A Lift for the Lazy. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1 vol. 12mo.
A Lift for the Lazy. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1 vol. 12mo.
Few readers will have modesty enough to acknowledge publicly that this brilliant volume is addressed to them, but doubtless a great many, convicted by conscience, will take a sly peep into it to see if it really meets their wants. In truth, the author has contrived to embody in it much curious information, which the most industrious scholars have either forgotten or never acquired. It contains about five hundred scraps of knowledge, collected from a wide field of miscellaneous reading, some of which are valuable, some quaint, some sparkling, and all entertaining. We have only space to extract one specimen of the author’s style, and that illustrative of his way of relating an anecdote. Under the head of “Congreve Rockets,” he remarks, “These destructive implements of war were invented in 1803, by Sir William Congreve. On a certain occasion, when visiting WestminsterAbbey, in company with some ladies, his attention was directed by one of the party to the inscription on the great composer, Purcell’s monument: ‘He has gone to that place where only his music can be excelled.’ ‘There, Sir William,’ said the young lady, ‘substitutefire-worksformusic, and that epitaph will answer for yourself.’ ”
Scenes where the Tempter has Triumphed. By the Author of “The Jail Chaplain.” New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 16mo.
Scenes where the Tempter has Triumphed. By the Author of “The Jail Chaplain.” New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 16mo.
Here is a book, replete with morality and religion, in which a view of human nature is taken as it appears to an observer posted in a jail or on the gallows. There are nineteen chapters, each devoted to the narrative of a different person and a different crime, and each as interesting as one of Ainsworth’s novels, and as moral as one of Baxter’s Sermons. A book which thus addresses two large classes of readers can hardly fail to succeed. We should think it an admirable text book for Sunday-Schools in Texas. It places before every criminal’s eye a more or less distant view of the jail and gallows, and is thus really “an awful warning to the youth of America,” and differs essentially from the “Pirate’s Own Book,” “The Lives of Celebrated Highwaymen,” and other piquant books of the rascal department of letters.
The Stars and the Earth; or Thoughts upon Space, Time, and Eternity. Boston: Crosby & Nichols.
The Stars and the Earth; or Thoughts upon Space, Time, and Eternity. Boston: Crosby & Nichols.
This is a small volume of eighty-seven pages crammed with thought. It appears to have excited much attention abroad, and to have passed rapidly through three editions. The speculations of the author are grand and original, having a solid basis on undoubted facts, and conducting the mind to results of “great pith and moment.” We have no space to make an abstract of what is in itself an epitome, but advise all our readers, who have thought on the subject of space and time, to obtain the work. Its style is a transparent medium for the thought, and its meaning stupidity itself can hardly miss. It requires neither a knowledge of mental or physical science to be comprehended, though it is an addition to both; and it removes some difficulties which have troubled all reflecting minds.
Retribution; or the Vale of Shadows. A Tale of Passion. By Emma D. E. Nevitt Southworth. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Retribution; or the Vale of Shadows. A Tale of Passion. By Emma D. E. Nevitt Southworth. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Judged by its own pretensions as a tale of passion, this work has considerable merit, and is worthy of a more permanent form than the pamphlet in which it is published. The mode which the Harpers have adopted of issuing all novels in this uncouth shape, in order to reduce their price to twenty-five cents, is an unfortunate one for the success of a new novelist like the accomplished authoress of the present story. No man of taste, who has regard for his eyesight, is likely to read pamphlet novels, unless the author be celebrated; and the circulation of a book like the present, is therefore likely to be confined to persons who are not in the habit of discriminating very closely between one novelist and another, provided both be readable, and consume a certain portion of leisure time. Whenever an American author produces a work of fiction as meritorious in respect to literary execution as “Retribution,” it ought to be issued in a form which will enable it to take its appropriate place in American literature.
History of the United States of America. By Richard Hildreth. New York: Harper & Brothers. Vol. 2. 8vo.
History of the United States of America. By Richard Hildreth. New York: Harper & Brothers. Vol. 2. 8vo.
This volume ends at about the commencement of the Revolution. It is written in the same style, and on similar principles, as the first volume, which we noticed a short time ago. The work is, at least, worthy the praise of condensation, there being included in the present volume, a narrative of the events occurring in all “the Colonies during the period of a hundred years.”
Letters from the Allegheny Mountains. By Charles Lanman. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1 vol. 12mo.
Letters from the Allegheny Mountains. By Charles Lanman. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1 vol. 12mo.
The author of this agreeable volume is well known as an essayist and tourist. The present work is mostly made up of letters originally contributed to the National Intelligencer, and, as a record of first impressions of scenery and manners, has a raciness and truth which a more elaborate treatment of the subject might have wanted.
Anaïs Toudouze
LE FOLLETPARIS, Boulevart St.Martin, 61.Robes de Mme.Bara Bréjard,r. Laffitte, 5;Chapeau et bonnet de Mme.Baudry,r. Richelieu, 87—Fleurs deChagot ainé,r. Richelieu, 81.Graham’s Magazine
LE FOLLET
PARIS, Boulevart St.Martin, 61.
Robes de Mme.Bara Bréjard,r. Laffitte, 5;
Chapeau et bonnet de Mme.Baudry,r. Richelieu, 87—Fleurs deChagot ainé,r. Richelieu, 81.
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WAKE, LADY, WAKE,
A SERENADE.
MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANOBY B. W. HELFENSTEIN, M. D.Presented to “Graham’s Magazine,” and respectfully dedicated to the readers thereof, by the Author.
MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO
BY B. W. HELFENSTEIN, M. D.
Presented to “Graham’s Magazine,” and respectfully dedicated to the readers thereof, by the Author.
Wake, lady, wake, thy lover trueOn wings of love has flown to you;How sad each night, how dull each day,Since
Wake, lady, wake, thy lover trueOn wings of love has flown to you;How sad each night, how dull each day,Since
Wake, lady, wake, thy lover true
On wings of love has flown to you;
How sad each night, how dull each day,
Since
he has been from you away;Wake, lady, in thy beauty bright,Outshine the silv’ry moon to-night.Second Verse.How drear the months that I have passedSince in these arms I held thee last,Since those dear balmy lips I pressed,And strained thee to my throbbing breast;Come with thy eyes of melting blue,More bright than radiant orbs of dew.Third Verse.Come, lady, come, this is the hourThat Love has placed within our power;Renew our vows, complete my bliss,And seal the contract with a kiss;And then beneath our roseate bower,Thou’lt shine my fairest sweetest flower.
he has been from you away;Wake, lady, in thy beauty bright,Outshine the silv’ry moon to-night.Second Verse.How drear the months that I have passedSince in these arms I held thee last,Since those dear balmy lips I pressed,And strained thee to my throbbing breast;Come with thy eyes of melting blue,More bright than radiant orbs of dew.Third Verse.Come, lady, come, this is the hourThat Love has placed within our power;Renew our vows, complete my bliss,And seal the contract with a kiss;And then beneath our roseate bower,Thou’lt shine my fairest sweetest flower.
he has been from you away;
Wake, lady, in thy beauty bright,
Outshine the silv’ry moon to-night.
Second Verse.
How drear the months that I have passed
Since in these arms I held thee last,
Since those dear balmy lips I pressed,
And strained thee to my throbbing breast;
Come with thy eyes of melting blue,
More bright than radiant orbs of dew.
Third Verse.
Come, lady, come, this is the hour
That Love has placed within our power;
Renew our vows, complete my bliss,
And seal the contract with a kiss;
And then beneath our roseate bower,
Thou’lt shine my fairest sweetest flower.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has 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.
page 255, and speak him ==> and speaktohimpage 257, that courge would fail ==> thatcouragewould failpage 260, and sung to him, ==> andsangto him,page 267, not the slighest scruple ==> not theslightestscruplepage 268, femine refinement were ==>femininerefinement werepage 270, give me the sweatmeats ==> give me thesweetmeatspage 273, was actully a delightful ==> wasactuallya delightfulpage 273, or exibit at home the ==> orexhibitat home thepage 274, hues, to soon have ==> hues,toosoon havepage 276, reigning in his steed, ==>reiningin his steed,page 277, his path their suddenly ==> his paththeresuddenlypage 278, reigning in his horses ==>reiningin his horsespage 278, thee, Effie,” immediately ==> thee, Effie,”thenimmediatelypage 279,pour passer le tems, ==>pour passer letemps,page 283, a terestrial paradise to ==> aterrestrialparadise topage 283, simple, unforseen accidents, ==> simple,unforeseenaccidents,page 284, sold his warbrobe to ==> sold hiswardrobetopage 289, heaven rung with the ==> heavenrangwith thepage 305, and Antartic Circles. The ==> andAntarcticCircles. Thepage 309, depòt, I saw on the ==>dépôt, I saw on thepage 312, Miss Sewall has performed ==> MissSewellhas performedpage 312, visiting Westminster Abby, ==> visiting WestminsterAbbey,
page 255, and speak him ==> and speaktohim
page 257, that courge would fail ==> thatcouragewould fail
page 260, and sung to him, ==> andsangto him,
page 267, not the slighest scruple ==> not theslightestscruple
page 268, femine refinement were ==>femininerefinement were
page 270, give me the sweatmeats ==> give me thesweetmeats
page 273, was actully a delightful ==> wasactuallya delightful
page 273, or exibit at home the ==> orexhibitat home the
page 274, hues, to soon have ==> hues,toosoon have
page 276, reigning in his steed, ==>reiningin his steed,
page 277, his path their suddenly ==> his paththeresuddenly
page 278, reigning in his horses ==>reiningin his horses
page 278, thee, Effie,” immediately ==> thee, Effie,”thenimmediately
page 279,pour passer le tems, ==>pour passer letemps,
page 283, a terestrial paradise to ==> aterrestrialparadise to
page 283, simple, unforseen accidents, ==> simple,unforeseenaccidents,
page 284, sold his warbrobe to ==> sold hiswardrobeto
page 289, heaven rung with the ==> heavenrangwith the
page 305, and Antartic Circles. The ==> andAntarcticCircles. The
page 309, depòt, I saw on the ==>dépôt, I saw on the
page 312, Miss Sewall has performed ==> MissSewellhas performed
page 312, visiting Westminster Abby, ==> visiting WestminsterAbbey,