COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. CAPTAIN SPENCER'S NEW WORK. 7 In 2 vols. 8vo. with Illustrations, and a valuable Map of European Turkey, from the most recent Charts in the possession of the Austrian and Turkish Governments, revised by the Author, 28s. bound. TRAVELS IN EUROPEAN TURKEY IN 1850: THROUGH BOSNIA, SERVIA, BULGARIA, MACEDONIA, ROUMELIA, ALBANIA, AND BY EDMUND SPENCER, ESQ. Author of "TRAVELS IN CIRCASSIA," &c. "These important volumes appear at an opportune moment, as they describe some of those countries to which public attention is now more particularly directed: Turkey, Greece, Hungary, and Austria. The author has given us a most interesting picture of the Turkish Empire, its weaknesses, and the embarrassments from which it is now suffering, its financial difficulties, the discontent of its Christian, and the turbulence of a great portion of its Mohammedan subjects. We are also introduced for the first time to the warlike mountaineers of Bosnia, Albania, Upper Moesia, and the almost inaccessible districts of the Pindus and the Balkan. The different nationalities of that Babel-like country, Turkey in Europe, inhabited by Sclavonians, Greeks, Albanians, Macedonians, the Romani and Osmanli-their various characteristics, religions, superstitions, together with their singular customs and manners, their ancient and contemporary history are vividly described. The Ionian Islands, Greece, Hungary, and the Sclavonian Provinces of Austria on the Lower Danube, are all delineated in the author's happiest manner. "We cordially recommend Mr. Spencer's valuable and interesting volumes to the attention of the reader. They are replete with information upon countries of which we know but little; they will be interesting to the military man for the details they give of the strength and defensive positions of the various countries through which the author travelled; to the merchant for the insight given into the state of trade; and to the man of the world as they place before his view the present political and social state of an empire, whose welfare it is the interest of England to promote. The work must be considered a standard production, enriched, as it is, by an excellent map derived from the most authentic modern charts, added to, and improved by the observations of the author during his travels."-United Service Magazine. "A work of great merit, and of paramount present interest."-Standard. "This interesting work contains by far the most complete, the most enlightened, and the most reliable amount of what has been hitherto almost the terra incognita of European Turkey, and supplies the reader with abundance of entertainment as well as instruction."-John Bull. "An excellent and adinirable work. Mr. Spencer is a very able writer, a shrewd, experienced and philosophical observer, an eminently thinking and yet practical man. His work forms the most valuable addition that our literature has lately received. He sets forth to inquire and learn; he returns to inform and suggest; and information most valuable and interesting has he here bestowed upon us."-Tait's Magazine. 8 COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. ARCTIC MISCELLANIES, A SOUVENIR OF THE LATE POLAR SEARCH. BY THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE EXPEDITION. DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. SECOND EDITION, WITH A NEW PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION BY P. O'BRIEN, ESQ. 1 v. with numerous Illustrations, 10s. 6d., elegantly bound. Amongst the Contributors to the "Arctic Miscellanies" are Admiral Sir John Ross, Captain Ommaney, Commanders McClintock and Cator, Lieutenants Osburn, Meecham, Browne, and Markham, Dr. Donnet, and Dr. Ede. FROM THE "TIMES."-This volume is not the least interesting or instructive among the records of the late expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, commanded by Captain Austin. The most valuable portions of the book are those which relate to the scientific and practical observations made in the course of the expedition, and the descriptions of scenery and incidents of arctic travel. Many of the latter possess considerable literary merit, and all are impressed with the vividness of fresh observation. From the variety of the materials, and the novelty of the scenes and incidents to which they refer, no less than the interest which attaches to all that relates to the probable safety of Sir John Franklin and his companions, the Arctic Miscellanies forms a very readable book, and one that redounds to the honour of the national character. FROM THE "GLOBE."-Captain Austin's little squadron, which sailed in May, 1850, in search of Sir John Franklin, consisted of the Resolute, commanded by Captain Austin; the Assistance, commanded by Captain Ommaney; and two steamers under the command of Lieutenants Osburn and Cator. To assist in whiling away the dreary time in the arctic regions, the officers and sailors of the expedition contributed to a journal which was circulated amongst them in manuscript, and once a month the weather-beaten tars enjoyed the luxury of their own newspaper. That journal has now been brought before the general public under the title of "Arctic Miscellanies," in a shape more worthy of its intrinsic merits, beautifully printed, and carefully illustrated. All the varied incidents, pleasant and painful, of life in the frozen zone, are vividly and good-humouredly chronicled in the “Arctic Miscellanies," which contains besides some capital seamen's stories superstitious "yarns" and drolleries. As a record of the pastimes, adventures, fancies, and feelings of our true-hearted gallant sailors, while undergoing the most appalling hardships in the frozen seas, the volume is invaluable; and it is unusually interesting as demonstrating the high intellectual capacities, the mental vigour, and the refined tastes of our rough-looking blue-jackets. FROM THE "UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE."-Beautifully got up, and profusely illustrated, this most pleasant book really charms as much by its appearance and its matter, as its novelty. We cannot take leave of this Arctic Souvenir without expressing our admiration of it in every point of view. Such productions should be encouraged by those in authority, and a copy of this work ought to be found on board every ship in commission. COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. DARIEN; OR, THE MERCHANT PRINCE. BY ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Author of "THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS," &c., SECOND EDITION. 3 v. 9 "The present production, from the pen of the author of The Crescent and the Cross,' has the same elements of a very wide popularity. It will please its thousands. It is a tale of substantial interest."-Globe. "The best work of fiction which has proceeded from Mr. Warburton's pen. It is full of absorbing interest."— Messenger. "The theme of this book is a fine one. It is full of eloquent writing."-Examiner. "Darien, like all Mr. Warburton's previous productions, has many passages of rich imaginative beauty. This eloquent narrative will be extensively read, and deserves to be so."-Daily News. "A most interesting narrative, and one in which the versatile talents of its author are conspicuously and agreeably apparent. The characters are delineated with delicacy and skill, and there is a vigorous vitality in the dialogue which carries the reader along with a movement at once easy and rapid. The descriptions are remarkable for splendour of illustration and brilliancy of language, and the incidents are involved with such ingenuity as to preserve the interest to the last."-Morning Post. "Few writers have so many admirers as Mr. Warburton. His Crescent and the Cross' is one of the standard works of the English language, and we shall be disappointed if the charming story of 'Darien' does not obtain an equal degree of success. The vicissitudes and stirring adventures of the hero, forming such a marvellous episode of real life-the beauty and striking characteristics of the heroine-and the vein of pathos and romance that pervades the whole tale, give the book a peculiar and irresistible charm. By those who love excitement it will be read with breathless interest. Mr. Warburton excels in the delineation of those incidents which call up the first powers of the novelist, and enchain the sympathies of the reader. His situations are admirably conceived, and wrought out with singular skill. His characters are strongly marked, and show the felicitous touch of a master."-United Service Magazine. "The scheme for the colonization of Darien by Scotchmen, and the opening of a communication between the East and West across the Isthmus of Panama, furnishes the foundation of this story, which is in all respects worthy of the high reputation which the author of the Crescent and the Cross' had already made for himself. The early history of the Merchant Prince introduces the reader to the condition of Spain under the Inquisition; the portraitures of Scottish life which occupy a prominent place in the narrative, are full of spirit; the scenes in America exhibit the state of the natives of the new world at that period; the daring deeds of the Buccaneers supply a most romantic element in the story; and an additional interest is infused into it by the introduction of various celebrated characters of the period, such as Law, the French financier, and Paterson, the founder of the Bank of England. All these varied ingredients are treated with that brilliancy of style and powerful descriptive talent, by which the pen of Eliot Warburton was so eminently distinguished.”—John Bull. 10 COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. JUDGE HALIBURTON'S NEW HISTORICAL WORK. In 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s. bound. RULE AND MISRULE OF THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA. By the Author of "SAM SLICK," "THE OLD JUDGE," &c. "A most attractive work."-Standard. "The cleverest volumes Judge Haliburton has ever produced.”—Messenger. "We conceive this work to be by far the most valuable and important Judge Haliburton has ever written. The exhaustless fund of humour-quiet, yet rich and racy, and at the same time overflowing with the milk of human kindness -which his writings display on one hand, and the wonderful knowledge of man's character, in all its countless varieties, which they exhibit on the other, have insured for them a high, and honourable, and enduring station in English literature. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to arise from the perusal of any of Mr. Haliburton's performances without having become both wiser and better. His English in America' is, however, a production of a yet more exalted order. While teeming with interest, moral and historical, to the general reader, it may be regarded as equally constituting a philosophical study for the politician and the statesman. It will be found to dissipate many popular errors, and to let in a flood of light upon the actual origin, formation, and progress of the republic of the United States."-Naval and Military Gazette. "Those who wish for an accurate history of the rise of republicanism in America to its grand development in the United States revolution, will here find a narrative that is invaluable for its accuracy, its impartiality, its admirable order in arrangement, and that true philosophy of statesmanship which can attach to each incident a fitting moral, from which every honest politician can derive instruction. The work is one equally useful in the double aspect in which it may be regarded-first, an insight into the causes of past transactions; second, as a warning to guide mankind amid the many perplexing political questions of the day. The spirit of impartiality animates every page of this work. It is deserving of a place in every historical library."-Morning Herald. "We believed the author of this work to possess a power of humour and sarcasm second only to that of Rabelais and Sidney Smith, and a genuine pathos worthy of Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens. In his particular line of literature we believed him to be unrivalled. In the volumes before us he breaks upon a new, and according to his method of breaking the subject-untrodden ground. We hail this book with pleasure; we cons.der it an honour to Judge Haliburton, as by it he has proved himself to be a Christian, a scholar, a gentleman, and, in the true sense of a mis-used word, a patriot. Mr. Haliburton places before us, fairly and impartially, the history of English rule in America. The book is not only a boon to the historic student, it is also filled with reflections such as may well engage the attention of the legislating statesman. Mr. Haliburton also shows us the true position of the Canadas, explains the evils of our colonial system, points out the remedies by which these evils may be counteracted, that thus the rule of the English in America' may be something better than a history of the blunders, the follies, and the ignorant temerity of colonial secretaries."-Irish Quarterly Review. BY THE AUTHOR OF "SAM SLICK," &c. "We have seldom met with a work more rich in fun or more generally delightful."-Standard. "Those who have relished the racy humour of the 'Clockmaker,' will find a dish of equally ludicrous and amusing Transatlantic wit in the volumes before us."-Herald. “A new book, by the author of 'Sam Slick' causes some stir among the laughter-loving portion of the community; and its appearance at the present festive season is appropriate. We hold that it would be quite contrary to the fitness of things for any other hand than that of our old acquaintance, the facetious Judge Haliburton, to present to us a Christmas dish, and call it Traits of American Humour.' But even without the recollection of Sam Slick' to evoke the spirit of fun within us, we should have been forced to yield to the racy humour of these American Traits.' Dip where you will into this lottery of fun, you are sure to draw out a prize.”—Morning Post. "The untravelled European who has not made the acquaintance of Sam Slick, can have but little knowledge of the manners, customs, humours, eccentricities and lingos of the countless varieties of inhabitants of North America who we are accustomed to conglomerate under the general name of Yankees. Assisted, however, by Sam Slick's graphic descriptions, literal reports, and racy pen-and-ink sketches, gentlemen who sit at home at ease, are able to realize with tolerable accuracy the more remarkable species of this lively family, to comprehend their amusing jargon, to take an interest in their peculiarities of person and speech, and to enter into the spirit of their very characteristic humours. No man has done more than the facetious Judge Haliburton, through the mouth of the inimitable Sam," to make the old parent country recognise and appreciate her queer transatlantic progeny; and in the volumes before us he seeks to render the acquaintance more minute and complete. His present collection of comic stories and laughable traits is a budget of fun full of rich specimens of American humour."-Globe. "The reader will find this work deeply interesting. Yankeeism pourtrayed, in its raciest aspect, constitutes the contents of these superlatively entertaining volumes, for which we are indebted to our facetious old friend, Sam Slick.' The work embraces the most varied topics,-political parties, religious eccentricities, the flights of literature, and the absurdities of pretenders to learning, all come in for their share of satire; while in other papers we have specimens of genuine American exaggerations, or graphic pictures of social and domestic life as it is more especially in the ruder districts and in the back settlements, or again sallies of broad humour, exhibiting those characteristics which form in the country itself the subject of mutual persiflage between the citizens of different States. The work will have a wide circulation."-John Bull. |