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NEW AMERICAN WORKS, &c. LEA & BLANCHARD, SUCCESSORS TO CAREY & CQ. HAV.E RECENTLY PUBLISHED STANLEY: OR, THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A MAN OF THE WORLD. BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER. In 2 vols. 12mo. STANLEY is far above the common class of novels. It is evidently the production of a ripe scholar and a deep thinker; one who has seen much and meditated more; and who, from the affluence of his stores, sometimes becomes profuse in the distribution of his‘knowledge. The criticisms in which the work abounds are original, vigorous, searching and profound, and the characters of several of the distinguished writers of the present century are drawn with singular felicity. Altogether it is the effort of a highly cultivated mind, rich alike in natural endowments and acquired treasures.—Salurday News. The name of the author is unknown, but he is evidently one who has not only the capacity deeply to think, but he possesses the rare ability to express his sentiments in appropriate language, The work is of superior merit, and, though not perhaps adapted to please the gay and the frivolous, will command the attention of the educated and intellectual reader. It is full of interest, abounding in exciting and mysterious adventures, interspersed with numerous discussions of a moral nature, aes the resources of extensive intellectual culture.—Saturday Evening ost. | | We can truly say that we have rarely, if ever, cast our eyes over pages more rich with literary knowledge, or original description of character and scenery. His thorough acquaintance with classic and modern poetry and astute criticism, places _ at once in the foremost rank of American didactic writers—United States azette. | There is a great deal of literary and philosophical criticism in it, generally we should think of a very wholesome and conservative character. Indeed it strikes us as being of an elevated tone—rich in thought, graphic, and many times eloquent and powerful in description, and containing many beautiful and original illustrations drawn from the treasured stores of a mind well tempered, if not profoundly cultivated. The author, whoever he is, must be a man of extensive acquirements, experience and study.—Madisonian. — me iy. ROB OF THE. BOWL; OR, A LEGEND OF ST. INGOES. . BY THE AUTHOR OF “HORSE SHOE ROBINSON,” é&c. In Two Volumes, 12mo. The hero, “Rob of the Bowl,” isa finely executed conception. The perfect originality of the design, the bold colouring and elaborate finish of this character,
