autiful indeed is the degree of typographic art displayed in this
edition of one of the raciest and most readable of our sterling English
classics. The antique lettering of the title alone, in which words of
carmine-red alternate with the 'letters blake,' the counterpart
portrait, and the neat red-illumined capitals of every chapter, not to
mention the type and binding, all render this volume one of the most
appropriate of gift-books for a friend of true scholarly tastes. Few
writers are so perfectly loved as Sir THOMAS BROWNE is by such
'friends;' as in BACON'S or MONTAIGNE'S essays, his every sentence has
its weight of wisdom, and he who should read this volume until every
sentence were cut deeply in memory, would never deem the time lost which
was thus spent. Yet, while so deeply interesting to the most general
reader, let it not be forgotten that it was with the greatest truth that
Dr. JOHNSON testified of him that 'there is scarcely a writer to be
found, whose profession was not divinity, that has so frequently
testified his belief of the sacred writings, has appealed to them with
such unlimited submission, or mentioned them with such unvaried
reverence.'

TRAGEDY OF ERRORS. _Aux plus desherites le plus d'amour_. Boston:
Ticknor & Fields. 1862.

The extraordinary conception of a blank verse dramatic novel of Southern
slave life. We can not agree with its very talented author in finding so
much that is touching and beautiful in the negro, believing that the
motto which prefaces this work is simply a sentimental mistake. The
negro _is_ degraded, vile if you please, and not admirable at all, and
therefore we should work hard, and induce him too to work, rise, and
purify himself. Apart from this little difference as to a fact, we have
only praise for this work, which is most admirably written, abounding in
noble passages of brave poetry, and bearing, like the 'Record of an
Obscure Man,' genial evidence of scholarship and refined thoughts and
instincts. It will, we sincerely hope, be very widely read, and we are
confident that all who _do_ read it will be impressed, as we have been,
by the true genius of the author, even though they may dissent, as we
do, from the idealization of the negro as is here done. The cause of the
poor was never yet aided by false gilding.

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During the past month our domestic difficulties have threatened to
become doubly difficult, owing to the demand made upon