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Review Of Literature.
be those with whom gloominess and misanthropy are welcome associates , in such case ive unhesitatingly resign to them the task of examining into the recesses of as dark and despairing a scene of misery as could be written . So dismal is the subject as to obscure the few gleams of poetry that would escape if they could , and which appear as if by accident merely to make the " darkness visible . " Pieciola ; or Captivity Captive . Colburn . Rarelindeeddoes the
y , , modern French press contribute so pure and beautiful an offering to literature as Pieciola . The sentiment is of the highest yet of the simplest kind , addressing itself to all . Nothing can surpass the delicacy of the story , in ivhich a sceptic is awakened to a sense of the Providence about him , by the contemplation of a flower springing up between the flag stones of the court yard of his prison . The hand of a master is present throughout the book ; of which , we hope , we have said enough to send our
readers to its pages forthwith . The fortunate author , for he , indeed , is fortunate , who produces such a work that must become a household thing among all men—is M . de Saintine . The book is most felicitousl y translated .
Napoleon in Council . AVhittaker . This is the work of Baron Pelet ( de la Lozere ) , member of the Chamber of Deputies , and late minister of Public Instruction . AVe owe the translation to Captain Basil Hall ; which , we doubt not , will become a popular work with all who seek to know the real character , and it is being slowly yet faithfully developed . Of Napoleon in the work before us , the Emperor is very often a very common person ; we see him descending from his high estate to act the
charlatan . The morbid cravings which he exhibited for the pomps and vanities of legitimacy are displayed by the Baron with a terse vivacity . The work is a capital companion to Bourrienne . Bentley ' s Miscellany . Nos . 1 , 2 , ancl 3 . —We hail our contemporary as a spicy addition to the monthl y fare on our library table . Boz and Cruikshank , in themselves a host , are surrounded by the crack spirits of the day . One of the best contributors , the Rev . AV . Hamilton Maxwell , the author of " Stories of AVaterloo , " ranks in the highest degree of Irish Masonry—he ought to send us an article for our own Quarterly . The success of Bentley ' s Miscellany has been great , as it deserved to be .
Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas . By D . AVilkie . Sherwood . " The poor man ' s country . " So writes our author of the Canadas , and were there no other theme to interest us this would be sufficient . A second home for him who is expatriate from the " fatherland" is an object important to thousands , and the traveller ' s tale is welcome to him who may be destined to follow his steps and to benefit by experience . The accidents of a voyage , the delicacies of
sea-sickness , and the last-log , at length bring our voyager to New York . The scene is extensively pourtrayed , stories , customs , tales , intersperse the volume . The last of the Oneidas is well told- There are many flights of humour , and the reader will find many rencountres and Yankeeisms which have not been published . The visit to an old Scotchman , and tbe Scenes in Canada are written with ease and spirit . The sea scenes are pleasing , and the whole book is Interesting .
Dibdins New Spring Annual . H addon . Colchester . Our veteran Bro . is yet in his spring-time , the little annual contains many lyrical effusions , loyal songs , drolleries and sentiment iu verse , with epitaphs and connundrums ; it is an olla podrida of wit , humour , and sentiment , to satisfy the most fastidious .
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Review Of Literature.
be those with whom gloominess and misanthropy are welcome associates , in such case ive unhesitatingly resign to them the task of examining into the recesses of as dark and despairing a scene of misery as could be written . So dismal is the subject as to obscure the few gleams of poetry that would escape if they could , and which appear as if by accident merely to make the " darkness visible . " Pieciola ; or Captivity Captive . Colburn . Rarelindeeddoes the
y , , modern French press contribute so pure and beautiful an offering to literature as Pieciola . The sentiment is of the highest yet of the simplest kind , addressing itself to all . Nothing can surpass the delicacy of the story , in ivhich a sceptic is awakened to a sense of the Providence about him , by the contemplation of a flower springing up between the flag stones of the court yard of his prison . The hand of a master is present throughout the book ; of which , we hope , we have said enough to send our
readers to its pages forthwith . The fortunate author , for he , indeed , is fortunate , who produces such a work that must become a household thing among all men—is M . de Saintine . The book is most felicitousl y translated .
Napoleon in Council . AVhittaker . This is the work of Baron Pelet ( de la Lozere ) , member of the Chamber of Deputies , and late minister of Public Instruction . AVe owe the translation to Captain Basil Hall ; which , we doubt not , will become a popular work with all who seek to know the real character , and it is being slowly yet faithfully developed . Of Napoleon in the work before us , the Emperor is very often a very common person ; we see him descending from his high estate to act the
charlatan . The morbid cravings which he exhibited for the pomps and vanities of legitimacy are displayed by the Baron with a terse vivacity . The work is a capital companion to Bourrienne . Bentley ' s Miscellany . Nos . 1 , 2 , ancl 3 . —We hail our contemporary as a spicy addition to the monthl y fare on our library table . Boz and Cruikshank , in themselves a host , are surrounded by the crack spirits of the day . One of the best contributors , the Rev . AV . Hamilton Maxwell , the author of " Stories of AVaterloo , " ranks in the highest degree of Irish Masonry—he ought to send us an article for our own Quarterly . The success of Bentley ' s Miscellany has been great , as it deserved to be .
Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas . By D . AVilkie . Sherwood . " The poor man ' s country . " So writes our author of the Canadas , and were there no other theme to interest us this would be sufficient . A second home for him who is expatriate from the " fatherland" is an object important to thousands , and the traveller ' s tale is welcome to him who may be destined to follow his steps and to benefit by experience . The accidents of a voyage , the delicacies of
sea-sickness , and the last-log , at length bring our voyager to New York . The scene is extensively pourtrayed , stories , customs , tales , intersperse the volume . The last of the Oneidas is well told- There are many flights of humour , and the reader will find many rencountres and Yankeeisms which have not been published . The visit to an old Scotchman , and tbe Scenes in Canada are written with ease and spirit . The sea scenes are pleasing , and the whole book is Interesting .
Dibdins New Spring Annual . H addon . Colchester . Our veteran Bro . is yet in his spring-time , the little annual contains many lyrical effusions , loyal songs , drolleries and sentiment iu verse , with epitaphs and connundrums ; it is an olla podrida of wit , humour , and sentiment , to satisfy the most fastidious .