Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS

MY ROsEs-THE ROMANCE OF A JUNE
DAY. By L Virginia French. Philsdel-
phia: Clsxton, Remsen & Haffel6nger.
Memphis: Clesves, Smithwick & Hatcher.
The writer of this volume, twenty years
ago, was the most charming girl in Mem
phis. We remember well how gracefully
She entered a ballroom, with what spirit
she entered into conversation, how her
brilliant eyes flashed when engaged in an
encounter of wits, snd then with what
mstchless grace she swan away in the
mazes of the dance. She was deemed an
exquisite woman, and well do we re-
member how the press chsnted her
praises, and how she blushed when the
surprising beauty of one of her pretty
sonnets was spoken of in her presence.
Then Mrs. French was famous, at least
throughout the South, as L'IncOnnue, and
here she was universally beloved
as she was admired. Recent
" she has written a story
entitled as above, which will be eagerly
read by the people Of Memphis. They
would know whether the felicitous colo
quist and beautiful girl, endowed, as We
thought, In her youth with unusual geni-
us, gave, in the maturity Of years, evil
dences Of that same mental capacity, and
of that degree of intellectual vigor as
cribed to her twenty years ago. The in
terest in the smoothly-written volume
before us begins with the two first pages.
No youthful person Of taste will fail to
confess, after reading these two pages,
the irresistible fascination of the story.
The scene o. incidents narrated is New Or
leans and other Southern cities; the style
is smooth, clear, unaffected and natural;
There is no assumption of profound
learning, and she goes at once in medGGs
res, and would accomplish from the be
ginning, the primary purpose Of q writer
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book is measured by the degree ofinterest
excited in the mind of the reader. 1t is
needless to commend such a volume from
such q source to this people. It is taste
fully printed and bound, and the volume
does credit to the publishers.
Another,vOlume from the same publish
ing house, and also for sale by Messrs.
Cleaves, Smithwick & Hatcher, is entitled
Downward and Upward" The writer
has produced successful books, and those
having a taste for light literature should
scan over the pages Of this pretty volume.
COOP WORDS FOB THE YOUNG. Edited
BY George Mcdonald. Published ct 81 so
per annum, by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,
Philadelphia. The September number
has the following table OF c%ontents: 1.-THE
Doctors Brat; Helpfulness; How Rita
Became q Lacemsker; Ny Fathers
Friend; When Wss Young; Little Ber-
tina; Locusts and Wild Honey; HOity-
Toity and the Village Fool; The Domi-
MES Grumphie; Down in q Diving Bell;
Child Wisdom; who Besreth Me Shall
Overcome:' Field FloWers;' The Neglect
cd Toad; Ny Daisy +"
GYMNAsTIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
in the Virginia Military Institute, Lex
ingtOn, Va. An Introductory lecture on
the resumption of Academic exercises in
the Institution, September 9Th, 1871, by
Francis Il. Smith, A. NJ Superintendent
and Professor Of Mathematics and Moral
Philosophy. Published by D. Van Nos
trsnd, % Murray and q Warren streets,
New York. It is sufficient to say of this
pamphlet that it Is worthy its distln-
guished author It should find general
circulation, not only in the South, but
throughout the whole country. 1t cannot
fail to impress all who read it with An ex-
allied opinion Of the system in vogue in
the Virginia Military Institute.
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Edited by
Thomas Guthrie. Published at $3.50 per
snnum by ]. B. Lippincott & %. Phils-
delphis, The following are the contents
Of the September number: The story of
the Mine;' % ITO the Flowers - "Americs
and the Americans" "Mills . CloUgh; :"
"Patience;" ga Bad Speculation
"a Hslf-hour in the Temple
Church :" Mercy Before Sscrihce;'
GLOW to Study the Old Testament -
"The Shilling Of the Tempest % 1.-THE Poe
try of the Old Testament; :" "The Lords
Support" "Supplement-Notes for Read
ers Out of the Way.