rited contents, of thirteen tales, will be found no less meritorious than his previous labours.-National Gazette. We have found much to admire in the perusal of this interesting work. It abounds in correct delineation of character; and although, in some of his tales, the author's style is familiar, yet he has not sacrificed to levity the dignity of his pen, nor tarnished his character as a chaste and classical writer. At the present day, when the literary world is flooded with fustian and insipidity, and the public taste attempted to be vitiated by the weak and effeminate productions of those whose minds are as incapable of imagining the lofty and generous feelings they would portray, as their hearts are of exercising them, it is peculiarly gratifying to receive a work, from the pages of which the eye may cater with satisfaction, and the mind feast with avidity and benefit.— Pittsburg Mercury. MEMOIR OF THE LIFE, with extracts from the writings, of Mrs. Sarah Hall, THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE IN IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING AND MORAL CHARACTER. By John Matthews, D. D., President of the Theological Seminary, at South Hanover, Indiana. With a preliminary essay, by the Rev. Albert Barnes. If proof were needed of the power of the Scriptures upon the mind and heart, this volume contains it, beyond the power of gainsaying or cavil. But the history of the truly great in intellect, since the Christian era, affords overwhelming evidence of the fact. Philosophers, poets, and statesmen, have drunk from this fountain of inspiration; and they have been most successful whose draughts have been the deepest and most frequent. Just published SKETCHES OF HISTORY, LIFE, AND MANNERS IN THE WEST.-BY JAMES HALL. In two volumes. |