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~.i singular vegetable were shown to us
lihlay• They were taken from the garden
j \Vm. Choate, Esq. of Derry, N. If.—
jecJs of squash and water melons were
toth planted in the same bed. The result
appears to be a vegetable, half squash and
j ia lf melon —in both cases, the melon the
] 3r „er end, the squash the neck, and the
jj nc of distinction between the two dis
lincly shown. —Boston Traveller, Sept. 10.
Midshipmen. We understand the
imnes of some dozen midshipmen have
teen striken from the roll by the secretary
; (he Navy, one the recommendation of
ihe Court of Inquiry, in consequence of
having participated in the disturbances at
the naval school, sometime during the
month of March last.— Norfolk Argus.
Not Bad. The marriage of Col. Bragg,
of “ a little more grape ” notoriety, is no
ticed by the New York Globe as a surren
der of the gallant Colonel, “which,” the
Globe says, “served him right! He should
have known that his battery could not re
sist small arms of women.”
EMTOII’S DEPARTMENT.
VVM. c. RICHARBS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Assistant Editor.
Sttljcns, CtrovQia:
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Satnrday Morniii?....Sfpt.29, ISI9.
LETTERS FROM THE NORTH.
NO. 11.
Ratiibun’s Hotel, A'eir York, )
Sept. 19th, 1849. j
Mi/ dear Jacques: It was quite refresh
ing to me, I assure you, to receive the Ga
zette of last Saturday, this afternoon, and
to glance at its familiar face amid the bus
tle and excitement of this crowded metropo
lis. There is something peculiar, too, in
the sensation with which one welcomes his
own Journal so far away from home. His
articles have a freshness and interest even
for himself, which is so rarely the case
when they are printed under his eye. lam
not a little interested in the story you are
now publishing, from the pen of a Georgia
lady, anil I cannot help thinking that it
will awaken the attention which you chal
lenge for it.
Since I wrote you last, I have been absent
from the metropolis. With the decline of
the sun on Saturday, I stepped on board one
of the North River steamers, and went up
to the city of Hudson —a place endeared to
me by many associations of the past, and by
the continued preseneo of esteemed friends.
It is a quiet, agreeable town, of some five
or six thousand inhabitants. Its situation
for health and scenery is unequalled per
haps. Rising gradually from the eastern
margin of the River, it occupies a most
commanding position, and shews to tine ad
vantage from surrounding points. The view
of the River and the Catskill range of moun
tains, from the hill to which the town rises,
is magnificent, and sufficient of itself to de
termine a lover of the picturesque in his
choice of Hudson for a home.
You are not ignorant of the varied and
surpassing beauty of the Hudson River —
perhaps you are even familiar with it from
observation. Be that as it may, you will be
quite willing to have me speak of it in those
strains of admiration which alone scent ad
equate to convey my idea of its loveliness.
Among other points of attraction which
arrested my eye during the passage up the
River, was the country seat of Edwin For
rest, which we so recently celebrated in the
Gazette, in Mr. Simms’ tine poem, entitled
“ Fonthill.” As I gazed upon its towers
and battlements, I could not help feeling an
emotion of regret that its gifted occupant
should have suffered his name to be shaded
with popular disfavor, by yielding to im
pulses not in jiuison with the dignity and
nobleness of liis character.
The traveller on the Hudson, who has
been, like myself, absent for two years, will
discover changes upon the shore. For near
ly forty miles from the city of New York,
the right bank of the river is changed from
a sloping beach to a wall of stone, upon
which rests the structure of the Hudson
River Rail Road. This great work pro
gresses with considerable rapidity. It is
completed to Sing Sing—a distance of 32
miles—over which cars are frequently run
ning, and sometimes in the space of an
hour.
At one point on the river, the Telegraph
crosses, and the passage is effected by the
elevation of two very lofty poles upon the
opposite banks. These poles arc made firm
enough to resist storms, by numerous radii
of stout wire proceeding from various points
in their elevation,and fastened to the ground
on every side.
The travel on the Hudson is constantly
increasing, if I may judge from the great
number of boats advertised daily for Alba
ny. These boats, moreover, are many of
them as large ngain ns those of former
years, and yet they go densely thronged
with passengers, morning and night. The
fare varies from two shillings to one dollar,
exclusive of berths and meals, which are in
variably charged at half a dollar each. In
this way, the low price of passage is some
what compensated. The fare of the Rail
Road will probably not exceed one cent per
mile, and the time of passage will be five j
hours, for a distance of 150 miles.
At Hudson I encountered our truant cor- !
respondent, *• Flit,” and you may be sure I
rated him soundly for his recreancy to the j
Gazette the past Summer. He pleaded in
extenuation, that lie had been vagabondi- |
zing among the hills and vnles of the Hud
son—seldom hearing of the great world, and
therefore illy prepared to continue his “ Let
ters” to his own or his readers’ satisfaction.
As he promised amendment upon his return
to the city next month,-1 could not do less
than let him off—as I presume our readers
will be willing by this time to serve,
Their’s and your’s, faithfully,
W. C. R.
NO. m.
Sept. 21st, 1849.
My dear Jacques: We have another three
days’ wonder to excite us, in the shape of a
rupture between the President and the
French Minister. Major Poussin has sud
denly been dismissed, and we arc no longer
in diplomatic relation to la Bello France. —
I shall not trace the history of the events
which have induced Gen. Taylor to give the
French Minister bis passports, as that is
! the province of the political journals 1
may briefly state, that the immediate cause
is the refusal of Be Tocqucvillc, Louis Nn
; poleon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, to re- :
cognize a demand of our Government for
the removal of their Minister on the ground
that he had made insulting communications
in some negociation pending between the
two Governments. The remoter causes are j
I not well understood as yet, though the pub
lic prints are teeming with elucidations of
the mystery. Some of our wise ones are
discerning specks of war on the horizon 1
The French President, it is alleged, isseck
j ing a quarrel with us, in accordance with
1 his spirit towards Republican Rome; and if
this be true, the dismissal of his Minister
! will amount to the casus belli he desires.—
For my part, I do not believe any such
thing—and I have full faith that this diffi
; culty will be amicably adjusted, even if it
| involves the dismissal of Louis Napoleon’s
; right arm—the celebrated Do Tocqucvillc.
But let us leave French politics for French
Art—a most satisfactory exchange, by the
way. I spent an hour to-day at the Galle
ry of the International Art-Union—estab
j lished here recently by Messrs. Goupil, Vi
-5 bert & Cos., from ,Paris. 1 have spoken of
it, editorially, before, and shall hereafter
renew the subject in an extended article 1
j allude to it now, to say that a glimpse at the
| numerous exquisite paintings on the walls
of the Gallery, cannot fail to kindle the de
sire of membership in the Union. There
are gems from Bela Roche, Bubufc, Lan
] delle, Ary Scheffer, Muller, Court, Wald
! muller, Brochart, and many other French
artists of reputation. These, with many
other paintings, will be distributed by lot
in December, when a magnificent engraving
j of “ The Prayer,” by Dubufe, will be sent
to every subscriber. The annual fee is Five
j Dollars, at which low rate, there should be
many thousands of subscribers, for surely
it is an object of no small importance to
make our people familiar with Foreign Art,
i and thus increase their interest in the pro
j Auctions of American artists.
In this connection, I must express my re
gret at being absent from the city at there
| cent Festival of that favorite Institution,
j the American Art-Union. It is reported to
| have been a delightful affair.
I shall not fail to report the attractions
of the New Gallery in an early letter.
Broadway is undergoing great changes, j
I one of which I alluded to in my last letter j
! —the re-paving with the Russ granite.—
j There arc several splendid buildings going
’ up, including a Bank, a Hotel, and several .
| stores. One of the latter is for Mr. Leroy
Wiley, one of the proprietors of the Etowah
Iron Works in our State, and is to cost
nearly $30,000 The various improvements
I at this moment in progress, will cost nearly 1
! or quite half a million of dollars.
The great Fall Trade Sales of Books arc
now in progress, and the spacious halls of
Bangs, Platt & Cos., the Auctioneers, are
crowded by “ the trade” from all parts of
the Union. You doubtless know that these
sales arc contributed to by nearly all Amer
ican publishers, and of late years, by seve
ral English booksellers. The books are sold
to the highest bidder, in lots of from two to
fifty, according to circumstances, and from |
samples sent in for the purpose. It is re
ported that the sale of the Harpers’ books I
on Tuesday amounted to nearly $40,000. — j
Many thousands of the books sold by them
have yet to be printed. It is quite amusing
to witness an eager competition among the
buyers for a popular book. When such an
one is “ knocked down” at a given price—a
few cents, perhaps, below the market rate— I
a fine illustration of the “contusion of!
tongues” ensues, and a storm of voices rages |
over the hall. “ Ten to Smith,” “ Twenty {
to Jones,” “ Ten to Davis,” “ Five to Ilus- j
sell,” “ Ten to Thompson,” “ Give Williams
twenty,” “Six to Simpkins & Cos.” and a
score of similar exclamations, are pelted out j
at the obliging auctioneer, who repeats them
with as much fidelity and precision as pos- j
sible, but who, sometimes, gives up in sheer :
despair, and begins again, de novo.
1 will not protract this letter to a greater
length, lest 1 weary’you and those so much |
beloved as the readers and patrons of the ,
Gazette. Ever your’s,
W. C. R.
(Pur (Possip (Column.
Hayti.
The brig Hayti, which arrived in New
York last week from Port-au-Prince, brings
the intelligence that Hayti is no longer a
Republic. Soulouque, the President, has
been proclaimed Emperor, under the name
of Faustin I. The new Emperor lias issued
a Proclamation, to which he, strangely
enough, prefixes the words, “ Liberty—
Equality.” The black tyrant beats his
white brother across the water—Napoleon
le petit —“ all hollow.”
Health of Charleston.
Last week the Board of Health reported
six deaths by what they designate as the
“ Strangers’ Fever.” The papers then ex
pressed, very confidently, the opinion that
the disease would not become epidemic.—
Charleston papers received this week, say
not a word on the subject. Why this si
lence ? Many persons are waiting to learn
the true state of the case, before venturing
to visit the city. Has there been a decrease
or an increase of the fever ?
M. Poussin.
Our contemporaries are filled with official
documents and long dissertations on the
rupture between our Government and the
French Minister. It is scarcely possible
that an affair of such trifling importance
can lead to any serious difficulty with
France. The Gallic Cock, we think, will |
hardly deem it obligatory on him to do hat- j
tie, on account of the hot-headed young
chick ( poussin ), who has given such mortal
vrastai ©&asß!Jß.
offence to the “powers that be” at Wash
ington, by his alleged ill manners and ill
temper. Probably M. De Tocqueville is
right, when he says “ there has been unne--
cessary recrimination, and marked faults
on both sides.” Le Coutrier des Ktats Unis
thinks the decree dismissing M. Poussin
rather “ brusque and severe.” The Tri
bune says: “M. Poussin’s recall has been
decided on by the French Government, in
dependent of his difficulty with the Cabinet
at Washington. M. Do Montholon, the son
of Gen. Montholon, is said to he named his
successor.” This is not improbable, as M.
Poussin is a Democrat, and Democracy is
not in favor in Paris, at the present time.
*
California.
tSoutlicy, in his “ Common-Place Book,”
qotes from Wither, an English poet, who
wrote in the sixteenth century, the follow
ing lines. If there is not much poetry in
them, there is a great deal of truth :
“ I've heard those say that travel to the Wes%
I Whence this behoved metal is encreast,
’ That in Ihe places where such minerals be
Is neither g ass, nor herb, nor plant, nor tree.
And like enough ; —f<>r this at home 1 find,
| Those who too earnestly employ the mind
| About that trash, have hearts, I dare uphold,
As barren as the place where men dig gold.*’
£l)c £itcranj tHorlir.
A A'cw French Dictionary.-- Messrs.
Little & Brown have just published anew
French Dictionary by M. Spiers. It is
spoken of in the highest terms by the Lon
don Examiner.
Messrs. Harpers are about to put to press
anew novel by the author of “ June Eyre.”
Frederica Bremer, was expected in Lon
don at the latest dates en route for the Unit
ed States.
Howard —Robert Carter & Brothers have
i in press, “ Ino. Howard or the Prison World
: of Europe.”
Dana — Allston, —The admirers of Rich
ard Dana, will be pleased to learn that a
new and complete edition of his Poems and
Prose writings is announced by one of the
New York houses; and also, to he edited by
him, the writings of Washington Allston.
Poe. —Edgar A. Poe is lecturing on Poets
and Poetry, at Richmond, Va.
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(Dur Contemporaries.
North British Review. American Edition. New
York : L. Scott & Cos.
The August number of A'orth British is
before us. It opens with the continuation
ofa former article on Morcll’s “ Philosophy
of Religion,” in which that work is pretty
severely dealt with. This is followed by an
interesting article on “ Swift and his Bio
graphers.” Vincent Gioberti, the Italian
philosopher and patriot furnishes the sub
ject for an article of which his “ Introduc
tion a P Etude de la Philosophic” is the
I text.
Lvneh’s Dead Sea Expedition is reviewed
in a very candid and appreciating spirit,
and while its prominent faults are pointed
out,its merits are generously acknowledged.
Under the head of “ Note-w r orthy Novels,”
“ Emelia Wyndham” “ Jane Eyre” and
“ Fanny Ilervcy ” arc noticed. There are
also articles on “ German Socialism” “The
Slavonians of Eastern Europe” “ Fall of
the Sikh Empire” &c. *
Sarlains Union Ma-azine. Philadelphia:
John artain & Cos.
The number for October lias been receiv
ed. It is not behind its predecessors in at
tractiveness and value. Its illustrations
are, ns usual, of a high order. Mary llow
itt’s story —“ Mr El worthy’s Heirs” is con
tinued, as is “Roanoke; or where is Uto
pia.” *
Godcy’s Lady’s Book. Philadelphia: L A. Go
d -y.
The October number is on our table, and
may safely be pronounced an exceedingly
attractive one. It contains no less than fif
teen illustrations. A portrait of Frederica
Bremer, with a biographical sketch, by Ma
ry Ifowitt, add much to the interest of this
number. *
Water Cure Journal. New- York : Fowler &
Wells.
This is an excellent Hydropathic maga
zine, and should be in the hands of all who
wish to inform themselves on the subject of
the Water Cure. The September number
has been received. It contains many inter
esting and valuable articles. *
(California items
By the steamship Empire City we have
received an abundance of nows from the
1 gold-land. Our exchanges from all quar
ters open rich with “California Corres
pondcnce.” They form a strange medley
of the most contradictory stories. One
writes that El Dorado is all that he antici
\ pated—and more, and that he shall be sure
i to return loaded with wealth ;another warns
iiis friends to beware of the golden humbug—
that most of the wonderful stories told in
the States of the abundance of gold, and es
pecially of the big lumps, are false, that the
country js barren and the climate intolera
able, and that though there is plenty of gold,
it costs more than it is worth to get it &c.
&c. The extracts which follow will illus
trate what we have said. Our readers can
form their own opinions on the subject.
“The correspondent of tlie Philadelphia
ledger, writing from San Francisco, under
date of July 9, says :
So far as relates to the wonderful mineral
wealth of California, the most exaggerated
stories that have been told of it do not over
color the reality. Tlic whole country is full
of gold, which can be had by digging for it.
But those who come here, as many do, and
imagine that it is to be easily picked up,
will bo wonderfully disappointed. The dig
ging of gold, so far as it regards labor, re
quires far more excessive work than the dig
ging of canals.”
The Transcript contains a letter, dated
July 9th, 1848, from which we take the fol
lowing :
“ I can get a bigger salary here than the
Governor of Massachusetts, so that I shall
be apt to get along. At any rate Ido not
mean to come homo till I can get a big pile
to bring with me. I saw two pieces of gold
yesterday, one of which weighed 27 ounces,
and the other two pounds.”
N. W. Morrill, who is at the Diggins,
writes to his friends in Lowell, —
“ There are thousands of poor, disconso
late men here, who came with the expecta
tion of getting rich, but who arc wofully
disappointed. As for those big lumps of
gold which yon hear of at home, they aro
not to be found here. lam in the mud and
water digging for gold. Some days Ido well
and some days I got nothing. I think if I
can procure enough to be as well off when
I get home as 1 was when I left there, I shall
be back. When I return, I shall take the
steamer, for I would not undergo the priva
tions of the routo we came, for all the gold
in California.”
“ A correspondent of the Tribune, under
date of July 28th, writes:—
A gold seeker at the Tuwallamy diggins,
July 20th, says : —The labor of gold digging
and washing is exhausting in the extreme.
Thousands who come out here brimfull of
hope and courage, are bringing their exu
berant stock to a poor market—for, after
divesting their white hands of their white
i kid gloves, and working a la mode for one
I week, your amateur dealers in gold dust
I find tlicinselves bankrupt of mental “ pluck”
and physical strength, and leave in disgust,
some (grown already way-wise) for home,
but many to bunt down the ignis faluus.”
“ The same correspondent gives bis expe
rience, as follows:
Gentlemen, do not advise a dog to come
to California. Wliy r have Col. Fremont,
Farnham, and others so studiously misrep
resented this parched, barren,mountainous
country ? The entire Northern portion of
Upper California is inferior to New Eng
i land in every respect, while the Southern
half the same territory is baked and burned
I by a scathing, scorching, sun for nine
! months of the year, without rain or dews,
and deluged during the other three. The
j timber is sparse and almost valueless.
A letter received in New York from San
Francisco, states that the writer had seen a
piece of gold weighing fourteen pounds,
and that $4,000 had been offered and refus
ed for it. This correspondent further says,
! that he lias made a clear estimate of the
yield for September, October and November,
and that it amounted to $12,000,000. The
i number of people at the mines is 25,000.
The amount of gold brought into San
Francisco in twenty days, previous to the
sailing of the steamer California, was a mil
lion of dollars.
Another says in a letter to the Trenton
State Gazette :
i “ There are great many stories from the
mines, but from all I can learn a man must
work hard and have pretty good luck to get
an ounce a day, and the majorit y don’t get
that. From what I have seen of California
though the gold and money part is up to my
expectations, I would not live here half a
life-time for all the gold in the country.”
These will do as a specimens of the latest
California letters.
We arc sorry to learn that C. W. Holden,
proprietor of Holdens Magazine died in
| California, on the Upper Sacramento, on
: the 13th of June last.
©cncral UntclUgnuc.
Another California Company gone. —
The Imu-cII American of the 21 -t instant,
says :
The ship Harriet Rockwell sailed from
Boston for San Francisco on Wednesday,
with the Franklin California Trading and
Mining Company. John McCoy, Jr. of this
city is one of its officers, and we hope Cali
fornia may have many inhabitants as good
as he. The capital of the company is $30,-
000, divided into a hundred shares.
Removal of Mr. Walsh. —Robert Walsh,
the Consul of the United States at Paris,
has been removed by the administration,
according to a Washington correspondent
! of the Tribune.
The Republic of Sierra Madre. —The N.
Orleans Patria assert positively that the
plan of separating from Mexico the States
this side of the Sierra Madre, and setting
up an independent Republic, is still prose
cuted with great zeal Some 3000 men, ac
cording to this paper, arc to establish them
selves along the Southern boundary of Tex
as, procure arms and ammunition, and
When the j iglit time arrives, cross the Rio
Grande and raise the new standard. The
plan is said to he most skilfully arranged,
and the laaders arc provided with funds.
The Patria is of opinion that the Round Is
land assemblage is really destined for Tam
pico, and has, in reality, nothing to do with
the expedition to Cuba.
Death of Israel Post. —Mr. Israel Post,
long known as a publisher of New York,
died at Panama on the 6th of August, of
Cholera as alraady stated in one of our
California letters.
Florida Indians. —lntelligence has been
received at the War Department, stating
that the Seminoles disclaim all connection
with the recent outrages. General Twiggs
says the Indians are peacefully disposed.
The Hire Crop. —We were shown yester
day (says the Savannah Republican of Tues
day) some new Rice from the plantation of
T. S. Clay, Esq., on the Ogecchee River,
and learn that the lot of 3,100 bushels sold
very readily. We also learn that the har
vest on all the plantations in this vicinity
l promises well, and the general health was
never better than at this time.
Irish in America.—K New York corres
j pondent of the Dublin (Ireland) Nation,
estimates the number of Irish in this coun
try at four millions!
Female College.— The Ohio Female Col- 1
lege was dedicated at Cincinnati, with ap
propriate ceremonies, on the 4th inst.
Edgar A. Poe, the poet, has joined the
Sons of Temperance.
Arrival of German Refugees. —The brig
Chenamus, Capt. Caleb It. Moore, arrived
this morning from Smyrna via Gibraltar,
with 27 passengers. Among the number
arc Col. Henry Ney and Henry Villechamp, j
two officers in the German Republican
army.
Col. Ney is a connexion of the celebrated
Marshal Ney, and Col. Villechamp has a !
brother in New York. A brother of Col.
Ney, it is said, had been previously arrest
ed and shot near Frankfort.
Italian Exiles.. —By the arrival at this
port of the Italinn brig Arsace, Captain
Schiaffino. on Friday night, says the New ,
York Tribune, we received papers from
Genoa and other parts of Piedmont. Last
Saturday we paid a visit to the vessel, and
were spectators of a most painful scene.—
W e found on board a score of Italian young
men, all exiles and fugitives from unhnppy
Italy, and every one in the most destitute
situation. These gallant youths belong to
the most respectable families of Lomba dy,
nnd during two years of revolution and war
they fought in all the battles for the inde
pendence of their fatherland.
SI)C 01D Iborlir.
The steamer Cambria arrived at Halifax
on the 19th instant. She brought Liver
pool dates to the Bth inst.
We give below the most interesting items
of intelligence:
France. —The Paris Monitcur publishes
a decree, reinstating seventy-one Lieut.
Generals, and fourteen Major Generals,
i who were placed on the retired list by the
Provisional Government of the February
Revolution.
The French Government continues to rc
| fuse passports to the German refugees, who
were passing through France on route for
! America.
General Oudinot is expected to arrive at
Paris on the 20th.
The appointment of Lucien Murat, as
Ambassador to Madrid, is considered an act
of conciliation to the two parties in the Cab
inet.
i -hi.stria and Hungary. —Comorn and
Petcrwardcn still hold out against the im
perial forces; the former commanded by
ivlapka and the latter by Riel. The Rus
sian General Berg had a long interview
with Riel, on the 23d ultimo, which result
ed in the Hungarian General going to Hay
nan to arrange terms for capitulation: The
impregnable position of Comorn induces
Klapka to demand good couditions.
A letter received from Vienna, of the 31st
ultimo, states that several Magyar chiefs
had been executed, among them an Ex-Min
ister of Austria who had proved recreant to
his country, nnd that one General had been
hung and another shot. Kossuth’s mother
and his children, and the wives nnd children
of several Magyar chiefs, had arrived as
prisoners at Pressburg.
A letter from Vienna states that the Em
peror of Austria had pardoned Georgy, who
had departed for Styria, where lie intended
to reside.
The imperialist forces entered Vienna on
the 27th.
Rome. —Barelii, the Pope’s Minister of
the Interior, has arrived, and installed him
self head of the police, and entirely under
control of the French authorities. His first
decree is concerning the paper money, and
guarantees the notes of the State for their
declared value, and imposes fine and im
prisonment on all who refuse to take them.
ltostolan, the successor of Oudinot, has
assumed the command of the French army
of occupation.
A Te Deum has been sung in all the
churches of Russia, in honor of thetriumphs
in Hungary.
The Emperor of Russia was at Warsaw on
the 20th.
The Austrians have evacuated Modina,
the last place they occupied in the Pied
montese territory.
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oitr Cook (table.
The Crayon Reading Book— Comprising Selec.
tions from the various writings of Washing
ton Irving. Prepared for the use of Schools
One vol. 12ino. New York: Geo. P. Put
nam. 1549.
If it be desirable to put into the hands of
the pupil models combining the highest ex
cellence of morality with purity of style,
then surely this new “ reading book” is em
inently valuable. It was a happy sugges
tion, to compile such a volume fur the pur
pose stated on the title-page, and we doubt
not that the book will be exceedingly ser
viceable to the cause of education. It will
be none the less acceptable, however, to the
general reader, whom it will furnish with
the best collection of the “ Beauties of Ir
ving” ever yet made.
Half Ilonts with the Best Authors. Select
ed and Arranged with short Biographic,d and
Critical Notices. By Charles Knight. In four
volume.*, 12mo. New York: John Wiley.—
1849.
Mr. Wiley lias done the American public
u real service in re-printing Mr. Knight’s
well-arranged and copious specimens of the
best Authors. These four handsome vol
umes constitute a librury in themselves,
which would be to the man of limited means
a treasure of literature “pure and unde
i filed.” Here, at a glance, arc seen the
names honored and revered of all who ac
knowledge the power of the human intel
lect. A catalogue of them would make this
notice unwarrantably long; it is enough,
perhaps, to say that it would be difficult to
name a distinguished writer, of whose qual
ity there is not a taste.
The novel features of this collection of
“ Elegant Extracts,” are the comprehen
siveness of its range and the uniformity in
the length of the articles selected from each
author. This latter feature is suggested in
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In addition to the extracts, the Editor has |
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The Maoic of Kindness ; or the Wondrous
Story of the Good Huan. By the Brothers
Mahew. New Yor-k: Harper & Brothers.
1849.
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