sent us '_The Forsaken_,' a song sung with effect by Mr. SINCLAIR,
and written and _composed_ by JAMES LAWSON, Esq. The 'words' were
originally furnished to the KNICKERBOCKER by their author, and
were thence transferred to many American journals with cordial
commendations. The music is, we think, of a highly pleasing
character; and we are not surprised to learn that the 'Song' is in
very general request. It is not given to _every_ clever man, we can
tell our friend and correspondent, to excel both in poetical and
musical composition, as himself has done in the instance before
us. We know, for example, a poet 'of the first water' who failed,
on a memorable evening not long ago, in improvising a solo for a
jews'-harp, 'then and there being' in the hands of a legal friend,
who was making the little instrument 'discourse most eloquent music'
It was _rather_ a rich scene than otherwise.
AGRICULTURAL PRIZE ESSAYS.--A well-printed pamphlet of an hundred
and forty pages lies before us, containing an 'Essay on the
Preparation and Use of Manures,' and on 'Farm Management,' by WILLIS
GAYLORD, Esq., editor of 'The Cultivator,' one of the most widely
circulated journals in the United States. The first essay is an
elaborate consideration of the laws of nutrition; the preparation
and distribution of animal, vegetable, and mineral manures; and
the second is a well-digested compend of all the various kinds of
information and directions necessary to the successful management
of a farm. The useful pamphlet concludes with essays upon plans
for farm-houses and out-buildings, (illustrated by several
clearly-engraved wood-cuts,) by Mr. JOHN J. THOMAS, Macedon,
New-York, Mr. G. D. MITCHELL, Salem, Conn., and Mr. T. M. NIVEN,
Newburgh.
BATTLE OF BUNKER-HILL.--The small but very comprehensive volume
recently put forth by Mr. C. P. EMMONS, of Charlestown, (Mass.,)
containing 'Sketches of Bunker-Hill Battle and Monument, with
Illustrative Documents,' should be in the hands of every
American, who desires a record of this most important battle of
the Revolution. In the preliminary remarks on the opening of the
struggle, and the description of the great battle itself, there
is nothing included that is irrelevant, while every thing is
embraced that could add to the truth or force of the picture. The
illustrative documents are of very great interest. On the English
side, we have extracts from General HOWE'S orderly-book, letters
from Generals GAGE and BURGOYNE, and several other British officers,
together with divers grumbling extracts from the English newspapers,
touching the result of the 'victory.' On the American side, we
have the proceedings of the Committee of Safety, the accounts
sent to England and to Congress, with descriptive letters from
Colonel STARK, Mr. ISAAC LOTHROP, and Rev. Dr. ELLIOT. An account
of the inception, progress, and final completion of the Monument,
accompanied by a sectional engraving of the structure, appropriately
closes the volume.
FROISSART'S CHRONICLES.--Who that has ever read the stirring
Chronicles of Sir JOHN FROISSART, but will rejoice to learn that an
excellent edition of them, upon a new and clear type, and with all
the original engravings, is being issued in numbers from the office
of the New World? We have never found such a historian as Sir JOHN.
Give him a battle to describe, a hero worthy of his pen to hand
down to posterity, and what a love of his theme, what _personal_
enthusiasm, does he throw into his glowing records! We have
sometimes thought that our worthy and world-renowned progenitor,
DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER, of blessed memory, derived no small portion
of his fervent historical style from a familiar study of his great
predecessor. Be that, however, (and every thing else,) as it may,
here are the glorious 'Chronicles' of Sir JOHN FROISSART, accessible
to all, for a comparative trifle; and the more who embrace this
occasion to read them, the fewer stupid people will there be in the
country--in our humble opinion.
PORT-CHESTER SEMINARY.--This boarding school for young ladies and
gentlemen is in Westchester county, in a beautiful situation, and
of easy access from the city. It has now for its Principal, RUFUS
H. BACON, A. B., a fine scholar, and well skilled in the discharge
of his important trusts. The design of the Principal and his
subordinate teachers is, to impart a full and thorough knowledge
of the branches of a good English education; to fit young men for
college and the counting-room; and to prepare the pupils for honor
and usefulness, by softening their manners and improving their moral
perceptions. Kindness and attention to their neatness, health,
and comfort, are not lost sight of. The terms are low, though the
references are very high, being all 'O. F. M.'--'our first men.'
THE BOSTON 'CHRISTIAN WORLD.'--We have looked through several
numbers of this very various and well-supplied weekly journal, with
invariable and increasing interest. It is edited, as we learn, by
GEORGE G. CHANNING, a brother of the late lamented Dr. CHANNING,
assisted by a number of Unitarian clergymen, and is widely sustained
throughout the United States by the patronage and contributions
of the members of that religious denomination. It is beautifully
printed with a large, clear type, upon paper of a fine color and
texture. The mechanical department is in the hands of an artist in
his profession, to whose good taste and careful supervision this
Magazine has heretofore been much indebted, and for which it here
renders its acknowledgments.
'NEW PICTORIAL BIBLE.'--The Messrs. HARPER may well pronounce this
'the most splendid and richly-illustrated Bible ever published in
the world.' It is to be issued on the cheap plan, in numbers, on
foolscap folio sized paper, and will be embellished with _sixteen
hundred_ historical engravings, more than fourteen hundred of which
are from original designs by CHAPMAN, made expressly for the work,
and executed in the most finished manner, at an expense of over
twenty-five thousand dollars! Those who subscribe early will have
the advantage of proof impressions.
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+ A NOTICE of 'Classical Studies, or Essays on Ancient Literature,'
'The Karen Apostle,' and 'The New Purchase,' were in type for the
present number, and will appear in our issue for August.
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note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been
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