Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.Various
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
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American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
J. S. Redfield has issued an edition of JUNG STILLING'S _Theory of
Pneumatology_, and of CAHAGNET'S _Celestial Telegraph_, which are filled
with the latest information on the whole subject of ghosts,
presentiments, visions, and the world of spirits, obtained professedly
from the most authentic sources. Stilling's work is introduced with a
Preface by Rev. Dr. BUSH, highly commending its purposes and character.
The "Celestial Telegraph" beats Jackson Davis and the Rochester
Knockings all hollow. Whoever is curious in the literature of the
supernatural will find enough here to satisfy the most craving love of
the marvelous.
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields have published a volume of _Poems_, by HENRY
T. TUCKERMAN, distinguished for the sweet and graceful fancies, the
fluent aptness of expression, the joyous sympathy with nature, and the
refined delicacy of taste by which most of the writings of the author
are characterized. The vein of tranquil reflection which pervades them,
and the chastened utterance of feeling which vails rather than embodies
strong emotion, though not among the elements of popular poetry, will
recommend them to the congenial reader.
J. W. Moore, Philadelphia, has published a useful little volume for
students in design, entitled _The Theory of Effect_, by An Artist. It is
intended not only for the use of beginners, but of those who have
attained a proficiency in the art, while they are unacquainted with the
principles on which the correctness of their pictures depends. The rules
of Effect are laid down with great precision and minuteness, and
illustrated with several neat engravings by Hinckley.
_The Volcano Diggings_ is the title of a lively story, by a Member of
the Bar, illustrating the administration of the law in California.
Several scenes, which are evidently taken from the life, are described
with a good deal of spirit, and throw a strong, but not altogether
flattering light on the condition of society at the placers. (Published
by J. S. Redfield).
George P. Putnam has issued _The Wing-and-Wing_, forming another volume
of the Collected Works of J. FENIMORE COOPER. In the Preface to this
edition, the author remarks, that "he acknowledges a strong paternal
feeling in behalf of this book, placing it very high in the estimate of
its merits, as compared with other books from the same pen; a species of
commendation that need wound no man."
The same publisher has issued a new and revised edition of _The Conquest
of Florida_, by THEODORE IRVING. The author expresses his gratification
in finding his account of De Soto's expedition confirmed by the most
recent investigations. His work is justly entitled to the reputation
which it has obtained, as a classic authority, on an interesting period
of American history.
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