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Lectures on the Works and Genius of Washington
Allston. By Wm. Ware. Phillips, Sampson & Cos.,
Boston. [From Jo< n Russell, King-st.
The able author of Zenobia, who unfortunately
died before the present work was perfected, has
left in it a series of Lectures, which he had design
ed to deliver at Boston. No man was more ca
pable than Mr. Ware, of appreciating in its mi
nutest details, the genius of our country’s great
Artist; and it is much to be regretted that death
should have called him from the task of elucida
ting its very singular power and uniqueness, be
fore the last finishing touches could be bestowed
upon his criticism. Undoubtedly, upon this ac
count, the Lectures lack polish, (a more impor
tant m itter than some persons are ready to ad
mit,) boih of diction and thought ; but, notwith
standing this, they are valuable in the highest
degree, and the public would have lost much—
very much, if they had not been published.
Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial
Life. By Joseph T. Buckingham, in two vols. Ticknor,
Reed & Fields, Boston. [From John Russell, King-st.
As entertaining a book as the most ennuyed
dabbler in letters could desire. The “Ego” oc
curs perhaps rather too often, but it is a very
amiable and interesting “Ego,” and therefore nev
er wearies. The book is got up in the publishers’
usually (or rather unusually ,) elegant style.
Virginia and Magdalene. A Novel. By Emma South
worth. A. Hart, Philadelphia, [trom S. G. Courtenay.
This is one of the best of the author’s tales.
Whether the reader will consider this as a re
commendation, depends upon the character of his
taste.
O’ The Fourth Volume of the Abbottsford
Edition of the Waverly Novels, from the firm of
Lippincott, Grambo & Cos., has been received ;
also, the Fifth Volume of Hart’s cheap edition of
the same works. Scott’s tales will never lack
publishers in America.
[CT The following books are received, and will
be noticed in order:—Lotus Eating ; Institutes of
Algebra ; The Child at Home ; Daniel Webster
and his Contemporaries ; Northwood, and The
School for Fathers.
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Southern Literary Messenger, for October,
1852. [Richmond, Va.: John R. Thompson.
From S. G. Courtenay.] We have never seen a
more varied and interesting number of the Mes
senger than the present. It is loaded with good
matter, but the article tnosl worthy of attention, is
the editor’s elaborate and triumphant refutation of
the calumnies and false assertions of “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.” This Review though temperate,
is deservedly severe upon Mrs. Stowe, for the reck
less and unqualified falsehoods which she has
thought it her duty to propagate, and should go
into every house in the land, where her stupen
dous libel upon the humanity, the justice, and the
domestic conservatism of the South, has carried
i ihe poison ot lalse sentiment, and the unhealthful
i charm ot delineations, as revolting to the feelings
as they are morbid in taste, and unfounded in fact.
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
Mr. Thompson deserves the thanks of the whole
South, for his able, dispassionate, and most admi
rable critique. We shall contribute our humble
efforts to make it generally known, by republishing
it in the Gazette.
Harper's Magazine, for Oct., 1852. [New-
York : Harper &, Brothers.] This number, as
usual, is crowded with matter from all quarters,
and of every shade of interest. It is a small li
brary in itself.
Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, for Oct., 1852.
[New-Yotk: Freman Hunt ] The “leader” in
this issue, is a paper upon the “Commerce and
Resources of Chili.” It is full of statistics and
good sense. The other articles, also, do not lack
these valuable characteristics.
The Medical Examiner, for Oct., 1852. [Phil
adelphia : Lindsay & Blakiston. Edited by Drs.
F. G. Smith and J. B. Biddle ] A number with
the general amount of medical and scientific dis
cussion.
The Monthly Law Reporter, for Oct., 1852.
[Boston: Little & Brown. Edited by George P.
Sanger.] The papers on recent American De
cisions, (continued,) and an argument in favour of
Atheists being received as competent witnesses*
are the main features of the present number.
£oifotfgl SMiffes.
There are twelve thousand five hundred miles
of rail-road in the United States. * * If the
Governor of Massachusetts declines issuing a
warrant for the execution of a man sentenced to
be hung, he remains in prison for life. * * Con
gress, at its last session, appropriated SBO,OOO for
books to complete the Congressional Library. *
* Tennyson, the poet, is the son of an Episco
pal Clergyman. * * During the present year
nine churches have been erected within six miles
of Boston. * * Anew palace is to be built
for the Queen at Balmoral. Mr. Pegin is the
architect, and the cost will be £lO 000. * *
The “leading actor” in Doneltt’s troupe of mon
keys, died lately at Cleveland. * * The re
ported free trade treaty between France and Eng
land is incorrect. * * Five of the Madrid
papers have stopped, their editors being in prison.
* * The Government of California are pre
paring their slabs for Washington’s Monument.
* * Mining news, highly favourable. * *
The Winfield Scott has been seized at St. Fran
cisco for carrying an excess of passengers. * *
A destructive fire has occurred at Meka, involving
a loss of $50,000. * * It is said that the Duke
of Wellington died in consequence of dining too
heartily on venison. * * Sheridan Knowles
has joined the Baptist Church. * * Lord
Harding has been appointed Commander-in-Chief
of the British forces, in place of the late Duke of
Wellington. * * The expenditures of the city
of New-York, luring the past year, have amount
ed to $4,000,000. * * A Jewish riot has oc
curred at Stockholm, but has been suppressed. *
* It is announced that Russia will not treat with
the coalition States. * * Advices from Cuba
report the inland quiet. * * There is a juve
nile temperance organization in Philadelphia,
called the “Sontiies of Temperance .” * * There
were 4,571,400 pair of shoes made at Lynn last
year. * * Louis Napoleon has bought two
estates in Poland for the sum of 1,800.000 francs.
* * The war debts of the European nations
amount to $100,000,000,000. * * There are
400,000 Indians in the United States Territories
west of the Mississippi. * * Father Mathew,
and five other Catholic priests, have sailed for In
dia, they wish to found a Catholic See at Hydera
bad. * * Bottles containing olives in good
preservation have been found in the excavations of
Pompeii. * * Our multiplication table is two
thousand years old. It was invented by Pythago
ras, the Grecian philosopher, 537 years before
Christ. * * Mr. McKay, of Boston, is said
to he at work on a clipper ship, which will sur
pass in size and sharpness any merchant ship in
the world. * * The Queen of England has
received a bequest of half a million sterling from
one of her deceased subjects, a Mr. Nield. * *
The value ot the tobacco raised this year in Ohio
is computed at $1,3000. * * Why is General
Scott like a man about to cross the Atlantic ? Be
cause he is Se-ward bound. * * Sixteen cases
of cholera are reported to have occurred in Brook
lyn last week. * * Miss Catherine Hays has
been offered $50,000 to go to California, and has
consented. * * The daily consumption of milk m
the city of New-York is one million of quarts. *
* An English paper states that a large number
of kid gloves are made of rat skins. * * The
Hon. Thos. Corwin has resigned his office as Se
cretary of the Treasury. * * There are two
men in Cincinnati, born and reared in the west,
who are firm believers in faith.
From the Due West Telescope.
THE “CONSCIENTIOUS MAN”
Nay, “keep your breath to cool your broth,”
As the old adage says,
Your reasoning hath as little force
As the soft breeze that plays,
Against the mountains rugged side ;
The light moss it may fan,
But cannot move the mount, nor you
The “conscientious man.”
Be you Boanerges, or Paul,
Your eloquence is vain,
Let it abound with flowers, or
To tickle his fancy plain.
Yet w hen you stop you’ll find yourself
Just where you first began,
Stiff and unmoved as ever stands,
The “conscientious man.”
Should he not think right to indulge,
In luxury or meat,
He will not, no, not he! nor shall
A stronger brother eat;
That is, if lie can help, and he’ll
Use all the means he can,
’Tis wrong—he’s Solomon and more,
A “conscientious man.”
The road “the fathers” travelled is
The only one he’ll take,
And labours with great zeal to speak
Just as “the fathers” spake ;
All men must do likewise or be
Content to bear a ban,
And travel the straight-forward path
Os the “conscientious man.”
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