_Friendship's Offering and Winter's Wreath for 1836_--a beautiful
_souvenir_. The literary portion unusually good. The tale of _The
Countess_, by Mrs. Norton, is the best article in the book. The
embellishments are mostly of a high order. Plate No. 7--The Countess,
engraved by H. T. Ryall, from an original painting by E. T. Parris, is
exquisite indeed--unsurpassed by any plate within our knowledge.
_The Forget Me Not for 1836, edited by Shoberl_, is, perhaps, superior
to the Winter's Wreath in pictorial, although slightly inferior in
literary merit. _All_ the engravings here are admirable.
_Fisher's Drawing-Room Scrap-Book for 1836, edited by L. E. L._ is, in
typographical beauty, unrivalled.--The literary portion of the work is
but _so so_, although written nearly altogether by L. E. L. These
Annuals may all be obtained, in Richmond, at the bookstore of Mr. C.
Hall.