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would seem not to have been darkened except
By the death of friends, "the abbreviaton of
time and the failure of hope" which as Gibbon
has sadly said will always tinge with browns
er shade the evening of life" His diaries " ere
fully and truthfully kept, and gave very ac-
curate idea of the infrmites of temper, the ex-
aggerated apprehensions for the future, and
the selEtormenting questionings which accom-
panied aud poisoned his prosperity, and
which DO not appear to have been much
relieved even by a sincere religious faith. His
temper, too, was testy; and he allowed Sight
things to disturb him, we give tho following
illustration from page sol: 'Went 10 rebeai-
sal provost. of Bruees) spariDg myself as
much as 1 could. In the wardrobe was told
that Mr.. Burr (the manager and lessee) could
not find me pantaloons, and was resolved s.
purchase none; was very angry and therefore
very blameable." Also on page SIS: AT
| Covent Garden Theatre met Mr.. Orbal6iston,
| read my article of agreement to h u, to which
he assented; and also to my claims of flesh
colored stockings and to the announcement of
my name as first"
| His biographer says of him that after bis
| retirement he dedicated much time more in
deed than was good either for them or him
| self, to the minute personal super erntendence
of the general education. and of the various
lessons of his children
/ The book is full of such touches as this,
which aid US in ascertainiDg his whole charac-
ter, weaknesses and all. Its great value seems
| to us to consist in its absolute truthfulness of
/ -
| for the comprehension of the social and artistic
| life of England for the last forty years, and in
| these respects has much more than an ephe-
| neral interest.
ALICE LORRAINE by R. D. Blackmore, author Of
Maid of Skier. Published by Harper-fOr sale by
| Loring, Short aud Harmon.
| This is volume W hich no descendant of Al
addin should fail TO purchase; it should be
| upon the bookshelves of every family so fortu-
nate as to claim an Astrologer aad Alchemist
among their ancestry; since it will tend to cul-
tivate cheerful hope, partaking more or less
of certainty according to individual tempera-
ment and experience in life, that at the su-
preme moment when dowry is the imperative
demand, positive opals and probable rubes will
be theirs-having been left to ripen in the dark,
as children used to ripen "rosy cakes. Such
maidens as have drowned themselves may also
look for Iesuscitation; and should their parents
have been devoted to drier departure, they
too may share the general jubilee, and come
up we'll and strong. If this cheerful tendency
might be incucated through means more prob
\ able its influence would be greater. The story
is not especially interesting in character draw
| ing, conversation, or in incident; nor is the
| style above the reproach of affectation. The
effect left is of an ola podrida whose chief in-
| gredient is little musty.
| SHEAF OF PAPERS. By T. G. A. It. g. AppletOn)
| Boston: Roberts Brothers. For sale by Loring,
Short g Harmon
The golden sheaf on the cover is emblematc
| of the contents of this little volume which are
''as good as the wheat" The sheaf is of %
papers, tales, essays and descriptions, some of
| which have already appeared in sold and
| New" and one or two, we believe, in other
| magazines. Each paper has turn of thought
| peculiarly its own, and beauty of language and
| style so equally characterizes them all, that 1t
is hard to select pieces of distinctive excellence.
| Few will read the opening paper 'Some
| Souvenirs of Round Hill School" without a
| warmth at heart as the sensations, the thoughts
| and emotions of boy-life come to him bathed
| in rosy glow from the pages. Nothing could
| be better in the way Of description than "a
| Day with the FRENCH or tale whose hero
| would more enlist the sympathy and approba-
| tion of the reader than 'The Iconoclast Vf
| Sensibility." The latter indeed should be in
| serted in the school books, and the conduct OF
| Mr.. Willoughby Aspen, in bonneting the pat
l ent-medicne placarded with his own paint pot,
held up as an example for imitation.
| HARRY BLoUNT, By Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Author of Chapters on Animals, "The Intellec-
tual Life" &c. Published by Roberts Bros. Boston.
For Gale by Loring, Short and Harmon.
1t is with genuine pleasure and entire conf
| dence that we recommend this story OF boys
| life. 1t is bright, wholesome manly and re-
| fined book, and no boy who is fortunate enough
to possess it, will lay it down till every page is
read and enjoyed. The young hero's life
school, his experience of the tagging system,
and his exciting yacht voyage among the
| Hebrides, form series of lively aud delightful
| pictures. The descriptions of ocean scenery,
| and the Wild bird-haunted rocks of the north
| ern islands, are exceedingly fine, az was to be
| expected from the author, whose studies of
| painting enables him to appreciate and repro
| duce the wonderful effects of sky and sea.
| The tone of the whole book is so good, so free
| from any coarseness, or tendency to the law
| less adventure that so many popular stories for
| BOYS encourage-that it will be favorite vol
| ume at once, both with young readers and their
| older friends.
LITTLE CLASSICS, Edited by Rossiter johnson.
Boston: j. R. Osgood s. Co. For sale by Bailey
| and Noyes.
| The eleventh and twelfth volumes of the
/ sr ;+.1o nopo nIatino tho sarias have
been issued. The handy little books with their
| admirably selected contents, have struck the
| popular fancy, and have been one of the bess
literary ventures of the year. The eleventh
| volume, bearing the subtitle "Heroism", con-
| tains Little Briggs and I, by Fitz-Hugh Lud-
low; Ray, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Three
| November Days, by B. f. Taylor; The Forty
Seven Ronins, by Bertram Milford; A Chance
| Child, by Isabella May; aud Leaf in the
Storm, by Louisa De La Rame.
The twelfth volume bearing the sub title
"Forture", contains Poe's Gold Bug; Lovers
| Fairy Finder; Marie Edgeworth's Murad the
Unlucky; Hales Children of the Public; John
| Banim's Rival Dreamers; and Hawthorne's
| Threefold Destiny.
| PERFECT LOVE CAS- TETH OUT FEAR. By Kathsr-
Inc sedgwick washburn. Boston: Lee & Shep-
| ard. From Dresser Mcclellan & Co.
The habitual novel reader will find this origi-
nal and deeply interesting; the accidental
| novel reader will be surprised at finding him.
self so interested, and at its clearness. A phil
osophic vein of thought runs through it, and
the decided moral, that at is best to be oil
with the old love before you are on with the
new will meet the approval of all thoughtful
people out of Utah.
| Books Received.
| Uit.Ie Ca.sics Edited by Rossiter johnson.