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I have often had occasion to remark the for-!
litude with which women sustain the most over
whelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters
which break down the spirit of man, and pros
trate him in the dust, seem to call forth all the
energies of the softer sex, and give such intre
pidity and elevation to their character, that at
times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can
be more touching than to behold a soft and ten
der female, who had been all weakness and
dependence, and alive to every trivial rough-,
ness, while treading the prosperous path of life,
suddenly rising in mental force to be the com
forter and supporter of her husband under mis
fortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firm-;
ness, the bitter blasts of adversity.— lrving.
A stranger having entered the apartment
where the Emperor Napoleon was shaving
himself, when in a little town in Italy, he said,
“ I want to see your great emperor—what are
•you to him?”
The emperor replied, “ I shave him”
Beware of the man who habitually borrows
your newspaper, when he is able to subscribe
ior and pay for one himself. He will borrow
your shirt or your tooth-brush next.
The Methuen Gazette propounds the follow
ing mathematical question:
“If a man is too poor to pay for a newspaper,
how many dogs can he afford to keep?”
Xttmtti XnttUfiMte. j
[Compiled from the New Yorker.] '
Messrs. Harpers have nearly ready a ‘ Histo
ry of the United States,’ by S. Hale. The for
mer work by this author, known as the‘pre
mium history,’ has been one of the most suc
cessful books written in America, and it still af
fords an annual revenue of more than a thou
sand dollars. The present history has been a
long time in preparation, and it will doubtless
be found extremely valuable.
Bishop Mcllvaine of Ohio has nearly ready
for publication a work in opposition to the ‘Ox
ford Theology/ as developed in the Oxford
'Tracts, a series of essays on various doctrinal
questions, written with distinguished ability,
which have been republished in this country
and read extensively in the Episcopal Church.
In the Bishop’s last Diocesan Address he de
nounces these 'Tracts in very strong language,
and the lovers of theologic controversy will
doubtless read the forthcoming onslaught on
this new system of ‘philosophic religion’ with
singular relish. Very few in this country
write with greater force and ability than Dr.
Mcllvaine.
‘ Christian Ballads ,’ a series of Poems by
Arthur Cleveland Coxe, a portion of which
have heretofore appeared in the ‘Churchman’
newspaper, will be issued in a few weeks by
Wiley & Putnam of this city.
A new edition of 1 Semes from Life ,’ a little
work by Miss Lucy Hooper, will be published
soon by Linen & Fennell.
Mr. Powell, a young artist of merit, proposes
to publish a Gallery of Portraits of Ameri
can Authors. If issued, it will include all
who have acquired reputation in the various j
walks of literature, and will probably contain,
not less that sixty or seventy portraits, all of
well-known and distinguished person. When:
Mr. Powell has completed his collection, he pro
poses placing it in the hands of the engraver,
and making arrangements for publishing the
AUGUSTA MIRROR COVER.
| plates, illustrated by letter-press biographical
notices, forming a complete and elegant portrait
gallery of eminent American writers.
Carey 6c Hart of Philadelphia have published
the first volume of ‘ Ten Thousand a Year,’
from Blackwook.
Mr. T. A. Richards, of Augusta, Georgia,
proposes to publish Illustrations of Georgia
Scenery —to comprise engravings of the most
interesteng places in the State, with letter-press
illustrations. Mr. Richards is an artist, and is
j said to be the ‘ Doughty of the South.’
Lea & Blanchard of Philadelphia announce
as in press the following works recently pub
| lishsd in England : The Paris Sketch Book,
by Mr. Tidmarsh ; Jim Blunt, by the Old Sai
lor; The Budget of the Bubble Family, by La
dy Biihver; The Cashmere Shawl, an Eastern
fiction ; Oliver Cromwell,an historical romance;
The Library of Medicine, volume IJ., on Ner
vous Diseases; The Tower of London, com
plete in one volume, &c.
Linen 6c Fennell will publish, near the close
of December, one of the most beautiful and inter
esting books of the season, under the title of
The Biographical Annual. It will embrace
memoirs of all the eminent statesmen, dignita
ries, and men of letters, artists, remarkable
! characters, ect. who have died or who may
I die within the year, and will be elegantly
embellished. Works of similar character have
i been published several years in London and Pa
ris, which have enjoyed great popularity.
Lea 6c Blanchard of Philadelphia have pub
!j lished, in two volumes, a novel entitled ‘How
ard Pinckney’. It is from the pen of the au
thor of Clinton Bradshaw, East and West, etc.
It seems to exhibit improvement, and its prede- j
cessors were highly approved.
The late Timothy Flint left, in manuscript,
we understood, a voluminous work on the Pro
gress of the Valley of the Mississippi, to the pre
paration of which he had devoted much of his
time for the last two years. It will probably
be published in the course of the ensuing year
at Cincinnati.
Mr. W. 11. C. Hosmer, we understand, has
been for some time engaged on an elaborate epic
poem, the story of which is based on the inter
esting Indian traditions of Western New-York,
with which his former writings have exhibited
a remarkable familiarity.
Mr. Robert Sears, 122 Nassau street, will
publish next week a beautiful pictoral work
illustrative of the topography, antiquities, man
ners ect. of the Holy Land. It will contain
two hundred fine wood engravings by the
best artists, and copious letter-press descrip
tions.
Messers. Langleys have nearly ready an ‘An
alysis of Female Beauty’, by Dr. Walker, pop
! ulnrly known by his works entitled Woman,
land Intermarraiage Physiologically Consider
ed.
A poem entitled ‘Pocahontas, a Legend’, has
been published in a very beautiful volume in
i Philadelphia. The author is a lady of Rich
; mond, Va.
j The ‘ Flag Ship,’ by Rev. Mr. Taylor, will
! be published by Messrs. Appletons next week.
We have before noticed this work as in press.
It is a journal kept by the author on board the
U. S.Ship Columbia, Commodore Read, on her
voyage round the world ; and the known abili- j
ties of Mr. Taylor warrant the belief that it
will prove a most interesting and instructive
work.
The Harpers will publish in a few days the
‘Budget of the Bubble Family,’ by Lady Bul
wer. The author of Pelham has doubtless
been ‘shewn up’ by her ladyship in a very un
enviable maimer—(or we suppose the ‘Bubbles’
are all Bulwt rs, of course.
The interesting story now in course of pub
lication in ‘Blackwood’s Magazine,’ entitled
‘Ten Thousand a-Year,’ is by Samuel Warren,
LL .D., well known as the author ol Passages
from the Diary of a Physician,
j The romance by H. W. Herbert, of this city,
entitled ‘Oliver cromwell,’ has been republished
by Colburn in London, and is there attributed
to Horace Smith, one of the authors of the
‘Rejected Addresses.’
Thomas Moore is preparing a complete and
uniform edition of his prose and poetical works,
of which the first vol. will be speedily issued.
! ‘ Letters from the Old World,’ by Mrs. Haight,
published by the Harpers, and Southgate’s Tra
vels, published by the Appletons, in this city,
are very favorably noticed in the English lite
rary journals.
The Paris newspapers announce an Histori
cal Poem, in ten cantos, entitled ‘ Napoleon, by
Joseph Bbnaparte, elder brother of the Emperor,
price five francs. They add that the work is
destined to have great success, and produce a
lasting sensation. The Count’s poetical vain
has been tardidly discovered or opened.
EDUtitistmrnls.
j MRS. BOWEM’S SCHOOL.
I Mrs. Bowen has resumed the exercises of
her school, in which are taught the branches of
a thorough and refined education.
TERMS AS FOLLOWS,
First Class, including orthography and
readmg, (per quarter,) $8 00
Second Class, Elemets of Geography,
Grammar and Arithmetick, 10 00
Third Class, the entire English course, 13 00
Languages, 8 00
Drawing, 5 00
Music, by Miss. A. M. Nevins, 15 00
Pupils can be accomodated with board, in
Mrs. B’s. family where parental attention will
be given to their morals, health and manners.
Augusta, Oet. 17, 1840. It
MR. RICHARDS' PAINTING SCHOOL.
Mr. Richards will resume his Classes in
Drawing on Monday, the 26th iust. His room
(Masonic Hall) is now open to visitors, and
will continue so, daily, until that date. He
has recently made additions to the subjects in
his Gallery, among them, some Paintings of
Scenery in our own State. He gives instruc
tion in Penciling, Flour and Fruit Painting, in
water colors —Landscape, Fruit, &c. in oils—
and in Perspective. This is the last winter,
for the present, Mr R. will devote to teaching,
as his future engagements will call him from
home for two years. He designs disposing of
his entire collection of Paintings and Prints,
and under the circumstances will do so at a far
less value than he otherwise would
Mr. 11. will execute any commissions
connected with the profession of a Draughts
man and Landscape Painter. He will supply
orders for Portrait and Picture frames.
Augusta, Oct. 17, 18-10. It
BOOH AND' JOB;
Promptly Executed at the Office of the
AUGUSTA MIRROR.