The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-08
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| Becch,cood. BY REBECcA RULER SPRINGER.
| Philadelphia: LlPFISCoTT & Co.
This is n very pleasant story, told in diary
style 1t is bright and pure, and presents
many pretty pictures Of the happneSs of
home. 1t incidentally gives very sunny
poem of "OLD FANNY GREY"
| For sale by WooDnoUsE & PARrAM.
| Rhymes A!uecn Times. BY THOMAS MAC
f! kEILAR. Philadelphia LIrPISCoTT Il Go.
| This is one OF the handsomcst books for
Its Typography, press-work, and binding
| which has appeared from the Philadelphia
press. The poet is sort of CowPER amongst
| American poets. a man unknown to fame,
| IS far as we know; but his poems are very
fair, and some of them quite pleasing. All
| bear the tone of pious, devout, and nature
loving heart. There are far worse poets than
| MAcKELLAR who have good share of fame
| in the world. His volume deserves goodly
degree of respect and a decent place on the
shelf. and it shall have it with us, as we
know Mr.. MACkELLAR to be one Of the best
of men and one of the best of type makers.
/ He is Il member of the firm of MAcKELLAF,
SMITHS & JORDAN, type-foundcr<, Philadel-
| phia.
For sale by WoopHousE & PARHAM.
| Pembcrton or, one Hundred Years Ago.
BY Henry PETERSON, author of Modern
| job" &c. Philadelphia LlrrScoTT & Co.
| This is work of fiction. i'll which are in
troduced heroes of the Revolution Of rs, in
Guiding WASHINGTON, ANDRE, ARNOLD, and
others. That revolution has become so anti.
| quated in all respccts--its principles cspe-
cially so--that it will be hard TO arouse any
interest in it by even most spirited work OF
fiction. We cannot say how Mr.. PETERSON
| has accomplished his undertaking. In one
sense his theme is appropriate, for this age
| regards the ideas of the Revolution so very
tancful that it may be we'll chosen as the
theme for fiction. But, then, as we slid,
there is so little interest felt in that age that
| The author who selects il for his theme must
have an uphill business. Indeed, there was
L beauty in the national character of the rcyo-
lutionary period of this nation which makes
the public character of this day ugly. The
nation seems to have grown 50 ugly in the
revolutionary mirror that people shudder as
| they pass it. and shrink from it as would a
murderer from Tn" ghost of his victim.
Still, il there is nything good in PETER
SONS noycl-anything that may in the least
| degree revive respect Tor tue very best age
Of this nation-wc do trust that it will find
reader.
For sale by WoopHousE e. PARHAN.
| " IN is Lore. An American Story. BY ONE
WHO Knows. Philadelphia: LIrrINcoTT
4 Co.
Written possibly by Il woman. and more
| than probably unapprcciabc by man. The
proposition which idealizes him as "Love"
! we cannot understand. If it were woman
| that was Introduced as the tender passion,
| then il would be more readily comprehcnded.
But man, the rough, the unfeeling, and so
often sortlid being, is he loveable even, not
to say the personitication of love? An old
friend of ours was wont to describe the
geptler seX-thcir pure and admirable COM
plexions, their modesty and virtue-and
wonder how they could consent to marry
mantle drinking. smoking creature, with
visage roughened by dissipation and rrccll-
larity! Why, said he, if / were woman,
and one Of the rude fellows, bearing in his
features the marks of misspent hours, were
to offer to address me. would give him an
unmistakabe sign Of my displeaslue and bid
him never again to name the subject to me.
Well, we'll, our old friend was long way
off the natural road, and certainly the ladies
would be unwilling for him to speak for
them. They would (accordiug to the we'll
known songl even instruct "pussey" if she
bud the say to say Eyes" for them. But,
nevertheless. we think that woman would
have liked the book before us better had it
represented her as the ideal of "Love." She
understands her charms we'll enough to con-
| slider that proper, and no more than her due.
AL which is not touching the merits of
this book, whose title is so rare Seriously,
it is due the author to say that the phrase is
| used in its generic sense, and that his other
| book is pious effort to illustrate good &C.
tons and practical measures for social benefit.
For sale 10y WooDHoUsE & PARHAM.
| Journalism in the United States from 1000
to 1872. BY FREDERIC HUpsON. New
York: HARPER & BROTHERS..
! This Is Il volume of near eight hundred
pages, and in its bare history is valuable.
Mr.. HUDSON is an old New York Journalist,
and one who has proved his sagacity and
competency for his profession. His views Of
journalism, however, are not such as will
stand discreet criticism. He leans too much
to the New York Herald as a standard of
newspaper excellence. The fact, is no news
paper is proper standard of general excel
lence-none that we ever knew. Each en-
GELS in some way-l.e., each one OF those that
have succeeded to prosperity OF fame but
none arc without defects, oitencr grave ones
than not. The National iuteHiqcncer of
Washington, under GALES & SEATuS, had
as few faults and rs many virtues us any Jour-
nal we ever knew; but, then, it was too
sternly welded to the old style, and did not
display enough Of enterprise ms news
paper to pass judgment as II newspaper.
Every paper bears the stamp OF individuality,
and. like men, they must have their faults
and their virtues. But there arc purer
models than the New York Herald, and the
error of HupsoS in selecting Il model, is in
taking any, short of the best.
There is minutcness Of detail about the
northern press in this book that is not dis