The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843Various
General
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843
Various
Periodicals
Historical Society at Savannah, in March last; 'A Voice from the
Vintage,' by Mrs. ELLIS, etc., will receive attention in our next.
Our Philadelphia Friend, in reply to 'N. S. D.,' shall have a place
in the August number.
LITERARY RECORD.
LATE PUBLICATIONS OF THE BROTHERS HARPER.--Independent of the serial
works of the HARPER's, their ALISON, BRANDE's Encyclopedia, etc.,
which they continue to publish with their wonted regularity, and
in their accustomed style of excellence, we have before us, in a
large and well-executed volume, 'A Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Antiquities,' illustrated by numerous engravings on wood, and
containing numerous additional articles relative to the botany,
mineralogy, and zoology of the ancients; by CHARLES ANTHON, Esq.,
the American editor; a work of too comprehensive a scope and of too
great value to be despatched in so brief a notice as the present;
and M'CULLOCH's 'Universal Gazetteer, or Dictionary,' geographical,
statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places,
and principal natural objects in the world, illustrated by seven
extensive and complete maps on steel.' Each article is written with
fulness; the arrangement is concise and clear; and the work may be
referred to on the instant for any subject embraced in its pages.
We should be more indebted to the editor of the American department
if he would give us his valuable _facts_ unconnected with his
_opinions_. His sneer at the voyages of discovery in the north-west,
in connection with his reference to a ship-canal across the
isthmus of Darien, is in bad taste, to say the least of it. Narrow
views in relation to great public enterprises which may chance to
be unsuccessful, are out of place in a noble work like this of
M'CULLOCH, even though they appear in the 'questionable shape' of
acknowledged annotation.
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