TRAVELS, ANNUALS, &c.
NOTES ON ITALY, during the years 1829-30.
By Rembrandt Peale. In 1 vol. 8vo.
"This artist will gratify all reasonable expectation;
he is neither ostentatious, nor dogmatical, nor too minute;
he is not a partisan nor a carper; he admires without
servility, he criticises without malevolence; his
frankness and good humor give an agreeable color and
effect to all his decisions, and the object of them; his book
leaves a useful general idea of the names, works, and deserts,
of the great masters; it is an instructive and entertaining
index."—Nat. Gaz.
"We have made a copious extract in preceding columns
from this interesting work of our countryman, Rembrandt
Peale, recently published. It has received high commendation
from respectable sources, which is justified by the
portions we have seen extracted."—Commercial Advertiser.
"Mr. Peale must be allowed the credit of candor and
entire freedom from affectation in the judgments he has
passed. At the same time, we should not omit to notice
the variety, extent, and minuteness of his examinations.
No church, gallery, of collection, was passed by, and most
of the individual pictures are separately and carefully
noticed."—Am. Quarterly Review.
FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,
INCLUDING ANECDOTES OF NAVAL
LIFE; intended chiefly for the Use of Young
Persons. By Basil Hall, Capt. R. N. In
2 vols. royal 18mo.
"His volumes consist of a melange of autobiography,
naval anecdotes, and sketches of a somewhat discursive
nature, which we have felt much pleasure in perusing."
"The title page to these volumes indicates their being
chiefly intended for young persons, but we are much mistaken
if the race of gray-beards will be among the least
numerous of the readers of `midshipmen's pranks and
the humors of the green room.' "—Lit. Gazette.
A TOUR IN AMERICA. By Basil Hall,
Capt. R. N. In 2 vols. 12mo.
SKETCHES OF CHINA, with Illustrations
from Original Drawings. By W. W. Wood.
In 1 vol. 12mo.
"The residence of the author in China, during the
years 1826-7-8 and 9, has enabled him to collect much
very curious information relative to this singular people,
which he has embodied in his work; and will serve to
gratify the curiosity of many whose time of dispositions
do not allow them to seek, in the voluminous writings of
the Jesuits and early travellers, the information contained
in the present work. The recent discussion relative to
the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, has
excited much interest; and among ourselves, the desire
to be further acquainted with the subjects of `the Colestial
Eiuie' has been considerably augmented."
EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, Executed by order of the
Government of the United States. By Major
S. H. Long. In 2 vols. 8vo. With Plates.
HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL,
AND STATISTICAL ATLAS
OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA,
AND THE WEST INDIES, with all
their Divisions into States, Kingdoms, &c.
on the Plan of Le Sage, and intended as a
companion to Lavoisne's Atlas. In 1 vol.
folio, containing 54 Maps. Third Edition,
improved and enlarged.
ATLANTIC SOUVENIR, for the different
years, 1832, 1831, &c.
These volumes are supbly bound in embossed leather,
and ornamented with numerous plates, executed
in the best style, by the first artists. No expense has
been spared in the endeavor to render them worthy of
the purpose for which they were intended.
SALMONIA; or, Days of Fly Fishing; by
Sir Humphry Davy.
"One of the most delightful labors of leisure ever
seen; not a few of the most beautiful phenomena of nature
are here lucidly explained."—Gentleman's Mag.
The MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS: by
Mrs. Somerville. In 18mo.
"Is it asking too much of Mrs. Somerville to express
a hope that she will allow this beautiful preliminary
Dissertation to be printed separately, for the delight and
instruction of thousands of readers, young and old, who
cannot understand, or are too indolent to apply themselves
to the more elaborate parts of the work? If she
will do this, we hereby promise to exert our best endeavors
to make its merits known."—Lit. Gazette.
ON THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM IN
THE UNITED STATES, and its application
in France. With an Appendix on Penal
Codes, and Statistical Notes. By G. De
Beaumont and A. De Toqueville, Counsellors
in the Royal Court of Paris, and Members
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Translated from the French: with an
introduction, notes, and additions. By Francis
Leiber. In 1 vol. 8vo.
"The commissioners appear to have pursued their researches
with much industry and intelligence, and to
have rendered themselves thoroughly acquainted with
the subject."
"The translation of the work could not have been
committed to better hands than Mr. Leiber's, and with
his notes and additions, it forms one of the best practical
treatises extant on the causes and prevention of
crime. We shall probably have occasion to recu again
to this valuable work."—Balt. American.
TALES AND CONVERSATIONS, or, THE
NEW CHILDREN'S FRIEND. By Mrs.
Markham, Author of the Histories of England
and France. In 2 small volumes.
"We conscientiously recommend Mrs. Markham to
our readers."—Lit. Gazette.
"These volumes contain excellent instruction in a
very agreeable form."—Spectator.
"We have two neat volumes, containing a series of
Dialogues, by Mrs. Markham, designed for the improvement
of young people. We have examined them carefully,
and can say that we think them well adapted to
the purpose of the author. They are sufficiently simple
to be understood by boys and girls who have just begun
to take to their books, they convey lessons well worth
the study of all who are yet classed among young people;
and they are interesting enough to secure the attention
of those whom they are designed to instruct."—
Chronicle.
"The title of this book is not altogether so precise as
it might be. Children are always new; but children—
new or old, little or big—will find some very entertaining
matter in these volumes."—Baltimore Gazette.
THE BOOK OF THE SEASONS. By
William Howitt.
"Since the publication of the Journal of a Naturalist,
no work at once so interesting and instructive as the
Book of the Seasons has been submitted to the public.
Whether in reference to the utility of its design, or the
grace and beauty of its execution, it will amply merit the
popularity it is certain to obtain. It is, indeed, cheering
and refreshing to meet with such a delightful volume, so
full of nature and truth—in which reflection and experience
derive and from imagination—in which we are
taught much; but in such a manner as to make it doubtful
whether we have not been amusing ourselves all the
time we have been reading."—New Monthly Magazine.
"The Book of the Seasons is a delightful book, and
recommended to all lovers of nature."—Blackwood's Magazine.
