, 1869-03-28
NEW BOOKS,
BIOGRAPHICAL eKEr :aE,. BY HARRIET
HAxT1kKAr. New York.: ksoo dt .S holl-

Cisn puoAc, aIo 10 noH p'eecAteo ~ at1eft.
can readers IN the usual n2nasonc stSle OF
Leypoldt q Holt. 1le list OF personb KNOW
10 fame, OF whom Miss 3Iariincau At.
tempted 10 spesk, On the several 0eca-
tious which called out these sketches,
is remarkable one. Here srs such
1itsrnry celebrities, MS Cbristopbtr North,
f<cklArt, Charlotte Broute, De Qu1ncey,
Nncau!aY. Mrs Jameson. and Walter Savage
L4ndor, With othcrs here Is Alexander Won
Humboldt, aud that yery great small man,
Heofse Gompe mere sFs " "na.el5' toro nsS 1,s1
IAN. Inc Hapiefs, DC IN ptolestloaAl a'ie
here arc Lady Byron anu Robert owen nete
are Hume, falnesston, brouEhnm, ana seFe'
raj uoro of the political leaders Of recent
R3,{,h h,s.,-- md hora OLE, are the En-.
neror S,chola. of Rn,s,a the Austrian Met
1ernich. and Kfpc Frederick William ". OF
Prussia ill Of them drawn at moments of
snecia, intfrcst when author ard public were
iii. ,I,vs " tha too,c of The hour, aud nit Of
them corfessed1y skc.ched with remarkable
fidelity and power II would be lnpofsibie
to have i series orlcssors IN recent English
history put into a more attractive or more
effective shape. The knowledge "n1en MISS
Msrtmeau mad Of circumstances concealed
from the common observer. aud her tnnil-
ia.ity often with The ocrAons oi whom she
writes, enabled her to produce descriptions
and Interpretations, OF exceptional interest
and yalue. Her material was ol Tue Choicest,
ard the skfll With which she used II was tnat
of real artist. Her pictures are marked by
nothing so much as their evident trnth.
They will be studied With entire Satisfaction
long hence, while now they will be read
with all the In crest which the uncst oe-
signs excite. .........
THE TRUE CHRIS TAN RELI 1fON. Cgntaln-
i.g sns Esti1s e. FIeo"xI % = taS ri :, 81
Key. 11i.. /. .. b. ExAsrkL swEpE~Bo:o
fe1Esnt e. ne lord tsfas Ge1'; r u tes es
+ Eo1msn For .er. a, X, D. In Tvs vols.
Philadelphia: J. L,pineon i GO. ls6s.
Tee "ee!esn he"s oompssy'
These volumes are In continuation oi VI.
Foster's admirable edition OF the VIKINGS o!
Swedenborg-the oniy Eoensh fenoesinE o.
these great and significant VIKINGS "n'ca
has been made In true scholarly anu i'e'afs
style, and published IN satisfactory
shspe. 1t Is slight sign OF tne
times that the tracs:ator's preiace Is dated
4" Chicago" Dr. Foster has become resi-
dent Of our cry shee nc nnuei'oos W ,,.,s ,1s
"ehsss ..1 "'.t .,4 ~ ~
Invaluable edition OF the complete VOTES ot
swednpborr. Hcisa youne phy .icIan. about
roual,v interested In medical practice and
In l.teraturc-and necessarily more devoted
1oit. Of eourse--and as skil!ul In obstetrics
Is In the fiuc Interpretation Of the doctrines
of tie Swedish teer. The volumes ol
Rwsdrnhonr ALREADY rIycn TO the public Il
.b,s rcH cdltYon- have abundantly sa,is
fed The most c1oct,ne critics Of the fltnes
afthe trunslator for lis dillcul. task. O,hel
rcndcrfurs have had the car.marks OF tht
sect which claims swedcnhor5 as Its head
Dr. Foster is Simply faithful 10 the Latir
odrtnsl. remarkably happy In the choice O
nh,a,es. and ofn f,ns ,tyIe a.s writer, v.
lack SPACE 10 potut out the place whlct
swedcubo,g occupies iu the world Of re
lieious thought, and the particular Office O
the work before US. Suffice II, therefore, Il
sav. that many pcrenns of NIL sects arc prcpt
.u..sa ~ ~. ~, 49,, ~, ~.
1hat IL seems HkelJ 10 ieaseu more or ICES ta'
entire lump of modern religion. The title o
fhe present work indicates The intention O
The author 10 SCI ior1h, IN general, MS Saes
'ol what Christianity Is.
TIE RADICAL. sysnsy 4. Aat.e aud JoIcp
jay, isss-DecembeT,1 1865 Bo.tsn: Is Bror
feld sreet. 1865. 2he Westeru News Coz
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mere name Oh Horace Greeley placed alter
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