The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-08-20
NEW BOOKS.

n press Vi OtHcI mbCtcIS mas piOtOhb- |
ID us from noticing as promptly as we
Wished the following books received a
ew weeks ago from Harper & Bros.
through West & Johnston of Richmond
Va.
Rhetoric: Text Book, designed tor
Use in Schools and Colleges, and for
Private Study. By Rev. E. o, Ha-
ven, ID. D., LID, President of the
Northwestern University, Evanston,
Ill. limo, Cloth, 81 so.
Famous London Merchants. A Book
for Boys. By ii. r. Fox IB ourne.-
With Portrait of George Peabody and
"a Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, 81 90.
of Astronomy. Designed for
Academies and High Schools. by
Elias Ioomis, LII. D., Professor OF
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy |
in Yale College, and Author Of q
"Course of Mathematics" l2mo,
Sheep, 81 90.
My Daughter Elinor. A Novel of A.
merican Society. Svo., Paper 81 %.
Cord And Creese. BY the Author of
"The Dodge Club" Illustrated
8vo, Paper, rs cents.
Thackeray's Novels New Edition,
beautifully printed, with the Authors
own Illustrations.
The Adventure OF Philip On His Way
Through the Worlds Showing who
Robbed him, who Helped him, and
who Passed him by. With Portrait OF
Author and GA illustrations. Svo,
Paper, 80 cents.
iD@ Harper & Brothers will issue
Immediately New Editions OF Thacker-
avs other Novels, illustrated by. the
Author, at correspondingly low prices.
DR.. Havens Rhetoric together with
March's Parser and Andlyser and The
Philosophy of Teaching, by Nathaniel
Sands 1.-THE latter two just received we
reserve for the criticism of friend who
is himself teacher and far more COM
petent than we are to do justice to
books which treat OF the theory and
practice construction. Wemust, how
eve-, commend the very tasteful make
up Of the Parser and the Philosophy.
MIR. Bourhe's book will serve for boys
of all ages from 10 to 70; for it is not
merely interesting in the way Of mar
rative and brief biography but is be-
sides really valuable on account Of the
lessons of prudence, self-denial, econo-
my, energy, courage and mercantile
probity which it conveys unobtrusively
but none the less fotciblyt From
Wilmington to Peabody, how honora-
BILE the history and how proud the Ca
reer of the great merchants of London
the true Baroi1s. as Gen. Rosecrans
said In conversation last summer, OF
these modern times. II the aristocra-
cy of the 10th cehtiiry must needs rise
from trade, Mr.. Bourne's little book
goes far to reconcile us to the new or
der, since it proves beyond cavil that
success in trading may be and often is
achieved by precisely those lofty quail
ties OF human nature, which, in more
ancien. times carved out coronets
with the sword.
Prot. Loomis's Elements is precise
clear, well-arranged and quite up to thu
mark of recent discoveries with thu
spectroscope and other modern instru
ments of astronomical research. o
course, conjectures as to the nature o
comets based upon Tyndall's observa
tions of the vapor of the iodide of allyl
seen under electric light, could not fint
place in an elementary work which
had gone to press before these obser
vatlons were made. But the chapte
on cometsi is very full and Instructive
We notice, in paragraph 4Ol, an erre
in regarp to the parallax of 81 Cygn;
caused by the omission of the Wort
millions. 1t should read AZ millions o
millions of miles instead of 40 millions
of miles.
The book is not numbered with math
cmatics. The general reader will fin
nothing abstruse tomar the pleasure
his perusal.
Mu Dauqhter Elinor is said to be one {
the best American novels ever publish
ed--"indeed the very best" our literar
critic says: In style it resembles tn
better class of English novels. Cor
and Creese appeared originally in Hal
per's Weekly, has an intense plot an
is profusely illustrated. OF Thackel
avs Philip, we need not speak. Gu
readers are familiar with it. We hav
also received Loue me Little, Love me Lon
by Chas. Reade, cheap edition at !
cents, but well printed; Foul Play, b
, the same author, at 25 cts; and Hetty, b
| Henry Kingsley, at Is cts.
! The author of Prometheus in Atlant
will accept our thanks for copy Of h
book. Pollard's Life Of Davis has bee
, received.
ZIP The Richmond corresponds
: of the Lynchburg News is responsib
for this.
+, 1t is rumored that prominent bacl
!, elor editor of this city will soon be ma
ried to one of Norf'lk's failest al
: most accomplished daughters. III
Richmond ladies hope there Is truth
U the rumor, and that the married ed
tors pen will treat them with more TO
bearance than that of the bachelor ha
h "when he did swear that he would die
"a bachelor, ,,,
y He did not think that he would live till
= married"
y OF all the men in the universe, an ed
If tor is the last who should die and
:. Leave the world no copy"
n The editor alluded to is Major Smi
, of the Wing, a man Of such excelle