Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 1, July 1842Various
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Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 1, July 1842
Various
Literature -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals
The pleasant little volume entitled “Wealth and Worth,” which we
commended to our readers a month or two since, has been succeeded by
another work from the same pen, which we think even superior to its
predecessor. It is a story of American life, conveying, as its piquant
title indicates, a useful and impressive moral. The style is animated
and pure, and the sketches of character are graphic, forcible, and
various; while the plot preserves a deep and natural interest. “Wealth
and Worth” has gone through five large editions in the course of as many
months—a remarkable instance of rapidly attained popularity. A success
equally decided must attend the spirited little tale of “What’s to be
Done?”
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_The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice, or a Defence of the
Catholic Doctrine, that Holy Scripture has been since the Times
of the Apostles the Sole Divine Rule of Faith and Practice to
the Church, against the dangerous Errors of the Authors of the
Tracts for the Times and the Romanists, as, particularly, that
the Rule of Faith is “made up of Scripture and Tradition
together,” &c: In which also the Doctrines of the Apostolical
Succession, the Eucharistic Sacrifice, &c., are fully discussed.
By William Goode, M. A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. Two
vols. 8vo. Philadelphia: Herman Hooker._
This is probably the most learned and able theological work that has
been published in England or America during the year. Those who have
read the “Tracts for the Times,” and all who feel any interest in the
religious controversies of the age, will thank us for directing to it
their attention.
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_Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay: Edited by her Niece.
Parts I. and II. Philadelphia, Carey & Hart._
Miss Burney, afterward Madame D’Arblay, is best known to the literary
world as the authoress of “Evelina,” one of the most admirable and
popular novels in the English language. She died early in the year 1841,
at the advanced age of ninety, and two volumes of her autobiographical
remains have since been published in London, both of which are included
in these “parts” of the American edition. She was intimately acquainted
with Johnson, Sheridan, Burke, Boswell, and other eminent persons of
their time; and her diary, including a great number of interesting
anecdotes and reminiscences of her early career, is one of the most
entertaining works of the day.
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Rufus Winter Griswold, a gentleman of fine taste and well known literary
abilities, has become associated with us as one of the editors of this
Magazine. The extensive literary knowledge of Mr. G. renders him a most
valuable coadjutor.
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