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| lHE LIB And lihE Oi LORD BROtGHAM, written
by himself. Vol. |, Harper & Brothers, Pub
lishers' New York City
This is the first volume Of the Life and Times
Of Lord Brougham, which is brought down TO
1879 The volume possesses less of historical i'm.
portence than the succeeding volumes, inasmuch
as he had not At this time arrived at the zenith Of
his glory, and yet is important as giving the
early training and studies Of this wonderful man
Vie left directions TO his executor 10 have the work
printed as he had rrin,a If, and ayowed his de-
sire to have no editor to alter or rewrite what he
desired to have published as eiohursly his own.
Indeed they needed no revision, aud he tells his
story With the same directness and clearness
which has ever characterized all bis writings and
sayings man Of thorough culture aud great
native ability, with an obstlnacy and combatiye-
ness uncxampled he portrays those scenes in
which be had already acted, and in which he
was destined to act still more important part.
FAR better than any pedantc editor ever could
have hoped to do The Ediuburgh Reriar, Of
which be Is the acknowledged father, was begun
in 1902 by him in company with Sidney Smith
Jeffrey, llorner and Others To this work he
Contributed largely, and much Of the keen and
searching analysis, the bold and defiant spirit and
the fearless criticism Of the Re.0r Is The work
Of his own pen. The chapter on the establish
ment Of this periodical is intensely interesting,
and gives, what we can hardly hope to find else
where, sketch Of the characters Of his llustrious
c0mpeer' from the master hand Of their most in
innate friend and associate Brougham was
most vehement and passionate orator, and even
/ 10 those days, when -tatesmanship and ability
were not 50 much strangers to the ruling spirits Of
the nation as at the present time his sarcasm
aud irresistible appeals were much dreaded by
the government, and by Canning, who stood at
It's head, he waged vigorous war upon the
many abuses Of his day, and his denunciations Of
slavery are among the most impressive Of any We
have ever read
/ Wilder has IL
/ IN GRAT RELIGIONS By James Freeman
/ Clarke. James K Osgold s Co., Publishers,
/ Boston
/ The object of this work is 10 enable the reader
TO become acquainted with the doctrines and Gus
toms Of the principal religions in the world, with
out having to consult numerous vols. The various
religions are compared with each other and their
history and Influence are fully given How each
religion acts on the race that receives it, how it is
adapted 10 shat race, and TO the region Of the
earth which il inhabits, is also discussed The
work is divided into twelve chapters OF which the
| following are the titles / Introduction Eth.
mic and Catholic religion IL. C1nfucuis and
the Chinese or, the Prose Of Asia ILL., Brah-
mansm. ~. Buddhism or, the Professionalism
Of the East v Loroasier and the Zead Ayesta.
VI The Gods of Egypt. VII The Gods Of
Greece VIII The Religion Of Rome, TX
The Teutonic and Scandinavian Religion Y
The Jewish Religion. NJ. Mohammed and Islam
/ MI The ten Religions and Christianity The
volume is written with perfect fairness, and tht
germs OF truth which which are found in all these
various religions are promptly recognised, and it
is in the light that it will work greater liberation
for the conscientious religious convictions Of 9TH
ers, that We regard the work as especially valua-
bic DR. Clarke finds in Christianity the only
truly Catholic religion. The great difficulty
which would naturally suggest itself in the work
which he propose, tina, Of proving Christianity
to he the only solvent Of all religions, past, pres
ent and future, would be the difficulty of unitin.
/ upon some basis as 70 what constitutes Christian
{ ity. But we are confident that this will come a
last Indeed, Christianity has already shown a
universally which gives ample promise that Il
will finally prevail everywhere. As a oontrbu
ton 10 popular knowledge on the subject Of III,
great religions Of the world the book has grea
value and will be heartily welcomed
For sale at Wilders
ALFRED rnE GREAr BY Thomas Hughes Jane
r Osgood K Co., Publishers, Boston
We confess feeling Of disappointment ate
reading this work. II is not at all up to the stand
ard Of Mr. Hughes previous productions It i
neither a boys book, nor yet a work for adults
1t sermonizes, it is difuse and redundant, anC
is author is evidently aiming to impress upor
the reader the vast amount Of historical lor,
of which he is possessed, The work leaves NJ
vivid impression upon the mind Of the great char
acter which it sketches, or Of the times and insti
tutons Of his reign A more thorough condensa
tion Of the work, and the omission Of one half o
his discussions, would have made far better bool
than the present volume
For sale at Wilder's.
Mss MULocHs WoRKs.-Ilarper & Brothers
/ Publishers, New York city.
Inc complete eultlOn OF tne NOrks OF Miss bu
loch, uniform with the tasteful editions from tn,
same eminent publishing house of the works oi
George Eliot and other authors, now include.
Tue HEAD OF THE FAMILY, and THE OGILyIKs
These are both some Of the earlier productions OF
this distinguished novelist, in all of which may
be traced high moral sentiment She never ha,
descended to the by far too common custom oi
ali, ,g
the fatal effects Of indulgence. Indeed all her
numerous works have a wholesomeness of sent
ment quite refreshing at this time, which make
them fully as excellent in their influence as they
are strong in their fascination. We wish we hac
more Of the same kind of novelsts as Miss Mu
Craig, and never shall feel any hesitation il
commencing her works to our readers
Wilder has them
CONDENSED NovEIs By Bret Harte james r
Osgood Il Co., Publishers, Boston.
For an hours light reading of a hot summe
afternoon commend us to this little volume, For
the amount OF labor involved in the work land /
can't be great), there is more quiet humor and
more pungent sarcasm than in any work we know
And yet it is purely mechanical. Selling upoi
fNNNAN9 VI NhNh NilbVi ho hhn Noh
densed, the author has magnifed and burlesque'
1t with shrewdness we have never before seel
equalled. Charles Reade, DIsreali, j. Fenni
more Cooper, Lever, Miss Braddon, Mrs Henr
Wood, Dumas, Bulwer, Dickens, Charlott
, Broute, Captain Marryatt, I. s. Arthur, Wiki
= Collins, Hugo, Michelet, Belle Boyd, and last
but by no means least George Augustus Sala
all pay unwilling tribute TO his cleyerness. an
unwittingly furnish us with capital satire
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PIKE COUNTY BALLADS. By John Hay. Jane
j. X. Osgood 4 Co, Publishers Boston.
What ever could have induced the publisher
T. of this dainty volume to have chrstened 1t as the
J. did, and to have given the prominence to tn
Pike County Ballads, which they have, passet
J. our understanding, Col. Hay has for long tim
written good poetry. His Sphinx of the Tui
> cries is a graceful and criditable production, a
: are score Of others Of those published in thi
b volume But his Pike County Ballads, Littl
Breeches, " " Jim Bludsoe - - Rantv Tim - an