis, No. z Old Levee street, opposite the Post
bfice.
ifhis curious volume purports to be the long
promised work Of the Countess Guiccioli, whose
relations to its subject were such as should have
Afforded her peculiar opportunities for obtaining
rfyelations OF his life and character. Remarkable
al Lord Byron was ss poet, he was still more re.
nlsrksble, still greater perhaps, as man. The
c5ntral purpose running through these pages
Stems to be to develop the personality Of the
Ran as distinct from the characteristics OF his
I1oeticai creations 1t is needless to say how in
lterate was the prejudice which identified ChiIde
Harold, Manfred, Lara, the Corsair, and Don
Joan with the author of these various productions.
4 later and more judcious school Of criticism re-
jbcts this method Of judgment, and insists that
1yrons works, as those Of Shakespeare, shall be
Rassed upon according TO thsi intrinsic merits as
literature, and that the personal character OF the
kuthor shall be tested solely by his acts. This is
the theory illustrated in the volume before Us, and
the matter Of illustration is wide, various. inter-
fsting and in some particulars has the effect Of
intire novelty. 1t is, on the whole, very read
tble book.
EHlfAS FINN TIM lhien mhnbrks a HofALs
By Anthony Troilope. New York: Harper
( Brother. New Orleans. George Ellis, opposite
I the Postofflce.
| This Is marked In an eminent degree by the
Characteristic merits Of Mr.. Troope as novelist.
The volume contains numerous illustrations, well
kdesigned and well executed.
Ia HOUSE OF CARDS. Novel. By Mrs. Csshsl
Hoey. Boston: Llttel and Gay. New 0rlesns,
A. Eyrich, $50 Canal street.
This story was first published in the United
Estates In Littelrs Living Age, and is issued in
single volume as one Of series entitled Tales of
! the Living Age"
VIRGINIA GRAHAM, THE SPY OF THE GRAND
q Amy. By Justin Jones. LoriDg, publisher,
Boston. New Orleans. A. Eyrich, lsO Canal
street.
The scene of this story Is laid in vicksburs
and its vicinity and its incidents and characters
are connected with the memorable siege Of that
city during the late war. It Is an addition to
Loring's Railway Library.
The TIN TRUMPET; on HEADS AND TAILS FOR THE
WISE AND wAGGIsH. New York: d. Appleton
4 Company. New Orleans, A. Eyrich, 100 Canal
street.
new American edition, with additions and al.
ferations Of the English book which first appeared
about thirty years ago, by the above Names
rare, amusing and entertaining collection OF wit,
fun. philosophy and instruction.
TIE CoNPLkTE POLITICAL Work OF THOMAS
CAMPBELL With q memoir Of his life, and an
essay on his genius and writings. New York:
ID. Appleton 4 Company, New Orleans, A.
Eyrich, $50 Canal street.
This volume adds another to the Appleton cheap
$50 cent? edition of the English poets.
SFARLkYow; on THE Doc FIzsD. By Captain
Marryatt.
FAN MAID OF PERTH. By Sir Walter Scott. New
York: Appleton q Co. New Orleans, A.
Eyrich, $50 Canal street.
These volumes belong respectively to the Apple
ton cheap editions of Msrryatt's and the Waiver.
ley novels.
We have also from Eyrich the last number Of
Littell's Living Age, with an attractive table OF
contents.