Aunt Kitty’s Tales. By Maria J. McIntosh. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo.
Aunt Kitty’s Tales. By Maria J. McIntosh. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo.
The authoress of these pleasant stories has won a deserved celebrity by her novel, entitled “To Seem and To Be”—a book which deserves a high place among works on practical morals. The present volume is designed more particularly for the young, and, we trust, will find its way to that interesting portion of society. We cordially join in Aunt Kitty’s wish that her efforts for the improvement of her young friends will not prove unsuccessful, and that her stories will be found “not altogether unworthy teachers of those lessons of benevolence and truth, generosity, justice, and self-government, which she designed to convey through them.”
Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes. By John S. Robb. Phila.: Carey & Hart. 1 vol. 12mo.
Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes. By John S. Robb. Phila.: Carey & Hart. 1 vol. 12mo.
These sketches, hastily dashed off in a few hours of the author’s leisure from engrossing business, show quite an eye for character, and are exceedingly amusing. With more care in composition, and a higher aim, Mr. Robb might write a fine humorous novel. The “Streaks” in this volume are full of life, but they are too coarse. Every writer in this style would do well to study the art with which Dickens delineates the lowest and most vulgar characters, without any sacrifice either of taste or propriety.
Modern Chivalry, or the Adventures of Captain Farrago and Teage O’Regan. By H. H. Breckenridge. Phila.: Carey & Hart. 2 vols. 12mo.
Modern Chivalry, or the Adventures of Captain Farrago and Teage O’Regan. By H. H. Breckenridge. Phila.: Carey & Hart. 2 vols. 12mo.
This novel belongs to Carey & Hart’s Library of Humorous American Works. It is a reprint of an old book. The style is clear and familiar, the humor such as touches the risibilities, and the strokes of satire sometimes peculiarly happy. Though the author formed himself on the model of Fielding, the allusions and subject matter are essentially American. The illustrations by Darley are excellent. Like all true humorists the author makes his pleasantries the vehicle of knowledge and wisdom. He has sound political maxims embodied in jokes, and curious bits of learning swimming on the surface of his humor.
LE FOLLETBoulevart St. Martin, 61.Chapeaux de Mme.Penet,r. Nve. St. Augustin, 4,—Plumes et fleurs de Mme.Tilman,r. Ménars, 5;Robes dePalmyre;—Dentelles deViolard,r. de Choiseul, 2 bis.;Ombrelle deLemarechal,bt. Montmartre, 17.Graham’s Magazine.
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Boulevart St. Martin, 61.
Chapeaux de Mme.Penet,r. Nve. St. Augustin, 4,—Plumes et fleurs de Mme.Tilman,r. Ménars, 5;
Robes dePalmyre;—Dentelles deViolard,r. de Choiseul, 2 bis.;
Ombrelle deLemarechal,bt. Montmartre, 17.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation and obvious type-setting errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook. A cover has been created for this eBook and is placed in the public domain.
page 332, ce que tu mange, ==> ce que tumanges,page 333, will soon loose her ==> will soonloseherpage 335, true diplomate will ==> truediplomatwillpage 344, They had drank of ==> They haddrunkofpage 346, pay the exhorbitant ==> pay theexorbitantpage 347, lady rung the bell ==> ladyrangthe bellpage 347, own and her childrens’ ==> own and herchildren’spage 351, quarter of the word, ==> quarter of theworld,page 356, than he out knife and ==> thanhe pulled out a knifeandpage 363, built of sold timber ==> built ofsolidtimberpage 360, added[To be continued.page 375, barren in ought save ==> barren inaughtsavepage 375, by an irresistable impulse, ==> by anirresistibleimpulse,Le Follet,Chapeau de Mme.==>Chapeauxde Mme.
page 332, ce que tu mange, ==> ce que tumanges,
page 333, will soon loose her ==> will soonloseher
page 335, true diplomate will ==> truediplomatwill
page 344, They had drank of ==> They haddrunkof
page 346, pay the exhorbitant ==> pay theexorbitant
page 347, lady rung the bell ==> ladyrangthe bell
page 347, own and her childrens’ ==> own and herchildren’s
page 351, quarter of the word, ==> quarter of theworld,
page 356, than he out knife and ==> thanhe pulled out a knifeand
page 363, built of sold timber ==> built ofsolidtimber
page 360, added[To be continued.
page 375, barren in ought save ==> barren inaughtsave
page 375, by an irresistable impulse, ==> by anirresistibleimpulse,
Le Follet,Chapeau de Mme.==>Chapeauxde Mme.
[End of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 6, June 1847]